True Happiness (Outsiders Fanfic)

Lithium's POV

      I don't know why I did everything Darry asked, but it felt right. Now I'm sitting in his truck hoping he won't ask any more questions.

      I shivered, even though the heat was on.

      "Cold?" Darry asked.

      I nodded. Never before have I felt so weak or helpless.

      Darry reached into the back seat and grabbed a quilt.

      "Here." He said, covering me as well as he could with one hand.

      "Thanks." I whispered, not trusting my voice.

      Darry smiled slightly. He looked mad. He most likely was.

      "You hungry?" Darry asked.

      I shook my head. "No."

      "You don't look like you've eaten anything for awhile." Darry commented worriedly.

      "That's because I couldn't hold anything down long enough. I stopped trying to eat." I told him.

      "You need at least eat a little bit." Darry commanded.

      "Ok." I sighed. "But something really small."

      "Ok." Darry smiled. "You and I can split it."

      Darry turned up the music a little and I mouthed along with the words.

      Darry studied me while I payed attention to the music.

      "Did your dad do this too?" He asked, tracing the read palm print on my cheek.

      "No. A Soc did that while I was working one day." He already knew too much, might as well tell him everything.

      "When?"

      "Yesterday."

      "Why?"

      "Don't know, but now he doesn't have a girlfriend and is banned from the Dingo."

      "I really sound like Ponyboy, don't I?"

      "Yeah. But that's ok. Pony's a good kid."

      "Really?" Darry questioned.

       I gave a confused look. "Yeah... Pony understands a lot more than anyone else."

      "He's just annoying and asks a lot of questions." Darry sighed.

     "That's because he wants to know what's going on in family/friends life. He'll get to know you just enough that he'll know exactly when something is wrong." I explained.

      "So...?"

     "Yes, Darry, Pony was the first to find out."

Word count: 315

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~Lily