"Love, Hate, and Socs"
Disclaimer: I own Babydoll, the plot and some other characters that'll come up later. Everything else is S.E. Hinton's.
A/N: This is written by two people so the writing style might change a little through the story, hope it's good. This was the very first Outsiders fic we wrote so please if you read it review! Reviews will help us be better writers in the future and tell us what to do and what not to do. So if you read please review and hope you enjoy:)
Chapter 1:
"Ponyboy!" I screamed. "Breakfast is ready, get your butt up!" I sighed as I put the last egg on a plate and sat it on the kitchen table.
"Hey Baby, you know you don't have to yell," Ponyboy said yawning while stretching.
"Well if you would get up I wouldn't have to to yell, now would I," I said looking at Ponyboy and smiling.
"Yeah, yeah," he said as Sodapop came in and messed up his hair.
"Hey, Pony, hurry up and eat if you wanna make it to the lot where we gonna meet the Socs," he announced while sitting down and putting a spoon full of food in his mouth.
I swear guys have no manners, but hey I'm used to it being a greaser and all. And then living with your brothers and hanging out with guys all the time.
"Now wait, you guys ain't going to meet any Socs today," I said warningly. I mean wouldn't you? Would you want your brothers getting hurt? No I don't think so, even though they can all be a pain sometimes. Soda laughed and said,
"Sis calm down we ain't gonna go pick a brawl with the stuck up Socs. Well not yet anyways."
"Yeah you better not," I said. "Cause I ain't gonna be here to patch y'all up."
"You won't have to. We'll do it ourselves," Ponyboy finally spoke as he got up and put his dishes in the sink.
"What y'all gonna do yourselves?" Darry asked as he walk over to the kitchen table and sat down to eat.
"Fine, you guys patch yourselves up next time y'all come back from a rumble," I said getting up from the table angrily and half slamming half sitting my dishes in the sink. Darry, Soda, and Pony all looked at me. I could see Pony shrug from the corner of my eye while Soda came up behind me turned me around and gave me a comforting hug.
I could feel hot tears running down my cheeks. God, I hated to cry in front of them, I knew they thought I was just over emotional and stuff. Hell, I don't know maybe I was sometimes.
"Baby were gonna be fine alright. Don't worry 'bout us," Soda said warmly as he pulled away smiling a little with his hands on my shoulders. I smiled back, Soda always calmed me down when I was sad, hurt, angry, or in pain. We were really close….I guess it makes sense since he's my twin and all. Yes, we are twins and identical at that even though we are a boy and a girl.
"Alright thanks, Soda. Sorry about freaking out you guys," I said wiping away my tears and messing up Ponyboy's hair.
"Damn you two! That's twice my hair's been screwed up," Ponyboy said angrily while trying to fix his hair. Me, Soda, and Darry laughed. As I heardDarry laughI looked over at him looking straight into his ice blue-green eyes. Darry and I got along alright, we had our times, but that was only once in a while since he was always going off on Pony.
"It's just I hate seeing you guys get hurt and all. I mean your all I got left ya know except for the gang," Darry looked me in the eyes. We were all quiet, Soda and Ponyboy both looked down. Darry got up walked over to the sink sat his dishes in then went over to me.
"I know what you're saying Babydoll," I know, Babydoll is my real name, but everyone calls me Baby. "Just don't worry to muck okay." Darry finished as he gave me a quick hug. I smiled and said back,
"I'll try not to Darry."
"Good. Now who has the chocolate cake?" Darry asked as he walked into the bathroom. Right then I heard the door open and slam.
"Hey where are y'all?" Right away I knew who it was. It was Steve probably looking for Sodapop.
"In here Steve!" I yelled from the kitchen. Steve came walking in with his DX station clothes on and right behind him was Two-Bit.
"Lookin' good there, Baby," Steve said smiling. I looked over at him, he always liked to tease me like that and I would do the same thing back. That was just how our relationship was.
"You better watch what your sayin' Steve," I said as I went back to help Ponyboy with the dishes.
"Or what?" He asked stepping right behind me putting his arms on each side of me, closing me in. I smiled mischievously.
"I guess I'll have to beat you," I said turning around to face him. Our faces were about five inches away.
"Oh I'd love to see that," Steve said. Right then both Soda and Darry walked in and saw the position we were in.
"Steve leave her alone otherwise all three of us ain't gonna be happy," Pony said and I knew when he said 'all three of us' that he meant him, Sodapop, and Darry. Though for some reason it made me mad. I mean even though I was a girl I could take care of myself and also I was a pretty damn good fighter! I've been fighting ever since I was little and I was almost 18. Two-Bit laughed.
"Man you better leave her alone unless you wanna get a beatin'." I looked down as Steve looked at me then hewalked away reluctantly.
"Come on Soda, let's go," he said and walked out the screen door slamming it shut behind him. I heard Soda sigh and I looked up at him.
"You know he has it bad for ya Babydoll," Two-Bit said as he headed for a piece of chocolate cake.
"I know he does Two-Bit," I answered quietly.
"Well I better be goin' see you guys after work," Soda said as he headed out the door to catch up with Steve. I turned around and kept drying the dishes.
"Well, umm, I better be going, I gotta get to school," Ponyboy said breaking the silence.
"Oh, yeah, you better get goin'. And don't worry about the dishes I got 'em," I said giving Pony a kiss on the forehead as he picked up his books and headed towards the door.
"Oh, how cute! Here I'll walk with the little man," Two-Bit said laughing while Pony tried to punch him as they walked out the door.
"See ya after school you guys!" I heard Pony yell. I laughed as I went back to do the last couple of dishes. I had forgotten Darry was still here until he spoke and sat down at the kitchen table.
"You know Babydoll….Two-Bit's right," I had finished the last two plates by then so I looked over at Darry and sat across from him at the table.
"I know he's right Darry. I've known Steve likes me for a while now." Darry looked into my eyes then and I got a feeling I wasn't going to like what he was going to say next.
"Do you like him, Baby?" Oh, I was so happy when I heard him ask that question because I had no problem answering it.
"No I don't like him," I answered truthfully.
"Oh, god, don't tell me you still like Dally," Darry said half sarcastically. Oh, no, I thought, how did he guess! What am I supposed to do now! I screamed in my head as I looked down away from Darry.
"Oh, come on, Baby, he isn't right for you! You could find someone way better!" Darry said angrily as he got up and started to pace around the room. "I mean don't get me wrong I like Dally and all, but I just don't think he's good for you, sis."
"Oh, and you think Steve's any better!" I yelled at him. He stopped and looked at me then, his ice blue-green eyes looked straight into my dark-brown ones.
"I wasn't even thinking of him, but now that you mention him yeah actually I do. At least he ain't in jail and gettin' intofights all the time!" Darry said or actually yelled. I shook my head got up from the table and grabbed my coat from the closet.
"Well I'm sorry that I love Dally okay! And I'm sorry that you even have to deal with this, actually I'm sorry you have to even deal with me!" I yelled as I walked out of the door slamming it shut behind me. " Oh, and Steve does get into fights all of the time! I'm surprised he ain't in jail yet!"