Opposites attract - Dally Winston

Chapter 24:

I felt Dallas's body tense up and he immediately pulled away. My heart dropped as he reached into his pocket to pull out a cigarette while avoiding eye contact. 

There was a moment of silence before he spoke "nah. No your not. Me and you? That could never happen," he says harshly with a cold tone in his voice. Before I had the chance to say anything or to even react to what he had just said he turned and walked off disappearing into the now dark street with only the street lights illuminating him.

I watched in pain as he walked farther and farther away. It felt like my heart was being stabbed over and over again with every step he took away from me. He didn't look back once. I couldn't think. One minute we were having a great time, the other about to kiss, and then the other with him harshly walking off.

I regain my composure and turned my back from the slowly fading Dallas Winston. I took a deep breath before starting to walk in the direction of my grandpa's house. If he didn't forgive me I won't know what to do with myself.

I look at the lit house in front of me. I take another deep breath before opening the gate and walking in. I was only a few steps away from the front porch now and I was completely freaking out.

I was now on the front porch standing in front of the door waiting to knock. I close me eyes and knock on the door three times before opening them.

I wait for about ten seconds, every second becoming more painful then the last. It was bout fifteen seconds when the door opened and out peered through my grandpa. 

His face lit up as he saw me standing there, "Gracie!" he says wrapping his wrinkly arms around me "hey grandpa" I say as I hug him back, "you scared me to death. I thought you were never going to come back" he says, and I could tell he was on the verge of tears. I chuckle "because you kicked me out grandpa," I say not letting go of him.

He chuckled too and he finally let me go "I'm so sorry grandpa" I say looking him in the eye "I know what I did and said to you was unacceptable, but I'm hoping I can make things right between us," I say, trying my best to remember what Pony and I had wrote.

"I should have never kicked you out," he says before wrapping me into a hug again.

"Well I didn't bring my stuff with me, so I will be back tomorrow, if that's ok" I say ending the hug, "of course. Be safe" he says with a smile as I turn around and walk back to the Curtis house.

On my way there I hoped that I wouldn't run into Dally, or that he wouldn't be at the Curtis home. I also kept thinking of how his mood changed so quickly, he went from hating me, to tolerating me, to actually liking me, to us actually having a good time together, to us about to kiss, and then back to square one," Dallas's mood changed so quick, and I don't know why.

I finally reach the Curtis house and just walk in like I normally do "how'd it go?" Pony was the first to ask as he stood up from the ground "good, he's letting me stay at his house again,"I say with a smile "he was happy to see me" I add as I head to my room "do you mind if I stay one more night Darry?" I ask politely "go ahead kido" he says not even looking up from his paper. What's even that entertaining about a newspaper? 

I begin to pack my bags, but leave out my Pj's and the clothes I will be wearing tomorrow and lay them on the white dresser. 

After I finished I sat down in a chair and put my head on the wooden desk in front of it. I think back on Dally's words "nah. No your not. Me and you? That could never happen," I haven't had that much time to think about how much those words stung till now. My eyes started to fill up with tears, but before I had enough time to let them fall I heard a knock on my door.

"Gracie?" I hear Soda on the other side as he gently knocks on the door. I quickly wipe away the tears and shove them back in "come in" I say casually. 

The door creaked open. I look back to see Soda standing with his hands in his jean pockets. "Darry made some dinner if you want some" he said shifting on the balls of his feet.

"Who's all here?" I ask just not wanting to here Dally's name "well me, Pony, Darry, Johnny, and Dally" Soda says narrowing his eyebrows as he sees my expression change when he mentions Dally, "is there something going on between you and Dally?" he asked curiously.

"No" I say bluntly looking away from Soda. "Gracie..." he says closing the door. I get up and move over to the end of the bed and sit down with a sigh, Soda follows close behind me taking a seat beside me.

"What's wrong?" he asks concerned. I look up at him "Dally really confuses me. One minute he's super mean and scary, the other he's an ok guy, the next your laughing your ass of with him, and the next your about to kiss him, and then he starts at stage one again,"I say extremely fast that Soda probably didn't even hear a word I said, "and you guys say girls are confusing," I add with a huff.

"Wait. You were about to kiss Dally?" Soda said after a moment of trying to process what I had just said "well, yeah then he just took off," I say placing my head in my hands.

I feel Soda's arm snake around my shoulder as he pulls me closer to him "Dally is a complicated person. I'm not even sure he's aware of his emotions," he says "if I'm being completely honest with you Gracie, I'm not sure Dally could develop feelings for anyone," he says. My heart drops again as I hear these words. Out of all people Soda was the one who would tell you the honest truth, well and Dally.

"But... I've never seen Dally act the way he does when he's with you... it's like his whole view on the world changes. I don't know if you can see it, but everyone else in the gang can... Dally is different around you. It makes us wonder if you were the one," he adds rubbing my shoulder. 

Soda's words brought a smile to my face. "Now. Are you gonna come down for dinner?" he asks. I sigh and stop leaning on his shoulder "save me some?" I ask with a charming smile, he rolls his eyes and gets up from the bed "goodnight!" I say as he exits the room "goodnight," he replies shutting the door behind him.

I got ready for bed and got under the covers. As I closed my eyes I couldn't help but think of what Soda said about Dally. The more I though about it the more my mind became more confused "why are you so confusing?" I mumble to myself before I fall asleep with the chattering coming from downstairs.