Life's A Real Wild Ride
Chapter One: Epilouge
A/N: This is my first Outsiders fanfic in awhile.
And when I say awhile, boy do I mean it...
Maybe you'll be able to guess who I am. Used
to be quite well known around here back on my
old account.
Summary: Your typical DallyxOC fic. Laura wants
to show Dallas how to love, but he ain`t too
keen on learning. Better than it sounds.
xxx
She had never been a real wild child. Never went to no wild parties, never snuck out after dark. Laura Anne Forbes was the poster child for the perfect child - Least, that`s what her parents would say anyway. She wasn`t happy that they`d moved
her all the way to the other side of Tusla after encountering some money problems,
up to where all the Greasers hung around.
Laura wasn`t soc - more middle class than anything, but she still didn`t blend too well in the neighbourhood. While the greaser girls wore next to nothing, Laura was more on the sheltered side and kept herself covered up pretty well. She was especially careful to do this on her first day in town, which just happened to be today. She was sitting on her porch watching her parents unload heaps of boxes from the car, unable to help but think how nervous this new town truly made her.
The streets were covered with garbage and grime that nobody bothered to pick up, and the houses were all rather shabby.. her own being no exception. Pain was peeling off the sides and there was a crack in one of the glass windows, while the screen door was practically coming off it`s hinges. She was about to stand up and head inside when something across the street caught her eye; or rather, someone. A group of boys had just exited the house across the street hollering with laughter as if they didn`t have a care in the world. They briefly glanced her way, probably out of curiosity she figured, before continuing to make their way up the street.
Seeing all them boys together, Laura felt a pang of loneliness for what she`d left behind back on the other side of town. Surely none of her friends would have the guts to talk to her anymore. As much as the socs hated the greasers, the middle-classers usually took it upon themselves to ignore them altogether. No one wanted to acknowledge the no good hoods that went around slashing tires and getting into knife fights.
Knowing all this, Laura absentmindedly wondered if she was safe in the new neighbourhood. If a greaser didn`t rough her up, then surely a passing soc would. She`d heard all the stories about them - how they threw beer blasts and jumped greasers for fun. They seemed just as dangerous as their opposing social class, the brunette thought.
"Hey, Laura Anne!" her mother called suddenly, breaking the petite girl out of her thoughts. "Would you mind taking the car and running down to the convinience store for me? There`s a couple things we need. It`s... The DX, I think it`s called." Her mother smiled wistfully at the obviously unhappy teenager, taking out a ten dollar bill and a list of supplies and handing them both to her daughter.
"You be careful now," She warned, flashing Laura a meaningful look.
-Laura pulled up into the DX parking lot a couple minutes later, ready to get the first thing on the list - gas. The tank had already been low before the move, and now it was in desperate need of a filling. She was waiting patiently for some service when she noticed a group of about six boys standing off near one of the fill stations - greasers. Laura, despite herself, bit her lip. They sure did look real tough.
Hesitantly, she stepped out of her parents`black SUV and whistled - something she`d been even more hesitant about. "Excuse me boys," She said, her voice lacking the same confidence her show of getting their attention had displayed. "Do any of you happen to work here? The tank`s low." She guestured uselessly to the car, beginning to feel rather nervous now that she was aware of all six boys` eyes on her.
One of the boys, clad in a DX uniform and a dashing smile grinned at her. "Sure thing miss," He said, and Laura couldn`t help but notice (like any girl would) that he was absoloutely gorgeous. He ran round to the filling station she`d parked at, but his friends were still eyeing her with the slightest curiosity.
Another boy, one that was also in a DX uniform, nodded in her direction. "You from around here?" He asked her. "Ain`t never seen nobody like you come round here before. No girl, anyway."
Laura shifted her weight nervously. She felt a great deal uncomfortable talking to these boys, not only because of the way they looked but because of the penetrating glances that all six of them seemed to be giving her at once. "I ain`t originally from this neighbourhood," She told them cooly. "Just moved in today."
A boy with rusty-colored hair and sideburns grinned at her then, and she felt her stomach turn. "You don`t look like no greaser," He told her. "You a soc?"
Laura gulped, only now realizing that all of the boys were looking her over with looks of suspicion on their faces. It was only then that she realized she was an outsider; she didn`t belong in this part of town and she never would.
Taken aback by the abrupt question, she frowned. "A - a what?"
She knew what a soc was, she wasn`t stupid. But Laura figured it would be best to just play it cool for now, act like she didn`t understand a word of what they were talking about.
"A soc," growled another one of the boys, his icy blue eyes hardening as they made contact with her own. "A rich kid. Nice clothes, fancy cars.. ring a bell?"
Laura, taken aback by his rudeness, quickly shook her head. "No... Gosh, no! I came from up that way, but if you wanna give me a label I`d say middle class at best. I`m Laura Forbes. Moved in just a couple hours ago."
The boy who`d been filling her gas tank grinned, having reappeared by now. "Nice `ta meetcha Laura!" He said. "I`m Sodapop. That over there is my brother Ponyboy, and beside him is Johnny. Then there`s Dally, Steve, and Two-Bit - the one with the sideburns." The gorgeous greaser flashed her a wink which made her cheeks burn, but Laura hid it promptly by turning away.
"Listen, I`ve still got some stuff to pick up. It was nice meeting y`all though," She said, flashing the boys a hesitant smile. "Guess I`ll see you around?"
Two-Bit smirked. "Count on it, babe. I`ll be waitin`."
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Heh. Boring, I know... I just wanted to get the introductions over with.
To tell the truth, I`m not exactly sure where this story is going... I`m only
really sure of the end. Always getting too ahead of myself... ha! Anywho, if
you enjoyed the first chapter please review. More should be along soon!