<Skyler's POV>

One month later.

No cancer, six months pregnant, legal guardian to Johnny, and no sign of Charlie Winston. The surgery went perfectly fine and now our only concern is paying of the last few hospital bills. Chris and I are both healthy at the end of our sixth month in the pregnancy. Still no name for Chris's baby boy, but Aiden and Shailene remain with their names. Steve was not caught for killing Johnny's father. We dragged the body out into another part of town where the police couldn't trace it back to us. They found the body in Soc territory, so of course they couldn't charge any of those kids so the headlines read 'mystery killer'. Dallas and I 'adopted' Johnny and he continues to live with us, sleeping in the living room and helping Dallas and I out with Tibby even with his broken arm. He just has his arm in a simple sling now with thin wrappings. According to the doctors he is a wonderful healer.  As for Chris and Dally's father, we haven't seen any evidence that he is still in Tulsa. It's still only Dallas, Darry, and I that know he was or is still here. The three of us thought it better if no one else worried so we wouldn't all go mental. Of course we still make elusive ways to assure none of us girls walk around alone. We are even cautious when it comes to any of the guys walking alone.

Pony is doing well in the end of his senior year. He graduates in June and it's already March. Then in September he is off to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University with a full scholarship. We have discussed the matter of funds for Pony so he has money for food and supplies. Darry will be sending him a check once a month that will add to the money Pony will get from whatever job he gets in Massachusetts. We also discussed that Pony may not be able to attend a second year because of financial problems but in the end everyone agreed at least he will have had the experience of college unlike the rest of us. The most important Bing for al of us is to have Pony attend college considering none of us had the chance. At the moment we are all like Pony's parents, pushing him forward and helping him with money. He will visit us on the holidays if there is enough money for flights. Dallas and I offered to chip in a bit of money for that, but were quickly shut down because everyone thought we had to focus on paying the hospital bills from the chemo and tumor removal. Also they insisted having a baby does cost money, so of course Chris was not aloud to help funding either. I didn't tell them that we could just then do a home birth, but that's more of an eight month pregnant conversation. So instead Lena and Steve will be helping with air fare finance. Two-Bit offered to pay a bit of flight costs and also made a joke about paying for Pony's booze. Darry shut that idea pretty quickly. If it weren't for all of us being so close and willing to help with money the Curtis's would run dry of cash in an instant.

Tonight we are going to a restaurant in town so we can finally meet Darry's girlfriend Leala. We have been warned several times to, as Darry put it, "not act like imbeciles who get drunk and naked every Saturday," to which Two-Bit replied, "I only get naked on Sunday," which then landed him a hit over the head with a newspaper.

"Dallas! Do you have Tibby dressed?" I shout as I step out of the shower.

"What?" Dallas shouts back. I roll my eyes.

"Is Tibby dressed?" I scream again as dry off my skin.

"That's your job!" He shouts back. I scoff.

"My job is to carry the babies for nine months you can dress her!" I yelp back as I step out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around me. I see Dallas standing in the kitchen with a bottle of Jack Daniels in his hand. There is a stain on his white shirt that he has made no attempt to cover. "Dallas you can't wear that," I say in disbelief. Dallas glances down to see himself.

"Why not?" He asks. I roll my eyes and tighten my grip on the towel that's wrapped around my swelled body.

"Because there is a blood stain on it!"

"Blood attracts chicks," he says smirking. I furrow my eyebrows and rip off my towel and chuck it at his face. Quickly, I begin to strut away into our bedroom. "Nice body babe!"

"You should see the rash from my bra or my stretch marks!"

"Doesn't phase me!" He shouts back. Before I slam the door shut I scream, "does constipation phase you? Cause I could have a whole speech about that!" When I look around the room I see Tibby naked on the bed giggling and crawling around over our pillows. Also strewn around the room are clothes. The problem is I don't know what's clean or dirty. "Okay Tibby, let's start with a bra ya?" I ask the clueless child. She giggles and gnaws on her thumb. I smile and grab a bra from the dresser drawer knob. After that goes panties and mater it's jeans. Yay. I try throwing on a denim button up shirt only to find out that it doesn't fit buttoned over my bump. I sigh loudly and throw off the shirt in aggravation. Instead I throw on one of Dallas's large white t-shirts and then leave the denim shirt unbuttoned over that. I look at the one year old on the bed. "Good ya?" Tibby once again giggles and rolls over a bit. I roll my eyes playfully and begin to search the room for shoes. After a few attempts to put on my black lace up booties I release I hair can't do it with my giant bump. I grow my head back in annoyance. "Dallas?" I yell.

"Yes my lovely?"

"I need help." Within ten seconds Dallas is in the room.

"What's up?" He asks as he throws off the bloody t-shirt. I pout like a toddler and hold out my shoes. He smirks and takes the shoes from my hands. I sit on the bed and Dalas kneels in front of me as he ties the shoes onto my feet.

"Ugh, how do my fat ankles look in these shoes?" I ask casually. Dallas smiles.

"Get over yourself, you told me once that you weren't fat you're pregnant,"  Dallas mentions.

"How cruel of you, using my own words against me," I say with a smirk. He stands up, finished with putting on my shoes for me and the takes my hands. I am pulled up from the bed and into Dallas's tight grip. He kisses my lightly and then goes off the find a shirt. As he does this I dress Tibby and then we are off.

<Chris's POV>

"To much?" I ask while putting earrings up to my earlobes. Soda looks over from looking through his shirt drawer. He shrugs.

"I don't know." I roll my eyes and place the earrings back in the small jewelry box that belonged to my mother. "What I do know is that you should probably put down clothes on," Sods says. I look down at myself and laugh a bit.

"Ya that might be helpful since we are going out into the public."

"Ya and it might be a bit... tempting for other to look at and touch if they are lucky enough," Soda says while smirking. I raise an eyebrow and put a hand on my hip.

"Now Mr. Curtis, what are you trying to say?" I ask knowingly. Soda smirks and walks slowly over to me. His arms wrap around my waist.

"I mean you wouldn't want some half wit drop out to lay you down on the bed and kiss you till your lips are dry and cracked," Soda says playfully.

"Now Sodapop try and remind yourself I'm already pregnant with your child," I say and then purse my lips happily. Soda kisses my forehead.

"I know isn't it great?" I roll my eyes playfully and finally the two of us get dressed. I grab Josh who Soda dressed and the three of us go downstairs. Pony is sitting on the couch in a t shirt and underwear watching television. "Hey Pone time to go, go throw some pants on," Soda tells him. Pony stands up lazily and runs his fingers through his ungreased hair, tousling his brown waves.

"Where is Darry?" He asks.

"We are meeting him at the restaurant, Steve and Lena may drop by," I say as grab a bottle for the ten month old. The door opens.

"What's up Curtis's?" Steve asks as he walks in with Lena behind him.

"Nice underwear Pony," Lena says with a cigarette in her mouth. Pony winks before running upstairs to find some pants. Steve looks back at Lena and her freshly lit cigarette. He furrows his thick eyebrows.

"What are you doing?" Steve asks. Lena cocks an eyebrow.

"You quit for Skyler, her cancers gone my cigarettes are back," she says. Steve begins to look angry. Only now do I realize even Lena knows that Steve has something for Skyler. Something neither of them will ever act on but something that will always be there.

"But you could get lung cancer and die," Steve warns. Lena hugs him and kisses his cheek. Even if there is something between Skyler and Steve it's also clear that Steve cares about Lena deeply and differently than the way he loves Skyler.

"Well I lived a good life didn't I?" She says before kissing him on the lips. I roll my eyes playfully and pick up my son who is just sitting quietly. I kiss his forehead and he smiles. His small hands grab my face and pinches the end of my nose. Pony comes back downstairs fully dressed with his hair slick with grease.

"Alright ya'll lets roll."

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When we arrive at the restaurant Two-Bit is the only other one already there. He smiles at us. "What's up grease balls?" He asks playfully.

"Not much man, where's everyone at?" Steve asks with his arm around Lena's waist. Two-Bit shrugs and raises his eyebrows.

"Don't know, I just wanna meet this girl Darry is actually setting time aside for, ya dig?" We all nod. The door behind us opens and Dally, Johnny, and Skyler who is holding a giggling Tibby. Dallas rushes ahead and hugs me with Josh sandwiched in between us.

"What's up Chrissy?" He asks sweetly.  I raise both eyebrows.

"It's been awhile since you called me that," I tell him. He shrugs and snakes his arm around Skyler who has made her way over to us.

"Can't a guy use an old nickname?"

"Not you."

"Why not?"

"Cause you're not a just a guy, you're a player Dallas Winston. A guy who will never settle down and have a family," I say mocking Dallas about what he used to say before he met Skyler and everything changed. Dallas rolls his eyes and Skyler holds in her laughing. Instead Dallas changes the subject.

"Look at these little rug rats, their so big," Dallas states. I smile and look down at Josh.

"In two months he'll be a year old," Soda says happily as he joins my side and wraps a hand around my waist. Dallas lets out a sigh.

"What's wrong big brother? Feeling old?" I ask playfully. Dallas looks up with a smirk.

"I'm thinking about all of us having five kids in total, hell, it's going to be a lot with three kids in my house," Dallas explains. Skyler rolls her eyes.

"I don't care how hard it's going to be, I just want them out of me, they are pushing on my bladder," Skyler complains as she squeezes her legs shut. Her body looks so awkward while she is pregnant. Skyler is thin from the not eating and the past months of chemo so with just her belly swelling makes the rest of her body look like twigs.

"You know they have a bathroom right?" Soda confirms.

"Ya but I don't wanna miss meeting Leala," Skyler says as Tibby continues to grab Skyler's hair that end an inch under her ear. Skyler is biting her lips to hold in her pee and I debate whether or not to laugh. In that moment the restaurant door opens and Darry walks in with a tall, tan, young girl that looks around Darry's own age. Her face is delicate but with a bruiting forehead and thin lips. Her eyes are a chocolate brown and her long hair an even darker shade of brown. Freckles and beauty marks form on her chest and along her neck, but stop just before her sharp jawline. She purses her lips nervously and looks back at Darry who just smiles at her. The pair walk over to us and smile. Darry's smile is big and confident in himself that he has finally found someone to show off. Leala's smile is small and nervous. Skyler holds her lips tight together before letting out an exaggerated sigh. She throws Tibby into Dallas's arms and violently shakes Leala's hand muttering a quick, "I'm sorry Darry, I know you didn't want us to act weird but I have to fucking pee, Aiden and Shai decided the best thing to do is push their cute mother fucking toes into my fucking bladder," she spurts out quickly, shaking Leala's hand the whole time. She then looks to Leala instead of Darry who is holding in his laugh. "It's so good to meet you but if I don't go to the bathroom your adorable white shirt is going to be yellow," Skyler tells a surprised and amused Leala before going as fast as her heavy pregnant body can towards the bathrooms. Dallas tucks his head into Tibby's shirt to hide his laughing, but eventually he can't help it. He bursts out into loud chuckles which are soon accompanied by Steve's laughs. The two of them laugh like idiots and I try not to giggle. Dally looks to Leala apologetically.

"Sorry about that, Skyler Elizabeth is a little troubled when it comes to social skills," Dallas says finally calming his laughing. The smirk however doesn't vanish from his face. Leala smiles brighter.

"Nothing to be sorry about, your wife if beautiful," Leala says. Her voice is soft. A clear contrast between Darry who is a bruiting man with a deep voice. Dallas smiles wider.

"Life partner, but yes she is the most beautiful girl I know," he says. I speak up lurk a child.

"Hey, you told me I was the prettiest!" I protest from behind my tall brother.

"Chrissy not the time littler sister," he says with an accusing finger, "we won't mention to Skyler or Chris that I told Tibby she was actually the prettiest," Dallas says in a mock whisper.

"Hey Dal," I say. Dallas turns around at the sound of his name with Tibby supported in one arm. "Think fast!" I grab Josh by his sides and launch him at my brother. Dallas widens his eyes and catches Josh with his other arm. Josh squeals and laughs to himself. I laugh and Dallas looks at me in shock with a look of horror playing in his eyes.

"Hey nice catch Dallas," Skyler says as she walks back to us from the bathroom.

"Why did you do that? What if I didn't catch him?" Dallas asks, baffled. I smirk.

"I trusted you, now who is hungry?"

A/N IM IN LOVE WITH LEALA. The picture is of Leala, represented by the beautiful Jordana Brewster! Next chapter you will learn more about her and see how her and Darry act together. I hope you love her as much as I do.

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