A/N: Hey guys! So this is my first Outsiders Fanfic. It's going to center around Dallas and an OC named Cassie. This story isn't going to follow any type of storyline. Really it's just going to be separate one-shots of moments in their relationship. Some chapters might be shorter than others. It takes place before the book starts. The other characters from the book will make their own appearances. Let me know if you think this is worth continuing.
Just a warning beforehand, this isn't intended to be the perfect love story. This is not a Disney movie. It's not going to be all puppies and rainbows. But Dallas may seem a little OOC from time to time. For that I do apologize. Like I said this is a first for me and I don't claim to have a perfect grasp of his personality. I can see him differently than you see him.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Outsiders or it's characters.
The first time Dallas saw her he was with Two-Bit. Two-bit skipped school that day though when he did he went back by the end of the day. They were both outside of the high school waiting for Ponyboy and Johnny to come out. Usually he wouldn't have been waiting for the youngest Curtis brother or Johnny. He would be out with Sylvia. However the night before they had a fight. He was said night so when he woke up that morning he couldn't remember what the fight was about. All he knew was that she wasn't in his bed when he woke up and when he went to look for her she all but told him to fuck off. That didn't bother him. He and her got into fights quite often. It usually ended with her telling him that she never wanted to see him again but that only lasted a total of two days at a time. By the next night she'd come looking for him. For now Two-bit was the only one around. Soda, Steve and Darry were all working. Dally didn't feel like staying at Bucks the entire day. It was filled with too many people he didn't want to be bothered with.
"What's takin' then so long?" Dally asked as he rummaged through his pocket for a cigarette. He wasn't a very paitient person. The bell had rung a good ten minutes before. Most of the bstudents scattered while they still waited.
"I dunno." Two-Bit replied with his hands in his pockets and he leaned on a railing near the front steps. He never made a big fuss on waiting for anybody. Having a sister gave him the patience of a saint.
Dally said nothing more as he brought a lit match to his cigarette. He was beginning to second guess his decision to hang with Two-Bit and the other boys that day. Dally was always able to move around from people to people. He wasn't the nicest person. In fact he was the most crude and angry of them all. It sometimes made him difficult to be around but it also made it easy for him to float between groups. Tough gangs accepted him. Up until the point where he pissed them off and Dally pissed a lot of people off. Though this small gang was one he chose to hang around with more than most. He felt oddly comfortable around them. He wasn't worried about them stabbing him in the back. Literally. It could have happened with any other person in Tulsa except with the gang. This was why he hung around them. This was why he was outside a high school.
Finally Johnny and Ponyboy emerged from the front doors of the school with someone in tow.
"You guys didn't have to wait for me." He heard a female say from beside Johnny.
Dallas eyes turned in the direction of the female voice as she stepped to the side from behind the two boys. As soon as he saw her he began to size her up. Looked at her from head to toe with that cold stare of his. The girl had wavy auburn hair which fell past her shoulders and nearly pale skin that had a little bit of color. She was slightly shorter than ponyboy which meant that she was shorter than him. She was wearing a white skirt that came just above her knees and a navy blue blouse. The skirt made her legs look longer and his eyes lingered on them for an extra second. The last thing he noticed were her eyes. He didn't get a chance to see them until she looked away from Johnny and over to Two-Bit. A light brown that the sun reflected off. She was pretty. He'd give her that. He figured she was just as stuck up or so it looked like it. That was the first judgement he made of her.
She momentarily turned her eyes towards him, not bothering to give him even two seconds of her time. As soon as she saw him she turned her eyes right back to Johnny. All but forgetting her was there.
The first time Dallas saw her she had ignored him.