Who We Are(The Outsiders Fanfiction)

76|"That's Just Who We Are."

<Dallas's POV>

I walk straight back into a wall and try to breathe normally. I have a baby boy and a baby girl. Shailene and Aiden, as Skyler and I picked out months before. My sister and Soda have a baby boy named Wesley. Skyler is unconscious and barely bleeding. Her morphine has malfunctioned so she could feel every bit of pain from her c-section. I may loose my life partner.

My fingers clench and form a tight fist. With a grunt, I slam my fist into the hospital wall with a loud bang. The hard material sends shocks of pain through my hand, but I barely feel it. As I rear my arm back again for a second punch it is stopped by Darry. He holds my wrist in his tight grip, causing me to turn and look at him in his eyes. "Dallas, it's going to be okay," he claims in a calm voice. I look around behind him and find everyone looking scared and worried. Soda is waiting restlessly by the door to Chris and Skyler's room. I remember now that he too had to leave his new infant and wife. Only difference is, Chris is breathing normally.

"She, she's going to die," I manage to mutter quickly. Whipping my glance back up at Darry's eyes I continue, "she is going to leave me." Darry shakes his head.

"She is going to be fine, she is one of the strongest girls I know. She will not let herself die, for the sake of Tibby, Aiden, and Shai," Darry claims. I would agree, but Darry didn't see what she did right before she passed out. She looked at everyone of us as if she was never going to see us again. Skyler is greeting death willingly.

"I can't loose her."

"And you won't," Steve says with Lena on his arm, "I won't let it happen."

"How do you expect to keep that promise?" I ask. A nurse walks out of Skyler's room and begins to walk away. Steve raises his eyebrows at me and then follows the nurse. Before he reaches her, Steve pulls a stack of bills from his pocket. He mouths, "casino cash." Somehow, Steve manages to bribe the nurse into letting him do something. Steve comes back over to me holding a face mask. I take it from him and look at him gratefully.

"You're in, tell her we love her," Steve informs me. Giving him a quick hug I walk towards the door. But not before kissing Tibby on the forehead as she resides in Johnny's arms. Pulling the mask over my face, I enter the crowded room and make my way to the head of Skyler's bed. Chris is watching with teary eyes from the next bed over. I nod to her in reassurance and then kneel by Skyler's head. My fingers run delicately through her short black hair, brushing it back behind her pale pierced ears. The doctors look at me as if I'm crazy and then shrug as they work on Skyler's stitches and getting her heart to start again. They pump on her chest violently, but as for me, I speak quietly in her ear.

"Okay Skyler Elizabeth, this is it. You're a mom of three and my life partner. You have a family, the gang that is. You can come back to people who love you more than anything. I don't want to hold you back from peace and seeing your parents, but Skyler, I need you here. I can't raise our children on my own. You make me whole. You changed me for the better and I am eternally grateful. You reminded me of love and warmth. Your presence stripped me of any harshness and my cold interior. I will always be there for you if you wake up. Wake up Skyler Elizabeth. Wake up for me. I'm waiting for you my love. I will always wait for you." Within seconds doctors begin to stop trying to make her heart beat again. They begin to give up even though I have not. Chris starts to bawl from across the room. She covers her mouth and places a hand on her chest.

The machine just to the right of Skyler's bed begins to beat normally again. As if on cue, Skyler speaks quietly with her eyes still closed, hiding that beautiful grey I have fallen in love with. "Don't worry Dallas, this is just what we do. We always seem to loose each other, but we always come back together again. That's just who we are." I let out a relieving sigh, my breath shaking and stand up quickly before throwing my arms around Skyler's shoulders. She places a small hand on my back, rubbing it slowly to comfort me as I sob into her shoulder like a total baby. I don't care if everyone in this hospital sees me fall apart. My tough facade died the day I met Skyler. I don't need to hide my love for my family. "Aiden and Shaliene?" She asks. I nod slowly.

"Healthy as could be, and beautiful, they're so beautiful Skyler," I claim as I finally pull away from her.

"And Chris?" Skyler asks concerned. I smile brighter.

"Ask her yourself," I tell her before pointing to my sister in the bed to the left of Skyler. Skyler turns her head weakly to Christina and finds her smiling with tears streaming down her cheeks. Skyler sighs in relief and closes her eyes.

"What's his name Chris?" Skyler asks, opening her eyes again. Chris bites her bottom lip before answering.

"Wesley," Chris answers happily. Skyler smiles.

"I love it, now, where are they?" Skyler asks, referring to Aiden and Shailene. I smirk and look to the nurse. She nods and leaves the room to go retrieve the babies. Within minutes, the nurse returns with my newborns. Our nurse places the babies in Skyler's arms. One child in each crook of her arms. A smile so wide it puts a piano to shame, forms on her face. Skyler's eyes light up and tears prick at her eyes. She looks to our girl. "Shailene Elizabeth," her glance turns to our boy, "Aiden John." I smile and think about how far I have come. My life starts out with an abusive father, who is still on the loose and watching us, a dead mother, running to Tulsa, hating children, and being cold and mean. Everything takes a turn when I meets his crazy beautiful girl. Suddenly I have one baby girl, she survives cancer and gives me two more beautiful children. Nothing in between matters to me. All I care about is my family. My six best buddies, Lena, Leala, my loving sister, my nephews, my three children, and my one true love. No matter how cliche it sounds, Skyler is the only one. She is the only person in the entire world that I ever considered having a life with. She is the only person I want to be with for as long as I live. There will always be that part of me that will resent commitment, but like Skyler said, that's just who we are, this is just who I am.

A/N the end

Haha nope. Sorry for the lack of updating. At first I had writers block then when I go back into writing I was on a cruise with no wifi so I couldn't publish anything, grrr, Thai fuckery.

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