Hey, thanks for the great reviews, I'm glad you like it. Just so you all
know, Chapters 4 and 5 should be one chapter but it was too long so I broke
it up. Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer- See my previous chapters.
Chapter 4
The next day at school, Taylor realized that she had several classes with Soda. She also saw his friends, Two-Bit and Steve, who were very friendly. When lunch was starting, Soda approached her at her locker.
"Hey, you wanna eat with us today?" he asked, 'us' being Steve and Two-Bit.
"Sure."
She followed him outside, where Steve and Two-Bit were waiting, sitting on a car.
"Hey Taylor," Steve greeted. Tow-Bit tossed an empty coke bottle on the grass nearby.
"Let's get outta here," he said, getting into the car. The others followed. They went to the DX where Soda and Steve worked, Soda told Taylor that they didn't like to stay at school because of all the Socs.
"Socs?" she asked.
"Rich assholes that think they're so much better than us," Two-Bit said dryly. Taylor nodded, while looking around the neighborhood.
"Hey Soda?" she asked.
"Yeah?"
"You still wanna give me that tour? I think I could use it."
"What tour?" Two-Bit asked.
"Well even though you're butting into my business, Soda offered to show me around town because I was new."
"I coulda done it," he said, trying to pout. Steve threw a wrapper at him.
"Sure," Soda said, "How about tonight? I can pick you up at 5."
"Actually, let me come to your house," Taylor said quickly, "It's just, my house is all messy cause we haven't gotten everything unpacked, and I don't know if my parents would be okay with it."
"Okay."
"Wait a minute!" Two-Bit interrupted, "You're not gonna invite me?"
"No," Soda and Taylor said together. Two-Bit wiped his eyes like he was crying, then cocked an eyebrow and broke into a grin.
When Taylor got home she figured she'd better pitch the idea now better than later.
"Hey mom?" She started, "This kid from school's gonna show me around town tonight okay?"
"Who is this kid?" She said, like any mother would.
"Sodapop Curtis."
"Sodapop? What's his real name?"
"Sodapop," She repeated, "His brother's name is Ponyboy."
"What were his parents thinking?"
"I don't know. His father liked original names."
"I'd like to meet them before you go out with a boy."
"Mom it's not a date! And besides, his parents died a little while ago."
"Oh I'm sorry, do they have any guardian?"
"Their older brother Darry, he's 19."
"No adults?"
"Darry is an adult!" Taylor protested. Why did her mother always have to do this?
"I don't know Taylor. Is this the person whose house you went to last night?"
"Yes. And Soda walked me home because he refused to let me walk home alone at night." Her eyes started to gain respect.
"Does he know about your father?"
Taylor paused, "Yes. He had to know, and he can be trusted not to tell anyone."
"Taylor you know that you can be taken away from us if the wrong person hears about this." Her eyes didn't hold the same seriousness as her words.
"I know mom. Look just let me go out tonight. You have to trust me eventually."
"Taylor-"
"You can't hold on to me forever." She pointed out. Her mother stopped. Slowly, she nodded.
"You may go."
Taylor turned and went upstairs to do her homework. At 4:30 she went back downstairs, expecting to get more hassling from her parents. She was right.
"Taylor, your father and I would like to talk to you," her mother started.
"Taylor we feel that-"
"I'm not old enough to take care of myself and I don't know this boy very well and I should get to know him better before I make any decisions and even though I think you're being harsh that I must understand it's for the best right?" Taylor finished bluntly. Her parents looked shocked. But she wasn't finished.
"Okay, I have spent 15 years in New York City, I think I've learned what kind of people to trust, and maybe for once you're wrong. Soda's not like other people and despite what you may think he's not interested in me as a girlfriend. So you can stop being all protective, I can take care of myself." Her parents were taken aback. She had never openly defied them before, but then again, they didn't know her all that well. No one did. When they didn't say anything, she turned on her heel and walked out the door.
It was a crisp day, not too chilly. In daylight, Taylor saw that it wasn't too far to the Curtis' and soon she was walking down Washington lane again. When she got closer she noticed the younger brother, Ponyboy sitting on the steps, smoking a cigarette. He waved as he saw her approach, and she waved back. "Hey," he greeted.
"Hey," she replied. She didn't know what to say, Pony wasn't as outgoing as his brother so he didn't say anything. She noticed that he was watching the sunset, and she was surprised as well as impressed. Not many people took the time to notice things as beautiful as that.
"That sunset sure is beautiful," she remarked.
He turned to her curiously, "You dig sunsets?"
"Yeah, I always used to watch them in New York, it kinda got me away from all the gloom and gray."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," he said, and Taylor could tell he meant it. Just then, the door opened and Soda came outside.
"I thought I heard you two talking," he said.
"You got a problem with that?" Pony asked, getting to his feet. Soda smiled at his younger brother and Taylor saw how close they were. Taylor longed for that kind of relationship with someone, but she was alone. But that was how life was sometimes, some people were destined to be alone, and she had to accept the fact that she was one of them.
To be continued, in Chapter 5.
Disclaimer- See my previous chapters.
Chapter 4
The next day at school, Taylor realized that she had several classes with Soda. She also saw his friends, Two-Bit and Steve, who were very friendly. When lunch was starting, Soda approached her at her locker.
"Hey, you wanna eat with us today?" he asked, 'us' being Steve and Two-Bit.
"Sure."
She followed him outside, where Steve and Two-Bit were waiting, sitting on a car.
"Hey Taylor," Steve greeted. Tow-Bit tossed an empty coke bottle on the grass nearby.
"Let's get outta here," he said, getting into the car. The others followed. They went to the DX where Soda and Steve worked, Soda told Taylor that they didn't like to stay at school because of all the Socs.
"Socs?" she asked.
"Rich assholes that think they're so much better than us," Two-Bit said dryly. Taylor nodded, while looking around the neighborhood.
"Hey Soda?" she asked.
"Yeah?"
"You still wanna give me that tour? I think I could use it."
"What tour?" Two-Bit asked.
"Well even though you're butting into my business, Soda offered to show me around town because I was new."
"I coulda done it," he said, trying to pout. Steve threw a wrapper at him.
"Sure," Soda said, "How about tonight? I can pick you up at 5."
"Actually, let me come to your house," Taylor said quickly, "It's just, my house is all messy cause we haven't gotten everything unpacked, and I don't know if my parents would be okay with it."
"Okay."
"Wait a minute!" Two-Bit interrupted, "You're not gonna invite me?"
"No," Soda and Taylor said together. Two-Bit wiped his eyes like he was crying, then cocked an eyebrow and broke into a grin.
When Taylor got home she figured she'd better pitch the idea now better than later.
"Hey mom?" She started, "This kid from school's gonna show me around town tonight okay?"
"Who is this kid?" She said, like any mother would.
"Sodapop Curtis."
"Sodapop? What's his real name?"
"Sodapop," She repeated, "His brother's name is Ponyboy."
"What were his parents thinking?"
"I don't know. His father liked original names."
"I'd like to meet them before you go out with a boy."
"Mom it's not a date! And besides, his parents died a little while ago."
"Oh I'm sorry, do they have any guardian?"
"Their older brother Darry, he's 19."
"No adults?"
"Darry is an adult!" Taylor protested. Why did her mother always have to do this?
"I don't know Taylor. Is this the person whose house you went to last night?"
"Yes. And Soda walked me home because he refused to let me walk home alone at night." Her eyes started to gain respect.
"Does he know about your father?"
Taylor paused, "Yes. He had to know, and he can be trusted not to tell anyone."
"Taylor you know that you can be taken away from us if the wrong person hears about this." Her eyes didn't hold the same seriousness as her words.
"I know mom. Look just let me go out tonight. You have to trust me eventually."
"Taylor-"
"You can't hold on to me forever." She pointed out. Her mother stopped. Slowly, she nodded.
"You may go."
Taylor turned and went upstairs to do her homework. At 4:30 she went back downstairs, expecting to get more hassling from her parents. She was right.
"Taylor, your father and I would like to talk to you," her mother started.
"Taylor we feel that-"
"I'm not old enough to take care of myself and I don't know this boy very well and I should get to know him better before I make any decisions and even though I think you're being harsh that I must understand it's for the best right?" Taylor finished bluntly. Her parents looked shocked. But she wasn't finished.
"Okay, I have spent 15 years in New York City, I think I've learned what kind of people to trust, and maybe for once you're wrong. Soda's not like other people and despite what you may think he's not interested in me as a girlfriend. So you can stop being all protective, I can take care of myself." Her parents were taken aback. She had never openly defied them before, but then again, they didn't know her all that well. No one did. When they didn't say anything, she turned on her heel and walked out the door.
It was a crisp day, not too chilly. In daylight, Taylor saw that it wasn't too far to the Curtis' and soon she was walking down Washington lane again. When she got closer she noticed the younger brother, Ponyboy sitting on the steps, smoking a cigarette. He waved as he saw her approach, and she waved back. "Hey," he greeted.
"Hey," she replied. She didn't know what to say, Pony wasn't as outgoing as his brother so he didn't say anything. She noticed that he was watching the sunset, and she was surprised as well as impressed. Not many people took the time to notice things as beautiful as that.
"That sunset sure is beautiful," she remarked.
He turned to her curiously, "You dig sunsets?"
"Yeah, I always used to watch them in New York, it kinda got me away from all the gloom and gray."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," he said, and Taylor could tell he meant it. Just then, the door opened and Soda came outside.
"I thought I heard you two talking," he said.
"You got a problem with that?" Pony asked, getting to his feet. Soda smiled at his younger brother and Taylor saw how close they were. Taylor longed for that kind of relationship with someone, but she was alone. But that was how life was sometimes, some people were destined to be alone, and she had to accept the fact that she was one of them.
To be continued, in Chapter 5.