Okay, so this idea just popped into my head! Hope yas like it! Review please! I will eventually make it in the character's POV…maybe! And no, this isn't one of those stories where a girl gets abused by her dad and one of the gang saves her. It may seem like it in the beginning, but trust me, it isn't!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Outsiders.

Chapter 1

She was beautiful, but she didn't know that. Everyone else knew that… especially him…

Sodapop Curtis was anxious to get the heck outta there and get home to eat some cake. The gas station was completely empty. Steve had gone home and it was his turn to lock up. He heard the door open then close, but thought nothing of it. 'Probably some fat guy to buy some tobacco'. Knowing that someone had approached the register, he looked up and looked straight into the big black mysterious eyes of a girl. Once she saw him look into her eyes, she turned red, then looked down as she handed him the Pepsi bottle.

"Uh…" he started off, not being able to find the right words. "T-that'll be fifty cents."(A/N: I have no idea what a Pepsi cost back then…don't kill me!) Still not looking at him, she pulled two quarters out of her pocket and held them out for him to take. He wondered why she was in clothes too big for her body and were ragged. As she put the money in his hand, their hands touched ever so slightly, making a chill go up his spine. He put the money in the register, then handed her back her Pepsi, again, his hand touched hers a little.

"Thanks." She said still looking down, then turned and left. As he watched her leave, he wondered why she hadn't looked up at him. With her on his mind, she found a car magazine and began to look through it.

The same mysterious and black eyes that had been looking at Soda's eyes were now glazed as she walk because she was deep thought. She looked at her drink, her face still hot, her heart pounding. 'Who was that guy?' she thought to herself. She then stared in front of her as she walked, turning her head when she saw a store to look in the window. Her heart dropped as she looked at a store that had cleaning supplies. That tingly, happy feeling was replaced with dread. Her eyes teared up as she thought of where she was supposed to be in half an hour. 'Why am I being forced to do this?! To be someone's housekeeper…no, not a housekeeper, a slave!' The job description was a housekeeper, but she felt like she was owned. It wasn't even her choice to apply. She silently cursed the person who was making her do this as she walked on to the address. People gave her weird looks as she walked because of the clothes she was supposed to clean in, but she didn't care. Tears of anger started to blur her vision. She didn't want the Pepsi anymore, so she threw it to the ground forcefully, watching the liquid flow out freely over the cement. She finally reached the address, wiped her tears away, and knocked on the door.

Back at the DX Sodapop was locking the door, happy to get outta there. He walked thinking about the evens that happened that day. When he finally reached his house, Darry was just getting out the door to leave to go do some more work.

"Hey Darry." He greeted him.

"Hey Pepsi-Cola. Hey, I forgot to tell you-please don't think I'm a moron, but I was desperate…"

"Come Darry, spit it out." He told him.

"Okay, I really needed some help around the house, so I spoke to this man who was looking for people who…who needed someone to clean their house….so I…"

"So you hired a guy to clean our house?" asked a confused Soda.

"Well, that's what I thought, but I guess not, but he did send someone to clean for us." Darry told him. Soda started laughing.

"What are we rich now? We need someone to clean our house. I'm sorry Darry, but that's kinda-"

"Stupid I know, but I was desperate. I showed her where everything is, so she should be good with that." He said looking at his watched. "Oh shit I gotta go! Bye Soda!" Soda smiled to himself as he walked through the door.

"Hey Pony!" He shouted.

"Gosh Soda, I'm right here, you didn't have to yell." Pony responded.

"Oh yeah…so where's this new cleaning person Darry hired."

"In the kitchen." When he saw a girl that was trying to reach something out of a high cupboard. She sighed as she gave up turning around, her arms folded. His smiled faded. It was that same girl he'd seen at the DX. Her eyes were red like she'd been crying. She didn't have that shy look she had at the DX. Instead, she had a blank hard expression in her eyes.

"Um…do you need reaching that…?" he asked. She also didn't speak as timidly as she did before, but as if she had anger in her voice.

"No, I got it." She said rolling her eyes, turning around, and staring up at the cupboard again.

"You sure?" he asked again, walking to where she was standing. She turned around looking annoyed. When she saw that Soda was standing right behind her, she turned a light shade of pink.

"Look, you guys hired me to do work and clean myself. You don't have to try to be nice and help me."

"I didn't hire you…my brother did." He said staring at her. He couldn't help noticing how her oversized sweatshirt was falling off one shoulder. She smiled slightly then said,

"Look, I wasn't trying to get anything…I just wanted to see if I could reached the cupboard door to open it…you know, like challenge. It sounds stupid I know." She explained. Soda smiled.

"I'm Sodapop." He said holding out his hand for her to shake.

"Isabella." She said taking his and turning red all the same. "Look, I'd better go do some cleaning…stuff."

"Oh right. I'm just gonna go change." He said letting go of her hand.

Once he was in his room, he closed the door and smiled. He lay on his bed with his hands behind his head. It made him a little upset knowing that Isabella had to clean for them…but he was kinda glad knowing that he would be seeing her around a lot. He thought of them shaking hands again…and how her sweatshirt was slipping down her shoulder. How her faced turned red once they shook hands. 'I wonder what it would be like to touch her hand again…her face…her lips touching mine as my arms take her waist and pull her closer to him…how it would feel to have her body pressed to mine…' He was awakened out of his thought by the door slamming and the rest of the gang walking in.

Okay, this might suck now, but it'll get better I promise! Please review! HEART YAS!