The outsider

Chapter 9

Two carried me on his back back to the Curtis home, pony walked beside me and rubbed my back ever now and then. As we walked in everyone was there getting ready for the rumble. "You tired honey?" Darry asked as he saw me on twos back, I shook my head and jumped off of him, "No. I just don't feel like walking." Darry smiled as I walked over to him. I stood on my tip toes and kissed him. "Are you really going to the rumble." Darry was tightening his belt as he nodded. "I've got to, can't let these girl punchers get them selfs killed." "Okay." I wined, he leaned down and kissed me hard. "I love you." "I love you to." I looked around the room as they contiuned getting ready, "Win for us boys!" They began to yell excitingly at my statement, "Greasers forever!" We all cheered at what Two said. One by one they made their way out of the house, I stepped out onto the patio and called out to my boyfriend. "Darrel!" He turned, as well did the boys, "Yeah?" "You forgot something." I walked to him with a smile, he walked to me with an even bigger smile. "Well. How could I forget that?" When I got to him he dipped me, I laughed but it was cut off as he kissed me, I kissed him back with lots of passion. Our bodies pushed together, my thumbs rubbing his cheeks as I cupped them he broke from the kiss and lifted me up by my thighs, I gladly wrapped my legs around his waist as he kissed me again, standing tall now I was above him by a few inches. The kiss deepeded and felt a lot like it did a year ago when he saved me. "I love you." He said as he pulled away, I rested my forehead on his and kissed him lightly. "I love you to." He sat me down and kissed my forehead, "We got to go." I nodded as he walked back to the boys who all were ether smirking or looking at us in disgust. "You come back in one piece Darrel!" "I promise!" I watched as they ran away screaming and chanting, all riled up for the rumble, I was worried that someone waa going to get hurt, that one of them wasn't going to be walking away from this night. Someone from the gang was going to die tonight, I felt sick and my heart ache from their loss was already begging. Call it a hunch, but whatever you call it I couldn't shake it.

So I ran to the fight as fast as I can in the rain. I didn't even know it started to rain I was to worried that Darry might be the one who's dead or dying. Tears fell down my cheeks, or maybe they were rain drops, I couldn't tell, I just ran as fast as I could to the fight. When I got there everyone was beating on eachother. Some were good fights, or fair fights, the others were unfair and people were getting the shit beat out of them. I looked around and first spotted Steve who was kicking someone's ass, then two who got punched in the face. Soda and pony came into my view as he was pushing someone guy off of Ponyboy. Dally was even thier like he said, he was punching one of the socs and a smile came across my face. Darry was the one I couldn't find. "Darry!" I yelled but that grabbed the attention of one guy who wasn't Darry. "We apologized to you didn't we! Leave us alone, our guilts eating us alive alive." He walked up to me and I took a few steps back, "Don't touch me, don't come near me!" "You punched my pal pretty good today, because of you he's out of the rumble you know. Making it an unfair fight." He started to run to me so I ran away, but he grabbed ahold of my leg and tripped me. He flipped me over and sat on me, "I am sorry for what I did to you, but that doesn't mean I can't make this a fair fight, one soc out one greaser out." I kicked him in the back of his head and flipped over so I was on top of him. I then punched him as many times as I could, I even pulled him up and slammed his head down onto the pavement. I stopped when he wasn't moving, "Thank you bastard. I'm not afraid anymore." I spit on his face and stood up. Once again I looked around the rumble, I ran closer to it. "Darry! Darry!" I started breathing heavy, no! No! This can't be happing, I love him! "D-darell!" Once again my breaths began to increase, fuck. "D-darell! Answer m-me!" "Kourtney!?" I looked to where my name was being called and there was darry punching some guy. He threw him to one of his friends as they began to retreat. We won. The men started to cheer as Darry ran to me, I jumped into his arms, wrapping my legs around his waist. He held my cheeks with his blood stained hands, "Your bleeding what happened-" "It's not my-my blood. I'm okay. I-I had a feeling a-and y-you weren't answering me a-and-" he cut me off with a kiss. "I'm here." I wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him tightly, he rubbed my back and ran his fingers through my hair as he hugged me back just as tight. He kissed the side of my head and held me tighter then before as he Hurd me begin to cry. "I-I thought you were dead." "I'm not. I'm right here." "Kourtney?" I pulled away from Darry as I Hurd my brother voice. "Dally!" I pushed away from Darry and he sat me down, I then ran to Dally and hugged him tightly, resting my head on his chest. He hugged me back, hesitantly because his friends were around us, but he did it. "I told you I didn't want to see your ass here." I chuckled but it was a painful one. "I-I had a feeling t-that someone w-was going to die and-" "Shhh. It's okay. Breath okay, don't make me sing. Not here." I took deep breaths and hugged him tighter as I felt his grip tighten. "We're all okay." I nodded but didn't let go of my brother.

Ponyboy Darry me and dal headed to Johnny. We were gunna tell him we won, Darry stayed in the waiting room, He was only there to support me. When dal, pony and I entered we saw Johnny breathing heavily and trying to smile at us. "Hey johnny. We won." Dal said as he stood Next to him, I carefully took Jon's hand into mine. "Kourtney..... I.... love you." I smiled, "I love you to Jon." Pony boy got closer to Johnny as he looked at him. "Stay gold Ponyboy.... stay gold." He was going to say something but Johnny's breaths became sharper and then they stopped, As well did his heart monitor, his hand that was once trying to squeeze mine fell limp. "Johnny?" I asked. "Johnny man wake up!" "Johnny!" I shook him as tears started to well up in my eyes. I was so focused on Darry not dying I forgot that Johnny was in the worst condition out of them and in the most danger. "Johnny! No! No-no! Don't do this to me Johnny! P-please!" Dal got mad and punched the wall, Ponyboy ran out of the room. "J-Johnny! No! No no no!" "He's dead kourtney get over it!" Dally was mad I could tell. My vision blurry from the tears, and the sounds around me were nothing I could make out. I threw myself into Dally's arms. He hugged me and comforted me, seems to be the only thing he does now. "H-he's d-dead." Dally was trying his hardest not to cry as he held me in his arms, he knew I needed him right now more then he needed to mourn Johnny. "Shh. Shh." He held me tight. "H-hush little baby don't say a word. Dallys gunna buy you a mocking bird.... and if.... that mocking bird don't sing. Dallys gunna buy you.... a diamond.... ring. And if that diamond ring turns brass.... Dally's gunna buy you a looking glass." The song that comforted me every time I was in a state like this sounded different this time, it was Strachey and off key. I could hear Dally holding back the tears and having to pause ever now and then to took a breath. "Dally's right here no one can hurt me." Dally said, I shook my head. "No! No!" "Say it k-kourtney come on." "No! No!" I-I can't." "Shh." I pushed Dally away from me and tuned him out, Johnny was dead. Johnny my little brother was dead! He told me he loved me because he knew he was dying! I can't breath, I can't see I can't hear! All I know is Johnnys dead!

Dallys POV~
Kourtney ran out of the room so I followed. As much as I wanted to cry I knew she needed me more. I followed her to see she ran straight into Darry's arms, he held her close and tried to comfort her. "What happened?!" He yelled as he saw me. An idea came into my head. "Johnny's dead. She's having a panic attack." "How do we stop it?" "You have to do what I've been doing for all her life. It won't work if I do it." "Why not and what is it?" "She doesn't love me as much as she loves you... the routine has to be done by the person she trust the most." Darry looked at kourtney and held her tighter as he looked back at me. "Dally what do I have to do?" Another idea popped into my mind, kourtney didn't need me anymore. She had Darry. "You have to do exactly what I say and every time this happens Darry, And I mean every time this has to be done. You can't miss a thing." "Tell me Dally!" "Sing that lullaby about the mocking bird. But use your name. Then when she looks at you. Kiss her forehead and make her say that Darry's right here no one can hurt me. She has to say it until she doesn't stutter." He nodded as he began to sing.

Kourtney's POV~
I Hurd something and I tried so hard to not hear it, but I had no choice as it was something I knew could help me. "Hush little baby don't say a word, Darry's gunna buy you a mocking bird, and if that mocking bird don't sing, Darry's gunna buy you a diamond ring, and if that diamond ring turns brass, Darry's gunna buy you a looking glass." I looked up to see I was wrapped in Darry's embrace. He smiled at me and kissed my forehead. "Say it with me darling. Darry's right here no one can hurt me." "D-Darry's right here no one can hurt me." We both said, he smiled more and said, "Again." "Darry's right here no one can hurt me." A smile came across my face as he kissed my forehead again. "That's right. No ones gonna hurt you as long as I'm here." I Hurd a chuckle so I looked to my side. There stood dally with a smile on his face. "Dally? How did Darry know-" "I can't do the routine anymore kourt. It had to be Darry." "What why?" "Because you love him more then you love me." Darry tightned his grip, "What? Dally no-" "It's okay kourtney. Darry knows what to do to help you know. Everything's gunna be okay." I nodded and held Darry as tight as he held me, my face rested on his chest and he rubbed my back. "She has panic attacks s lit Darry. Take care of her, promise me that." "I promise Dally." He said before kissing my head. For a second I forgot about Johnny dying, I was just happy to me with the two men I loved the most but I loved Johnny too. Just like a brother, and now he's dead.