I DO NOT OWN THE OUTSIDERS OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS!
I'm home. She thought as she reached the front of the small house that for so many years had been the home of the Curtis family.
Darrel Curtis and Leanne Curtis were two wonderful people that cared for everyone in this horrible neighborhood since the moment they arrived to the house as newlywed until the last time they walked through the door and got inside the car, ready for a night out.
After getting married in '45, they moved in to this little house and wanted to start a family right away. And so they did.
In march of 1946, Darrel Shayne Curtis, son, was born. Both parents were ecstatic about the new member of the family, but both of them knew that him being the only child wouldn't last long, both came from big families and both wanted their kids to have to joy of having siblings to rely on. They loved each other so much, still a young love, and couldn't wait until having a second baby to share this love with.
It didn't last long before this wish came true and another baby came on the way, But this time, it wasn't just one.
A tiny little girl with reddish hair and a big pair of grey eyes that came from the maternal side of the family. And so her looks earned her a name. Her mother's name.
Leanne Marie Curtis.
As well as another baby, a baby boy. But he didn't look like his baby sister but like his mother in a way, in fact, the baby had blonde hair with hazel eyes that would both later turn a few shades darker, matching some of the looks his cousins had, but that he would never meet.
His name had to be original. Because he was one of a kind since the second he was born, and so his name also was one of a kind.
Sodapop Patrick Curtis.
And so the Curtis family was happy. Both parents were happy with their little bundles and loved still each other very much.
Three kids got along with eachother, and played as much as they could, cherishing every minute of the little innocence that their neighborhood would allow them.
But, in '52, risking the mother's life, another baby was born.
Ponyboy Michael Curtis.
Both Darry and Sodapop weren't excited as much as Leanne was. Even if she was barely three years old, she was happy in her way about this baby.
But even though out of the twins Leanne was the most excited and loving towards Ponyboy, out of the two Ponyboy chose Sodapop to rely on.
As the years passed, they played and played. Soon the boys started to have friends from the neighborhood and hung out more with them as a group than with only their siblings.
Leanne was the only girl at that, and she did not like to hang out with them as much as Darry and Sodapop did. Even Ponyboy, though he had been around four or five.
Contrary to what most people thought, being the only girl didn't make her a tomboy at all, in fact, she stayed home and read books about being a lady most of the days while her brothers were outside playing. Or she spent the day helping her mom do whatever moms did.
When she was ten, almost eleven, something happened. Something very normal for young teenage girls, but this changed her life forever.
Actually, this little thing didn't have to do with what happened to her, but the days were close to eachother so as she remembered one thing she thought as well of the other.
One school night, after a day of uneasiness she went to the bathroom after feeling the need to pee, a few seconds later she screamed bloody murder as she saw a red stain on her little panties.
Blood.
All the family was in the livingroom at that moment, enjoying a bit of time with eachother before going to bed, so they all heard the scream and rushed to the bathroom were Leanne cries were heard.
Soon their mother went in and smiled as she saw what it was all about and told them not to worry, and to go to bed.
Darrel Curtis made sure of it, and sent the kids to bed.
Because of the small house they had to share rooms. Sodapop and Darry shared one and Leanne and Ponyboy -because of the age gap and also how both were the ones that behaved well the most- shared the other.
Ponyboy was alone that night, he was nervous and scared that something had happened to his big sister. Who even though was only three years older, was like the second mother figure he had after his parents. Leanne was the same, she loved taking care of Ponyboy, and both of them spent a lot of time together, seeing how sometimes Darry and -even Sodapop- excluded him.
And so Leanne spent the days in with Ponyboy, maybe that was the reason he grew up to be the calm kid he was, seeing how most of his first years of life were spent, some days playing around his brothers, but others were spent with his older sister, who did nothing other than read about how to be a lady, and so other things about growing up and getting married and stories of such type.
He became interested in books as he saw her read alone night and day, and with permission of their parents they walked one day to buy him a book.
It was about cowboys, and had a few illustrations, but he loved it and would read it again and again for moths.
So, the thought of something happening to her older sister worried him a lot. He went to sleep a few minutes later but was soon waken up by his dad who told him he'd spend the night with his brothers, that Leanne had to sleep alone tonight and maybe a few nights too. He agreed half asleep and was walked to his brothers room where he continued his sleep.
Later that night, after she was told what happened to her and why, she had been given a sort of fabric and went to sleep. She also was told that she could not say anything about it to anyone. No one must know about it, only her mother.
And so she went to sleep with the uncomfortable extra clothing in her panties.
She cant remember how many days passed, but she knew there weren't a lot of days in between, as she always associated these two dates, but one day she came home to see her mother crying.
When she asked why she was told to go to her room and she obeyed. Later she was told to pack everything she owned.
And next thing she knew she was off to live with a new family, leaving hers behind.
hello!
i had this story in mind for quite a while, and I have the first ten chapters already written, but im still not sure to continue...
My aunt, Marie Loretta, was born in 52, but was separated from her family, just like Leanne was and for the same reason, so this kind of is based on a true story!
Please review, also, im looking for a beta reader but I do not understand how it works! if you're interested let me know!
so, thank you for reading! Expect a chapter soon!