A/N: I finally updated. I was having a bit of trouble with this chapter, so let me know what you think. Also, I decided I am going to describe the characters based off the movie instead of the book. Mainly because Dally doesn't sound that good looking in the book.
Disclaimer: I do not own The Outsiders or any of the original characters. Tiffany (Lani) and the story idea belongs to Emolichic1.
Lani layed down in bed and listened to the sounds around her. About an hour after the silence of the night began she got up from her bed. She stripped herself from her pajamas. Lani pulled on a tight purple sweater and the shortest skirt she could find, keeping her heels in her hand.
Her window slowly slid open and she climbed out. She tiptoed along the roof until she reached the end with a ladder she leaned against it earlier that day. Lani climbed down the ladder, almost missing a few steps on the way down. She curled her toes into the cold damp grass and ran over to the front of the house. Her heels made small thuds as she ran to the end of the street. When she knew she was safe from being caught she slid the heels on and continued walking.
The girl was walking for a while before she finally reached her destination. She walked up the concrete steps and knocked on the door. Lani tapped her foot a few times before getting impatient and knocking again. In the middle of her third knock, the door swung open, revealing a short brunette girl.
"What you want," the brunette asked while annoyingly smacking her gum. Even though Lani towered over the girl, she felt intimidated by her appearance. "Well?"
"Um. Hi. I was wondering if a boy around, uh, 16, maybe seventeen was here," she stuttered.
"Ya gotta be more specific, what's his name" the short brunette stated.
"Oh sorry.I don't know his name," she mumbled lamely, "but he has really brown, and uh light brown eyes." The girl huffed and opened the door.
"Wow you're so descriptive," she said sarcastically, "why don't ya look for him." Lani nodded and steered her way through the crowd. It wasn't as large as last time, but the place was still pretty full. Many boys tried talking to her, but she shooed them away. Finally, she gave up and slid into one of the stools.
"Fancy meeting you here," a familiar voice said grabbing her attention. She looked at the face in front of her and quickly regretted it. It was that one guy that tried picking her up last time.
"Go away," she said in a bored tone, "I ain't lookin' for you."
"You must be looking for or Dally then," the boy told her, "he ain't here."
"Dally is, um, the guy I was with on Saturday right?" she asked. Lani figured he was, but better safe than sorry. The boy nodded. "Where can I find him, you know?"
"Maybe at the Curtis'" he shrugged, "might be in the cooler. I don't know." Lani bit her lip. She just might be crazy to ask what she was thinking.
"Where's the Curtis'?" she bit her lip.
"You obsessed with 'im or something," Tim chuckled, "Or are you undercover for the fuzz?"
The girl's eyes widened. She knew she would get a reaction like that. She had to admit she did seem pretty obsessed, even she thought so.
"Or something" she muttered standing up from her seat, "I gotta go."
"Wait," Tim grabbed her arm, "may I interest you in a drink." Lani ripped her arm away and shook her head. She trudged out the door. She was halfway down the street when she walked into someone. She fell onto the floor and looked up, to be met with the face of a familiar person. Lani remained seated hoping he would help her up, but all he did was stare.
"Uh, sorry," she mumbled getting up. Her hands rubbed together removing the rocks that stuck to them. She stared into the brown eyes in front of her. The boys lips twitched into a smile before saying,
"I never did get your name." She smiled. Finally she could introduce herself. They exchanged names and started walking back to Buck's. Lani looked at the sky and started to see the blue fade into a mixture of purple and pinks. "I got to go," she blurted suddenly before removing her heels and darting down the street. As she was running she dropped one of her heels, but didn't have enough time to grab it. Dallas walked down the street and casually bent down to grab the shoe. I can give this to her later, he thought.
A little Cinderella moment, I just thought it would fit. I made Lani sound like a stalker but that is okay because it fanfiction. She could throw him down the portal to hell and nobody would care. I am trying not to rush into things with this story so they probably won't actually start hanging out or whatever till later. Thanks to the TWO people who reviewed last chapter.
I will be starting school on Friday so I won't have a definite posting schedule. If I do it will probably be every Sunday.