Disclaimer: I don't own the Outsiders, but I wish I did. This is a rewrite of the original.
Chapter 2
Dally had a question for Angel. I wondered what it was. "I know you barely know me, but I have a question."
"Yes, ask away," she responded. She looked lost in thought.
"Would you like to go out on a date with me," he asked. My mouth dropped open. Darry and Soda had a look of surprise as well. Steve and Two-Bit just stared at him. I had known that he had just broken up with Sylvia. She was two timing him. The only one that didn't look that surprised was Johnny.
She smiled lightly and then responded, "I'm sorry, but no."
Dally didn't look to happy with her decision, but I hoped that he wasn't going to do something stupid. "Why not?"
"I already have a boyfriend," she said.
Dally couldn't manage to mutter a word, but oh. He seemed a little disappointed, but Dally couldn't always get his way. He knew that. I looked over at Angel. She seemed like she wanted to say something, but she didn't know if she wanted to tell us or not. "Well Darry, Soda, and Pony, I do have a surprise for you!"
"What is it?!" Soda asked with excitement.
"I live in Tulsa now. I moved a couple of doors down from you," she said happily. I guess I looked shocked because she cracked a grin wider than she had.
"Are you kidding?" Darry asked shocked as well. I was excited though because now I knew that I was going to get to know her more than I did. She will be staying around the area and we could see her when we wanted.
Darry and Soda were smiling and I could say that we were happy with her decision. We would at least have another family member in the same neighborhood as us.
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I looked at Dallas again. I felt bad for turning him down because he was a real cute boy. If I wasn't with my boyfriend I would totally go out with him. I had a boyfriend named Nicholas. I loved him to death. I was happy we moved down here, but he was as well. He knew from my mom that I had cousins who lived down here. He wanted to be near them, but I really don't know why that was. Yes, I do live with him.
I was still smiling a little bit, but I knew that I was going to have to call Nick and tell him that I was staying here. I didn't want to go home for a few days. If he needed me then he would know where to find me. I asked Darry to borrow the phone and he led me to his bedroom. I'm just glad they had a phone line away from the other one.
I dialed in our number and waited for Nick to answer. "Hello."
"Hey honey, it's me," I said.
"Oh, hey baby, what's up?" he asked into the phone.
"I'm going to be staying here for a day or two," I told him. I didn't want him to worry about me while I was gone. I knew that he would though.
"Well it's okay with me," he told me. I could hear him smiling through the phone.
"Why are you being so nice?" I asked in a suspicious tone.
"I just want you to be happy, baby. I know you haven't for a little while," he said.
"Well I would be happy if you…" I trailed off.
"We are not going to have this discussion!"
"Okay," I said and sighed. I knew that it was better to just obey him.
"Did you tell them the good news," he asked. I smiled at thinking about their reactions.
"Yes, they are all happy especially my youngest cousin," I said with a smile. Pony was growing up and I didn't even get to know him. That was the sad part about it. I didn't get to hang out with them that much. I wish they lived closer, but now I was living a couple of houses down from them. I knew that Nick and I could afford a better house, but I didn't really care for that. I just wanted to be happy. That's what Nick wanted to…I guess.
"Does he even know who you are," Nick asked.
"No, he didn't really know me growing up," I said.
"Well that's why he is happy about it," I said. I told him that I had to go and that I would call him later. I know he would want me to call later. He wanted to tell me he loved me before I went to sleep. He does that every night before I go to bed at home.
I was starting to get tired, but that was because it took us a while to get here. I didn't want to sleep yet though because it was still light outside. I could feel the need to go to the bathroom again when I walked out of Darry's room. I sighed and went again. I walked to the living room and the boys were chatting amongst themselves. Pony was reading though. I wondered how he could read through all the noise. I wouldn't have been able to concentrate. They all looked up at me when I came into the room. I felt a little bit uncomfortable.
"Angel, what is your boyfriend's name? Is he a nice guy? And does he treat you right?" Soda asked. Darry looked like he had the same thing on his mind too.
"Nick, he is a nice guy, and yes, he treats me right," I said. I was lying, but I didn't want them to know that. If they did know Nick would be dead right now. I knew how Soda and Darry were when it came to me.
I had to admit Nick was a really nice guy, but he started to get abusive. I just didn't want them to find out because I am pregnant with his child. I would need him the future. I didn't want my cousins to kill him. I also know that Nick was not going to leave me, but knows I'm pregnant. He didn't want me to tell the boys just yet. Nick wants me to tell the boys that's I'm pregnant in a couple of weeks. I didn't want him to get mad at me so I did what I was told.
"He better treat you right because he didn't he would be dead," Soda said. I knew that Darry and Soda would be like that. They are pretty overprotective. I didn't know how Pony was. He did seem to be different from his brother's. From the look in his eyes when he told me they fought sometimes…he didn't like to fight at all. I liked that because I hate when anyone fights. I was starting to wonder what Darry and Soda would do if they found out what was going on between Nick and I…
"Pony, tell me about yourself," I asked after breaking away from my thoughts.
"I like to read, draw, watch movies, and I do real well in school," Pony said. I smiled because those were really good accomplishments.
"I have to agree he is really good in school. He is in all A classes," Soda said.
"He also skipped a few grades so he is younger than a lot of the children in his grade," Darry joined in. I could tell that Pony was like me when it came to reading. I read when I had time to do it which was not to lately.
"I'm impressed." I told him. He got up from his spot from the couch; he smiled, and went into his room. When he came back out he was holding Gone with the Wind in his hand.
"This is what I'm reading right now. " He said. I nodded at it and heard that it was a really great book, but I never touched that book. I knew that I would get along really well with Pony.
"You should get your head out of those books and start hanging around with me," Dallas said. Darry shook his head when he said that.
"That is not necessary, Dal, he needs to graduate so we can put him through college," Darry said.
"Who is your best friend," I asked Pony.
He pointed to a kid that was tanner than the rest of them. He had a scar on his temple. I felt bad when I saw the scar and wondered where he had gotten it.
"Johnny, where did you get the scar," I asked. The whole room was quiet...
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