Hey guys. This is my first fanfic in a while. I wrote a lot of Outsiders ones when I was fourteen…now I'm sixteen…haha. Yeah. I went a while. Well anyways. I hope you enjoy. I think my writing style has changed a bit. Hopefully this one will be better than the others. RXR please.
The bus train ride was a gruesome one. The seat was hard, and there was a creepy old guy staring at me most of the time. I kept having to remind myself where I was going. It was the only way to keep myself from screaming. Tulsa Oklahoma. Home. I hadn't been there since I was like ten, but I still thought of it as home. It was my favorite place in the world. We moved to Chicago when my dad's job transferred him. But I still thought of it everyday. I talked to the guys a couple times a week too. Sodapop, Ponyboy, Darry, Johnny, Two-Bit, and Steve. They were my best friends when we were younger. My mom had been friends with Mrs. Curtis since before even Darry was born. It killed her when she died. I was a year older than Ponyboy, and too young for Darry to care about, so Sodapop was my best friend. Just a year older. I was now fifteen, almost sixteen years old. I was going to see them for the first time in all those years.
Mom and Dad were going to Europe for the summer and thought it would be nice for me to go home and catch up with the guys. Translation: They had no where else to send me. My mom, dad, and I weren't that close. I never fully forgave them for moving. I was surprised they were sending me to stay in a house with a bunch of guys and no supervision, but I decided not to ask any questions. They must still think of them as little boys. We moved for money of course. We went from living with nothing, to being able to get everything we'd ever wanted. I knew I wouldn't fit in too well where I was going. I packed only clothes with no designer labels, and decided to only where a hint of eye liner. I chose my most casual clothes for the greeting day. A pair of jeans, (my only jeans) and a tight black t-shirt I had picked up on the way to the train station.
When the train finally reached Tulsa, I was surprised to still recognize everything. I probably could have made my way to the Curtis house on foot, but I decided to go the safe route and take a taxi. Good choice, I thought as we passed a person getting jumped on the side of the road. I felt myself cringe. When we pulled up to the small house, I noticed that it looked exactly the same. Minus the flowers in the front yard of course. Mrs. Curtis always kept that up.
I drug my bags to the porch, and knocked on the door softly. I was suddenly nervous. What if they didn't like me? What if they expected the same girl that used to play tag in the back yard? What if I didn't like them? What if they had gotten mean since their parent's died? I took a deep breath as I heard footsteps approach the door. When it opened, I was surprised to see a big muscular guy on the other side of the screen door. He looked surprised at me too. His eyes bugged a bit, before he put on a warm smile. "Layla!"
"Darry, wow. You've changed," I said softly as he ushered me inside and took my bags. He pushed them against the wall and called his brothers.
A smaller guy came walking out of the kitchen. I was surprised at how…old he looked. I guess it didn't click that Pony would have aged too. "Ponyboy, you've grown up…" He smiled big and gave me a hug.
"It's real nice to see you again Lay."
"LAYLA!" I was suddenly being picked up and swung around the room.
"Heya Sodapop. How've you been?" He put me down and backed away. There stood three men. They weren't the little boys I had left. I guess they were thinking the same thing about me. I examined them, while they looked be over. I saw Ponyboy's ears get red, making me blush. "What?"
"Y-You've changed," Darry choked out. I laughed and nodded.
"Yeah, you know, almost six years can do that for you. I'm surprised at how handsome you guys have gotten though." They all sort of blushed.
"Yeah, so how have the guys been?" I asked trying to make small talk.
"They're pretty good I guess. Same ole," Pony shrugged, "Dally just got out of jail, hey, you never met Dal did ya?"
I shook my head, "No, who is he?"
"Friend," Darry sighed, "Just be careful around him. He's not as…nice as the rest of us."
"Hmm," I sighed, "I'm hungry. The train ride was so long."
"I think the guys are going to the Dingo, wanna go meet up with them?" Soda asked grabbing his shoes.
"Sureee," I smiled, "Gosh, I cant get over how…cute you guys are. I feel like I missed so much moving away."
"Yeah, you look cute too," Soda grinned as we made our way out the door.
This is it for now. I'm tired. :p. I'll update with more tomorrow. Please review. Sorry if it seemed rushed. I just wanted to get it started while I had the idea in my head. Thanks for reading!