ᴅ ɪ ɴ ᴇ ʀ
the diner was packed with families, groups of teenagers, old ones, and of course couples
dally and i sat at booth near the back, away from everyone
i hit my head against the booth seat, while dally slouched in his spot
dally sipped his coffee, he looked at me as if i were a child
"what?" i raised an eyebrow, confused why he was giving me a look
"it's eleven in the morning and you're here drinking a milkshake" he laughed, "you love sugary stuff don't you?"
"yeah" I took a sip out of my milkshake. "i love strawberries a lot. if coke had a strawberry flavoured coke i would love it"
"that sounds like it would taste like ass" dally pushed his tongue against his cheek
I rolled my eyes, he seemed so dry. dally seemed like all he did or care was fight and fool around
"listen sweetheart" he said. "i brought you here so i'll be able to get to know you more"
"so?" i looked at him, waiting for him to speak further
he crossed his arms. "what even is your last name?"
i blanked out. the only people who knew my last name were those who were super close to me. i hadn't told anyone my last name in years
before i thought things through, i blurted. "sahota"
he looked confused at me, like he'd never heard my last name before
"i'm south asain" i explained to him. "people think i'm white or cuban but i'm indian"
"your aunt looks white though" dally's hands traced the rim of his cup
"she's also indian" i continued on. "i kept my last name a secret from the public so people wouldn't know my race. i love my culture and my identity so much i just have to hide it some times"
"aren't you indians you know?" dally crooked a brow. "big on like traditions and like i don't think your parents would be proud of your playboy magazines"
"listen dally" i sighed. "my parents loved me lots and lots. i lived with them and with my aunt, but when my parents went to new york to see my grandma they happened to die on their flight there..."
i got silent, i never explained in depth what happened to my parents often since it was a topic i kept away from myself and others
"the only reason i said yes to the deal was because i could get money and live with my grandma" i told him. "my grandma then passed away, she never knew what i was doing so i got married to ray"
"who the fuck is ray?" his jaw clenched, his hands that rested on the table formed into a small fist
"dally i'm not married to him anymore". it's ray the famous actor?" i went on. crooking a brow, making sure he knew who i was talking about. "i came here to just see everyone before i went back to new york"
"wow" his voice got softer than usually. "i guess i didn't know lots about you"
"what did you think you knew about me huh?" i gave him a look
dally shrugged his shoulders. "i thought you were some girl who enjoyed fucking around"
"you got that wrong. dally i value my life a lot and my family, i loved my aunt so much because she's my only other family here in america"
"so baby you've never been in love then?"
"i guess not" i took another sip through my straw. "what about you dal?"
he scoffed. "love is dumb okay?"
"i thought you had a girlfriend sylvia?"
"angelica, she two time when i was in jail" dally rolled his eyes while i stared at him. "baby it ain't odd meeting a guy who's been to jail here"
"i kn—"
"listen" he leaned closer to me. "i've been to jail a lot of times, so you'll need to get use to that"
i didn't say another thing to him, he's sometimes was getting on my nerves, a bit too much
"sylvia was a broad a picked up and then left" dally tried to stayed tuff while he explained the whole problem
"you've been ranting about her for a bit" i played with my straw. "seems like you like her"
"fuck off" dally was loosing his temper. "she was a bitch"
i stopped myself before i asked further, i knew dally was going to caused a huge scene
"i need to go now" i wanted to get up, away from him. "t—"
"you aren't going anywhere" he threw a couple of dimes onto the table before he begun chasing after me
i went out the diner, ignoring the fact he was behind me
"i still want to hang" he nudge my shoulder, staring my lips
he stared at them for a while. he noticed the strawberry chapstick on my lips, before he came closer to me rubbing the edges
"you messed it up here" dally used his finger to fix it, rubbing my skin
I nearly almost jumped by his touch but didn't say anything
"i really appreciate h-how you're h-hanging with me but i need to talk to steve and soda" i stuttered my whole sentence, getting nervous by how close dally's body was to mine
"we'll head to soda's together" he swing his keys around his finger
c u r t i s h o u s e
as soon dally fling the door opened, i recognized two boys it hadn't seen in years
pony sat in the living room, reading on the couch besides his friend while darry was cleaning the table
"look angelica is here" soda cheered, catching the boys attention
"hey angelica it's been a bit" pony waved, before he went back talking to the boy besides him
i waved back at pony before darry's eyes in locked into mine
"angelica..." darry smiled. "i haven't seen you in ages"
"it's been two years" i rolled my eyes
"that's johnny by the way" pony introduce his friend that looked like he was around pony's age
he shyly waved at me as i did back
dally went up to johnny, before he begun fooling around with him
i went up to soda, steve, and there other friend who then laughed by seeing me
"hey angelica!" he gave a friendly smile. "it's two-bit by the way"
"nice meeting you" i smiled back, trying to be polite as possible
"so..." soda held the cards in his hand, as the three played poker. "angel can i quickly talked to you?"
"sure"
as soda and i made our way to the kitchen he asked. "so is everything with dally been going good?"
"yeah but I know it's going to take some time before i just ask him" i answered, "i'll take things slow"
"angel, just know just not to fall in love with dally" he nudge my shoulder. "because we all know if dally's falls in love, he won't want to let go of you"
"trust me soda" I laughed. "he won't"
© mutuxl_strxwberry