Meet me under the stars (The Outsiders fanfic)

Storms

"I promise it won't always feel like this. I promise that one day these storms inside of you will calm."

"Can we do something big today?" I asked Darry while we cooked breakfast.

"Why today?" His hair fell a little as he looked down at me.

"Cause it's the 4th of July silly." I poked his dimple and grabbed the milk. "I just want to do something special, something fun." I just want to leave with good memories.

"Shoot I forgot."

"How about a famous Darrel Curtis Cookout, a nice game of football, beer with a movie and have all the boys sleepover?" I started to grab the cups when Ponyboy walked in the kitchen, rubbing his eyes. I poured milk in and made the plates.

"Yeah that sounds great, take Pone here with you and Dally to get some fireworks and explosives." Pony's eyes lit up and he was awake.

We stood in front of the small building that was filled with fireworks. Ponyboy and Johnny ran off to find the big ones and Dallas and I stayed to find the sparklers. Soda loved Sparklers.

"Did you tell him?" I ask Dallas.

"Not yet."

"Do you want me too?" I look over and see him standing shyly as Ponyboy grabs a giant box. He shows him but he just nods. His hands fidget around in his pocket. Something is wrong.

"I got it." I nod my head towards him and Dal notices. I walk over and hug him from behind. My head on his shoulder, I poke his stomach and he doesn't laugh.

"You okay?" I whisper so Pony doesn't hear.

"Yeah." I look at him and he knows I can tell he's lying. "I'll be fine."

"Okay. I love you Johnny Cade."I walk back over to Dal who wraps his arms around me. "I don't think the kids okay."

"Today will make him feel better I hope. I got him." He kisses my neck and starts to go off with Johnny and Ponyboy and I look for more fireworks.

He wouldn't let anyone touch the grill. Darry wore his stupid blue hat and an apron and stood cooking and basically scaring off anyone to came near. Dallas kept throwing poppers at everyone feet, making them jump. It was basically a zoo. I walked over to Darry with a plate for the hotdogs. I heard the boys laughing and saw Soda crouched behind me.

"The hell are you- OH MY GOD COLA!!!!" He lit a sparkler in my pocket. Dallas started throwing poppers at my feet, making me jump. "I'm gonna kill you."

The fire started burning my skin as I tried to take it out without burning myself. When I got it out I put it out and glared at Sodapop. He already knew. He went running around the yard, I caught him as he went to jump the fence. We started wrestling around in the grass, getting my white crop all dirty. I finally got in control and sat on top of him. Dallas threw me a bag of marshmallows and I started to shove them into his mouth when Darry literally picked me up like a cat.

"That's enough. Foods ready." We all stand waiting for food when Steve starts rambling on about the latest tire he stole. I love cars and mechanics but this topic was pointless.

"Steve shut up about the tire, no one cares." I rolled my eyes.

"Get your hand out of my shirt you perv." I whisper to Dallas behind me. His hand creeping up and around my shoulder under my crop top. I could feel his lips tug into a smirk as I pushed my elbow into his stomach. Soda brought a radio outside and started to play some music. As soon as we all finished eating everyone started dancing. More like moving like jellyfish. Steve stood on the table screaming the song. I hummed to the song and Johnny sat beside me looking at me. When I looked at him he looked away.