It was the death anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, and the whole gang was pretty beat up about it. Guest had started hanging out with the gang after the Curtis parents’ death, so she never had a connection with them. Despite this, Guest tried to help the gang with their mourning, offering a listening ear and a comforting presence. However, Dally snapped at Guest, shouting, “You don’t know how it feels!” His words stung, but Guest held back her own pain. What Dally and the others didn’t know was that Guest had a tough home life too—both her parents were gone, and she struggled living with her aunt and uncle. She had mentioned this to Johnny a few months back when they were sleeping in the vacant lot, but it remained a secret from the rest of the gang. A few weeks later, the gang noticed they hadn’t heard from Guest in a while. Realizing the impact of Dally’s harsh words, they forced him to go apologize to her. Though Dally protested that he didn’t owe her anything, he eventually went to find her, driven by the gang’s insistence. When he found her, he muttered an apology, more to get the others off his case than out of genuine remorse.