Chapter 11.

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Dallas Winston was yet again in only his underwear. When we entered, a nurse was asking where his gown was.

"I threw it away. Just get out, you make my stomach sick," he replies, laughing after the nurse. I chuckled and his face lit up when he saw me. I was gonna go over to him and tackle him, but him and Two Bit were re-uniting in a manly way. Two Bit gave Dally the Mickey Mouse he swiped.

"This place is outta it. I want out!" he says, heading towards the door. He closes it and comes back to the bed. "Tim Shepard dropped by. He rubbed it in about the rumble. I hate missing it, man." He never told me about a rumble. I remember my first rumble.

It was actually only a year ago. It wasn't really a rumble, just me and my friend Morgan saw a couple of Socs beating up our kind. We fought them, and more and more Greasers and Socs joined in on the fight. It wasn't really a legit rumble since they are planned, but those Socs knew what was coming to them. Karma's a bitch. Simple as that.

Dally asked for a cigarette, and Ponyboy delivered. He grinned that boyish grin that I fell in love with.

"So how's Johnny doing? How's Johnny doing, man?" Dally asked. His voice and eyes looked so hopeful, but I knew he knew what was going to happen to Johnny.

"Look, I don't know much about these things, but he doesn't look too good. Passed out cold before we left," Two Bit answered.

Suddenly, I had a huge head rush. And I felt very nauseous. I needed to puke. Like now. I put my hand over my mouth and ran out of the room. In the hallway, I spot a bathroom two doors down and sprint in, almost knocking down a lady who looks like she has a billion dollars. I hear her yell at me, "Shitty Greaser!" I don't care though, I'm already throwing up in the toilet.

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Somebody knocks on the stall door.

"Who is it?" I mutter, closing my eyes and pressing my fingers to my temple. I'm sitting on the bathroom floor and it feels like the time I had food poisoning from eating a piece of pizza.

"Aster Rose? Are you okay?" Two Bit asks. I knew his voice anywhere.

"Yeah, hold on," I reply. I get up and run my hand through my hair. Grabbing some toilet paper, I wipe my mouth and my hands, throwing into the toilet and flushing when I'm done. I open the door and walk past Two Bit and Ponyboy, heading straight for the sink. I nearly start puking again when I see my reflection.

My makeup is smeared, and puke is on my cheeks. My hair is messed up, and my mascara is ruined. I groan and start washing my face, the makeup slowly going into the drain. I didn't put much on, just some mascara and lip gloss. Unlike the Socs and other brats at my school, I have respect for my face and don't want to be an alien when I don't have anything on.

"You okay, girly?" Pony asks, handing me a paper towel.

"Just a little sick, that's all," I say, wiping my face.

"Hey! They have a candy machine in here! We don't get one in our bathrooms! Do they have skittles?" Two Bit asks, heading towards the vending machine. He puts in a dime, and out comes a tampon. He holds it up confused. "What is this? Do they have flavor?" He lets out a hoot.

"Your momma ain't taught you nothing, dumbo." I roll my eyes. A girl walks in, a girl greaser. I recognize her. Her name is Addison, but I call her Addie for short. We are rumble buddies and have known each other since we were five and three. She's fourteen. "Hey Addie."

"Hey Aster. Hey Ponyboy, Two Bit," she says, twirling her blonde hair. She's always liked Ponyboy. I tried getting them together when they were ten, but being Pony and a guy, girls were gross. But now...

"Hey Addie," Pony replies, smirking. I'm a hella good match maker.

"Are ya'll coming to the rumble tonight?"

"Sure as hell we are. Are you?" Pony asks coolly.

"Can't. If I try, my brother Tim will kill me. But it's okay. He's my big brother and he's all I have." Oh yeah, Tim Shepard is her brother, so is Curly.

"That's alright. I wouldn't want you to get hurt anyways." Aw, Pony. My little man is all grown up!

"Yeah. I just came in here to spit my gum out," she says, grabbing her pink gum from her mouth and tossing it into the basket. "I'll catch ya'll later." She leaves.

I turn to Two Bit and put my hands on my hips. "Keith Mathews!"

"What?"

"Why didn't ya'll tell me about the rumble? I want to go."

"Cause you ain't going, that's why," Pony replies.

"How come?"

"Same reasons as Addie. You ain't gone get hurt or else I will hurt you," he says.

"But I can help. We need everyone we can get," I reason.

"It's a guy rumble tonight. Maybe next time."

"I'll kick your asses after it then."

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The nurses didn't let me leave, but after I pulled out my switchblade, I changed their minds. I didn't go with Two Bit and Pony though.

"I might come by later or just stay here, okay?" I say, walking them out the door.

"Alright, later Aster," Pony says, and they leave. I watch them from the window to make sure they get on the bus safely. Not that they need a babysitter, but you look out for your gang members.

I head back up to my room. I am feeling nauseous again, so I just set the waste basket next to my bed. I start to watch come tv but get bored pretty quick and decide to look around at the gift shop a little more.

Nothing interesting was there to take. I stole a lighter since I needed a new one. It was more like a real store more than a gift shop. I walked around to the back, and they had a bunch of baby cards and balloons. I spotted a pregnancy test box and remembered a dare Steve gave me to steal one. I decided I'd just take it for the heck of it.

Once upstairs, I smoked my pack of sticks and listened to Elvis on the radio. I couldn't pay attention to the lyrics because I felt the box holding the pregnancy test under my jacket. Finally I just decided to do it. Maybe I was nauseous cause I was... No, I couldn't be. I probably caught something from Pony. He wasn't feeling good anyways.

I took the test in the bathroom and waited a few minutes as the box instructed. It said the circle would turn pink if it was positive, blue if negative. The clock ticked, finally reaching the twelve. I looked down.

Pink for positive.

But who's baby was it? Then I realized. Shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit. I'm gonna kill Dallas when I see him.

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Pink! It's pink!

I can't wait to write the next chapter cause Dally will find out! How do you think he will react!?

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