Author's Notes- I'm back with another update because I dunno, I just liked the last chapter a lot. It made me feel…happy. Even though it wasn't really a happy chapter.
Contact Info- In the profile lovelies. Yes, I think you are all lovely. Yes, you.
Disclaimer- Is it necessary for me to keep typing this in every chapter? Anyway, I don't own the Outsiders.
Dedication- The Letterkills because they are an awesome band. Yes they are, they cheer me up.
Replies:
horrorpop- I love "Scars" it's an awesome song! Ah, that's a good point I just realized that! Toldja I was missing Dally! Thank you for the review .
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esawian- Haha, I know. I hate Caroline too! Thanks for the review.
x fever x- I think I've just been inspired to write a spoof of this story. Haha. Thank you very much. I love Two-Bit.
Story:
Aubrey's POV
"I swear to god, I never want to even see a dress again for the rest of my life" I grumbled, pulling on the itchy collar of my too-small, too-itchy, and too-pink dress.
"You look good in it though" Two-Bit insisted as he watched me adjust the waist of it, the dress was horrendous in my opinion and it was COVERED in lace. I wanted to scream.
"Thanks, but you're a terrible liar" I said with a small smile twitching in the corner of my lips. He winked at me.
"Under the granny lace though, you do look a lot better" he commented, eyeing me carefully. I grinned at him, thought about throwing my arms around his neck, and then realized if I did then my way-small dress would probably fall apart at the seams. I had to admit, I looked much better than I had a couple of months ago. It was now the middle of the summer, and the war was still not over. Darry had easily managed to convince me to stay in Tulsa. It hadn't been difficult really. He just offered me a bit of money.
My arms and legs were pretty tan now; I'd gotten out of the house a bit and gone out into the sun. My hair had begun to return to its normally shiny state. I'd also put on a little bit of weight (much to my horror at first, but now I was beginning to like it a bit better).
Two-Bit and I were standing in front of the mirror at the small clothing store in town. The sales clerk was eyeing us strangely and Caroline was looking in through the window, pretending like she didn't care what we were talking about. She had, of course, picked out the dress. I was getting ready for her wedding and she insisted I looked good for the guests, like they'd never seen me looking bad before or something. The next day was going to be Darry and Caroline's wedding and it was driving me crazy. I already hated the idea of Caroline actually being intertwined in our lives more than she already was.
Two-Bit's sister was now 7 months pregnant, and she was absolutely hating her pregnancy. It was expected that her boyfriend would leave her, and he had, but she'd been taking the news a lot better than expected actually. Two-Bit had also come to terms with his sister's problem, and he'd given up being mad at her constantly.
The two of us had put our relationship on hold as I tried to get off of drugs, and I'd only been completely clean for 2 months actually, but I was really trying and Two-Bit and I had begun to develop our relationship barely 2 weeks before. I was glad to have him at the moment as I tugged on the unbearably uncomfortable lace.
"You picked the ugliest dress in the whole store" I bitterly told Caroline as she peered in through the window. She rolled her eyes.
"I think it makes you look mature" she eyed me coolly, and almost snobbishly.
"How nice of you to say so. I don't buy it though, you just want me to be horribly uncomfortable" I retorted. She sighed deeply, and I knew that it was what she was making me try the dress on for. Two-Bit laughed gently and put one hand on each of my shoulders. He pulled my hair back to display my neck a little in the mirror. I inspected myself closely.
"Hey! Buy the dress! Hurry we gotta go" Darry was suddenly calling from outside of the store.
Next Day
"Oh god! I'm so nervous!" Caroline was practically shouting into the phone at her best friend as she began to get ready for the wedding. I wondered dully why she hadn't gone to her parent's house to get ready for the wedding. 'Just to annoy me' I concluded, rolling back over. I still hadn't managed to pull myself from the bed. "AUBREY GET UP" she screeched into my room. I screamed right back at her, but I'm not sure what I said because I was so sleepy I couldn't think straight. I doubt it was very nice though.
I pulled my lacy dress on sullenly, and headed into the kitchen where Caroline was sitting half-dressed at the table and chatting away on the phone. Darry and Ponyboy had already gone with Two-Bit to the church to finish setting it up for the wedding, and Caroline and I were supposed to come right before it.
"Yes, Aubrey looks much better now that she has some nice clothes on" Caroline was telling her equally snobby friend.
"What's wrong with the clothes I normally wear?" I questioned dully, popping a piece of toast in my mouth.
"They are ratty" she said with a sigh, rolling her eyes like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"They are Soda's" I answered her.
"Don't start with the Soda stuff again OK. I'm sorry he couldn't be here, but his job can't interfere with our wedding" She angrily snarled, hanging up the phone in the process.
"It doesn't matter! You don't care about Darry anyway. He doesn't have any money! Why don't you leave us alone? You can leave and I'll make up some lie about how you needed to do something in California" I begged her, knowing she wouldn't leave.
"I love Darry, and I'm sure you would lie. You're a delinquent." She answered me angrily, heading out towards the car. I pulled my shoes on slowly and chewed on my toast, every 3 minutes she would beep the horn and finally she began to yell.
"WE'RE GONNA BE LATE" She screeched. "I'll LEAVE YOU" she yelled again.
"See if I care" I growled. The ride there was filled with so much tension that I twitched a bit in my seat, and when we pulled up to the church I immediately jumped out of the car and found a seat inside, everyone else was already there and by the looks of it Caroline had invited the whole town to the wedding. I found a seat beside Two-Bit and rested my head on his shoulder, closing my eyes. Shortly after the wedding started.
When the priest asked for any objections to the marriage Two-Bit's hand tightened on my wrist, like he was sure I was going to stand up and scream my objections. Unfortunately for him, holding onto me wasn't going to do. I'd already made up my mind to scream out an objection. "I OBJECT" I yelled, and Two-Bit let go of my arm, slumping down in his seat like he was afraid to be seen with me.
"Darry can't marry her. She'll ruin his life" I venomously spat, the priest looked mildly surprised and Darry and Caroline both looked like they wanted to come into the pew and kill me right there, but Caroline on a much larger scale.
But the reception was literally when I lost my mind. Caroline was feeding Darry a piece of cake and I was standing sullenly in between Ponyboy and Two-Bit when she finished with the cake and gave us a glance. "There's THAT girl. She's getting out of my house soon" she said rolling her eyes in my direction. Her friends all giggled and Darry sighed, and turned a deep red color. I couldn't control myself (That's my story and I'm sticking to it) as I practically flung myself across the table at her, I tried to choke her but unsuccessfully fell a bit short and ended up ripping the hem of her dress. Caroline screamed, and immediately Darry pulled me off of Caroline and as soon as he loosened his grip a fraction I took off, running out of the church doors like the devil himself were on my heels. I realized by the time I got down the street that the only person following me was Two-Bit and I stopped, and began to walk very slowly so he could catch up.
"What got INTO you?" he asked, and I realized he was trying hard not to laugh by the sparkle in his eye.
"The devil made me do it" I innocently giggled. He laughed loudly and hugged me tightly, under the dusky sky. I smiled at him a little.
"I can't stand her" he confided with a slight smile as we began to walk again, towards Two-Bit's house, his family was at the "funeral" as I'd named it, so the house was empty.
"I can't either" I retorted, slowly kicking a rock as I focused on my feet on the way down the sidewalk.
"Obviously" his eyes twinkled brightly and it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Then all of a sudden I realized what had just happened again and my insides were filled with a burning hot fury.
"I wish she would fall down a deep well and then she would break every bone in her body and..." I had been prepared to go on and on and on for the rest of my life if possible but he cut me off.
"Chill out" he warned me, looking at me from the corner of his eye. But by the time we had gotten to the house I was so angry I could feel the venom coursing through my veins. We walked into the living room and he switched on a light, I plopped myself onto the couch and grabbed a pillow. I shoved the pillow over my face and screamed with all I was worth, not stopping until my throat was so raw that it hurt to breathe, and I was out of air. Two-Bit was staring at me with another tiny smile beginning at the corners of his mouth. He sat down beside me, wrapping an arm around me and getting me to rest my head on his shoulder. I played with the sleeve of his jacket with my fingers. Before I knew it the two of us were kissing, and Two-Bit was pulling me down the hall and into his bedroom. As the door closed I felt myself loosen up and I knew there was no stopping what was going to happen.