Whoo! Chapter 2 is up!
And yes, I do have the whole story typed already.
And Leeduhlee checked over my work and all that good stuffs.

And The Outsiders does not belong to me.
But Alex does.
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"Dally, knock it off. Wanna get hauled in again?" A deep voice intervented. A tall man stood in front of me. I studied him. Muscular, brown, greasy hair. He was sorta intimidating, but I would run to anyone to get away from Dally. He let go of me, and put his knife away. I ran over to the tall man, hugging him.

"You always gotta ruin the fun, don'cha Darry? I mean, I wasn't actualy going to kill her. Just... Mess with her." I turned to Dal.

"Is that how you get your kicks? Scaring girls until they have a heart attack?" The blonde chuckled.

"... Yeah." Darry shook his head and placed a hand on my shoulder.

"I'm sorry this happened. But, you shouldn't be walking around in these parts. What's your name?" I relaxed. I could tell he wasn't going to hurt me in any way.

"Alex." Darry cocked his head and started at me for a moment. He stared at my eyes mostly. It wasn't anything I wasn't used to. I had ice blue eyes, but my left one was half brown.

"Alex..." He repeated. I nodded. He seemed... Confused. I cocked an eyebrow.

"... Are you okay...?" I asked, waving my hand in front of his face. Darry shook his head and smiled.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Hey, it's freezing out here. Let's get you warm," he said, placing his hand on my back. I began to walk with him. I turned around to see if Dally was coming. He was, but trailing far behind. To be honest, I was afraid to turn my back on him. After someone pulls a blade on you, joking or not, it sorta makes you uneasy about that person.

We arrived at Darry's house, or so I figured. It was run-down compaired to the houses in my neighborhood. As I walked in, I immediatly started to scan my surroundings. There were three boys sitting on the floor and one on the couch, all watching Mickey Mouse, and one was in the kitchen. Their attention soon dropped from what they were doing, and went to me. I managed to smile, and wave. Darry moved beside me, and pointed to the male on the couch. He had brown-reddish hair, and, if I may say so myself, was pretty good-looking.

"Alex, this is Sodapop," he pointed at the blonde on the floor. "And this is Ponyboy. My two brothers."

Sodapop held out his hand. "Nice to meet you, Alex, is it?" I smiled and shook his head.

"Yes, it is." Ponyboy smiled where he was. Darry continuted the tour. He pointed to a boy with fairly dark skin, and black hair, then to one wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt.

"And this is Johnny and Two-Bit." Johnny smiled and waved, and Two-Bit got up and shook my hand.

"Well, nice to meet you Alex. Shoot, if she 'aint the purdiest gal I've seen in a while." I blushed and Darry chuckled.

He led me into the kitchen and pointed to a boy, sitting at the table, eating chocolate cake. "And this grease-head is Steve Randle." He looked at me, his mouth coated in chocolate, and nodded. I smiled and waved.

Darry kicked Steve out of the kitchen, and sat down. I followed, sitting in a chair accross from him. My feet thanked me for letting them rest for two minutes. I closed my eyes and relaxed. Thoughts were running through my mind a mile a minute.

"Alex..." Darry muttered. I opened my eyes and looked at Darry. A smile creeped across his face. He stood up, walked over to me, wrapped his arms around me, picking me up, and bear-hugged me. I blinked and coughed as my lungs were being crushed.

"Um..." I mangaged to get out. Darry set me down, his smile still there.

"Alex, I knew you when you were a little one!" I blinked and cocked my head.

"You and Soda were born around the same time. I remember your mum and dad were so happy when you were born. They would let me play with you everyday. You would love it when I would pick you up and twirl you around..." he said. I smiled, realizing that if he knew my dad then, he might know my dad now!

"Hey Darry, you said you knew my dad?" I asked, hoping he would know something. He nodded.

"Yeah, we used to get along real good. Why?"

My heart leaped. "Do you know where my dad is now? I mean, that's why I'm over on the north side. To find my dad."

The smile on Darry's face faded and my heart sank. "I'm sorry kiddo. I'm not quite sure where your ol' man is now."

I closed my eyes and turned away. I could feel tears welling up in my eyes. Great. I came all this way for nothing. I couldn't return home. My mum would for sure chew me out about how she was right and I was wrong. No. I wasn't going to swallow my pride that easily... But where exactly was I going to go? Then, it hit me. I looked up at Darry, a very pitiful look on my face.

"Dar... Do you think I could stay with you for a while. Just until I find my dad? Then I promise I'll move right out."

Darry gave me a heartwarming smile and nodded. "Sure kiddo. Stay as long as you want." I jumped out of my chair and wrapped my arms around his neck, squeezing the life out of him.

"THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!" I yelled, running into the living room.

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End 'O chapter 2.