𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 || 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝟐

s.c. ~ good always leaves

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Curtis' House.
Thursday, 1967.
07:44 a.m.

•••
"What happened to you?"

"What happened to me?" I asked, not exactly knowing why Dallas asked me that out of the blue.

"You've changed so much. You weren't this nice and bright before." He said. "Well, you can always change what you do. I felt like changing to a better person."

"And I wasn't that bad before. I was just a bit rude and I wasn't as wise as I am now with myself." I said.

"Yeah but now you care so much about us and almost every little thing. You give us each attention and affection ever since Sodapop was gone." He said without hesitation.

"Dallas!" Said Darry. "What?"

"Is it because of Sodapop? Because of him, you felt like changing?" He said, Darry tried to stop him.

"Because only the best people leave, Dally!" I spat. The room was quiet.

"W- what?"

"Sodapop was one of the best things that's ever happened to me and now he's gone when I haven't seen him in months!" I said.

"He was a good man! He was a good person, he was my best boyfriend out of all!  And he leaves! So did other great people in my life. They left! All that's left is memories, great moments..."

"Y/n..." Dally mumbled.

I sigh.

"Now I feel like being a good person, because only good people leave this place! I can't stand it anymore." I sob.

Darry immediately hugged me, calming me down.

"Don't you say things like that, Y/n. We love you too much for you to leave. We don't want you to leave. Even if you were a bad person." He said.

"Yeah Y/n. We need you. I'm pretty sure Sodapop would want you to live your life instead of thinking about him all the time." Said Two-Bit.

Darry let's go of me and sits next to me. Then, Dallas hugs me.

"Please, please don't leave." He mumbled in my ear. "Please, I'm sorry. Don't even talk about leaving us."

Then Two-Bit joins in on the hug and everyone else did too.

"Okay, okay. Can you let go of me now?" I said, hardly breathing.

"Not until you say you're gonna stay and grow old with us." Said Ponyboy.

"Okay, we'll grow old together." I said. Everyone cheered.

"Now let's go do bad stuff!" Said Steve.

"No!" Said Darry as we all laugh.