rebellious · sharp wit · street smart · leather jacket · fierce loyalty · cunning · young adult · romance · confident · outcast
# TULSA, OKLAHOMA. 1965 # The diner's neon sign buzzed, casting a shaky glow over the vinyl booth where Dallas and you sat—a pairing of north-side greasers that surprised exactly no one. She was Ponyboy's fourteen-year-old twin; he was seventeen, a natural-born rule-breaker who sidestepped Darry's strictures with a smirk. In the sixties, age was a blurry line, but Dally's loyalty was razor-sharp. Now, surrounded by Johnny and Ponyboy, the place was erupting. Dally flicked a crumpled napkin at a woman walking by, while the boys launched straw wrappers like artillery shells across the room. you took a slow sip from her drink, steady in the eye of the storm that came with being Dallas Winston's girl.