There They Go

Sunny on a Cloudy Day

It was a sunny day in Tulsa, Okalahoma. The birds were out singing; little children were playing out in their yards, while "Cocaine Blues" rung out through the neighborhood.

Diane "Di" Johnston walked down the gravel road, kicking an empty cola bottle. The bright sunlight shone down on her auburn colored hair, and it felt good. The past couple of weeks Tulsa had been cold and cloudy. It was still winter, but it had warmed up a bit.

She turned her head at the sound of laughter. She sighed, and continued walking.

Everything had seemed to go downhill after her brother died in a train accident. Her parents started bickering at each other like it was religion, her father had started to drink, and he had quit his job, causing their income to take a quick dive.
They had moved away from Camden, Arkansas, here to Tulsa, after they didn't have enough money. Her aunt had lived there when she was still alive, and for some reason they headed up to Tulsa.

Di didn't want to move, but neither her nor Jackie (her sister) have much a say. They had moved here a month ago today, a month since Diane had seen all her friends in Camden, a month since she'd seen her boyfriend, a whole month since she had left home.

She hated it here. Everything was divided. You were either a Soc or a Greaser. No in between.

She had complained to her mother, who had said, "I know. It'll just take time to adjust is all."

Yeah, right.

Time, time, time. Everything took too much time.

Diane turned off Dawson Street, heading on Ridgeston Road, which was her street.

She was walking slowly, and was unaware of the presence behind her.

"Jeez, Dall, cut it out."

Di turned around quickly. She saw three boys.

One, the tallest, had cold blue eyes and dark brown hair, the others also had darker hair, and one theirs was black.

Those two boys on looked out of place. It was kinda awkward looking in a way.

Di started walking a little bit faster, picking up her pace step by step.

"What?" The tough looking one in the middle called out. He spoke loudly, and his words were slowed down.

Di walked even faster, nearly breaking out into a run.

"Come on, broad!" He yelled.

Di broke out into a run. She thought she could her them behind her, but she wasn't stupid enough to look behind.

She heard them shout behind her, but soon enough she was in her house.

She slammed the door behind her, gasping for breath.
"Honey? Is that you?"

"Yeah Mom!" Di responded. She walked to the kitchen, where she could smell the aroma of some food.

"Why are you so tired?" Her mother asked, taking some casserole out of the oven.

Di thought it best to not worry her mother with this at the moment. "I was just running, you know, just getting exercise."

They both sat down at the small, round table, and her mother spoke, "Do you have any homework at all?"
Di shook her head, and studied her mother's face.
She'd never noticed the wrinkles and lines around her eyes, and green her eyes were. Her blonde hair was curly; it was hanging down in little columns, twisted around.

"Did you make any friends at school today?"

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A/n- Okay! Some things to point out – This story doesn't take place in a certain year. It's AU-ish too.
I know Dally had (S) blond hair, but I feel better making him brown for some reason.

IN the book, I felt that Ponyboy didn't really like Dally. Just more kinda respected him. So I plan to make them closer in this.

R & R!