Take Me As I Am || D.W

Chapter 3.

I was awaken by a hyper Ponyboy. I groaned and turned over to the other side of the bed. He shook me again.

"Wake up, little one." He says with a pleading yet adorable voice. I smiled.

"It's Friday. Do I have to go to school today?" Then I look at my clock. What the hell? It's 10 am!

"Well I can't even go to school because of the time." I said shrugging.

"I skipped school too. I'm sure Mr. Froster can spare a day without you and Dallas fightin' all the time." He laughed and got in bed with me. I turned to look at him. He was so cute.

"Did you just walk over here?" I asked. He nodded. "I came to wake you up. Everyone except Dally is there." I nodded. I kinda wanted to know where was Dally. But at the same time I didn't care if he was there or not.

I grabbed Pony's hand. "Thanks for waking me. I'll get ready soon." I intertwined my fingers with his, and he was flushed. I took my hand out of his and got up from bed with my arms crossed.

"I'm getting ready now, so leave the premises Mr. Curtis." I pointed at my bedroom door.

"I'll be in the livingroom." He laughed and walked out.

I went into the bathroom to take a shower, I washed my hair and body, lazily running the razor down my legs, and when I was done, I put a towel around me to dry off.

Obviously I put on my undergarments, bras and stuff, then I put on my favorite baby blue ruffled blouse, light colored jeans, and some white converse to finish the look.

I didn't want to put on alot of makeup, so I just put on mascara and eyeliner, making the wing at the end of my eye, put on some lip balm and combed my hair and I was done. I walked to the livingroom to see Ponyboy on the couch.

"Sure takes a long time for a girl to get dressed." He said. "Oh hush. I don't put on 10 pounds of makeup like how some socs do. So calm it. Let's go." I grabbed his hand, intertwining our fingers again, closed my front door and locked it, and walked to the Curtis'.

I saw Johnny and Sodapop on the couch ans greeted them, but I saw a strange look on Soda's face.

"Ah, it's about time you guys started dating." He says laughing.

"What?" I forgot me and Ponyboy were still holding hands. I let go immediately.

"We're not dating wiseass." I swat at Soda. I sat next to Johnny, who looked a bit scared. Johnny, what could I say about Johnny? He's like my kid brother. He could tell me anything, same like how I do Dally. We basically can tell each other anything.

Me, Dally and Johnny are kinda like our own family when it comes down to stuff like this. Now I really did want Dally to be here.

"Where's Dally?" I asked.

Two-Bit walked out of the hallway. "He went with Tim to get into a gang fight with some socs." I cringe. I hate when Dally gets into fights. I worry about him getting hurt.

Wait, he's Dallas Winston. He doesn't get hurt..

Just as I thought about it, here comes Dally busting through the door and slamming it shut. He was out of breath and everyone looked at him.

"You alright, Dal?" I heard Johnny speak for the first time since I walked in with Ponyboy.

He turned around, he had a black ring around his eye. I gasped.

"I'm alright, don't worry about it." He walks to sit on the floor. I stood up and down to the floor to look at him.

"You're not okay." I said.

He nods. "I'm fine, Yuli don't worry." He coughs. I look at his eye, which was pretty bruised up. "Who did you fight?"

"Bob, Randy and two other socs." He said with a rusty voice. He cheek is bruised up, but not to the poing where it's black, it's just a little pink. I wanted to touch it, but he'll flinch. I went to the icebox to get a ice pack, and I put it on his eye and cheek. He pushed it away.

"I said I'm fine!" His voice rose and I was beginning to loose it. I threw the ice pack on the ground hearing a loud bang which made everyone jump.

"I was trying to help, and you're being an asshole, so calm down and let me help you." I try to sound as calm and not harsh so he wouldn't have to be rude back. He gave in and nodded.

I put the ice pack back on his face, and he put his hand on it and kept it there. "Thank you." He was now calm again and I did a you're welcome nod.

"I gotta get to work soon." I heard Darry's voice coming from the hallway.

"Me too. We gotta pick up Steve too, Darry." Soda got up from the couch, getting his DX shirt. They both waved goodbye and left. I took a breathe in and out.

I should have went to school today, I thought.