Hello! I am having an extremely *gReAt* day! I hope all of you are!
Disclaimer ~ I do NOT own the Outsiders! S.E. Hinton does though!
Enjoy! :~)
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Raleigh stood in the middle of the street as Darry and Two-Bit looked in disbelief from the porch. She stuck her hands in the back pockets of her jeans. She had to admit that he didn't expect this kind of reaction. She was all of sudden smacked with a great idea. If Darry and Two-Bit weren't going to come talk to her she would insult them.
"Hey you good for nothing, sorry ass greasers! Show a lady a little RESPECT!" she yelled at them from the street. Two-Bit acted as if the words had killed him. He did a flip and fell over the railing of the Curtis' front porch.
"Blaze! Baby cakes! What are you doing here?" Two-Bit asked from his position on the ground. Raleigh just laughed at him. He could always make her smile. No matter what she was feeling on the inside.
"Two-Bit! Darling, how are ya'? So who you been, whoops I meant how ya' been?" She said her voice dripping with sarcasm. She gave him a sweet smile as he dusted himself off and ran over to give her a hug. He picked her up, just as Steve and Dally had done. Neither Steve nor Two-Bit got a kiss. Dally noticed this and started to wonder about it. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard Darry yelp.
"Damnit, Raleigh!" All the boys laughed when they saw that Raleigh had Darry in a full nelson. Darry could have easily slipped out of it considering Raleigh was only 5'9 and 150 pounds. She put up a good fight for someone her size though. Darry remembered that she had played basketball her whole life and was nothing but muscle, like him. He finally, twisted around and held her upside down with one arm around her back and the other on her waist.
"Did you call me a...what was it? Oh yeah a 'good for nothing sorry ass greaser'? Well I will show you good for nothing." Darry dropped her on her back and jumped on top of her. He then continued on to tickle her till she was crying for mercy. She sat up breathing hard and sweaty. Darry smiled at her and said, "Well glad to see your shirt's not on fire."
"Go jump off a bridge Darry! You know good and well I didn't mean to catch my shirt on fire!" She shot back at him. Darry gave her a smirk as he listened to her try to cover up her New York accent.
"Well, come on kid we better get you some grub." Tim said as he and Dally and all the others went on in. They left Darry and Raleigh sitting on the porch though.
"How ya' been doing Dare?" She asked messing up the 6'4 boy's hair. He looked at her with his amazing eyes. He was trying to figure out why he had come to Oklahoma. He found it, in her eyes he could see. The look Pony had had for weeks after their parents had been killed. He noticed suddenly that her head had dropped and that was cursing at her shoes.
"Hey, Blaze, I know. I know exactly how you feel, ok? Everything is gonna be alright you are safe here. Dally will take care of you." She looked at him amazed that he had known about Scott without her even telling him. He had always been like that to her. Ever since she first met him. That had to be forever ago. She was 18 now, 3 years since her last visit. She remembered suddenly when Scott and her had found Dally. She had been only 14 then. She laughed despite herself then noticing that Darry was still, there she smiled.
"I know Dare, I know. I am scared. That's all." Darry had liked hearing her call him by her nickname for him. He noticed that she tilted her head to the side when she was being serious. She all of a sudden straightened up and said,
"Well let's go inside so the others won't think that we are making out." Darry laughed and gave her a look and said, "You know if you want to we can always go…" Raleigh looked at him like she was offended and pushed him off the porch. When they made it back inside Darry was still trying to tickle her, so his hands were on her hips. As they walked in all the boys stopped talking and looked at them.
"What?" Darry said, but his look said 'Try saying something and you know what you will get.' The guys turned back around and started talking again. Raleigh just laughed and rolled her eyes,
"You guys have bad things on your minds!" She suddenly yelled at them. The all turned and looked innocently except Pony and Johnny who were too busy turning red.
"Well come on let's get some food on the table." Two-Bit said with enthusiasm.
"Alright, alright!" Darry said as he and Soda began getting the food at of the oven. They were having chicken sandwiches and french-fries on special request by Tim. Raleigh sat in between Johnny and Pony. She had always liked sitting by them. They made her feel so special by being so polite. The boys offered her the food first, but she told them to get what they wanted now because she might eat it all. They all laughed as they remembered her appetite. When they had finished eating Tim suggested that they go out to a dancing hall.
"Dancing! That sounds great! Let's go! PLEASE!" Raleigh had said while looking pleadingly at each boy. They all smiled at her and agreed to go.
"I don't think I will be going with ya'll" Darry said as he stretched. Raleigh shot him a look that would make ice catch on fire.
"DARRYL CURTIS! You are going to go dancing with us or you will be very, very sorry!" Raleigh said to him.
"What do you mean by that?" Darry asked as he stood up, grinning at her.
"This!" She yelled as she tackled him to the ground and sat on his back. She pulled his arms behind his back.
"Damnit! Dally get this crazy girl off my back! She is trying to kill me." Darry said dramatically. Dally shook his head and told Darry, "No way! I don't want my ass kicked."
"WIMP!" Darry yelled at Dally before yelling at the others to help him.
"Steve, Soda! Pony, Johnny, damnit Two-Bit, Tim! Somebody help me." Raleigh knew he was just pretending to be hurting. None of the boys were going to come help him though. Darry decided that he would just help himself. He flipped over and straddled over Raleigh and held her arms above her head.
"Help me! I am not breathing!" She said as Darry sat on her stomach. It looked so much like they were about to start doing something OTHER than wrestle that Pony and Johnny both turned blood red.
"Golly, Johnny, you and Pony look like you got a sunburn." Two-Bit hollered. Darry heard that and quickly got up and then helped up Raleigh. She just looked at Johnny and Pony and smirked. They all knew she wouldn't do anything or let anyone do anything to her.
"Well come on you greasers," Raleigh began with a smile, "let's go show this town what dancing is." She wrapped an arm around Johnny and on around Dally. As they headed out the door she suddenly stopped.
"What's a matter?" Dally asked with a little concern.
Raleigh began tugging at her shirt and bit her lip as she thought for a second.
"Do you guys mind if I go change real fast?" She asked. They all looked a little confused but said that they didn't mind at all. So, Raleigh ran around to the back of her car and pulled out a suitcase. She dug through it for a while then she found what she had been looking for, a different shirt. This one was black, sleeveless and it had a picture of a coyote on it with the moon behind it. She ran up to Darry's room to change. Darry hadn't heard her say she was going to change and he didn't know she was in his room. He opened the door and Raleigh was standing there with no shirt on. Darry couldn't help it, but his mouth fell open in surprise. Raleigh turned a little red but thought for a moment and said,
"If you take a picture it would last longer, sugar." Darry smiled as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"I didn't know you were in here." He stammered out. Then he noticed something on Raleigh's back.
"When did you get that?" He said. She thought he was talking about her tattoo.
"Oh that, I got it about 2 years ago."
"No, not the tattoo. That." Darry said running his hand along her spine. Raleigh tensed up when she felt his hand on her back. She knew he had noticed the cut that ran down the length of her backbone. He could feel her tensing up, so he quickly removed his hand.
"Sorry, I didn't...mean to..." He turned and walked out the door. Raleigh thought for a moment about how she had gotten that cut. Then it all came back, washing over her like a flood.
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After Scott had died she had gone to live with her aunt and uncle. They had been really kind to take her in. She told them she would only stay for a little while. Raleigh thought life could only be better if Scott was alive and with her. But she was wrong. About 3 months after she had been there she found out that her uncle was an alcoholic. He would get mad and start to throw things. Then one night he had gotten really drunk and started to hit her. When she tried to make him stop, he just got madder. Then he tried to kill her. He had taken a knife and tried to stab her back. She was moving around so much that it cut a line straight down her back.
Now that she had remembered the incident tears came flooding to her eyes. So Darry did the only thing he knew to do. He pulled her close and hugged her. Raleigh cried into his shoulder for a good 10 minutes before realizing she didn't have a shirt on. She quickly pulled away from Darry. He looked a little embarrassed but still kept his hands on her hips.
"I guess I better be getting ready." Raleigh said as she looked at the ground.
Darry rubbed the back of his neck and said, "Yeah, don't want the others to think…well…y'know what I mean." Then he smiled. Raleigh couldn't help herself. She didn't know if him listening to the story about her uncle or the fact he knew about Scott when she didn't even say a word. Maybe it was just standing there with her shirt off and him with his unbuttoned all the way. He already had his hands on her hips so she just leaned in and they kissed. At first Darry was surprised, as was Raleigh, but they both melted into it. Soon Darry applied a little more pressure and their tongues got formerly introduced. Raleigh wanted to pull away so that she could tell him what a great kisser he was but thought better of it. Actions speak louder than words right? When the two finally broke apart, Raleigh looked up at Darry and smiled.
"What?" He asked, his icy blue eyes staring intently in to her green.
"Nothing, it's just that…well…that was real nice." She smiled at him once again then turned around to put her shirt on.
"So are you going to come with us after all?" She asked him when she was fully clothed.
"I think I just might tag along." Darry replied with a smile. He slung an arm around Raleigh's neck, and they headed out the door.
Disclaimer ~ I do NOT own the Outsiders! S.E. Hinton does though!
Enjoy! :~)
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Raleigh stood in the middle of the street as Darry and Two-Bit looked in disbelief from the porch. She stuck her hands in the back pockets of her jeans. She had to admit that he didn't expect this kind of reaction. She was all of sudden smacked with a great idea. If Darry and Two-Bit weren't going to come talk to her she would insult them.
"Hey you good for nothing, sorry ass greasers! Show a lady a little RESPECT!" she yelled at them from the street. Two-Bit acted as if the words had killed him. He did a flip and fell over the railing of the Curtis' front porch.
"Blaze! Baby cakes! What are you doing here?" Two-Bit asked from his position on the ground. Raleigh just laughed at him. He could always make her smile. No matter what she was feeling on the inside.
"Two-Bit! Darling, how are ya'? So who you been, whoops I meant how ya' been?" She said her voice dripping with sarcasm. She gave him a sweet smile as he dusted himself off and ran over to give her a hug. He picked her up, just as Steve and Dally had done. Neither Steve nor Two-Bit got a kiss. Dally noticed this and started to wonder about it. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard Darry yelp.
"Damnit, Raleigh!" All the boys laughed when they saw that Raleigh had Darry in a full nelson. Darry could have easily slipped out of it considering Raleigh was only 5'9 and 150 pounds. She put up a good fight for someone her size though. Darry remembered that she had played basketball her whole life and was nothing but muscle, like him. He finally, twisted around and held her upside down with one arm around her back and the other on her waist.
"Did you call me a...what was it? Oh yeah a 'good for nothing sorry ass greaser'? Well I will show you good for nothing." Darry dropped her on her back and jumped on top of her. He then continued on to tickle her till she was crying for mercy. She sat up breathing hard and sweaty. Darry smiled at her and said, "Well glad to see your shirt's not on fire."
"Go jump off a bridge Darry! You know good and well I didn't mean to catch my shirt on fire!" She shot back at him. Darry gave her a smirk as he listened to her try to cover up her New York accent.
"Well, come on kid we better get you some grub." Tim said as he and Dally and all the others went on in. They left Darry and Raleigh sitting on the porch though.
"How ya' been doing Dare?" She asked messing up the 6'4 boy's hair. He looked at her with his amazing eyes. He was trying to figure out why he had come to Oklahoma. He found it, in her eyes he could see. The look Pony had had for weeks after their parents had been killed. He noticed suddenly that her head had dropped and that was cursing at her shoes.
"Hey, Blaze, I know. I know exactly how you feel, ok? Everything is gonna be alright you are safe here. Dally will take care of you." She looked at him amazed that he had known about Scott without her even telling him. He had always been like that to her. Ever since she first met him. That had to be forever ago. She was 18 now, 3 years since her last visit. She remembered suddenly when Scott and her had found Dally. She had been only 14 then. She laughed despite herself then noticing that Darry was still, there she smiled.
"I know Dare, I know. I am scared. That's all." Darry had liked hearing her call him by her nickname for him. He noticed that she tilted her head to the side when she was being serious. She all of a sudden straightened up and said,
"Well let's go inside so the others won't think that we are making out." Darry laughed and gave her a look and said, "You know if you want to we can always go…" Raleigh looked at him like she was offended and pushed him off the porch. When they made it back inside Darry was still trying to tickle her, so his hands were on her hips. As they walked in all the boys stopped talking and looked at them.
"What?" Darry said, but his look said 'Try saying something and you know what you will get.' The guys turned back around and started talking again. Raleigh just laughed and rolled her eyes,
"You guys have bad things on your minds!" She suddenly yelled at them. The all turned and looked innocently except Pony and Johnny who were too busy turning red.
"Well come on let's get some food on the table." Two-Bit said with enthusiasm.
"Alright, alright!" Darry said as he and Soda began getting the food at of the oven. They were having chicken sandwiches and french-fries on special request by Tim. Raleigh sat in between Johnny and Pony. She had always liked sitting by them. They made her feel so special by being so polite. The boys offered her the food first, but she told them to get what they wanted now because she might eat it all. They all laughed as they remembered her appetite. When they had finished eating Tim suggested that they go out to a dancing hall.
"Dancing! That sounds great! Let's go! PLEASE!" Raleigh had said while looking pleadingly at each boy. They all smiled at her and agreed to go.
"I don't think I will be going with ya'll" Darry said as he stretched. Raleigh shot him a look that would make ice catch on fire.
"DARRYL CURTIS! You are going to go dancing with us or you will be very, very sorry!" Raleigh said to him.
"What do you mean by that?" Darry asked as he stood up, grinning at her.
"This!" She yelled as she tackled him to the ground and sat on his back. She pulled his arms behind his back.
"Damnit! Dally get this crazy girl off my back! She is trying to kill me." Darry said dramatically. Dally shook his head and told Darry, "No way! I don't want my ass kicked."
"WIMP!" Darry yelled at Dally before yelling at the others to help him.
"Steve, Soda! Pony, Johnny, damnit Two-Bit, Tim! Somebody help me." Raleigh knew he was just pretending to be hurting. None of the boys were going to come help him though. Darry decided that he would just help himself. He flipped over and straddled over Raleigh and held her arms above her head.
"Help me! I am not breathing!" She said as Darry sat on her stomach. It looked so much like they were about to start doing something OTHER than wrestle that Pony and Johnny both turned blood red.
"Golly, Johnny, you and Pony look like you got a sunburn." Two-Bit hollered. Darry heard that and quickly got up and then helped up Raleigh. She just looked at Johnny and Pony and smirked. They all knew she wouldn't do anything or let anyone do anything to her.
"Well come on you greasers," Raleigh began with a smile, "let's go show this town what dancing is." She wrapped an arm around Johnny and on around Dally. As they headed out the door she suddenly stopped.
"What's a matter?" Dally asked with a little concern.
Raleigh began tugging at her shirt and bit her lip as she thought for a second.
"Do you guys mind if I go change real fast?" She asked. They all looked a little confused but said that they didn't mind at all. So, Raleigh ran around to the back of her car and pulled out a suitcase. She dug through it for a while then she found what she had been looking for, a different shirt. This one was black, sleeveless and it had a picture of a coyote on it with the moon behind it. She ran up to Darry's room to change. Darry hadn't heard her say she was going to change and he didn't know she was in his room. He opened the door and Raleigh was standing there with no shirt on. Darry couldn't help it, but his mouth fell open in surprise. Raleigh turned a little red but thought for a moment and said,
"If you take a picture it would last longer, sugar." Darry smiled as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"I didn't know you were in here." He stammered out. Then he noticed something on Raleigh's back.
"When did you get that?" He said. She thought he was talking about her tattoo.
"Oh that, I got it about 2 years ago."
"No, not the tattoo. That." Darry said running his hand along her spine. Raleigh tensed up when she felt his hand on her back. She knew he had noticed the cut that ran down the length of her backbone. He could feel her tensing up, so he quickly removed his hand.
"Sorry, I didn't...mean to..." He turned and walked out the door. Raleigh thought for a moment about how she had gotten that cut. Then it all came back, washing over her like a flood.
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After Scott had died she had gone to live with her aunt and uncle. They had been really kind to take her in. She told them she would only stay for a little while. Raleigh thought life could only be better if Scott was alive and with her. But she was wrong. About 3 months after she had been there she found out that her uncle was an alcoholic. He would get mad and start to throw things. Then one night he had gotten really drunk and started to hit her. When she tried to make him stop, he just got madder. Then he tried to kill her. He had taken a knife and tried to stab her back. She was moving around so much that it cut a line straight down her back.
Now that she had remembered the incident tears came flooding to her eyes. So Darry did the only thing he knew to do. He pulled her close and hugged her. Raleigh cried into his shoulder for a good 10 minutes before realizing she didn't have a shirt on. She quickly pulled away from Darry. He looked a little embarrassed but still kept his hands on her hips.
"I guess I better be getting ready." Raleigh said as she looked at the ground.
Darry rubbed the back of his neck and said, "Yeah, don't want the others to think…well…y'know what I mean." Then he smiled. Raleigh couldn't help herself. She didn't know if him listening to the story about her uncle or the fact he knew about Scott when she didn't even say a word. Maybe it was just standing there with her shirt off and him with his unbuttoned all the way. He already had his hands on her hips so she just leaned in and they kissed. At first Darry was surprised, as was Raleigh, but they both melted into it. Soon Darry applied a little more pressure and their tongues got formerly introduced. Raleigh wanted to pull away so that she could tell him what a great kisser he was but thought better of it. Actions speak louder than words right? When the two finally broke apart, Raleigh looked up at Darry and smiled.
"What?" He asked, his icy blue eyes staring intently in to her green.
"Nothing, it's just that…well…that was real nice." She smiled at him once again then turned around to put her shirt on.
"So are you going to come with us after all?" She asked him when she was fully clothed.
"I think I just might tag along." Darry replied with a smile. He slung an arm around Raleigh's neck, and they headed out the door.