It's always been you

𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚘

I woke up before the boys and took a shower. Once I got out Dally was gone. I sat next to Johnny who was half asleep and rubbed his back to try and wake him up.

You- Johnny?
Johnny- mmm, oh hey y/n.
You- do you know where Dally went?
Johnny- um he said something about the Curtis house. You can go look. I'll be fine here.
You- ok thanks Johnny.

I walked over to the Curtis house to find Dally. As I got through the back door I saw soda sitting on the couch.

You- hey soda, did Dally stop by here?
Soda- yeah he's in the room talking with Darry.
You- about what?
Soda- I don't know. He seemed quite upset when he got here.

Not knowing me and soda were here, Darry walked out of the room into the living room and Dally followed behind him. Dally was in tears. No one has ever seen Dally cry. He looked angry but sad at the same time.

Dally- please Darrel! You've got to help me somehow. I can't loose her!
Darry- yes I'm going to try and help you Dal.
Dally- thank you so much!

The hugged and then looked over to me and soda who were very confused.

You- you ok Dally?

He wiped away his tears as nodded. He then walked out the door for a smoke.

You- what happened Darry?
Darry- oh nothing to worry about y/n.
You- who does he not want to loose?
Darry- don't worry about it. Everything will be fine. Hey, how about you go see what pony boy is doing.
You- ok.

I went to pony's shared room with soda and knocked on the door. I was still wondering what Dally and Darry had talked about. Pony opened the door and I walked in.

Ponyboy- what's up y/n?
You- do you know what dally and Darry were talking about?
Ponyboy- not really but I heard your name in their conversation.
You- oh ok. Thanks.

I helped pony with his homework and kept thinking, was he crying about me?

Dally's POV:

In the morning I immediately went to the Curtis house to talk to Darry. I got a letter saying some old lady reported me because I'm not legally allowed to be caring for a 14 year old as a 17 year old. Its just like Darry takin care of his brothers as a 20 year old. He don't like getting police involved because he's afraid Soda and pony will be put in a boys home. If the police get brought into this then y/n will be taken away from me and will be put in a girls home. And I know for a fact being put in a girls home is one of her biggest fears. She's like a little sister and I don't want to loose her. I asked Darry to help me out because he knows how to handle with the fuzz better than I do.
(Fuzz=police) he agreed and I was so relieved. But we didn't realize y/n was here and she started asking questions. She's never seen me cry before. No one has really, except for Darry I guess. I had to act tough. So I went outside for a smoke.

Back to your POV:

After I helped pony we went to the living room to see the guys.

You- hey guys, where's Dally?
Sodapop- he told us to tell you he went to go get Johnny.
You- oh ok.

We sat down at the table and the boys came in. Johnny came and sat beside me and pony. Dally went and sat on the couch.

Johnny- hey, how's my favourite couple doing?
You- haha we're not a couple Johnny, but we're doing good.

I could just see pony look down at the table for a moment. What could he possibly be thinking. Two bit and Steve came in and sat at the table with us.

Two bit- hey kiddos! What's up?
Johnny- oh you know, just trying to get them to admit their feelings for each other. The usual.
You- 😳
Steve- hahah
Johnny- I'm just kidding guys!

We all had lunch but Dally. He just sat on the couch the whole time. He's really upset about whatever it is. After lunch I sat beside Dally.

You- Dally please tell me what's wrong.
Dally- nothing is wrong. Everything is fine, we're all gonna be fine, no ones going anywhere, it's all good.

He said really quickly.

You- um ok Dal. Me, Pony and Johnny are gonna go to the motel to hang for a bit.
Dally- bring two bit with you.
You- why?
Dally- cause whatever is going on between you and pony, Johnny supports. So get Two bit cause he will tell me what happens😂.
You- nothing is going on between me and pony, Dally!😂
Dally- yeah sure, hey two!
Two bit: yeah Dal?
Dally- can you watch the kids while they're at the motel?
Two bit- sure.

I don't know why he refers to Johnny as a kid even though he's only a year older than Johnny. Two bit came with us on our walk to the motel. Pony was walking beside me and Johnny and two bit were walking behind us. As we were walking a car was speeding towards us and made a sharp turn and came really close to hitting us. I grabbed onto pony's arm as he shielded his body in front of mine. The car came to a halt. We were all in shock and I looked down and saw pony boys hand squeezing mine. He looked up and we continued to walk.

You- thanks pony.
Ponyboy- no problem.
Two bit- you know I'm gonna have to report this to Dally.
You- report what?

He looked down at our hands which were locked together. I didn't really care though. I shrugged and we kept our hands together as we walked. I could see pony smiling out of the corner of my eye. We got to the motel and me and pony lied down on one of the beds. Two bit sat on our couch closest to the AC since it was very hot today. Johnny went to the freezer and got out some popsicles. We turned on the tv so two bit could watch Mickey Mouse. Johnny watched with him but he sat on the floor. I lied back on the bed and so did pony. I looked over to him and hugged him. He hugged back but two bit had to ruin the moment.

Two bit- gotta report this too!
Ponyboy- piss off two.
Two bit- and THAT is going to be reported to Darry.

Johnny looked at us and smiled. We all laughed and relaxed.