To Be With You (Dally Winston love story)

chapter seventeen

I woke up in a hospital bed. The first thought that came to my mind was where’s Dally? The last time I saw him he was still in the church. I started screaming. Then the nurse came in and tried to calm me down. It wasn’t working though, I wanted to see Dally. “Where is he? Where’s Dally?” Two bit came running in the room. “Is she okay?” “She’s just under shock. Maybe you should take her home. She can come back in the morning to see Dallas, if he’s stable.” What does she mean be if he’s stable?  “No! I want to go see him now!” “I’m sorry but you can’t.” Then the nurse left. “Come on, you can come back tomorrow to see Dally with Ponyboy. He already left. Said he would come see Johnny and Dall tomorrow morning, you can come with him.” I finally gave in. All that night I couldn’t stop thinking about Dally.

The next morning I went with Two bit and Steve over to Pony’s. I wish I could’ve just gone straight over to Dally. I was worried about him. When we walked in Ponyboy was cooking breakfast. I wondered to myself how he could even think about breakfast right now! Dally and Johnny are in the hospital and this is what he’s doing! They were talking but I wasn’t listening, I didn’t really care what they had to say. I went over and sat on the couch waiting for Pony and Two bit to be ready to leave. A couple minutes later Darry and Sodapop came in. Soda just had on a pair of jeans and he was wet. I flashed back to the day I came over here when he had just gotten out of the shower, but then I forgot about it. I couldn’t be thinking of Soda when Dally was hurt. He came over and sat on the couch pretending I wasn’t even there. “Hey Two bit, Mickey’s on TV!” he said to Two bit smiling. At least someone’s happy. I thought sarcastically. “Pony, Two bit are you ready to go?” I asked getting impatient. “Go where?” Soda asked. “To the hospital. To see Dally and Johnny. Or did you forget, your friends are in the hospital?!” I said starting to get angry. “Johnny’s my friend. But the only one here who’s even truly friends with Dallas is you. The rest of don’t give a hang if he dies. Just Johnny. Face it, no one wants Dally to live except you.” I was beyond pissed. How could he say something like that? And that was it, I lost it. I stood up and slapped Soda across the face. “HOW COULD YOU SIT THERE AND SAY THAT!! YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE LYING IN THAT HOSPITAL BED, NOT DALLY!! HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE THE ONE WHO MAY DIE? AND NO ONE CARED. IF EVERYONE SAID ‘WELL NOBODY CARES IF HE LIFES OR NOT’ ‘ITS JUST SODA, LET HIM DIE! IT’S NOT LIKE ANYONE CARES’ IM SICK AND FUCKING TIRED OF HEARING YOU SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT DALLY! YOU KNOW WHAT SODA? GO TO HELL!!!!” I yelled and ran out the door. I had never screamed at anyone like that. But I just couldn’t take it anymore. Then it finally hit me. Dally really could die if he got burned bad enough. I didn’t actually know how bad he was but what the nurse said ‘she can see him if he’s stable’ and the Sodapop saying no one cares if he dies or not. That really got to me. The all came running out of the house after me; even Soda. But I didn’t want to see him now. I didn’t want to see him ever again, not after what he said. “You know he didn’t mean any of that stuff he said. Come on he’s real sorry.” Ponyboy said to me. Oh yeah, he looks real sorry. If he was so ‘sorry’ how come Pony is the one who said it and not him? “Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever. Are you two ready to go? If not I’ll just go by myself.” They nodded and we left.

When we got there Pony and Two bit went to see Johnny first, but I went to Dally. The nurse showed me where his room was. When I walked in it was worse than I thought…