AGH...... SORRY GUYS!!!! My phone got stolen yesterday and I was freaking out and completely forgot to post yesterday. I hope this chapter makes up for it!!!! Please forgive me!!!!

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At Pony’s house Johnny sat on the couch with ice held to his head and he took two aspirin. I sat next to him and Summer was on the other side of me. Steve and Soda were sitting on the other smaller couch and Ponyboy was sitting on the floor resting against my legs. We were watching some stupid show on TV that I wasn’t paying attention to. I heard the door open and close and someone call out, “I’m home and Two-Bit’s here.” There was a chorus of “Hey Darry” and “Hey Two-Bit” and Summer and I turned to look at the two. One was wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt and blue jeans and I knew he was Two-Bit and the other was tall and muscular and was wearing a button up shirt and jeans, I knew he was Darry. “Hi I am Cleo and this is Summer and, Summer, this is Two-Bit and Darry.” I said first to the two guys then to Summer. A smirk grew on Two-Bit’s face and he was about to take a step forward but Darry held him back and shook his head. Two-Bit sighed, “Fine I won’t flirt with them, but you know for a fact that Dally will.” Darry couldn’t argue with that and Two-Bit came and sat in front of Johnny. “So which one is your girlfriend, Pony?” Two-Bit asked him. Pony blushed crimson and looked away. Me and Summer just looked at each other and began to laugh. “Neither of them.” Ponyboy replied and he almost sounded sad. Soda and Steve began to laugh and Two-Bit soon joined them. I rested my head on Johnny’s shoulder for support when I was done laughing and everyone else was soon done after that. “I forgot to mention this earlier but, Cleo, you remind me a lot of Dallas. You two look alike too. Are you related?” Soda said and I shook my head. “Nope I don’t have any siblings but I think we have to same last name. His last name is Winston right?” I asked and everyone nodded. “Hmm that’s weird.” I said and went back to the TV when Mickey Mouse came on. Summer tapped me on the shoulder, “Come on I want to talk to you.” I followed her onto the porch. “What’s up?” I asked. “Okay so when we go to the pond soon both of us team up and push the others into the water, except for Johnny. Then we go in whenever we want.” She said and we soon both had evil smirks on our faces. Mine disappeared, “What if everyone then teams up against us, what do we do?” She shrugged, “We’ll think of something.” “I really want to meet this Dallas person. That was the second time I was told that I reminded them of Dallas.” I said as we both leaned against the railing looking at the still brightly colored sky. “Who knows, maybe he’s your long lost brother.” Summer said and I looked at her like “Really?” and she smiled at me. “Kidding, I was kidding.” I just chuckled and looked back at the sky. Soon we could hear shouting coming from around the corner. “Baby it was a mistake.” A female voice said. “Two-timing isn’t a mistake it is a choice and stop calling me “baby”, I ain’t your “baby” anymore, Sylvia.” Said a male voice. “Fine here’s your fucking ring back.” The female said and I suggested to Summer that we go inside. We sat back on the couch then the door opened and slammed shut. The person who came in was mumbling curse words and looked pretty mad. He plopped down on the couch and I couldn’t help myself. “Well ain’t you just a ray of sunshine and a patch of flowers.” I said with attitude looking at the guy. The guy gave me a cold stare.  Summer face palmed herself, “Does that mouth of yours have a filter on it?” “No it doesn’t, now deal with it.” I said and she just rolled her eyes. “You should watch your mouth around people though.” She said and I just shrugged not really caring. “What’s wrong Dal?” Soda asked. “Sylvia was two-timing me again.” He responded. “I wonder why?” I mumbled under my breath but he still heard. He gave me a death glare and if looks could kill I would be dead. Realization then came to me. I looked at him. “So you are the Dallas I have been hearing about. People are saying I remind them of you but that’s not right since I AM a ray of sunshine and a patch of flowers and you aren’t.” I smiled sweetly at him and his eyes flashed anger. “Cleo.” Summer said in a warning tone. “Ya know, you should listen to your friend and watch your mouth.” He said looking at me. I thought about it for a minute before answering, “Yea I prefer not.” Everyone was looking at us, watching. “Do you know who the hell I am?” Dallas asked. “Yes I do actually. You are Dallas Winston, age nineteen, criminal record more than a mile long, likes to fight, and hot tempered. I can tell by the way they are looking at me that no one stands up to you, but guess what; I am. The reason why, you ask, because no one and nothing scares me. You do not scare me Dallas, nothing about you scares me one bit.” I responded and I was on the edge of my seat. My temper was rising higher and higher. “Ponyboy get your broad to shut up!!” Dallas demanded to Pony. That was the last straw. I stood up slowly, “What the fuck did you call me?” Dallas stood up also. I shot daggers at him. “I called you a broad, is that a problem?” He crossed his arms. “It is actually because I ain’t no broad. You want to know what a broad really is?” I asked my voice rising, taking a step towards him. He took a step towards me. “Tell me what a broad is, I dare you.” He said, his eyes turning into slits. “Broads are the sluts YOU consider a date.” I said putting emphasis on “you”. Dallas brought his fist back to punch. I didn’t even flinch, but everyone else in the room was frozen with fear. His hand flew towards my face but my only movement was to bring my hand up to stop the punch. Dallas stood there dumbfounded and I tightened my grip on his hand. “You just made a big mistake, tough guy.”

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OOOO..... Dally's in trouble........ What do you guys think is going to happen? Will she beat he shit out of him or will Dally win the fight and beat up Cleo???? And what do you think is the connection between Dal and Cleo, even though it's pretty obvious??? Hope you guys like the chapter!!!! I'll update on Friday AND IF I FORGET PLEASE COMMENT REMINDING ME OR MESSAGE ME!!!! I DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT YOU GUYS AGAIN!!! Until Friday, STAY GOLD!!!!