It's always been you

𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗

We all got dried off, packed up and headed back home. We drove in the same cars and I had to sit in the back of Dally's "borrowed" convertible because my hair was still kind of wet and they didn't want to get wet. I sat next to pony. I loved taking drives with the guys. Me and pony would sing to all the songs that come up on the radio, dally would be blasting the music, and Johnny would laugh the whole time. We heard the other car honk behind us. We turned around and waved. Darry and soda waved. Steve came with his car right beside Dally's.

Dally- bet ya my car is faster.
Steve- hey at least mine ain't stollen.
Dally- oh your on Randle.

Dally and Steve both raced back to the Curtis house. Steve went really fast, but Dally was faster. We got to the house 1 minute before Steve. I'm surprised the fuzz hadn't pulled us over. Steve gave Dally 5 bucks. Once the other guys arrived we said goodbye and Daly drove me and Johnny home.

Johnny- hey Dal can you drop me off at my house. I'm just going to make sure they aren't extremely mad at me for staying with you and y/n.
Dally- you sure Johnny cakes?
Johnny- yeah.

We drove to Johnny's house and dropped him off. I was worried for him. But I know he can handle himself. Me and Dally got back to our motel and we saw soda waiting at the front door.

You- hey soda, what brings you here?
Sodapop- could I stay with you guys tonight? Pony and Darry keep arguing and it's too much for me. They know I came here.
Dally- yeah sure soda.
Sodapop- thanks. Where's Johnny?
You- he said he wanted to get dropped off at home.
Sodapop- oh ok.

After we ate dinner we showered and got ready for bed. I slept with Dally on one of the beds to give soda the other one. For some reason we only use the room for when we REALLY need it. Like when dally was really upset a while back. I got into bed and so did Dally. I took one whiff of him and started coughing like mad. His cologne was so strong. Like really strong I couldn't even breathe.

You- Dallas Winston how much cologne do you need to put on?!
Dally- I always have cologne on.
You- well you should put on less of it😂.
Sodapop- haha, well goodnight guys!
Dally- night.
You- goodnight.

I turned to face away from Dally's chest because of the cologne. He wrapped his arms around me and fell asleep in less than a minute.

In the morning:

We all woke up to someone pounding on the door. I rubbed my eyes and went to open it. I looked through the little peep hole and it was Johnny. He had sun glasses on but it wasn't even that sunny yet since it was 6 am.

You- hey Johnny cakes, back so soon?

He immediately came in and hugged me and started crying. I closed the door and hugged him back.

You- what happened Johnny?
Johnny- when I got into my house my mom took one look at me and ignored me, pretending I wasn't even there.
You- I'm sorry.
Johnny- but when my dad came home he was so angry. He told me he didn't want to see me ever again and he beat me. He pulled a blade on me too.

I took off his sunglasses and saw he had a huge black eye. He had cuts on his neck and he was bruised all over.

You- oh Johnny!

I hugged him again. Soda woke up to see what was happening and he was shocked. Dally also woke up and checked Johnny.

You- Soda, Dally you guys go back to bed. I'll clean Johnny up.

They did and I brought Johnny to the bathroom. He sat on the sink. He took off his Jean jacket and shirt because his cuts were on his whole chest and stomach too.  Felt real bad for him. He's such a sweet kid and doesn't deserve any of this. I got the alcohol wipes and wipes all his cuts. He winced from the pain but he was fine. Most of his cuts were fresh. I wiped them all down and I had to sort of wrap his neck up with a wrap because those cuts were pretty bad. I wrapped his stomach too. After I finished, he thanked me.

Johnny- thank you so much y/n.
You- no problem. Here you rest on the bed.

I got Dally up and told him to move to the bed soda is on. Johnny lied down and I got him some ice packs. I put the blanket over him and he fell asleep. I sat on the couch with a blanket over my lap. I got out one of the books Pony got me and started to read it.

Before I knew it, it was 7:30. Soda woke up and came in the couch to see what I was reading.

Sodapop- oh pony loves that book.
You- yeah he got me this one.
Sodapop- you know m, about what I was saying yesterday about young love....
You- oh yeah why did you say your mouth was shut? What secrets are you keeping😏?
Sodapop- k you didn't hear this from me but pony has a little crush.
You- wait really?
Sodapop- yup but I ain't sayin who. Johnny knows who it is as well.
You- cmon soda! Tell meee!
Sodapop- nope!

I was kind of upset. I may have developed some feelings for pony, but he likes someone. My heart was crushed. Why did soda have to tell me that now? Well I guessed I asked for it. It's ok I'll ask pony about it later.