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bạn hum as bạn wash your hair, scrubbing your head.
bạn aren’t exactly sure what you’re humming to… But it’s something.

“Hey, (Y/N), have bạn seen my-” “THUD!” bạn rip open the vòi hoa sen curtain to see your boyfriend had tripped over the doorway.

“Oh my god, Two-Bit, are bạn ok?!?” bạn gasp.

He looks up at you. “Oh my god you’re in the shower!” He yells.

bạn yank the curtain back, covering yourself up.

“Two-Bit, are bạn ok honey?”you ask.

“After seeing that I’m not.” He says. “Damn, your beautiful.” He says, blushing.

“What a pig.” bạn laugh.

“Hey, Darry, please stop picking on him. He’s obviously stressed out.” bạn plead with bạn boyfriend. He and Ponyboy were fighting about grades and school and such.

“(Y/N), please stay out of this.” Darry says, eyes still locked on his younger brother.

“She has a point.” Ponyboy snorts.

“Don’t use that tone with me, young man.” Darry says, voice raised.

“Who went and made bạn dad?” Ponyboy asked, shrugging his shoulders.

“You take that back.” Darry says, lunging for Ponyboy.

They start beating up on each other, nothing serious. Brothers will be brothers.

“Hey! Knock it off!” bạn say, trying to separate them on the ground.

Smack!

bạn fall back, the hit getting bạn hard.

The boys freeze, realizing they’ve hit you.

“Ow!” bạn say. “That was my boob!”

They burst out laughing.

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“Oh my god, Steve. Your eye.” bạn say as bạn remove the ice pack.

“It’s just bump.” He grins.

“A bump? Honey, it’s a huge black eye. It’s thêm like an egg.” bạn say.

“Old Man can still pack a punch, huh?”

“Steve, bạn need to get out of there.” bạn say matter-of-factly.

“I got nowhere to go.”

“You can stay with the Curtises. hoặc me. I just don’t like seeing bạn hurt.” bạn whisper.

“I’d rather it be me than you.” He says.

“Slow down!” bạn say as Dally speeds through stop sign after stop sign.

“What?” He asks, glancing over at you.

“You’re gonna get pulled over,” bạn say, rolling your eyes.

“Do bạn think I’d care?” He laughed.

“Dallas Winston, I am shocked and appalled bạn just đã đưa ý kiến that to me and ran that red light.” bạn laugh. “I’m horrified at your driving skills. Remind me not to get into a car with bạn again.”
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Light cracked the sky open. The crash that followed jolted bạn awake. bạn sit up in your bed, wide eyed with fear.

bạn had been afraid of thunderstorms since bạn were little… something about it just frightened bạn to no end.

The sound of your boyfriend breathing calmed bạn down. The rhythmic deep breathing soothed you, only for a second.

Another crack lit up the sky, with a giant boom that followed.

“Dally.” bạn shake your boyfriend awake.

“Babe… what’s the ma-” He stops as he sees your eyes, wide with fear. He sits up straight and wraps his arms around bạn pulling bạn close. “You’re fine… You’re fine.” He whispers, rocking bạn back and forth. “I got you. I promise. I got you.” Hands running through your hair.

“I just don’t like them.” bạn mumble into his bare chest.

“I know. I know.” He say. “But I still got you. I promise.”

But bạn were already asleep again.

bạn put your head in your hands and breathe deeply. How where bạn going to tell him? bạn had gotten the phone call today.

bạn were actually close to Soda. Danny played with Grace and Logan all the time. bạn couldn’t even begin to imagine how they felt.

bạn hear the front door open. Darry was trang chủ now. bạn take another deep breath, and sit at the phòng bếp, nhà bếp table.

Just breathe.

He walks into the kitchen. “Hey babe, what’s wrong?” He asks, setting down his wallet and keys.

bạn swallow. “I got a call.” Is all bạn manage to say.

“About?” He asks, eyebrows raised.

“Soda’s dead.” bạn blurt out.

The look on Darry’s face would haunt your memory for the rest of your life.

He just sat down on the floor in pure shock, mouth open, eyes wide.