Part 8: Lake Fun

A/N: Ayee! I was supposed of written this part back in August so, that's why it's based around a lake! I got caught up with school and other things so this part is later than it should be. Sorry I kept you all waiting for part 8!

The gang had decided to go to the lake before summer ended, it was almost September now. The hear of summer always stayed until early October in Oklahoma, then it got extremely cold outside. Sodapop and Ponyboy were gathering towels and various other items while Dallas and Two-Bit were too busy making bets. Dallas and Two-Bit basically had no shame, they would do anything for a couple of bucks. One time Two-Bit dared Dallas to gyrate on a pole in the middle of a store for ten dollars, the blond refused to speak of it but he got his ten dollars. Two-Bit was dared to yell as many obscene things he could in a quiet waiting room for one minute for only 5 dollars, Pony thought it was idiotic. The young Curtis brother really loved Two-Bit but he could be so ridiculously stupid, he was like his guide so he wouldn't end up in prison. This dare was like no other, it would sacrifice both of the men's respect for themselves.

"So, if I take the bikini off first, I have to wear it while walking downtown?" Dallas asked.

"Yep, same goes for me. We both wear bikinis to the lake and whoever takes it off first loses." Two-Bit said with a smirk.

"...How much money does the winner get?" Dallas asked.

"Fifty dollars and maybe more if I can get my hands on some." Two-Bit said and Dallas sighed.

Two-Bit extended his hand toward the blond, he had a smile on his face.

"We got a deal?" Two-Bit asked and Dallas sighed heavily.

Dallas grabbed Two-Bit's hand and shook it, securing the deal. They pulled their hands apart and went on their ways to get ready for the lake. Two-Bit helped Pony put things into Darry's truck and helped him put things into his own car, no everyone would fit in Darry's truck. The Curtis brothers were going in the truck while Dallas, Two-Bit and Steve were following in Two-Bit's black car, Steve wasn't very happy with the decision. He was a little over six foot tall and Two-Bit's back seat was majorly cramped, especially since the redhead didn't ever clean out his car. Steve went to climb into the backseat and right when he opened the door various potato chip bags fell out along with soda bottles. Steve raised an eyebrow at the redhead and all Two-Bit did was grin as a response.

"Come on, Steve, nothin' is going to bite you." Two-Bit said while slightly pushing Steve into the car.

Steve reluctantly crawled into the backseat and sat with his knees up to his chin, the trash overflowed into the seat beside him. He scrunched his face up in disgust but then he felt something slither across his hand. He froze and slowly looked over at his hand, a snake was beginning to climb up his arm. He let out an ear piercing scream as he began to frantically crawl into the front of the car, Dallas didn't know what was going on until the snake smacked him across the face. He screamed and pushed the button to put the window down, he grabbed the snake and threw it out of the car. Steve was all over Dallas, unsure on whether he would be okay or not. Two-Bit frowned at the two and crossed his arms over his chest.

"You just threw out Jeremy! He don't hurt anybody!" Two-Bit whined and Steve looked at him like he was insane.

"How the ever loving fuck do you get a snake in your shitty car?!" Steve yelled and hesitantly crawled off Dallas's lap and back into the back seat.

Two-Bit shrugged, "one time I was really depressed so I got some Mcdonalds, drove to a park and cried while I ate and I found Jeremy in my passenger's seat." The redhead explained fondly.

"Basically you met him after having an argument with Ponyboy because he proved you wrong once again?" Dallas said and Two-Bit gave him an angry look.

"Pony does not prove me wrong that much!" Two-Bit whined.

"You thought chocolate milk came from brown cows and he had to actually tell you, a twenty year old man, that it is flavored white milk." Dallas retorted.

"That's only one time, I bet you can't name anot-"

"You thought the Statue of Liberty came from the Romans and he had to tell you it came from the French as a gift to America. Even I knew that one, Keith." Dallas argued.

"Yeah, but-"

"And you genuinely thought two plus two was fish. I swear you almost cause Ponyboy to have brain aneurysms sometimes." Dallas said with a smirk.

"I swear, Keith, I don't know how you managed to pass high school." Dallas said with a chuckle.

"All C's is passing and I managed it! You don't need to be talking, you don't even have a middle school education." Two-Bit retorted and Dallas gave him a sharp glare.

"...Just shut up, Dallas. It isn't going to be funny when I beat you at that dare." Two-Bit stated and started his car.

"No, I'm going to win." Dallas said and Two-Bit chuckled.

"In your dreams." Two-Bit said as he put his car in reverse to back out of the driveway.

. . .

The gang finally made it to the lake and Steve was dying to get out of the car. The ride was around forty minutes long and he was about to die from all the trash surrounding him. Two-Bit parked his car by Darry's truck and proceeded to turn off the car, Dallas crawled out first. Two-Bit pulled his seat back and Steve jumped out, he crawled on the ground until he stood up, he took in a deep breath. Two-Bit watched him while slamming his door, he raised an eyebrow.

"God, Steve, chill out." Two-Bit chuckled and Steve glared at him.

"Don't you dare tell me to "chill out" after a snake slithered up my arm and I ended up on Dallas's lap and felt things on my butt that I never wanted to feel!" Steve exclaimed and walked toward Soda.

Two-Bit looked over at Dallas and the blond looked back, the redhead furrowed his eyebrows.

"What?" Dallas asked while putting a cigarette in between his lips.

"Did you really get hard by Steve being on your lap?" Two-Bit questioned and Dallas chuckled.

"I can't help it, I think he's kinda hot, especially the gap in between his teeth." Dallas commented and lit up his cigarette.

Two-Bit rolled his eyes and went to the trunk of his car. Steve walked over to Soda and buried his face into his friend's shoulder, Soda softly pet Steve.

"What happened?" Soda asked and Steve sobbed in exhaustion.

"Two-Bit had a God damn snake in his car and it crawled onto me and I ended up on Dallas's lap and he got a boner and I felt it on my butt and Two-Bit's car is trashed to hell and-"

"Jesus, Steve, what did they do to you?" Soda asked through his laughter.

Steve continued to frown, he felt like a hopeless case so he decided to drop it. Soda finished laughing and softly ran his fingers through Steve's hair.

"It's alright, Stevie, we'll let you ride him with us. You'll have to sit on my lap though." Soda cooed and Steve sighed heavily.

"You won't get a boner, will you?" Steve asked softly.

Soda smirked flirtatiously, "no promises."

Steve blushed softly and turned around to walk away, he had a crush on Soda and didn't know how to admit it. Soda watched as Steve walked away and got his stuff out of Two-Bit's car, he silently watched his best friend's butt mainly. Pony slapped Soda on the back of the head and Soda jumped, he put his attention onto the asphalt of the parking lot.

"Don't drool now, Soda." Pony teased and handed Soda his swim trunks and towel.

Soda had a deep blush on his face as he went to the bathrooms to get changed, he hadn't been caught checking out Steve until that point. When he got into the bathroom, all he heard was Dallas and Two-Bit laughing at each other in a stall all by themselves. He became concerned but also alarmed on what they would be laughing about while changing, he shivered and retreated into his own stall. Soda got down changing and noticed Dallas and Two-Bit were leaving but with towels wrapped around themselves. Soda wondered why they would be doing so but didn't really want to question whatever they were doing. Soda walked back over to the truck and noticed Johnny and Pony were already in the water, Johnny was splashing Ponyboy with water. Darry was sitting on the beach of the lake, just watching Pony and Johnny play with each other. Soda walked over to Darry and laid his towel beside his older brother, Darry looked up at Soda.

"You not getting in?" Soda asked and Darry shook his head.

"Might soak my feet and that's about it." Darry said.

"You still hate water, don't you?" Soda asked and smiled.

"Shut it, you turd." Darry chuckled and Soda kicked off his shoes.

Soda began to pull off his shirt and Steve was watching as he approached Darry and Soda. He instantly looked away when Soda was completely shirtless, Soda put his shirt by his towel and shoes. Soda looked at Steve and noticed he was shirtless too, he ran his eyes over him momentarily before smiling.

"Ready to get in?" Soda asked and Steve nodded.

"Let's go!" Steve exclaimed and ran into the water.

Soda took baby steps into the water, it was ice cold and he was trying to get used to it. Steve noticed Soda was moving ever slowly into the water, it took a few minutes until the water was at his hips. Steve smirked, getting an idea in his head. He quickly moved over to Soda and wrapped his arms around his waist. Soda looked at him like he was insane but then Steve quickly fell back while holding Soda.

"STEVE, NO!" Soda screamed but then was submerged by ice cold water.

Steve let go of Soda and resurfaced, he was laughing so hard he thought he was going to fall back into the water. Soda burst from the water and gasped for air, he glared at Steve.

"You ass! The water is cold and you know I don't like cold water!" Soda whined and stood, the water was a little passed his waist now.

"I figured you needed a little help!" Steve teased and Soda smiled.

"I can tell it's cold.." Steve said and quickly poked Soda in the nipple.

Soda pushed Steve playfully and caused him to fall into the water. Soda laughed but Steve grabbed a hold of Soda's ankle and tripped him, Soda took in all the air he could before he sank once again. Steve came up from the water and giggled as Soda resurfaced behind him. Steve jumped when Soda wrapped his arms around his waist and blew air over his ear, he shivered.

"I want to take you somewhere where we can be alone.." Soda murmured and Steve blushed heavily.

Steve let Soda lead him to the shore and they went off to be on their own, Darry just shook his head.

"Horny kids.." He mumbled and scooted closer to the waves that brushed against the sand.

Darry put his feet in the water and concentrated on the pattern of the waves. He heard Johnny and Pony scream but he figured they were just playing. He didn't look up until he heard Pony scream again.

"DARRY, MY EYES!" Pony screamed and Darry looked at him confused.

"What do you m-" Darry was cut off when he saw Two-Bit and Dallas.

Dallas was pulling off a black, string bikini while Two-Bit was sporting a hot pink one. Darry simply stared at them in complete shock, his lips were pursed in pure disturbance.

"WHAT IN THE HELL?!" Darry screamed and covered his eyes.

"I know, right? Dallas cannot pull off black." Two-Bit said while

Dallas punched the redhead in the arm and walked over to the water, his stuck his foot in. Two-Bit followed but really wanted to show off his skin, he was almost doing a models walk. Pony couldn't stop staring, he was in pure shock, Johnny simply closed his eyes and walked out of the water.

"I can't.." Johnny mumbled and rubbed his eyes.

Two-Bit noticed Pony was looking at him and smiled, he waved like an idiot at his boyfriend. Pony slowly waved back and tried to take his eyes away, he just couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"Hey, Pony! Do you like my bikini?!" Two-Bit yelled and Pony slowly walked toward land.

"I have seen more of you than I would ever like!" Darry yelled and uncovered his eyes, he tried to focus on Dallas and Two-Bit's faces rather than their bodies.

"I swear, Dally, you're so pale the sun is reflecting off of you." Pony commented and squinted as he looked at the blond.

"Shut up, Pony, you're almost as pale as I am!" Dallas retorted and Pony snorted.

"Yeah, at least I look like I go outside every once and awhile while you look like you stay in a basement all the time." Pony said with a smirk.

"Ponyboy, that is racist! I can't help that I am this color! Darrel, tell your brother to stop being racist!" Dallas whined and Darry groaned.

"If you change out of that...thing, I will." Darry stated and Dallas sighed.

"I can't, me and Two-Bit made a bet." Dallas said and Darry facepalmed.

"What's the bet this time?" Darry asked, sounding exasperated.

"We have to wear these bikinis and the first one to take theirs off loses and they have to walk downtown while wearing it." Dallas explained.

"and the winner gets fifty dollars or more!" Two-Bit added on and began wading in the shallow water.

"You guys are idiots, I swear." Darry said while he stood.

"Dallas, stop acting like you're from Tumblr." Pony teased and Dallas crossed his arms.

"I will when you stop oppressing me." Dallas said sarcastically.

Darry began walking toward his truck to get away from all the craziness that was happening around him, he never understood the gang. He felt like an old man when trying to understand what Pony thought was funny, he would laugh at stuff like "3 bread for one moo moo" or something Darry just didn't find hilarious like Pony did.

"I swear I'm the only straight one here!" Darry exclaimed and opened his truck door.

Two-Bit and Dallas had secretly followed Darry to his truck, Two-Bit got close to Darry's ear and almost caused the older man to knock him out in surprise.

"So is spahgetti until it gets hot..." Two-Bit muttered and Darry stared at him with his eyes wide.

"Are you insinuating that we boil Darry?" Dallas asked and Two-Bit shook his head.

"No, he just needs someone to make him feel hot." Two-Bit said while walking toward Dallas.

"I do not need anyone to make me feel "hot", I am perfectly fine with not having someone in my bed every night." Darry said while quickly shutting his door.

Dallas and Two-Bit looked at each other and shrugged, they went back into the lake. Johnny and Pony eventually got too hot and went into the lake again, they were slightly scared to get near Two-Bit and Dallas. Hours later, Dallas got out of the water and wobbled onto the sand, he was whimpering in pain. His skin was really red and would burn every time he moved, he had forgotten to put on sunscreen. No one else got sunburnt but his pale complexion was just an easy target for the sun to burn, he wobbled to Darry's truck. Darry was playing a game on his phone when he slowly looked up and saw Dallas standing there, his eyes went wide.

"God, Dallas, you look like a steamed lobster." Darry commented and Dallas scowled, he whimpered because changing facial expressions hurt.

"Shut up and help me." Dallas demanded.

"There's not much I can do except put ointment all over you." Darry said and Dallas sighed heavily.

"That's gonna be fun." Dallas muttered.

"That's gonna be awkward." Darry said and sighed.

Dallas's bikini was causing his skin to burn as well, he didn't want to take it off but the burning felt to awful for him to deal with. He slowly began to peel off his bottoms, Darry watched him slightly hunch over to pull them off ever so slowly.

"Dallas, there are kids here." Darry scolded and Dallas rolled his eyes.

"Ain't like they haven't seen an ass before." Dallas stated and finally got the bottoms off.

"You don't have an ass, Dallas." Two-Bit said triumphantly as he approached the blond.

"Two-Bit, please, I am sunburnt, please don't make me walk downtown." Dallas implored and Two-Bit smirked.

"Fine, I won't as long as I can do one thing." Two-Bit said with a evil grin.

"...What?" Dallas asked nervously.

Two-Bit quickly took his hand back and then slapped his hand across Dallas's red back. Dallas arched his back in complete agony, he only let out a squeak of pain as he slowly fell to the ground. Two-Bit smiled down at Dallas while he laid still in pain, tears slipped from his blue eyes.

"Fucker!" Dallas exclaimed and hissed as he slowly stood back up.

"Just be thankful you don't have to walk downtown now." Two-Bit teased and Dallas scowled at the redhead.

"Keith, go get everyone else, I have to help Dallas with his whole sunburn situation." Darry sighed and Two-Bit nodded, he went to go find Soda and Steve first.

Dallas looked into Darry's eyes and seemed to be in an awful amount of pain, the blond whimpered.

"D-Darry, everything burns.." He complained and Darry smiled.

"Well, sunburns are pretty painful." Darry said and Dallas sighed heavily then winced.

"Let's just get back to the house." Dallas said angrily and teetered over to Two-Bit's car.

. . .

The gang eventually made it back to the Curtis's household and Darry finally got to help Dallas...well, as much as Dallas was willing to let him. Dallas wasn't too keen with the fact Darry had to rub ointment all over his body, especially when it got around his lower back and thighs, Dallas took hold at that point. Darry let him since he really didn't like touching someone younger than him like that, even if it was for health reasons. He left the room and saw Pony and Two-Bit were cuddling on the couch. Soda and Steve were all over each other on the other side of the couch, making Darry feel uncomfortable. He always felt out of place with all the younger people around him, they always managed to make him feel older than he actually was. He shrugged and walked into his bedroom, he jumped from what he saw on his bed. A snake sat on his bed, tightly curled into a ball. Darry's mouth was slightly open in complete shock, he didn't know what to do. Two-Bit happened to walk by and see the snake, a wide smile formed across his face.

"Jeremy!" He exclaimed and pushed Darry into the door frame.

Darry rubbed his nose from hitting it on the frame, he glared at Two-Bit as he picked the snake up into his hands. Two-Bit rubbed his face against the snakes face and Darry's eyes widened.

"Keith Matthews, get that animal out of this house!" Darry ordered and pointed toward the door.

"He's a reptile, actually." Two-Bit said and Darry facepalmed.

"Same difference, get rid of him like I said." Darry stated sternly and walked out of his room.

Two-Bit walked out to his car to put Jeremy back into the back seat, he softly laid the snake onto the leather seat.

"Shh, baby, it's alright." He cooed and softly pet the snake's cold, wet scales.

Dallas was standing silently on the porch, watching Two-Bit as he was bending over to put his snake back in his car. He noticed he remained bent over, his eyes locked on the redhead's rear end. All the blond could remember was the fact that Two-Bit slapped him on his sunburn, causing his agony to be worse than it already was. He knew his back was going to be badly bruised from being smacked, he smirked from the idea that passed through his mind. Dallas stepped down the steps and snuck up behind the redhead, Two-Bit was still cooing at his snake. Dallas was hovering over Two-Bit now, he darted his eyes to Two-Bit's head to the redhead's butt. He pulled his arm back and formed a tight fist.

"THIS IS WHAT YOU GET!" Dallas screamed and punched Two-Bit in the buttcheek, hard.

Two-Bit screeched and stood up straight in an instant, he quickly placed his hand on his wounded ass. He felt like he was going to cry from the pain that ached through his bottom, he turned around and saw Dallas laughing on the ground. Two-Bit kicked Dallas in the nuts and Dallas screamed and grabbed at his crotch, he rolled around on the ground in pain. Two-Bit continued to hold his butt as he walked around in a circle, trying his hardest not to cry from the sharp aching. Dallas had started to cry from his suffering, the pain in his crotch region was too much for his poor body to withstand. Darry had heard all the screaming, he sighed in annoyance but knew he would have to check what it was. He stepped out onto the porch and stared at the spectacle that was going on in his own front yard. Dallas was rolling around while bawling and Two-Bit was holding his own ass while walking in a circle. Darry continued to watch as he hesitantly approached the two men, Two-Bit stopped circling when he noticed Darry.

"What in the Hell?" Darry asked, feeling completely perplexed.

Two-Bit let out a pained chuckle before the dull ache in his butt hit him again, he whimpered. Darry raised an eyebrow and moved his eyes toward the sunburnt man on the ground, he noticed Dallas was holding his crotch. Darry rolled his eyes and went to help Dallas off the ground first, the blond could barely take a hold of Darry's hand. Dallas leaned against the older man for support, he felt dizzy from the pain he was feeling. Two-Bit was standing still now but was rubbing his buttcheek, knowing full well it would have a bruise.

"You two are the biggest children, I swear! I'm pretty sure you guys are in the top three oldest after me." Darry exclaimed and continued to help Dallas with standing.

"He started it by punching me in the ass!" Two-Bit whined.

"You made it worse when you kicked me right in the nutsack, you fucking moron!" Dallas said with heavy venom.

"Both of you quit it! You are grown men and I would expect you two to be able to handle things like men." Darry said and Two-Bit stared down at the grass in defeat.

Dallas eventually stood on his own and stood silent beside Darry, even he knew better than to argue with Darrel Curtis. Darry shook his head and walked back into the house. Two-Bit and Dallas eventually said sorry to each other but it more sounded like mumbled garbage. Soda and Steve were alone in the bedroom and Johnny and Pony were left to suffer through the noises.

"...Why does your brother have to be so loud..?" Johnny asked.

"How can you tell that's Soda?" Pony asked and glanced at his best friend.

"Soda just sounds like he would make rather girly noises.." Johnny muttered and Pony rolled his eyes.

"I guess." Pony said and crossed his arms.

The gang's day didn't go as planned but, it was still definitely another memorable day for the gang of strange, young men.