It's been a little over a year since the whole Carter, Seth, and Cole fiasco. Darry just turned 21, Soda turned 19 a month before him, Pony turned 17 the week before Soda's birthday, and I turned 15 just last week. Everything has been pretty normal since it all ended, well as normal as it can be because let's face it nothing about our family is normal. I've stopped keeping secrets and lying to my brothers and the gang, if something happens to me good or bad I tell them. The only thing that keeps plaguing my thoughts is what happened to Carter? I fought him and beat his head in the day of the rumble, by the way us greasers won, all the socs fled because they were too scared of us. Seth and Cole moved away because a rumor started going around about what they did to me, so they left the state. I don't know what happened to Carter, I just went to school one day and he was gone. I haven't seen him anywhere, heck I haven't even heard anyone at school say his name since that day. Did he disappear? Did he flee the country? Did he move to a different state? Did somebody finally make my wish come true and kill him? I don't know what happened to him but I really don't care anymore, he is out of my life and can't bother me anymore.
"Penny for your thoughts?" someone asks snapping me out of my inner thoughts.
"What?" I ask confused.
"Whatcha thinking about?" someone asks which I now see is Chris. I met Chris on the first day of school in my English class. Chris is a greaser like me and he's pretty cute. We talk a lot during the school day and when we have to do partner work in English we are always partners. I think he likes me like in the more than friends way. I'm not sure if I like him back though, I mean I've never had feelings in that way for a guy before. I've never actually done anything like this before, so I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel or what I'm supposed to do or how to act in these situations.
I realize that I still haven't answered his question so I say "Nothing important, just stuff."
"Hey Sky, can I ask you something?" Chris asks while we're walking to English which is our last period of the day.
"Yeah sure." I simply say.
"Umm... I was wondering if maybe you'd want to go to the movies with me Friday night?" he asks nervously scratching the back of his neck.
"I'd have to run it by my brothers and make sure it's okay with them, but yeah I'd like that." I tell him shyly.
"Great." he says his body language immediately relaxing.
"Can I get back to you about it tomorrow, after I ask my brothers?" I ask.
"Yeah sure." he says as we walk into the classroom and take our seats in the back next to each other.
I say bye to Chris once the period ends and then I head out to the front of the school to meet Pony, Steve, Two-bit, and Johnny.
"Hey guys." I say once I'm next to them.
"Hey." is all they reply as we start walking home. When we start approaching the house I notice Darry's truck in the driveway which means that him and Soda are home early from work.
"Hey." I say as I walk through the door and set down my backpack. Pony comes in right after me since Steve, Two-bit, and Johnny all went home or to the lot or something.
"Hey Sky, how was school?" Darry asks not looking up from his newspaper.
"It was okay, same old stuff." I tell him sitting down next to Soda on the couch.
"What's with the blush baby girl?" Soda asks me.
"I'm not blushing." I tell him but the minute those words leave my mouth I feel my face getting even hotter than it was before he asked me the question.
"Yeah you are Sky." Pony says sitting on the other side of me.
"Did something happen at school Sky?" Darry asks.
"Yeah." I simply say my face probably becoming as red as a tomato.
"Want to tell us what happened?" Pony asks.
"Umm... well you know my friend Chris?" I ask.
"Yeah. What about Chris?" Darry asks even though I'm sure he already knows where this is going.
"Well he asked me to go out Friday night. Can I go?" I ask softly not sure how they're going to react. All of my brothers are silent for several minutes until one of them finally speaks up.
"I don't know Sky." Darry says running a hand through his hair.
"Please." I beg though I'm not sure why I am because I still don't really know how I feel about Chris. Maybe I want to go so bad because for the first time I will be in control and be going because I want to, not because I have to.
"Are you sure you're ready to do something like this Sky?" Pony asks and I know exactly what he's referring to.
"It's been over a year, I think I'm ready. Plus I will be in control of this situation, I'm not being forced in to it against my own will." I say.
"Where will you guys be going?" Soda asks looking at me, somewhat giving into the idea letting me go.
"To the movie house." I state simply.
"I guess you can go, but I get to drop you off there and then Chris can walk you home. Okay?" Darry says sternly.
"Okay." I say with a small smile forming on my face.
"I still don't like the idea of you going on a date with some guy." Soda says in an over protective brother tone of voice.
"It's not just some guy, it's my friend Chris." I tell him.
"I still don't like it. I guess I won't ever like it cause you're my baby sister and I don't like the idea of you dating one bit." he says wrapping an arm around my shoulders and pulling me close to him.
"I'll still be your baby sister, nothing will ever change that." I tell him resting my head on his shoulder.
Hi! So I'm back! I really hope you like the first chapter of 'The Outsiders: Sky's Second Chance' which is the sequel to 'The Outsiders: What if'! I would like to thank Maylie and Thewritevoice for giving me the ideas for the title of this story! The next chapter will be Sky's date with Chris. Please review!