I don't own the Outsiders nor the Shepards. Everything you don't recognize, I own.

I was scared of Tim, of the whole situation. He doesn't lose his temper, ever. Now all of a sudden, he's yelling and throwing bottles at me. It sent a shiver down my back. I looked around, but saw nothing, so I continued my way towards Evie's, hoping she'd be home.

I reached her house quickly, since she lived close to Tim. I ran up to her door and knocked. I heard muffled voices and Ryan opened the door. I looked down at my shoes as he looked at me,

"Evie," he yelled, "Come here"

Evie came downstairs and stopped dead in her tracks when my eyes met hers. "Oh

sweetie, what happened?"

She came up to me, putting her arms around me, "It'll be okay" I felt tears on my cheeks and brushed them off.

Ryan was looking at both of us, closed the door and walked away. He mumbled something about girls, as he passed us. I followed Evie to her room and sat on the floor.

She went out and came back with tissues, "What happened?" She sat in front of me and held my hands.

I sighed, "I think me and Tim are over. We fought and it got out of hand"

Evie looked sad, "I'm so sorry, I know how much he meant to you" then she added, "You can stay here tonight, if you want to"

"Could I?"

"Of course," she said and got up, "I'll be right back"

Not a lot later, she came back, with hot chocolate for both of us, turned on the radio and sat next to me.

I took a sip of my hot chocolate, "Thanks Evie" We sat in silence, until she started to sing along to the radio, and she couldn't sing. It made me smile and took my thoughts off of Tim.

Next morning, Ryan took us to school. When his car was out of sight, Evie turned to look at me, "Why don't we do something fun today?"

"Like what?"

She smiled, "We could, uh, go to DX"

I raised my eyebrows, "So you can make out with Steve?"

She put her hands on her hips, "No," she rolled her eyes, "We could just hang and read magazines or something. Girly stuff that we used to do more often."

I thought for a moment, "Okay, let's go then"

Evie clapped her hands happily, "Alright then".

We walked to DX, gossiping about who was going out with who and who was mad about what. We didn't hurry, we'd have all day, and we hadn't had a day to ourselves in a while. When we got to DX, it was really quiet. We went inside and riffled through beauty magazines.

Steve and Soda were sitting on the counter, "Shouldn't you girls be in school?" Steve inquired and Evie just shook her head, "No, not today".

We went through magazines and then decided to go see a movie. We walked to the movie theater, "So, what do you want to watch?" Evie asked me as we walked in,

"How about Hud? " I asked, "I know, it seemes lame, but Paul Newman is in it"

Evie shrugged, "Doesn't matter to me, we've probably seen everything else anyway"

After the movie ended, we walked towards the Ribbon, where all the action was. We went to Dairy Queen, to catch up with our friends from school. We got there and sat outside with the girls. Lauren was fixing her makeup and Sylvia was too busy riffling through a magazine, to even say hi to us.

Lauren turned towards us, "Do I look okay? I'm going to Curly's tonight" I smiled at Evie and then turned to Lauren, "Trust me, he won't be looking at your makeup"

Evie pushed my shoulder, "Lauren, you look fine".

Then I saw my dad's car pulling up and he rolled down the window, "Cassie, need a ride home?"

I answered, without thinking, "No, I'm good"

"Alright" dad said and started rolling up the window. Then I noticed Tim's car pulling in the parking lot and Curly jumped out.

"Hold on dad, I'll come home" I quickly yelled and grabbed my purse. I hugged Evie,

"Thank you. I'll see you later"

I nodded my head in Tim's direction. Evie turned to look and then nodded, "You're welcome, I'll see you tomorrow."

I ran up to the car and got in. As my dad drove off, I looked at Tim, who was smoking a cigarette, looking as handsome and dangerous as ever.

When we were driving, almost home already, dad turned off the radio, "I got a call from the school today, you weren't there today" he said strictly.

I scooted next to him and put his arm around me, "I'm sorry dad.. I think I broke up

with Tim, and Evie just wanted to take me out.. I won't do it anymore"

I said gazing out the window. He tried to look strict, but I could see a little smile curling up the corners of his mouth, "I'm sorry Cassie" he said kissing my head.

When we went home, he acted more like a friend than a dad. He offered me ice cream and we watched TV together. It was the closest I have been with dad in a long time.