Chapter 1: (Avril's POV)Welcome to My Life
I have three brothers who always seemed to be disappointed in me. I dressed like a punk, or my brothers recalled me to Avril Lavigne. My hair was light blond and I had chestnut-brown eyes. I weigh 115 pounds and I'm five feet nine; I'm a 'little' underweight.
My mother and father, before they died, sent me to live with some close friends since I would rebel and was in a gang that always caused trouble and I was only eight, mind you. They brought me home on my birthday when I was ten turning eleven. My parents renamed me I was once Amelia Janis Curtis but then a year after my birth they would call me Avril and my name was legally changed to Avril Jessica Curtis. I have three older brothers but Ponyboy is my twin so we're both fourteen, as well as two older sisters.
Ponyboy is the dreamer of all six of us kids and his gang. His full name is Ponyboy Lucas Curtis. Pony is two inches shorter than me and weighs 138 pounds. Pony has light-brown hair, which almost seems red, with green-gray eyes, mostly gray and he's happy about that. As I told you we're twins. Pony is the one that will go places in live, I mean out of Tulsa and into some adventure, he loved to go out in the country with our folks and see what was out there.
Then Sodapop Patrick Curtis, he's the happy-go-lucky sibling. Soda is a movie-star-looker with the same height as me and some wiry muscle look. Soda has a twin, and both of them are sixteen going on seventeen. I share the looks with Soda, he has a golden hair tone and his eyes are what make the girls melt when they see him. Soda's eyes seem to show how he really is feeling, happy and loving, the color is different then anyone else's a nice looking dark brown.
We have Appleblossom Margaret Curtis who is Soda's twin; funny thing is she looks more like Pony's twin than I do. Apple has reddish-brownish hair, rosy cheeks and green eyes; she's five feet six and weighs 120 pounds. Apple loves just living and always has a smile on her face, she looks good wearing green, and it's her favorite color. Apple is younger than Soda, just like me and Pony. I haven't seen Apple since Mom's and Dad's funeral, her smile faded and she cried the whole time, she lives in Oklahoma City with our oldest sister Lucinda, we call her Lucie.
Lucinda Isabella Curtis, our twenty year old sister, and happens to be Darrel Robert Curtis', our oldest brother, twin. Lucie and Darry share the same looks so they both have dark-brown hair and pale blue-green eyes. Darry is six-feet-two with broad muscles while Lucie is the same height as me and weighs 130 pounds; she is the perfect weight for our height, so I kinda was an anorexic after I lost Mom.
They all disapprove of the things I do, but if they lived a day in my life they would understand.
Pony and I use to share a room but Mom thought it was wrong when we grew older since he always had friends over, Mom made me move in the attic with my two older sisters and that was when I was five. Then the next few years I started rebelling and I got into fights. Dad always said it wasn't lady like so at age eight he sent me to live in New York. I lived there for a few years then came home at age ten and started hanging with the Shepard's gang.
"Avril, get up," Darry yelled through the door as he knocked. "Dar, I've been up for thirty minuets, I gotta go," I ran out the door and grabbed my bag and skateboard. Soda was on the porch watching Two-Bit and Dally wrestle. I rolled my eyes and jumped over the fence. "Sis, were ya goin'?" Soda ran up to the fence. "The gang called, Tim's younger sister, Angela is coming back," I yelled as I speed off on my skateboard.
Well, since I already said gang, there are two different gangs I'm in, and then my brothers have their own. The first gang, which is called the Bull Plans, I'm in, is made of Tim, Curly, and Angela Shepard, then Rick Lewis and his cousin Mark Seth, last there is Lance Harper, sometimes Dallas Winston.
Well Tim Shepard is the leader of us, and he's the oldest at age eighteen he already lost his dad to street violence. Tim's been in jail a whole lot more than Dallas Winston, and he is a thug in Darry's book, I think since Appleblossom use to date him might be part of the reason. Tim is six-feet-five and has chestnut hair with eyes to match, his skin a tanned over the years of being out on the streets. His mom is a nice woman; she loves both gangs I'm in even Pony's gang.
Then there's Curly Shepard the fifteen-year-old Shepard kid, and the youngest of all three kids. Curly has some dirty blonde hair and has been in juvie as many times as you haven't seen him in school. Curly has some nice icy blue eyes. He's six feet even and a very nice looking guy. I've been dating him for a while, and I love the fact that it pisses Darry off so much, I mean Dallas Winston even thinks I'm stupid for dating him. But they don't see the sweet caring and well savior type of guy he is. Curly got me away from my abusive ex; he told my parents about me cutting myself some ought years ago.
Angela Renae Shepard, a.k.a Angie, is sixteen and the normal brunette hair girl with green eyes and the same height and weight as me, I've been best friends with her for well like ever. We have a gang off of this gang; it's an all girls gang. She looks good wearing blue and enjoys switching out clothes with me we sometimes wear the same outfit on the same day without even planning, our minds are so alike.
Rick Lewis is a fourteen year old best buddy with Curly Shepard. Rick has light red hair and bright blue eyes, his eyes bring out his smile and he can be sincere at times. Rick doesn't even know who his father is, his mother's a hooker and well I guess that's why it seems like he's sleeping with a new girl each month.
Rick's cousin Mark Seth is seventeen and has black hair that goes with his hazel eyes, he has some great muscles, of course all the other guys had a wiry muscle frame, Mark loves to go out with some random chick and give her the surprise of her life. Of course Angie has had a major crush on him for years on end.
Lance Harper, the sixteen year old dark brown hair and eyes, he loves drag races and getting a new chick with him every night, even though his dad is abusive and stuff he loves his way of life, and never wanted to live without us being there. Lance is six-feet-two and every time he sees us girls he picks us up and swirl us around just for fun I guess.
Last is Dallas Winston, a real character he is, belongs to mine and Pony's gangs. Dally is seventeen with almost white hair it is so blonde then his eyes are so cold like his heart an icy blue that would send chills down your spine, but he always gets his share of girls in bed.
Then there's my other gang made of all girls, Angie and I started it when we were younger. We call ourselves the Acid Lillys. There's Leah Walker, Stacy Randall, Carrie Matthews, and Lita Smith. We were all good friends since elementary school.
Leah Walker was my friend since I was a baby and she is at the age sixteen with bright blond hair and blue eyes. She weighs 105 pounds and stands at a height of five feet four inches. I was worried that she would get pregnant by all the guys she slept with. Leah was cousins with Rick and Mark.
Stacy Randall, the little sis of Steve Randall, overprotected and could be found in her world of thoughts. Her and Pony have been dating for awhile and works out, only deal she's thirteen and Steve will kill to keep her protected. Stacy has the same dark hair as Steve but has wondrous blue eyes and could light an entire room just by her entering. She stands tall at the height of five feet eight and weight 116 pounds.
Carrie is Two-Bits little sister and has the same rusty hair color with green eyes. She hates the fact that Two-Bit likes to spend time with blonds instead of protecting her honor, her boyfriend, James Schmidt, took advantage of her a couple weeks ago. Carrie is thirteen and a vulnerable chick, Dally's always protecting us from what he thinks can do us wrong. Carrie is small only five feet and two inches tall, she only weighs 99 pounds.
Last is Lita Smith, she has curly red hair and china blue eyes. We use to be next door neighbors but then she moved to the middle class part of town. Lita is the baby of the group at age twelve, her parents work to much so they don't remember that they have kids most of the time. Lita is five feet three and weighs a mere 100 pounds even.
Pony's gang is all guys and a girl will probably never be in it knowing the guys would fall in love or sleep with her or something. In the gang are Darry, Soda, Pony, Dallas Winston, Johnny Cade, Two-Bit Matthews, and Steve Randall.
Johnny is a quiet type of guy; I really don't know who he is just that his parents are abusive and alcoholics always drinking. Johnny has dark brown eyes and hair to match; he has never left Tulsa, never a day in his life. Johnny is like five feet ten or something.
If you forced me to choose the cockiest one in the group then Two-Bit (Keith) Matthews is the guy I'd pick. Two-Bit has rusty sideburns and hair. His favorite pastimes are drinking, sleeping with blonds, and shoplifting, which is how he got his famous switchblade. Two-Bit's eyes are gray to go with his hair. His dad walked out on him when Carrie was a toddler. He is about six feet. He's still in school as a junior at age eighteen.
Steve Randall, Stacy's only family member that cared about her and actually paid attention to her. He has dark brown hair and eyes; he works at the DX with Soda, and is Soda's best friend. Steve is seventeen and has had a crush on me since I was ten. Steve is five feet eleven.
I was treated like a soc up in New York and when I came back I loved being a greaser more than I ever had, and loved being back with my gangs.