𝑆𝑖𝑥

𝐷𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑠 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛

The new broad was hot and all and fiery too, I like that she ain't scared of me, cause most broads are. I liked it when she tried teasing me but I still got mad. I wanted to drive her nuts, it's fun doing that to people, then they get all mad.

Sodapop did not like it when we were having that dumb argument. He was yelling at me but I could care less. I noticed that Athena's phone was on the couch so I grabbed it and added myself to her snap. I added her back obviously, I heard some yelling or something like that from like the other houses but it could just be a gang having a gang fight.

We were all talking and I was spamming Athena's phone Cause it will get her mad. Anyway a few minutes later she came in running looking for her phone, but she seemed off. Then she started crying but I didn't care until she told me that she didn't want to get hurt, so I gave in and gave it to her, I noticed a red hand print on her cheek, someone slapped her hard, but she left before anyone would notice it was a hand.

Everyone was talking about it, soda texted her but she didn't respond, so I did. I heard some more yelling but I kept ignoring.

"Hey Um, I'm not good at shit like this but, you had a handprint on your cheek and it was red, and well I guess I'm asking if you're okay? I don't know what I'm doing" I texted

"I thought you didn't like me" she texted back

"You Ain't bad, just fiery, what happened at dinner and to your face?" I asked

"Dallas my life is complicated, my dad is a drunk and when he chooses to be sober he is normal, but sometimes he isn't, I know soda likes me but he can't like me, there are a billion other girls but not me, I got home and my dad yelled at me and hit me"

"Athena you know I was messing with ya I just wanted to drive you nuts" I said to her

"I know, just next time when you see me like this don't mess around, my life isn't much of a game"

"When did I ever say it was, my life ain't a game either man"

"I know, that's why your tuff, but I'm not tuff I just sass around, like you said earlier I'm a wiseass"

"Soda is real worried about you"

"Tell him I don't want to talk to him right now, good night" her icon popped off and I turned off my phone

"Why isn't she responding?" Sodapop said freaking the fuck out

"She doesn't want to talk to you, she said she doesn't want to talk right now," I interrupted

"How do you know?" He said mad

"She told me" I mumbled

"Why is she texting you?!" He yelled

"Soda didn't you see her fucking cheek! That ain't no rash! That was a fucking hand print! You should have just left her alone and not kept talking about why she doesn't like you," I said loudly

"Who did that to her?" He asked

"I don't fucking know man, now let me go drink a Fucking beer, cause you are really getting on my nerves" I said getting up and leaving the house and going to bucks.

Why the hell do i care about her? I don't care about anyone but myself.

𝐴𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑎 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑎

I woke up with my hand hurting a lot. I my cheek hurt too. Dally texted me last night and I honestly didn't except him to. I got up did my morning routine and put on a black hoodie with some leggings. I tried covering up the light purple handprint as much as I could, you can still see a purple bruise on my cheek bone but I'm good. I re wrapped my hand cause I don't want my wound to get infected. I put on some uggs and grabbed my back pack and was in my way.

"Morning Baby sorry i wasn't here last night i got called in to the office" my mom kissed my head

"It was a classic night with dad right ale" I said looking at my brothers black eye, cut lip, and wrapped hand,

"A classic night with our dad" he said mumbling

"I'm really sorry bebés" my mom said sad

"Come on we are going to be late" I mumbled softly

My mom dropped us off in the front and we both walked into school late. It was really late, it was 4th period, I mean at least we are in the class together.

"The rosa twins, why are you two late?" Mr, Martin asked us

"Family difficulty's" ale mumbled and slammed his backpack on the floor next to his desk and sat down. I sat next to him and we both sighed.

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We didn't pay attention in class in any class, all I could think about was the dead silence after my dad hit Alejandro.

We walked out of the building in silence after the bell rang.

"I'm going to practice" he said softly and hugged me, he left and I saw Jonathan Come

"Hey What happened?" He asked me

"Nothing, just hurt my self and ran into something" I shrugged

"What happened to your hand?" He asked me

"What happened to my hand? Well I was cutting food last night and I cut my self but I'm good" I nodded

"What about your brother?" He asked

"Football right to the eye" I said nodding

"Oh, well I was thinking if you wanted to-," I cut him off

"I'm so flattered Jonathan but right now I'm not  ready for a relationship" I said looking down

"Well maybe another time, I'll see you around" he said smiling and leaving. I sighed and just walked, where you ask? I don't know

As I was walking I ran into someone I didn't expect.

"Hey doll what happened to your cheek?" Dallas said looking at my cut

"Nothing I just ran into something, dumb crazy me" I laughed

"And your hand?" He asked

"I was cutting up tomatoes and it cut my hand, I'm fine though I'll survive" I giggled fakely.

"I know that ain't true" he said crushing his cigarette with his shoes

"It is" i said trying to cover it up

"Don't try hiding your feelings I know I can see the terror in your eyes Athena. I ain't blind like Sodapop, I've lived this" he said kicking a rock

"Dallas" I started

"You can call me dally, Dallas seems to formal"

"Dally stop trying to care about me, I know Sodapop wants you to be nice to me but you don't like me,  so don't pretend" I said walking away from him

"Listen, Athena, you don't act like you don't mean shit to the world, cause I know that feeling I lived that feeling my whole life," he said

"I'm going home I have to fix my hand" I said

" my place ain't far if you want any help" he offered, I just walked with him in silence.

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We walked into a bar that smelled horrible, I went up the stairs with him and went into the bathroom.

"Okay imma stitch it up" he said taking out a needle

"Where did you learn how to do this?" I asked

"Fighting  and getting hurt" he said un rapping my hand.

He started cleaning my bloody hand and put this disinfectant on it. That sung.

"Okay this is going to hurt so bite on this" he gave me a white towel, I bite down on it and I felt the needle pierce me skin.

Screams filled all the silence that was in the room, non stop tears ran down my cheek.

"Stop" i cried

"I'm almost done, hold still" he said stopping for a sec, then he tightened it and cries, screams, and sobs happened again

He finally finished after 20 minutes. I couldn't stop crying, My hand was shaking, he wiped all the blood and I was sniffling and crying at the same time.

"It's all down now" he said wrapping it with a new bandage,

"I-I-it h-h-Hur-t" I cried

"I know it did, but you still have one more on your cheek but it ain't that much" he said giving my the towel again,

I closed my eyes as tears and tears ran down my cheeks, I bit the towel and he disinfected it and started again, I cried a lot and screamed a bit to, but once he finished he put a new bandaid, and I put my head on his chest and wrapped my arms around his torso, but he didn't hug back. So I grabbed his arms and put them around me. It was the only way I could calm down. Then he kinda figured how to hug a human so he held me a bit tighter. I took a deep breath and I closed my eyes

"Pains over" he whispered in his husky tone, I felt my self relax, and getting more droopy. I think he noticed too because he picked me up and walked me to his room I assume and set me down on the bed.

"Sleep Babygirl," he said moving my hair out of face, he started to get up off the bed but I put my hand on his, showing that I don't want him to leave me alone, and he didn't leave me alone, he sat next to me and turned on his phone and started watching something. I was too asleep to know what. Is dally actually being nice to me now compared to yesterday? Sodapop was wrong about him being cold, selfish and heartless.