- DALLAS WINSTON.
"fake it till ya' make it."
[ THE OUTSIDERS ]
[ GRAPHIC CONTENT, TW: REFERENCES TO SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, SELF HARM, & TALK OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ]
[RIGHTS:]
- THE ONLY CHARACTERS I OWN WILL BE INTRODUCED, I DO NOT OWN ANY CHARACTERS CREA...
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Present (1965); Tulsa Daisy Parker:
I stood up and pulled Dally into the kitchen. "Guys, this is Scout. Scout, this is Dallas and Johnny." I smiled.
"Well hi." Johnny smiled to the younger girl.
"Daisy, can I talk to you? Upstairs?" Dally asked me, already tugging me toward the stairs.
"We'll be back." I tell Scout and follow Dallas up to our room.
"Daisy, why is she here?" He asks.
"I came home and she basically broke in. I caught her and she had that look in her eyes, Dal. She looked like Johnny, that scared puppy dog look. So I cleaned her up and asked her about herself and got to know her." I explain.
Dallas wipes his face and sighs, "How long did you plan on keeping her here?"
"I didn't plan that far ahead, her parents abandoned her." I inform him.
"I don't like little kids. I don't like 'em.. I just, can't we call a girl's home?" Dallas asks me.
"We can't just put her into a girl's home, she wouldn't survive." I cross my arms.
"Then what do you plan on doing? This isn't an orphanage, Daisy." Dally says.
"What's that suppose to mean?" I furrow my eyebrows.
"Are you seriously referring to Johnny as an orphan?" I ask him.
"That's not what I meant." He says firmly.
"Dallas, what did you see in our future?" I raise an eyebrow at him.
"Married, happy. I didn't really think about having kids." He sighed.
"What if I want kids?" I continue to ask.
"We always work shit out, Daisy! I figured we'd work it out when the time comes!" He raises his voice.
"You and I both know what it's like to be alone, to be unwanted. How about you go down there and tell a thirteen year old girl that she can't stay here and has to go live on the streets!" I raise my own voice.
"I know I can't save everyone, but I can at least save her!" I add.
"The only person that can save someone is them self!" He yells back.
"Then explain to me why you saved me, Dal!" I fought back.
The cold look was washed from Dally's face.
"Bet you never thought about that one, huh buddy?" I huff out.
I turned away from Dallas and looked out the window to see the sun starting to go down. I felt arms wrap around my waist.
"You saved me too." Dally's voice cut through the silence.
I leaned my head against his chest as I watched the sky change colors.
