| The Outsider's Baby |

Chapter 4

I woke up to the door slamming. I sat up, not wanting Darry to see me. "Hey guys." He said. He walked in the kitchen. But, he obviously noticed something was wrong when I didn't run to him and hug him. He slowly started to walk to me. I put my face in Dally's chest. Dally put his hand on the back of my head. "Dal, why won't she look at me?" Darry asked. His voice was laced with worry. "Baby, look at me." Darry said. I turned to him. You could feel the tension in the room. It was like everyone was holding their breath waiting for someone to say something. Darry grabbed my arm and took me into his room.

When I got into Darry's room he hugged me for a long time. I started to tear up again. "Baby, tell me everything that happened." He said. I told him everything that happened. Darry looked disgusted and pissed off. "Who is this kid?" Darry asked. As soon as he said that we heard he door slam. Steve's back I guess. I went to say hi to Steve but Darry sat me down. "Who is he?" He said. "His name is Joe Freeman." I said looking down. Darry grabbed my chin and kissed my cheek. "I will take care of it tomorrow." He said. I nodded, and we walked into the living room to see a horrible sight.

Steve was laying on the couch with the gang surrounding him. "What happened?!" Darry asked. "He went to Joe's house and beat him up, but he hit Steve a couple times with a baseball bat." Soda said. I rushed to Steve's side and grabbed his hand. I kissed his hand, then his cheek. I laid my hand on his chest. Steve's fingers went through my hair. "Thank you Steve." I said. The gang all sat down. We played games and had movie night. It was 12:00 AM. Dally and I decided we would walk home. Dally grabbed my hand. I said bye to everyone, and we left.

I fell asleep as soon as my head hit my pillow. As soon as my head hit my pillow, I had a crazy dream...

"Mom? Dad?"  I asked. I was in our old house before it burnt down. "Hi honey." Dad said. I ran and hugged them. "Honey, we are allowed to talk to you through your dreams now." My mom said. I nodded. "Why now?" I asked. "Well, soon, two of your friends are going to die. And, without them, the future doesn't look too good. So you have the opportunity to change it. Are you in?" My mom asked. I nodded my head. "Every night we are going to give you dreams, but they are visions. They are going to be why happens the next day." My Dad said. "And, I just wanted to say. We love you. You have grown into a beautiful young woman." My mom said. "Now, here is your first dream."

My parents disappeared and I was suddenly in the Curtis house. "Where the hell have you been, do you know what time it is?" Darry yelled at Pony. I looked at the clock. 2:00AM. "Well, it's 2 o'clock in the morning kiddo." Darry said. Soda woke up. "Hey Pony where've you been?" Soda asked. I smiled. Soda's so cute. I turned back around. Darry was yelling at Ponyboy. Soda got involved. "Hey common Darry." Darry started yelling at soda. I knew Darry was just upset. "Don't you yell at him!" Pony screamed. Darry turned around and hit Ponyboy. Ponyboy got up and raced out the door.

My dream ended. I woke up gasping. Dally jumped up. "Baby, you okay?" Dally asked. "Yeah I'm okay. Just a dream." I said. Dally got up. He was in his boxers. He hugged me. I pulled him into bed with me. He threw his strong Arms around me, and I fell asleep knowing what I had to do tomorrow. Prevent Ponyboy from getting hit.