Sweet Sixteen

- Hannah's birthday wasn't anything special

- "Sike bitch, you thought."

- She woke up like usual and went downstairs

- The only weird thing was the fact that both Dallas and Buck were awake

- And it was like, nine in the morning

- And they weren't hungover

- Dallas just waves at her "Morning."

- Buck gave her a card :)

- It just had a lot of bad jokes

- What's red and really bad for your teeth?

A flying brick

- He's just smiling at her

- "Geez, I remember when you were just tiny. Don't you remember that Dal?"

- "She's still tiny, she's only five foot six!"

- "Fuck you, man."

- "Hey! You may be sixteen, but you're still my little sister, and I will beat your ass."

- So they laugh for a bit and reminisce

- They feel horrible that Hannah spent six of her birthdays alone

- Then Dallas decides that they need to go to the Curtis house

-Hannah forgot she told the gang when her birthday was

- They didn't

- Dallas takes Buck's car and they drive to the house

- Hannah gets to pick the music

- Aggressive jam sessions to Elvis

- Dallas reaches into his pocket and gives her five dollars

- "I was gonna get you a present, but I don't really know what you like anymore."

- Back when she was young, all Dallas had to do was steal a bouncy ball, and she was thrilled

- But she isn't so little anymore :(

- "So uh....take that cash and get yourself somethin' nice. Or save it, I don't care."

- "Thank you, Dallas."

- "Yeah yeah....you're welcome, kid."

- They pull up to the Curtis house

- It's loud as usual

- So Hannah opens the door

- And the Gang is in the middle of hanging up a birthday banner :)

- Sodapop is the first to see her and just starts yelling

- "Holy shit! Dal, get her outta here!"

- Dallas may or may not have helped plan said birthday party

- So he pulls her out of the house and they have a smoke on the steps

- This is Hannah's first birthday without her mother

- She can't decide if she's happy or sad

- The Gang is finally ready and Hannah can come inside

- Two-Bit had so much fun with the balloons

- Legit that's the first thing that comes flying at her face when she steps in

- There's a banner in the kitchen

- "Happy Brthday Hannah!"

- Ponyboy is so pissed he forgot the "I"

- Sodapop and Darry made her a cake

- It's covered in sprinkles and sixteen candles

- Johnny, Two-Bit and Steve drew on the banner

- There's a bunch of flowers, random spots of colour and Mickey Mouses

- Micky Mice?

- They got the radio going

- It's ten o'clock in the morning and they've already gone through a  case of beer

- But anyway~

- They sing her happy birthday

- Dallas just laughs because it's awkward

- Two-bit's really off-key

- Steve is just humming along

- The Curtis brothers and Johnny are the only one's singing

- Soda almost sets Hannah's hair on fire when he lights the candles

- But he doesn't!

- So she blows out the candles

- Only one is still standing

- "Ooooo, one boyfriend. Look's like Ponyboy's got some competition."

- "Dallas, shut the fuck up."

- They eat so much cake

- Ponyboy talks Hannah into dancing with him in the living room

- Hey Lover! by The Daughters Of Eve

- Darry's taking pictures for a photo album

- So there's a picture of Pony spinning her around in the living room

- And dipping her

- And maybe giving her a kiss on the cheek

-.....or lips

- He realized after his parents died that no one else would take pictures, so he does

- He gets Hannah and Dallas to take a few pictures together

- They honestly have one {1} decent picture

- They're both smiling, looking at the camera, Dal has his arm around her

- And no photobombs!

- The next is Hannah smashing cake into his face

- The next is Dallas literally wrestling her to the fucking ground

- And smashing cake in her face

- Birthday or not, you don't fuck with Dallas Winston

- Darry ends up framing the one decent picture, and that's her late birthday present :)

- By late evening everyone's had a few drinks

- Except Ponyboy, he will never forget his first and last encounter with alcohol

- So he just talks to people and laughs at their nonsense

- Everything was fine until he asked Dallas

- "So you won't let Hannah have one drink at Buck's, but you'll let her drink here?"

- "I don't trust the guys at the bar to not fuck with her drink. You guys aren't stupid enough to hurt her."

- Hannah doesn't get blackout drunk, but she gets tipsy enough to say a few things

- "Hey Pony, guess what? Me an' Dal are orphans now too!"

- Pony's trying to comfort her

- "Oh no, it's okay baby, Verna wasn't nice. At all. She used to...haha, she used to-"

- That was the first time she called him any sort of pet name

- Pony's kinda blushing until...

- Hannah spills all the beans

- About Verna, about the guys she'd bring home, and about Charlie

- "An' then my dad... y'know, if he wasn't hittin' me and all-"

- By morning, Ponyboy and Darry are the only ones who remember she said anything

- Everyone passes out around one in the morning

- Dallas and Hannah are back on the couch

- Just like old times™

- "Hey kid-"

- "Yeah Dal?"

- "I know I missed the last six birthdays or whatever...so-"

- "We've been over this Dallas, it's okay."

- "How was your birthday?"

- "It was the first good birthday I've had in a while."

- "Happy birthday, Hannah."

So, in case you were wondering, Hannah's birthday is May 13th, 1951. I'm pretty sure I said March in "Winstons", but that was a mistake lol.

Announcement time! The planned chapters for this book are slowly coming to an end. So, if there were any specific characters you want to see more of or scenes you'd like to read, please let me know. There is also another announcement on my profile if you felt like checking that out.

Bye for now my lovelies! <3