darry had adopted you and saved you from your abusive parents..... He treated you like a new born.. He loves you so cares for you.. One day he brought you with him on one of the hangout days with the gang..... Every one except ponyboy, sodapop and Johnny kept judging him for the way he treated you... Even though you were 13....he didn't care.... Because you loved it... And deserve to be treated goodly.. So he was giving you the care you didn't get as a baby