Stupidity- The Outsiders/ Dallas Winston

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My eyes lock onto Dallas's, I didn't say anything but just looked at him I was so tired and couldn't really process it.

" Us.? " I look at Dallas with a tired expression

" Your just going to ask me to give us a try as if you weren't fucking my best friend earlier?" My eyes begin to water

"Y/N it was nothing, cherry means nothing I swear." He holds onto my hand

"You knew I liked you and you continuously gave me mixed signals, now that I'm talking to someone you-" I break down sobbing into tears

Dallas tries pulling me into a hug, I hit his chest weakly as a sign for him to let go.

The thing about Dallas, he never saw himself in a relationship like everybody else sure, he saw himself being a uncle to his gang's future kids but never visioned himself with a wife or relationship in particular that's what scared him, How could he picture it with you and only you? how did you make him so hopelessly devoted to you?
In every girl he talked to he saw something in them that reminded him of you whether that was their humor, their warmth, something just always brought him back to you.

"Y/N c'mon we can work something ou-" he continues to wrap his arms around you as you continue to sob
You hated the fact he was selfish and only thought about himself, he was not the one in what felt like a relationship and now he is "ready" for one, asking you out after all this time he had and it had to be now. which bothered you, he didn't think of Paul or how it would affect him.

Dallas brushes my tears away with his thumb pulling me closer to him

" Why now Dal? You knew me and Paul are talking was that your plan?" I mumble onto his chest

" No, no 'course that wasn't the plan. " he brushes through my hair comforting me

" it's not that simple Dal, someone is going to get hurt either way. "

" I need to go." I pull myself away from him
Dallas looks at me detaching myself from him, his expression making me want to cry even more on his arms he had a look of guilt
I managed to get out of Dallas grasp I make my way to Paul's car, Dallas didn't even try to stop me or anything, which infuriated me.

"can you take me home please." I look down not even making eye contact with Paul.

" Are you okay? Y/N what happened?" Paul brushes my hair back

" Please." I say weakly rubbing my eyes on the palm of my hands.

As we drive out of the dingo I see
Dallas looking at Paul's car drive away then walk over to cherry whom had been waiting for him.

After we arrive to Curtis's house I break the silence between us
" I'm so sorry it didn't go as planned Paul, I'm just so stressed." I say shedding a few tears.

" it was perfect, you were there and that was enough. " he caresses my face

" Yeah?" I smile warmly rubbing away my tears

" Maybe next time, I'll take us somewhere where it's just us." he smiles before giving a kiss goodbye

I watch Paul leave before heading inside the house to lay in bed where soda had already fallen asleep.

I went into the kitchen to grab a bottle of cold beer, Dallas's words kept replaying in my head, I would've given us a chance the only thing stopping me was Paul.

Soda gets up after seeing I'm not laying next to him, he walks over to the kitchen seeing me look blankly at the bottle of beer

I wipe my tears before soda starts questioning
" Hey what you doing up?" He rubs the back of his head standing next to me

"Nothing I just have a headache."

" And you thought a beer will help?" he chuckles
He takes the seat in front of me still half asleep grabbing a box of cereal crunching on them dryly.

" you have anything planned?" Sodapop says

"Plan what?" Looking confused at soda

"Your birthday, do you want to throw a small dinner or something?"

"Thanksgiving is right around the corner and just days after my birthday, I don't want to waste any money on it."

"You can ask Dallas to throw it at Buck Merills."

I smile at the thought of soda trying to do something to celebrate my birthday

"Yeah, but you know how Dallas and Two-bit gets after a drink, and I'm not really talking to Dallas right now."
I take a sip of the beer rubbing the cold bottle on my forehead

"What happened?" He says crunching onto more dry flakes

" Forget about it, what's new with you?"

Soda smiles looking at his hands, it was obvious he was avoiding eye contact.
" I met somebody, you'd like her."
My face turned stubborn, I catch myself and smile warmly.

" It'd be fun to meet her, that way you can get to know Paul more."
Soda nods in response

" What's her name?" I say taking a small sip of my almost empty beer.

"Sandy." His eyes gleam as if he was lost in the thought of her.

"You should invite her if we throw something for my birthday, I'd love to meet her."

"Who would you be inviting?" Soda says

"I don't want a lot of people "

I say looking down at the wooden floor

" Darry wants to throw something for Dallas, since none of us really did anything for him."

I look blankly at Soda

" Yall should share the party together."

" Really? He's gonna invite like half the school, you know Dal."

Soda chuckles before placing the cereal box back to its place.

"Hey soda, I was thinking of applying for a job at the dingo that way I can help out in the house, especially since the holidays are coming up and I know theres so much pressure on you."

Soda looks at me, there was a certain way he looked at me I don't know if he was still daydreaming about sandy but he just admired I was trying.