I do not own the Outsiders nor the Shepards. Everything you don't recognize, I own.
I shuffeled up the street, my arms tightly across my chest to keep my jacket closed. It was a cold night and I still had a long way home. Evie had said, that Ryan could drive me home, but I had politely declined it. I really needed to walk home and clear my head.
I walked up the street, towards the small market near Will Rogers. Suddenly I felt a shiver run down my back, when I heard sirens wail, and two police cars hurtled past me. They drove into the parking lot across from park, where I was going to take a short cut.
The sound of sirens made me feel uneasy. I felt my pace quicken and soon enough I saw a crowd of people outside the market. I held my breath and made my way through the crowd, to see what was going down. My heart sunk as I saw my brother, leaning against the wall with his hands cuffed behind his back. The other police officer was escorting another boy, who I recognized as one of the Tiber Street Tigers, into the back of the police car. I turned my head towards my brother,
"Nick," I yelled and he turned his head to my direction. For a second I thought I saw sadness in his eyes, but it quickly faded away. He had a reputation to keep.
"I'll call you tomorrow Cas," he said as he was put in the police car. I looked down at my feet.
Soon I felt a hand grab my arm and pull me back from the crowd.
He shoved me a little further and was furious, "What the fuck are you doing here, huh?"
I looked up at Kevin and massaged my arm, where he had grabbed me, "I was just walking home" I looked past him and saw some of the boys from the Shepard outfit standing behind him. "And you just had to be by your lonesome?"
I met his eyes and could see he was angry, "Sorry" I muttered, mostly to myself. He grabbed my arm again and pushed me towards his car "You're so fucking dumb sometimes"
As we got to his car, he opened the passenger door for me and waited for me to get inside "I'm taking you home, get in the car" he commanded and I hesitated before opening my mouth "You're giving me the talk about walking lonesome when Nick is getting arrested?"
Kevin glared at me "He can take care of himself. Now, get in the fucking car before I put you in there."
I slid in the front seat and folded my arms across my chest. He slammed the door closed and lit up a cigarette. I watched Kevin's back, as he walked back to the group of his friends. Most of the crowd had cleared off, but Shepard's gang had stayed put.
Tim turned on his heels and said something to Kevin. Kevin responded, nodded my way and Tim's eyes shifted to me. He looked cold and hard, he wasn't one of the toughest hoods in Tulsa for no reason. He nodded to Kevin and smirked. Kevin turned around and walked to the car. He tossed his cigarette butt away and sat next to me. I heard him sigh and he patted my leg "Let's go home".
I kept staring out the window, looking at the passing lights as he started driving to our neighborhood.