Disclaimer : I do not own the Outsiders. I own Velma and her friends.
Note: This is the sequel to What a Wonderful World. It takes place nearly 6 weeks later, so it's about mid-August.
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Two-Bit rolled over and fell out of the bed. He groaned and sat up, looking back at the bed and smiled. He looked at his wife. She was curled up under the blankets, still sound asleep. He stood up went into the kitchen. They had just gotten here last night. Here just so happened to be Velma's apartment in Beverly Hills. She had to finish Collage. Now, Two-Bit wasn't exactly excited about moving to Beverly Hills, But he gladly moved because Velma asked him to. He was used to his run down neighborhood which he loved so much.
He looked around. This apparent was almost 2 and a half sizes larger than the one he had back in Tulsa. Cleaner, too.
Now, as he started to look into the fridge, finding something to make for breakfast, Velma quietly snuck up behind him, " You going to cook?" She asked.
He took out the eggs and turned to her , " What? You don't think I can?" He put on a mock hurt expression.
"I didn't say that.." She said, laughing slightly, " It'll be its original color, right? Like it's not going to turn out blue, or anything?"
"Hey, I cook a hell of a lot better than Soda, if that's what you are implying." He grinned. They were about to kiss then there was a knocked on the door. He sighed, " This aint gunna happen every time is it?"
Velma laughed," Of course not..." She gave him a kiss and then went to answer the door. It was her friend, Wendy. Velma had called her afew days ago. Told her she was married, and that she'd be home by Saturday." Hi!"
"Hi!"
They hugged each other. "So! How was your trip? oh oh ! How was the wedding? Did you take lots of pictures? and.. Oh my god, are you being robbed?" She asked, seeing Two-Bit standing in the kitchen. He just turned around and started making the eggs.
"What? No..No...Wendy, this is my Husband, Keith...Everyone calls him Two-Bit.."
He walked over and extended his hand to shake hers, but she just looked at Velma.
"Well...what..what happened to James?"
Two-Bit went back into the kitchen...
"We...kinda broke up..."
"So...you married...that?" She asked, pointing to Two-Bit, who was trying to pretend he didn't hear them.
" He's a great guy. Really. Trust me. He's sweet.."
Two-Bit smiled.
"Isn't he abit old to be wearing a Micky-Mouse t-shirt?"
Two-Bit bit his bottom lip to keep from saying anything.
"Well...whats wrong with that?" Velma asked.
"Well...Nothing...after someone turns 13..."
Two-Bit turned around and looked at the two of them.
"I think it's adorable" Velma told her, Smiling over at Two-Bit, who returned the smile and gave her a wink. " Anyway..You want to see the wedding pictures?"
"Sure!"
Velma disappeared into the bedroom to dig the pictures of the her suitcase.
Meanwhile, Wendy turned around and looked at Two-Bit, " So...Keith...How...how did you two meet?"
"We dated for a while 5 years ago, back in Tulsa."
"oh..." She looked around the apartment until Velma came back out, " Here they are.." She said, handing them over to Wendy.
The first picture, it was Two-Bit, dressed in a clean pair of black jeans and a white dress shirt, Velma, in a white silk dress, tight, no straps and didn't go past her knees. And the Elvis impersonator who married them. The second picture, It was Two-Bit, Velma, and the rest of the guys, all dressed in jeans and shirts like Two-Bit... " Who are they?" Wendy asked, pointing to the other 6 men in the picture, " Oh..Thats one Ponyboy, and his brothers Sodapop and Darry.."
"Are those their real names?"
"Yes...And thats Dally, Steve, and the one in the wheelchair is Johnny..."
Wendy flipped through the rest of pictures , "Well...You seemed to have fun.."
"Yes. It really was.."
Wendy smiled, " So, Beth, Marie, Jacklyn and I were planing on going to the mall..you in? You can take, Keith, too.."
Two-Bit kept making gestures that meant no. Velma smiled, "Sure." Two-Bit went wide-eyes and shook his head, mouthing, no way.
"Great! Me us in the parking lot at one. Tootles!" Wendy and Velma gave each other a hug, and then Wendy left.
"Uh...Do I have to go?" Two-Bit asked, hoping up onto the counter.
"Oh...Come on. It'll be a great way to meet some people."
"You know I don't like going to the mall..."
"Please?"
"No way."
"Pleease?"
"No."
"Pleease?" She tilted her head, pouting sightly.
Two-Bit looked away, " No way." He couldn't say no to that face, thats why he turned away.
"Please?" She moved closer, rubbing her hand up and down his thigh. He looked over at her, She still had the adorable little pout.
"Fine...I'll go.."
Velma smiled and put her arms around Two-Bit, " Thank you...Oh shit..." She pulled away.
"What?"
"The eggs just caught fire!"
Two-Bit jumped off the counter, grabbed the pan handle and threw the pan in the sink, then turned on the water. " I swear that never happened to me before..." Two-Bit told her. Velma just laughed.
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By 5 to one, Two-Bit and Velma went down into the parking lot. Two-Bit had on an old, tight, black and red t-shirt with a faded Micky Mouse on it, and an old pair of jeans..which was actually what he had slept in last night, while Velma was wearing a black mini skirt with a pink t-shirt.
"Now...are you sure you want to go? I mean, we could find something else to do.." Two-Bit said.
"I'm sure." Velma said, puting her compact into her purse.
Two-Bit sighed as a convertible filled with Velma's friends pulled up.
"Hey guys! Keith, this is Beth, Jacklyn and Marie...and you already met Wendy..Girls, This is my husband, Keith.."
"What happened to James?" Beth asked.
"They broke up." Wendy said.
"Why?" Jacklyn asked.
"He was a jack-ass." Two-Bit said. He got into the car after Velma did.
"So, Velma. You must tell me how you got your husband to come with us," Marie said, "There was nothing I could say to get Vince to come with us. He hates going to malls.."
"Oh, really?" Two-Bit raised an eyebrow.
" Yeah. He'd rather go out with his friends.."
Two-Bit looked over at Velma. She gave him a kiss, " Well, Keith enjoys spending time with me." She leaned against him.
"Yeah. Even if it is going to the mall..." Two-Bit smiled.
"Awe...thats so sweet..." Beth said.
" I think we should find him a new suit..." Wendy said.
"Ooo! Yeah!" Jacklyn said, clapping her hands, " That'll be fun."
"What? No..I'm not really a suit person..." Two-Bit said, shaking his head.
"Oh..Come on. It's not like you'd be wearing one everyday...just for...special occasions and parties and things like that..." Wendy said. " Trust me. I saw your wedding pictures. You need a nice suit."
"Uh...I don't think so.." Two-Bit shook his head.
"Please? It'll be fun." Velma said.
"No...No it won't..."
"Please?" She rested her hand on his thigh...
Two-Bit sighed, " Alright...Fine...But just one, ok?"
"Ok." She smiled and kissed his again, " Just one.."
Two-Bit put his arms around her, This is going to be a long day...
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He was right. It was long. Well...to him, anyway. He should of been more specific. He should of said, Just one suit. The first one he liked at the first store they had went too. But that was 3 stores ago. He had found several suits he liked, but the kept saying no and moving on. He tried to tell some jokes...but stopped after he tryed to tell a blond joke..he stopped before the punch line because all 4 of Velma's friends had blond hair. Now, usually, He didn't care if he offended anyone with his jokes...But these were Velma's friends, and he had a feeling he'd be seeing alot of them. This had to be some kind of hazing, he thought. No wonder Vince doesn't like going to malls.
"Two-Bit. Come here. I think you'll like this one." Velma said.
"Two-Bit?" Beth, Marie and Jacklyn said, simultaneously.
"Oh..its...just a nick name.." Velma told them.
"Why is he called that?"
"I have a bad feeling that you'll find out that later..." Velma said with a sigh.
"Later? Whats going on later?" Two-Bit sounded so worried, it made Velma laugh , " Oh, We're going out to dinner.."
"And...when did yous decide this?"
"Somewhere between to the 2 priests and the man from Kentucky..." Jacklyn said coolly, glaring slightly at Two-Bit, who returned the look.
"It'll be fine." Velma said, handing Two-Bit the suit she had found,. It was black with white pinstripe with wide lapels. " So..what do you think?" she asked him.
He smiled, " I like it.."
"go try it on.."
He did. He looked in the mirror. He liked the suit. He just hoped he'd get this one...He wanted to leave.
"How's it fit?"
"Great. Can we get this one?...then go?"
Velma laughed, " Alright..But..there are still a few mores stores we were going to go to..."
Damn..
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At 6:13 that evening, Two-Bit was sitting on the edge of the bed, watching Velma get ready.
"You take real long to get ready..." Two-Bit said, tilting his head.
"I do not take long." Velma informed him.
"Oh, really? We both started getting ready at 20 to 6...and I've been ready for the last 20 minutes."
She put in her earrings and turned around. "There. I'm ready. Lets go"
Two-Bit laid back on the bed.
"Oh..come on, they're going to meet us in the parking lot in 10 minutes.."
"No."
"What?"
"I don't wanna go to some fancy restaurant..."
"oh...come on..." She went over to the bed and tryed to pull Two-Bit up, but he wouldn't move. In fact, he pulled her down onto the bed with him, and kept his arm around her waist.
"Oh...oh...Please, Two-Bit. I haven't seen these guys in over a month.."
"You can see 'em later."
"Please. Lets go...its...its not like you're going to be the only guy there..."
"No."
"Please? And ...Tomorrow...we can do what ever you want." She offered.
"What ever I want?"
"What ever you want."
"All day?"
"All day."
"Fine. But if one of those guys ask 'where's James?', I'm leaving..."
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They ended up leaving early. The first thing Vince, Travis, Duncan, and Ivan had asked was , 'Where's James?'. But, strangely enough, that wasn't why they had left. While they were waiting for their food to arrive, Two-Bit had been looking around the dining room, when he noticed at the table beside them a man with a toupee. He just started to laugh. Velma asked him what was so funny. Two-Bit had told her that the man with the toupee was the same one from the restuarant 5 years ago. He knew that because when he had knocked off the hair piece 5 years ago, it had landed on a candle, and there was a little scorch mark on the back.
"What kind of person keeps the same toupee for 5 years?" Velma had asked him.
"A cheap one." Two-Bit replied. The man had over heard them and before he could complain to someone, they left to save themselves the embarrassment.
"Why can't you act like a grown up in nice places like that?" Velma asked.
"Because it's boring in places like that." Two-Bit laughed slightly, " Besides, tomorrow will be fun." He grinned.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day...Velma thought