Disclaimer: I do not own the Outsiders ( obviously ). They belong to S.E. Hinton ( love her books xD ). This is not for profit. Its just for the fun and amusment of me and the readers. I own a few characters, but you can probably pick those ones out yourselfs.

Note: This is my first Fanfic. So...read and review.

What a Wonderful World

At first glance, The Laveau family may seem like the perfect family. The Father,Charles James Laveau,was the owner of bank with rich investors. The Mother, Veronica Sharon Laveau,was the head of a law firm full of high-priced lawyers. And the daughter,Velma Marie Kelly Laveau, who had every thing a 14-year-old girl could want...But she didn't have everything she wanted. But, then again, this was only a first glance. If you have gotten to know anything about this family, You'd see how non-perfect it turely was. Her parents completely ignored her, unless an investor or client wanted to make sure that they will be working with a 'family' person. Half the time, Velma's parents didn't even get her name right.

They had always moved around alot. Velma had always been taught by tutors at home, So she never got a chance to make friends and her parents were never home. But her Father had told her that it would finally change when they moved to Tulsa, or to be more honest, her fathers assistant told her.

On Saturday that had gotten settled in and Mr. and Mrs. Laveau had told their daughter that she would be going to high-school on Monday. But aside from that. Nothing changed. Even on Sunday her parents were barely home, and now a new problem. She had never been in an actual school before. The fact she was put up a grade kind of worried her, too. She began to worry about how people would act toward her, and if she would make friends or not. These thoughts slowly began to vanish as she went to sleep...

She woke up to the annoying ring of her alarm clock.She turned it off and rolled over to go back to sleep, till she remembered, it was Monday. She sighed and got out of bed and rummaged though her closet for some clothes. She picked out a dark navy skirt and a matching blouse, combed her hair and headed downstairs for breakfast. Her parents were already gone,which ment she was walking.

Luckily for her, she wasn't late. She had spent abit of time in the office to get her time-tables and locker number and combination. She never worked a lock before. She didn't get it the first few times. A tall boy with long, rusty colored side-burns and a wide grin came up to her,about to offer her help getting the locker open, when she finially got her locker open, it flung out, hitting the boy in the head. She gasped and closed the locker," Oh,gosh, are you ok?" Velma asked,there was a hint of worry laced into her soft, southern accent. The boy just put his head in one hand and was cursing like she had never heard anyone curse before, and some of the words he was saying she never even heard before., Passers by where laughing. " I'm so sorry...I-I-I didn't mean too, honest..."She sounded abit scared. But they boy straighten up and rub his head abit and grinned, "Good thing I got a thick head, or else that might-a done some damage" He said with a laugh. She was slightly confused at his respond.Most people would be upset at that.The bell rang for the students to go their home rooms, she hurried down to her class, feeling quite embarrassed. But home room was just as humiliating.

She had sat down by a boy with greenish-grey eyes that looked a round her age, but he wasn't dressed like the other guys in the class, kinda like the boy she hit with the locker earlier. He smiled abit and she smiled back. But then the teacher spoke to up, "Class. We have a new student, Velma Laveau," She looked up at sound of her name, "Velma, Why don't you say a few words?" He asked.

" A..a few words? Sir?" She asked, slightly confused. She was never asked that before and wasn't quite sure what to say.

"Yes...say something..."

Velma bit her lip before she started, " ' Little Nancy Ellicote, In a white petticoat, And a red nose; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows' ". Then their was a long silence.

The teacher cleared his thoat and said, " I ment about yourself.." Everyone in the class laughed. Except the boy she had sat down beside. He had a small smile on his face, but it wasn't that he looked amused..It looked like he was thinking of something.

She was felt herself turning red and was so relived when the bell for first class rang. She left quickly and avoided as many people from her class as she could. But at lunch, She had been asked to join a group of kids dressed in madras. They had talked about alot of different things, but they never told her about the soc and greaser rivalry.They figured she already knew.

Later she was as her locker once again when the grey-eyed boy from homeroom came up to her, " A candle." He said, out of the blue, with a smile. Velma looked at him for a moment, " pardon me?" she asked, quite confused by his random statement.

" Little Nancy Ellicote? The answer is a Candle." He said with a slight chuckle. " Oh! Oh, yes..." She started to blush and the boy walked away. She decided to wait about 5 minutes before she left, so most people would be gone, not wanting to end up looking like an idiot again.

When she finally left, the parking lot was just about empty. good, Velma thought to herself. She took out a book and started to read it as she walked. She hadn't been walking for 3 minutes before she heard footsteps behind her. At first, she tryed to ignore it. And it worked. For afew minutes anyway. All of the sudden, someone yelled,' Howdy!' and she felt someone grab her shoulders and pulled her back abit before letting go. She gasped and regained her balance, then turned around. It was the guy from school she had met .earlier with the locker incident, with his thumbs in the belt-loops and a grin on his face. He was laughing,probably at the fact that she was obviously afriad, and she had to look up at him, she was only about 5'3, this guy was atleast 6 feet. " You scare too easy,doll."He said, crossing his arms," what's your name?" He asked her.

"Um...Velma Laveau..." She answered him, not quite sure if she should of. They boy seemed to sence that she was uncomfortable. He smiled and extended his hand to her, " Well, Um Velma, I'm Two-Bit "

She was going to ask about his name, but thought it better not to. She went to shake his hand, which immediatly she regretted it. His had a very strong grip and was shaking her hand like he was trying to pull her arm out. When he let go, she smiled abit, thankful. " So!" He started cheerfully, " Can I walk ya home?" He asked.

"Oh, no. thanks. I'll be fine." She said, politely declining his offer.

"well, at least till you get you outta the Greasers territory and safely into the land of the Soc..."

Velma looked up at him with a confused look, " Wait...What's a Greaser?" She asked, " and what's a Soc?"

"Well...um..uh.." He scratched the back of his head, not actually having to explain it before, " Greasers.You know...like..JD's..hoods.." He was only confusing her more. " Ok. Lets try it this way...This town is devided inta two. The Socs and The Greasers. Now. The Socs are the rich kids that live on the West side of town, Like you. And the Greasers are the juvenile delinquents that live in the East side of town, like me." Two-Bit smiled and Velma just tilted her head slightly to the side, " Alright...So, do you mind telling my why I would need an escort to get to the West side of town?"

" Easy. So you don't get jumped." He said with a shrug.

" Jumped?" She was worried.

" Yep. Greasers jump Socs. 'specially the small ones." He smiled.

"Why?"

"Only reason Greasers jump Socs is 'case Socs jump Greasers."

"But, why?"

" Socs just don't like Greasers." He told her with a shrug.

" Why? What's wrong with Greasers?" She asked him.

Two- Bit stopped and turned to her. He wasn't asked that before, especially not by a Soc. " Nothing...There aint nothing wrong with us..." He smiled at her slightly and they kept walking.

"Hey, Ya gotta do somethin' for me, k?" Two- Bit said suddenly.

" Do what?"

" Don't go hanging around any of those jokers in your neighborhood, alright?"

She smiled abit and nodded, " Alright."

another note : Hope ya liked it so far...