I don't own the outsiders or any characters from the book. I love the book and the characters. This is my first story on fanfic so please bear with me. Special thanks to my bestest friend for ideas and help with the writing of it. Read away! =)

Chapter One

Laurie P.O.V

"I don't get why I have to move. It's entirely unfair." I said to my best friend, Susan as I was packing my suitcase. "I mean if I have to move why couldn't it just be somewhere around here. But no, my parents have to move to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Where is that anyways?" I was insanely ranting because I was not going to move just like that. "'Oh you're cousin Bob lives there so you won't be all alone' she said. I don't care about being alone! I care about moving and leaving all my friends, let alone my life behind!" I finished my rant with an enormous, frustrated sigh. Susan stared at me with her big green eyes.

I just couldn't stand it. Susan and I had been friends since as long as I remembered. Now I was just going to leave? I don't think so. It doesn't even make sense. What's the difference if we move after I finish high school? I mean I only have a couple years left. I just don't get what the big rush was.

"Laurie, I'm sure it won't be that bad," Susan said to break the silence.

"Yes it will be. I won't know anyone except Bob, whom I haven't spoken to since I was like, 5." I replied.

"Well, think of it this way, you'll be able to get to know your cousin, and I bet he can get you some connections. He has friends…right?"

"Yes he has friends. At least, I think he does." We began to laugh.

This was it. This was our last day together. I stopped laughing almost suddenly. Tears began to overflow my blue eyes. Slowly, a single tear sneaked past and trickled down my cheek. Susan came over and gave me a hug.

"Don't forget me." I said in almost a whisper. Tears were coming down faster know.

"I could never forget my best friend." She said. I could hear the smile in her words. "I'll come visit you. I'll force my parents to let me go. Okay?"

"Yeah." I said with a sniffle. We began to laugh. This time our laughing wasn't interrupted but my idiotic thinking.

"Susan!" My mom called from downstairs. "Your mom is here to pick you up."

Susan grabbed my arm and pulled me down the stairs with her.

"Hi Mrs. Bay." I said.

"Hi, Laurie, excited about moving?"

"Not really." I said simply. I glanced at my mom and she gave me a nasty look. She knew I didn't want to move, but she want me to actually admit it to people. There was an awkward silence, until Susan's mom broke it.

"Okay, Susan I think we should go. I'm sure you have some last minute things to do." Mrs. Bay said.

"Bye Laurie." Susan said through tears.

"Bye Susan." I also said through tears. We hugged once more. And then she left. It would be the last time she walked through my door. Why was this so hard?

"Laurie, why would you say that? She asked you a simple question." My mom said once they left.

"Yeah, and I gave a simple answer. Mom you know I don't want to move, so obviously I'm not excited." I said. My mom and I hadn't been very close these last few weeks. We fought over every little thing lately.

"Go finished packing." She said sternly.

"I'm already done." I said with and attitude.

"Then go occupy yourself because I need to finish some things." She left the room and went into the kitchen. I decided to go outside and sit on the porch. We were driving to Tulsa tonight. I didn't want to know how long it would take to get there, because then I would become more nervous and the time would go slower. I was bringing my favourite book, Gone With the Wind hopefully the trip wasn't going to take longer than me reading the book. Then again, I could always sleep as well.

My father came home later that night and after about an hour we left the house never to return. The drive there was pretty boring. And we did have to go on a train. It took forever to get the train moving though because they put everything on board, even our car. Then getting off was just as fun, because it took them another hour to get the car off the train. I knew we were getting close now, I kept seeing signs. Tulsa, 150 miles. Tulsa, 100 miles. It was like the countdown I never wanted.

I had fallen asleep for the rest of the ride. I had no idea what time it was and I was tired so I slept. Unfortunately, it felt like I was only asleep for about five minutes because my mother was shaking me awake. I had no idea what she was saying, but I was hoping for 'It's time for a bathroom break' instead of 'We're here'. To my displeasure, it was 'We're here'.

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Apparently I had slept for longer than five minutes because when I opened my eyes I was blinded by the sunlight.

"Is Auntie June and Uncle Bill here yet?" I asked as I yawned.

"Yes, they've been here since we got here, we just didn't want to wake you." My mother replied.

"What time did we get here?"

"Around eight."

"What time is it now?"

"Noon."

That was just great. Noon, she let me sleep in until noon.

Interesting looking town. Looks nothing like back home. I thought to myself.

"Hey little cousin." A deep voice said from behind me. I turned around to see a tall boy with blondish hair and an ape-ish face. I figured it was Bob.

"Hey you." I replied. He reached over and gave me a little one armed hug. It was awkward, very awkward.

"How would you like a tour of the neighbourhood?" Bob asked.

"Uh…can I change first?"

"Yes…"

I walked into the house and it was pretty impressive. It had nice paint on the walls and our furniture looked nice in it.

"Your room's upstairs sweetie if you want to look in it." My dad said as he and uncle Bill were bringing in some boxes.

"Uh actually I just want to know where my suitcase is." I replied.

"It's right there on the table." He said and brought the boxes up the stairs.

I grabbed the suitcase and attempted to find the bathroom. After a thorough search I finally found it. I looked in the mirror. I was a mess. I ran a brush through my chocolate brown hair. I brushed my teeth, changed and refreshed myself. I went back outside and Bob was standing by a mustang waiting for me.

"Who'd you steal this from?" I said jokingly.

"No one. It's mine." He looked at me like I had just said the most absurd thing in the world. He went to the other side of the car and got in. "Are you coming?" he asked.

I didn't bother to answer. I just got in. We sat in silence for a little and then I just had to talk. "So where are we going?" I asked.

"I'm going to show you around town." Bob said.

"Yeah, I got that part. Where exactly?"

"I'm going to show you where the school is, where the hangouts are, that kind of thing."

"Right…"

Our first stop was the school, Will Rogers High. It wasn't very intriguing, after all, it was only a school, and it was almost the end of summer. In other words I didn't care about school at that moment. Next we went to the drive in. I made a note to myself to go there sometime in the summer. We also went to the movie house and some places to get good food. The rest of the places we went to were entirely pointless. It was just to get me familiar with the town. I began feeling a little bit better now that I saw a few places.

We returned back at my new house and we found my dad and Uncle Bill drinking beer on the front porch.

"How was the tour?" My dad asked.

"Good I guess." I stated.

"Oh Laurie thank goodness your home." My mom said. "I need you to help me unpack. It's been a madhouse here."

"Okay ma." I said and walked inside the house to find my aunt. "Auntie June, mom said to come help unpack. What's to do?" I asked.

"Oh, thanks hon. You can start with that box." She point to the box by the table. I started taking things out and putting them in cupboards. I began thinking of what school would be like.

What if it's entirely different from my old school? I thought. What if I make a fool of myself? I'm doomed. I was so deep into thought that I didn't even realize the box I was emptying was empty. I finally realized it when I could find no more glasses. It seemed that my mom had gotten dinner to because she just came into the kitchen to come tell me to eat.

After dinner I helped unpack again. At about ten, my aunt, uncle and Bob left. I went up stairs to find my room. My mom had already unpacked everything for me. I changed into a pair of pajama pants and an old T-shirt and went to bed. It took me awhile to fall asleep because I was worrying about school. It was only a week away. After about an hour of thinking, I finally fell asleep.

Thank you for reading my first chapter =) Btw when it says Bob, I mean Bob Sheldon the Soc. I forgot to add in his last name, but to save confusion I'm telling you now =) Please review, I'm open to constructive criticism, just please don't be entirely mean.