People Don't Change (Dally Winston)

Chapter 25

The rest of Thursday and Friday passed, and I still hadn't talked to Dally. I could already tell this night wasn't going to turn out well, if he even showed up. I had been waiting outside of my house for the past fifteen minutes, nervously pacing across the porch. Just when I was about to go inside, a car pulled up and he stepped up.

"Are you ready to go?" Dally asked.

"I guess. Are you? Or do you need some time to prepare yourself for being with me around other people?" I replied, crossing my arms.

"No I don't." he said, opening the car door for me, "I don't understand why you're being like this."

"Oh, it has nothing to do with you not wanting people to know that you love me," I said sarcastically, with acid on my tone. After that, we spent the entire drive in silence.

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"So, Jenny, how are you liking Tulsa?" Sandy asked, breaking the awkward silence that hung over our table. Soda turned his attention to me, waiting for my answer.

"It's great," I responded, glancing over at Dally. He just glared down at his food. I sighed, "Are you going to keep this up for the rest of the night? Cause if you are, I might as well go home now."

"It's not like you've tried to talk to me either." he growled, not even looking up at me.

"You're the one who gave me the silent treatment the whole way here." I said.

"Well you're the one who can't seem to just accept who I am! You can't just accept that I've changed!"

"Oh, so that's what you're mad about? And I just have no right to be angry that you don't want to be be with me around other people. Right?" I questioned, clenching my fists. He just looked at me, not knowing what to say. I stood up and stormed out of the restaurant.

Dally's POV

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I watched as she stormed out, not sure if I should follow her or not. I loved her, but sometimes I wondered if dating her was a mistake. Maybe we never were meant to be more than friends. Yet, at the same time, I knew that I loved her too much to ever go back to being just friends.

Sometimes, she just makes me crazy. I can't even understand my own feelings when I'm around her. I feel like I need to be near her, as if her gravitational pull on me had drastically increased all of a sudden. Then, something like this happens.

I knew she was really pissed off this time, and that a simple apology wouldn't fix it. As I stood up to follow her, I prayed that this wouldn't be the end of our relationship.

Jenny's POV

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I could hear him walking up behind me, but I didn't turn around. I loved him so much, and it just made me crazy. I know that I shouldn't be so upset about this, yet I couldn't help it. I just felt like he didn't care as much about me as I cared about him.

"Jenny, wait. We need to talk." he said as he grabbed my shoulder. I spun around to face him.

"I don't want to talk to you. Just leave me alone." I said, convincing myself that's what would be best. Maybe this just wasn't meant to be.

"No. I love you, can we just try to work this out? Please?" he asked, trying to hug me. I wriggled out of his grasp.

"Dally, I think we need to take a break," I said, fighting back tears.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I need some time. Maybe someday we can work this out, but not today," as I said this, my mind was yelling at my mouth to shut up, but I said it anyways. This was all stupid. Such a stupid reason to fight, but this was my only solution. I need time to think.

"So it's over?" he asked, his voice cracking slightly. I nodded and turned away, running off in the direction of my house. With every step, my heart told me to turn back, but I couldn't.