Disclaimer: I don't own The Outsiders, I do however, own Willow and all the characters you don't see in the book or movie.
Author Note!
Hello everyone! How's everyone? Hope not like I am... school started! . No more summer Sniff But I promise that I'm not going to stop updating because of it. :) but yeah I've been kind of frustrated with a bunch of crap going on and this chapter was supposed to be written and done last Sunday, but now here it's Saturday. Sorry for the long wait. I was sitting in my Creative Writing class yesterday and I promised myself it'd be finished and posted TODAY. And now here it is, sorry it wasn't sooner. :(
xoxo - Casey
Reviewers:
WhoaaReally53 - Yep, they finally broke up. Can I get an A-men! Amen! Lol. Dally's parents are unfortunately morons lol but hey, what can ya do:D And we'll have to see what Willow does next! I'm glad you like the story! Thanks for the review!
CrazyFoxDemon369 - I didn't try to make you cry did I? Lol. I didn't really mean to...lol. Thanks for the review!
Rugrats101 - Eh, Randy can be "decent" all he wants. He can "decent" his way to Canada, and I still won't like him much lol. Thanks for reviewing!
blame it on the government - Aww, I'm sorry you had a bad day at school. I had a rough week. Exhausting... :( Thanks for the review!
Tiffany - Yeah sorry, it was pretty dang slow. It'll get better I hope lol. Dally's as confused as Willow so he's doing his "tough guy" crap lol. I'd LOVE to meet Dally as a person, he'd be amazing. Thanks for reviewing!
iwalkinthelight14 - Thanks! And right back at ya:)
---Thanks for all the reviews:D
-Casey
Chapter 7.
Willow's POV
The next thing I knew, it was morning. I didn't remember falling asleep... it had been quite a day I guess, so it made sense. I slowly got up from my bed and my head felt like it weighed a million pounds. I blinked a few times to make my vision clear and headed downstairs. The house was quieter than usual. I went into the kitchen and saw that no one was there. Where was everyone?
I filled myself up a cup of water and took a deep sip while sitting down at the kitchen table. I looked over at the clock it read, 12:14 PM. Mom and Dad could be at work...but where was Cherry? I sat for a while at the table trying to see if anyone would just randomly walk in...but no one came. I eventually decided to go take a shower and get ready for the day.
I went back upstairs and went into the bathroom. I took a short look in the mirror. The reflection staring back at me looked like no one I knew, just a girl who didn't know who or what she was. I looked at myself disgusted and turned away from the mirror. I turned the shower on and slowly got in. The warm water felt pretty soothing. I washed my hair and body and all the stuff you normally did while taking a shower...
After I was done, I headed back to my room wrapped in a towel. I shut the door behind me as I walked in and I went over to find some clothes. I had picked out a dark blue skirt that went just above my knees, and a white blouse. I had started to put on my skirt when the phone rang. "Damn..." I muttered under my breath and went over to answer the phone.
"Hello?" I said.
"Will? It's Cherry."
"Cherry? Where are you?" I asked.
"Oh, Marcia and I went to go pick up a few things, but I'm getting ready to come back to the house. I just wanted to see if you were finally up."
"Oh...yeah I'm up. I didn't even remember falling asleep..."
"I'll say. Well, I'll be home in about ten minutes, so I'll see you soon ok?"
"Alright, bye." I said hanging up.
I finished getting dressed and I brushed my hair out and left it down. It usually looked better that way anyways.
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Dally's POV
Damn the sun...damn it to hell... I thought to myself as I slowly woke up. My eyes slowly opened and adjusted to my surroundings. All of the events last night came back and hit me like a cinder block. Willow...my parents...everything...
I sat up slowly and blinked the sleep away from my eyes. No one was around...that wasn't normal...although I heard some clinking around in the kitchen. It was probably Ponyboy. Soda and Darry might be at work. Did they work on Sundays? Hell, too much thinking for the morning...shit it wasn't even morning. It was 12:30 in the afternoon. I decided to get up and check out what was going on.
My suspicions were right, it was Ponyboy cleaning up in the kitchen. "Hey Pony." I said, walking past him and taking a beer out of the fridge. He was washing dishes.
"Hey Dal." He replied finishing the last dish in the sink.
"Any new action?" I asked, before taking a giant swig of my beer.
"Nah, not really. Darry's at work till way later, and Soda gets off soon." He said, joining me at the table.
"Cool." I replied, before taking another gulp of my beer.
"So what are your plans later Dal?"
"Well, there's a big dance at the school, thought I'd crash." I said with a laugh.
At that moment, Soda and Steve came through the door. "Long day..." Soda muttered, getting 2 bottles of pepsi out of the refrigerator and tossed one to Steve.
"What's new?" Soda asked coming up behind Pony's chair and ruffling his hair. Pony laughed and playfully slapped Soda on the arm.
"Nothin' just thinkin' on going to that dance over at the school tonight." I said.
"Tuff, Soda and I are goin'." Steve said patting Soda on the shoulder.
"Sounds cool, I don't know if Two-Bit's planning on goin' but I'll talk to him later. How about you Pony? You wanna cruise for some action?" I asked him.
His eyes lit up. They always did when we asked him to go some place. But he kept his cool. "Yeah, sure. Sounds fun."
"Well, the dance is at what...7? So, I'm gonna go shower and stuff." I said, walking past all of them and off to take a shower.
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Willow's POV
Cherry came in a little later than she said and placed a bunch of bags on the kitchen table, where I was sitting.
"What's all this?" I asked, looking at the bags.
"Clothes and make-up for the dance tonight...you did remember right?" She asked me.
"Oh, dance...right..." I said. I completely forgot. Who could possibly blame me right now?
I picked up a bag and started to look through it. I liked all the stuff that was inside. "How much was all of this?" I asked.
"Around 40 dollars or something, but dad said I could spend as much as I want, being the dance and all." She said looking through the refrigerator.
"Should I still go? I mean, Randy and I broke up and everything..." I said softly.
She turned around and looked at me with a soft look in her eyes. "I think you should, it's the dance, and we don't have many. Don't let Randy get you down." She said.
"It's not like he broke up with me...I sort of dumped him..."
"He understands, Will. He knows you're going through a rough time with seeing your former brother for the first time in what was it...eight years?"
"Nine..." I corrected her. "Nine years..."
"Nine years..." She repeated. "But he understands...it's hard...it's not like you'd want to be involved with him. It's not like you went looking for him." She said with a laugh.
"Yeah..." I said softly.
Cherry didn't understand how close we used to be. We used to be best friends. I was never as close to anyone but him.
"Well, it's almost 3, Will...we might want to start getting ready." Cherry suggested. I nodded, grabbed a few bags, and followed her upstairs.
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6:30 PM
Willow's POV
"Where are my girls?" I heard my dad say downstairs. Cherry and I were on our way downstairs and we were all ready for the dance. We were both dressed in blue dresses that went a little past our knees, Cherry's hair was curled as usual, and mine was straight.
"You two look beautiful!" My mom exclaimed as we walked down the stairs. We both smiled and gave her a hug. "You both look amazing." My dad said, giving us both a hug. Not long after, the door bell rang. My mom opened it and Bob came in, "Hello Mr and Mrs Valance. He said politely.
"Cherry...you look stunning." Bob said pulling her into a hug. Then his gaze fell on me. "You look beautiful too Willow." He smiled, giving me a hug too. "Thanks Bob." I smiled.
We talked a little while longer, but then went out to the car and pretty soon we were on our way to the dance.
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I was planning on writing a lot more, but I actually have to go somewhere with my friend. Sorry if this chapter was kinda poorly written, I wanted to make absolutely sure that you'd have a new one by today. I'm already working on the next chapter, and I promise it'll be exciting! And I'm not going to wait so long to update this time! Thanks for being so patient:) Please review:D
-Casey
