Who We Are(The Outsiders Fanfiction)

66|"Think Fast."

<Skyler's POV>

One month later.

No cancer, six months pregnant, legal guardian to Johnny, and no sign of Charlie Winston. The surgery went perfectly fine and now our only concern is paying of the last few hospital bills. Chris and I are both healthy at the end of our sixth month in the pregnancy. Still no name for Chris's baby boy, but Aiden and Shailene remain with their names. Steve was not caught for killing Johnny's father. We dragged the body out into another part of town where the police couldn't trace it back to us. They found the body in Soc territory, so of course they couldn't charge any of those kids so the headlines read 'mystery killer'. Dallas and I 'adopted' Johnny and he continues to live with us, sleeping in the living room and helping Dallas and I out with Tibby even with his broken arm. He just has his arm in a simple sling now with thin wrappings. According to the doctors he is a wonderful healer.  As for Chris and Dally's father, we haven't seen any evidence that he is still in Tulsa. It's still only Dallas, Darry, and I that know he was or is still here. The three of us thought it better if no one else worried so we wouldn't all go mental. Of course we still make elusive ways to assure none of us girls walk around alone. We are even cautious when it comes to any of the guys walking alone.

Pony is doing well in the end of his senior year. He graduates in June and it's already March. Then in September he is off to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University with a full scholarship. We have discussed the matter of funds for Pony so he has money for food and supplies. Darry will be sending him a check once a month that will add to the money Pony will get from whatever job he gets in Massachusetts. We also discussed that Pony may not be able to attend a second year because of financial problems but in the end everyone agreed at least he will have had the experience of college unlike the rest of us. The most important Bing for al of us is to have Pony attend college considering none of us had the chance. At the moment we are all like Pony's parents, pushing him forward and helping him with money. He will visit us on the holidays if there is enough money for flights. Dallas and I offered to chip in a bit of money for that, but were quickly shut down because everyone thought we had to focus on paying the hospital bills from the chemo and tumor removal. Also they insisted having a baby does cost money, so of course Chris was not aloud to help funding either. I didn't tell them that we could just then do a home birth, but that's more of an eight month pregnant conversation. So instead Lena and Steve will be helping with air fare finance. Two-Bit offered to pay a bit of flight costs and also made a joke about paying for Pony's booze. Darry shut that idea pretty quickly. If it weren't for all of us being so close and willing to help with money the Curtis's would run dry of cash in an instant.

Tonight we are going to a restaurant in town so we can finally meet Darry's girlfriend Leala. We have been warned several times to, as Darry put it, "not act like imbeciles who get drunk and naked every Saturday," to which Two-Bit replied, "I only get naked on Sunday," which then landed him a hit over the head with a newspaper.

"Dallas! Do you have Tibby dressed?" I shout as I step out of the shower.

"What?" Dallas shouts back. I roll my eyes.

"Is Tibby dressed?" I scream again as dry off my skin.

"That's your job!" He shouts back. I scoff.

"My job is to carry the babies for nine months you can dress her!" I yelp back as I step out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around me. I see Dallas standing in the kitchen with a bottle of Jack Daniels in his hand. There is a stain on his white shirt that he has made no attempt to cover. "Dallas you can't wear that," I say in disbelief. Dallas glances down to see himself.

"Why not?" He asks. I roll my eyes and tighten my grip on the towel that's wrapped around my swelled body.

"Because there is a blood stain on it!"