You Give Love A Bad Name//Dallas Winston X Reader

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  We reached the vacant lot Just as Dally and Alec came in, running as hard as they could from the opposite direction. Alec was behind Dally pushing him to go faster, but when he went faster Alec went slower losing his breath. Dally quickly grabbed his wrist and made him keep moving just as fast as he was.

The wail of the siren grew louder and then a police car pulled up across the street from the lot. Doors slammed as the policemen leapt out. Dally shoved Alec a couple of feat sending him falling down. "Run Alec! Get out of here!" Dally screamed moving his hand quickly as if that would make his brother move faster.

"What are you talking about?!" Alec stood up shaking taking a step towards his older brother but stoped mid step when Dally yelled at him again to run.

Dally and Alec had reached the circle of the light under the street lamp. Dally started to look around anxiously before he turned and jerked a black object from his waistband.

I remembered his voice: I been carrin' a heater. It ain't loaded, but it sure does help a bluff. It was only yesterday he told Johnny, Ponyboy and I that. But yesterday was years ago. A lifetime ago.

Dally raised the gun and we all started screaming. "Stop! It's not loaded!" I started crying hoping I was just over reacting. "He's just a kid!" I heard Darry yell along with "no's" and "stops's". But it was as if no one heard us.

Alec started running towards Dally from the several feet he was from him, but the policemen's gun spit fire into the night. He was jerked half around by the impact of the bullets, then slowly crumpled to the ground with a grim triumph on his face. "Chelsie..."

Alec was shaking so much with his fist clenched so tight his knuckles were white. "You dumb fuckers!" Alec screamed reaching for his own heater that I knew for a fact was loaded. He couldn't even get the gun half way up before  he to crumpled to the ground with a tear stricken face.

Me and Two-bit were the first ones up there next to them. Two-bit practically flung himself down next to Alec cradling his face begging him to wake up. "Please baby.. just wake up I promise I'll spend all my time with you and I'll quit driving after drinking. Just please wake up!" Two-bit just continued to sob holding Alec in his lap.

I dropped myself slowly next to Dally with tears coming down my cheeks. I placed my hand delicately on his cheek brushing the front of his hair out of his face. "Dally please don't leave me.." I sobbed quietly moving my hand to hold him against me. "Don't die... please" I continued to sob resting my forehead on the top of his head. I started to rock us back and forth occasionally  giving him a kiss on the top of his head.

I looked over to Alecs now pale face and started to cry even more. Why all three of them?, first Johnny and now Dally and Alec. I just hugged Dally tighter wishing and hoping that this would all be just a bad dream. Steve stumbled forward with a sob but Soda caught him by the shoulders. "easy buddy, easy" I heard him says softly, "there's nothing we can do now."

Nothing we can do... not for Dally or Johnny or Alec or any of us...My stomach gave a violent start and turned into a hunk of ice.  "Chelsie, Two-bit" Darry said softly to us putting a hand on both our shoulders. "We need to go" My grip tightens on Dally but let go once I felt Darry's hands shaking. It was just as hard for him as it was for us.

"No! I can't leave him here by himself!" Two-bit shouted sobbing even harder than he was before. I could feel Darry start to shake even more. "Two-bit" I say quietly getting him to look over at me, "He's not alone, he has Dally with him" I say smiling even though tears are still running down my face.

Two-bit finally released his death grip on Alec before kissing him on the lips for the last time. "Okay, lets go now" Darry says removing his hands from our shoulders and stepping away. I go to stand up but something shiny on Dallas's chest catches my eye. His dog tag. Without a second thought I take it off of Dallas and put it around my neck squeezing my hand around it stepping away.

I guess Two-bit saw what I did because when I looked up at him he had Alec's dog tag  in his hand looking it over. "Do you want it?" He asks his voice cracking doing so. I'm about to shake my head no when I see Dally's name on it with his birth year. My eyes widen and I look down at Dally's seeing Alecs name with his birth year on it as well.

A warm smile comes over my face remembering what Alec told me about his and Dally's dog tags: We traded these when we still lived in New York, so we would always remember that we'll always have each others back even when the world wants to fuck us over.
It's crazy how much things can change all in one night.

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It's been about almost a month since the deaths of of my friends and boyfriend. Since then I quite living with my alcoholic parents and moved in with my aunt and uncle who decided to move down here so I wouldn't have to leave my friends after hearing about my parents.

I even went back to school with Ponyboy after his court date about Bob. Thankfully it went smoothly and he get's to stay with his brothers instead of being forced into a boys home. Two-bit also surprisingly quit drinking so much and got a job to help his mother with the house and his little sister.

Sadly though me and Ponyboy's grades went down quiet a lot since the whole incident happened. Thankfully at least one teacher took pity on us and told us he'd pass us with a C grade if we come up with a good semester theme. Though he's just one of those rare teachers who take interest in there students and try to get them to learn.

I went home that night and kept trying to think about what I could wright but nothing came to my head. I stepped out onto my aunts and uncles porch sitting down. I looked up at the sky and saw the sunset. A smile grew on my face remembering Ponyboy talking about sunsets once.

I looked down to the dog tag that hung around my neck rubbing my thumb over the letters and numbers. I started thinking about what I was gonna write again when suddenly I knew.

I went back inside and grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil, and thought for a minute. Remembering. Remembering a brown eyed boy with a reckless grin on his face and a hot temper. A tough, handsome boy with a cigarette in his mouth and a bitter grin on his hard face. Remembering- and this time it didn't hurt- a quiet , defeated looking sixteen year old whose hair needed cutting badly and who had black eyes with a frightened expression on them.

As I sat there remembering a thought came to my mind this isn't just a personal thing to me. I could picture hundreds and hundreds boys living on the wrong sides of cities, boys with black eyes who jumped at their own shadows.

Hundreds of boys who maybe watched sunsets and looked at the stars and ached for something better. I could see boys going down under street lights because they were mean and tough and hated the world, and it was to late to tell them there was still good in it, and they wouldn't believe you if you did.

It was to vast a problem to be just a personal thing. There should be some help, someone should tell them before it was to late. My mind wandered to a memory of Dally and Alec laughing with the gang about a stupid joke Two-bit told.

Someone should tell there side of the story, and maybe people would understand then and wouldn't be so quick to judge a boy by the amount of hair oil he wore. It was important to me that people knew their side, and wouldn't make the same mistakes we did.

Because I know no one will remember several years from now Johnny. A boy who came from one of the worsts family's ever and could have turned out to be someone bad but was an angel who got scared easily. Or two brothers who fought the world with there backs together because no else could have their backs but each other.

I started writing: Three people had died that night one a hero, one a hoodlum, and the other my boyfriend. But they all were gallant because only the good die young.

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Well shit. This is the end of this story never thought I'd be able to finish it, but I did. PLEASE VOTE if you liked the story and if you didn't why the hell are you at the end of the story then??? 🤔😆Anyways I'll probably update special Holliday specials here as well.

Chelsie I finally finished your birthday present from last year hope you enjoyed it😂. Stay Gold☀️