Hey guys~ I hope you all liked that last chapter. My best friend made
cheerleader today so I am all happy for her. I didn't try-out because I
love basketball! (& track! ) But anyway, here's the 5th chapter!
Disclaimer~ I do NOT own outsiders! Just Raleigh and Scott! And whoever else my cray-z mind wants to make up! Mew ha ha!
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By the time Darry and Raleigh had made it downstairs and out the door they were holding hands. But when they saw the gang they looked at each other and understandingly both let go. The gang didn't need to know about the kiss…yet. While they had been upstairs… 'talking', the rest of the guys were down in the yard having a little discussion.
Tim said, "Whoa, Dally that Raleigh, man she sure looking good."
Dally said, "Yeah, I know, but don't you go getting any ideas Shepard." He gave Tim a nasty look. Just to add to his tough looking expression, Dally lit up a cigarette. Pont and Soda grabbed one too. Pony thought for a second, then handed one to Steve, Two-Bit, and shared his with Johnny. He didn't want a whole one anyway. He thought to himself, "I got to start cutting back." Johnny seemed to know what he was thinking, because he nodded and smiled at Johnny. Soda started rambling about how much Raleigh had changed since her last visit.
"Dally, you know when we came over to Shepard's house, well what was wrong with Raleigh. Her eyes were red and it was like she had been crying." Soda asked Dallas. Dallas just looked him with a cold stare. He didn't want to tell them about Scott. He knew Raleigh didn't want any sympathy. He just kept staring at Soda with that cold stare. He liked Soda, and he didn't want to be that mean to him but…he guess he just felt like he had to protect Raleigh more than Soda.
"I am fine." Raleigh said giving Dally a slight punch.
"We know you are fine, but are you ok?" Dally said to annoy Raleigh. She gave him a real punch for that.
"Damnit, Raleigh, where did you learn to punch?" Dally asked as he rubbed his arm where Raleigh had slugged him.
"You and Scott! Remember when ya'll tried to teach how to fight? That was funny!" She doubled over with laughter recalling the event from her past.
"Yeah I remember. Some bitch tried to catfight you for talking to her man. How'd that turn out anyway?" Dally asked.
"Oh, you mean Kurt. I went out with him, but he was kind of weird. Like he treated me like a trophy, so I dropped him like a bad habit. And you all know very well that I have no bad habits." She stated with a smile. Dally nearly choked at the statement.
"Yeah, Blaze, you have no bad habits! And I have never screwed a blonde!" Dally said to her as he took a drag off his cigarette.
"Shut up! You are ….WEIRD! Yeah I said it and what you gonna do about? Whatever lets go!" She said with a grin.
"Well," Soda started, "We can take Raleigh's car and Darry's truck."
"Fine with me! Mine can hold 5, so come on whoever is riding with me." Raleigh replied. Soda, and Pony rode in the truck with their brother, as well as Johnny. Dally, Steve, Two-Bit and Tim all rode with Raleigh. Raleigh looked at Johnny and Pony as if to say 'Sorry', they both smiled and nodded. They understood completely.
"Well, Dare, I bet I will get there before you will." Raleigh challenged him with a laugh as she sped out of the driveway. She didn't even wait for his reply.
"Darry," Ponyboy started to say something but then he thought better of it. 'Oh well, maybe later' he thought to himself. Meanwhile in Raleigh's car the boys were all teasing her.
"So, Blaze, you going to catch you jeans on fire this time." Tim started in.
"Go to hell where you belong, Shepard." Raleigh shot back. She couldn't help but laugh. Tim knew she wasn't serious. In fact they had always flirted and gone out, but never actually hooked up. They probably would have if hadn't been for Dally. Tim thought about this for a moment and decided that tonight would be the night when he would actually ask Raleigh out. His thoughts were interrupted by Two-Bit cackling with laughter.
"Are you serious, Blaze?" He asked through tears of laugher.
"Two-Bit, how many times have I lied to you? Ok well, don't answer that. But yes! I am dead serious." She replied. Dally was seething in the front seat. Tim had no idea what was going on.
"What are ya'll talking about?" Tim asked. Dally turned around to give him a death glare. Raleigh told him anyway.
"I was telling Two-Bit about when Dally gotten so drunk one night and had somehow or another lost his pants. He walked around our neighborhood for hours before I made him come in. He couldn't for the life of him figure out why his ass was so cold. There was a picture the next week of it with a title saying 'Drunken Adolescent Wanders Town With Pants Down'" Raleigh's whole body shook with laughter. Two-Bit started cackling again. Steve, who had remained quite most of the ride, was now gasping for breath he was laughing so hard. Tim nearly fell out of the car from laughing and avoiding a punch from a red-hot Dallas Winston.
"Aw, calm down Dally. Calm down. You can tell an embarrassing story about me. Ok? Still buddies?" She asked with puppy dog sad eyes. Dally reached his arm around and gave her shoulder a squeeze.
"Yeah of course." His eyes were soft. Then he turned around to face the 3 in the backseat. His eyes turned cold and hard as he stared at them. He gave them a look that said, 'Repeat and you will die. You will die slowly and with pain,'
"Here we are!" Raleigh announced as she jumped out of the car. The building was brick and hand graffiti on it. The graffiti was the building's name, 'Stock Room'. Raleigh had gotten there before Darry. They only had to wait for about a minute until Darry skidded to a stop covering Steve and Two-Bit with dust. Johnny and Pony hopped out of the back of truck. Darry looked over at Raleigh who had her head down but suddenly lifted her eyes up to look back at him. Tim saw this and quickly stepped in between the two. Raleigh looked up at him, too. She smiled as he slung his arm around her waist and walked her inside. The 'Stock Room' was a general dance hall. Socs and greasers come to it. The Socs stayed at the front and the greasers toward the back. None of the greasers minded that because they liked it in the back. It was darker and louder. When Raleigh walked in with Tim, a bunch of girls gave her hateful looks. She knew that Tim 'got around' pretty well. She didn't care though. He was her friend and she was going to dance with him if she wanted. Dally and the rest of the guys came in behind them. They got nasty looks as well from the Socs. But just like Raleigh they didn't give a damn. The first fast song started playing; Tim and Raleigh started to dance. Tim got behind her and they swayed back and forth to the music. They were dancing really close and Darry could see that his 'claim' was endangered. If Dally had seen it he would have had a few choice words to say to Tim. But Dally was a little pre-occupied with a blonde in a leather jacket. Darry walked over after the song was over and grabbed Raleigh from behind and swung her over to him. Soda, Steve, and Two-Bit were dancing with a group of girls that they had just met. Pony and Johnny were deciding whether or not they should join Soda. They agreed it was better than sitting there by themselves. Two girls immediately directed their attention to them as they began to dance. Soda laughed at them, more at Johnny than at Pony. Johnny who was so quiet and shy, now had his had on some girl's hips dancing very close to her. Then something caught his eyes across the room. Darry! Darry and Raleigh were facing each other. It looked like they were slow dancing, except that they were getting lower to the ground with each sway. They were dancing so close that her stomach was against his. Their legs were in tangled in a pattern of, his hers his hers. Soda stopped dancing and when he did the other boys all stopped. They followed his gaze over to Darry. They couldn't believe it! They all stood their shocked. Only Pony saw the angry glint in Tim's eyes. He was always observant of things like that. He got a little worried and thought he should tell someone. So, he did.
"Hey guys," he started, hoping someone would be listening to him. "Look at Tim. I think he is about ready to hit Darry." And sure enough within 5 seconds of Pony saying it, Tim threw a right hook that knocked Darry off balance. Raleigh grabbed Tim's shirt and twisted him around.
"What in the hell do you think you are doing?!" Raleigh said with confusion and anger on her face.
"What's it look like, Blaze?" Tim said as he began to advance on Darry. Darry quickly turned to face Tim and got ready to hit him. Tim pushed Raleigh out of the way, knocking her back into a group of Socs. When Darry saw this it just gave him more reason to knock Tim out. Darry delivered one good punch to Tim's jaw and he was sent back about 4 feet. All of a sudden Soda and Two-Bit were holding Darry's arms. Not an easy task, considering he was older, bigger and completely made of muscle. Dally had walked over with that cold as ice look in his eyes.
"Darry, what in the f***ing hell are you 2 doing?" Dally asked. He looked from Darry to Tim. Tim was cursing under his breath while rubbing his jaw.
"I said what in the-" Dally stopped suddenly. His expression changed from anger and confusion to complete terror. He looked over in time to see Raleigh unwillingly being drug out the door by 3 drunken Socs. Pony and Johnny, who had just come over to see what was going on saw it too. Dally's knees weakened. He thought to himself, 'Stop it! You are f***ing Dallas Winston. Go help her.' Soda, Darry, Tim and everyone else heard Raleigh scream. They rushed outside in time to see her being taken over to a red corvette. She was trying to get away from them, but their grip was too strong for her. They were telling her to shut up they only wanted a little fun. Dally and Darry raced toward the car. The others were right behind them. Before they could reach the car it had driven off. Dally fell to his knees on the ground. He could hear Raleigh's terrified screams. Darry half picked up the blonde headed boy.
"Get in my truck, Dally. Let's go get her." Darry said as he threw a glance over at Tim. He knew if there was going to be fighting he would need him. "Come on Tim. We need you. Jaw ok?" Tim nodded. Strange as it was, with that there fight was over. All that mattered now was Raleigh being safe. With that agreement between the two the 3 got in the truck and left. Steve hotwired Raleigh's car and the rest of the gang climbed in and followed Darry.
"Raleigh won't mind. You think she will, guys?" Steve asked with a little touch of concern in his voice. Two-Bit looked at him with an eyebrow raised as he stated,
"If she does then I will steal her a switchblade!" Johnny and Pony laughed half from nerves and half because it was just funny. Soda nodded without a smile. He was too worried. He hated the Socs. Why couldn't they just take their own advice and stick to their own kind?
Hey guys! Sorry it took me so long to write this! Well, the next chapter will be about the fight and who Raleigh well end up with, for now! (
(A/N I hope ya'll know what I am talking about w/ the dancing b/c it is very hard to explain!)
REVIEW!!! (or ELSE!! J/K)
Disclaimer~ I do NOT own outsiders! Just Raleigh and Scott! And whoever else my cray-z mind wants to make up! Mew ha ha!
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By the time Darry and Raleigh had made it downstairs and out the door they were holding hands. But when they saw the gang they looked at each other and understandingly both let go. The gang didn't need to know about the kiss…yet. While they had been upstairs… 'talking', the rest of the guys were down in the yard having a little discussion.
Tim said, "Whoa, Dally that Raleigh, man she sure looking good."
Dally said, "Yeah, I know, but don't you go getting any ideas Shepard." He gave Tim a nasty look. Just to add to his tough looking expression, Dally lit up a cigarette. Pont and Soda grabbed one too. Pony thought for a second, then handed one to Steve, Two-Bit, and shared his with Johnny. He didn't want a whole one anyway. He thought to himself, "I got to start cutting back." Johnny seemed to know what he was thinking, because he nodded and smiled at Johnny. Soda started rambling about how much Raleigh had changed since her last visit.
"Dally, you know when we came over to Shepard's house, well what was wrong with Raleigh. Her eyes were red and it was like she had been crying." Soda asked Dallas. Dallas just looked him with a cold stare. He didn't want to tell them about Scott. He knew Raleigh didn't want any sympathy. He just kept staring at Soda with that cold stare. He liked Soda, and he didn't want to be that mean to him but…he guess he just felt like he had to protect Raleigh more than Soda.
"I am fine." Raleigh said giving Dally a slight punch.
"We know you are fine, but are you ok?" Dally said to annoy Raleigh. She gave him a real punch for that.
"Damnit, Raleigh, where did you learn to punch?" Dally asked as he rubbed his arm where Raleigh had slugged him.
"You and Scott! Remember when ya'll tried to teach how to fight? That was funny!" She doubled over with laughter recalling the event from her past.
"Yeah I remember. Some bitch tried to catfight you for talking to her man. How'd that turn out anyway?" Dally asked.
"Oh, you mean Kurt. I went out with him, but he was kind of weird. Like he treated me like a trophy, so I dropped him like a bad habit. And you all know very well that I have no bad habits." She stated with a smile. Dally nearly choked at the statement.
"Yeah, Blaze, you have no bad habits! And I have never screwed a blonde!" Dally said to her as he took a drag off his cigarette.
"Shut up! You are ….WEIRD! Yeah I said it and what you gonna do about? Whatever lets go!" She said with a grin.
"Well," Soda started, "We can take Raleigh's car and Darry's truck."
"Fine with me! Mine can hold 5, so come on whoever is riding with me." Raleigh replied. Soda, and Pony rode in the truck with their brother, as well as Johnny. Dally, Steve, Two-Bit and Tim all rode with Raleigh. Raleigh looked at Johnny and Pony as if to say 'Sorry', they both smiled and nodded. They understood completely.
"Well, Dare, I bet I will get there before you will." Raleigh challenged him with a laugh as she sped out of the driveway. She didn't even wait for his reply.
"Darry," Ponyboy started to say something but then he thought better of it. 'Oh well, maybe later' he thought to himself. Meanwhile in Raleigh's car the boys were all teasing her.
"So, Blaze, you going to catch you jeans on fire this time." Tim started in.
"Go to hell where you belong, Shepard." Raleigh shot back. She couldn't help but laugh. Tim knew she wasn't serious. In fact they had always flirted and gone out, but never actually hooked up. They probably would have if hadn't been for Dally. Tim thought about this for a moment and decided that tonight would be the night when he would actually ask Raleigh out. His thoughts were interrupted by Two-Bit cackling with laughter.
"Are you serious, Blaze?" He asked through tears of laugher.
"Two-Bit, how many times have I lied to you? Ok well, don't answer that. But yes! I am dead serious." She replied. Dally was seething in the front seat. Tim had no idea what was going on.
"What are ya'll talking about?" Tim asked. Dally turned around to give him a death glare. Raleigh told him anyway.
"I was telling Two-Bit about when Dally gotten so drunk one night and had somehow or another lost his pants. He walked around our neighborhood for hours before I made him come in. He couldn't for the life of him figure out why his ass was so cold. There was a picture the next week of it with a title saying 'Drunken Adolescent Wanders Town With Pants Down'" Raleigh's whole body shook with laughter. Two-Bit started cackling again. Steve, who had remained quite most of the ride, was now gasping for breath he was laughing so hard. Tim nearly fell out of the car from laughing and avoiding a punch from a red-hot Dallas Winston.
"Aw, calm down Dally. Calm down. You can tell an embarrassing story about me. Ok? Still buddies?" She asked with puppy dog sad eyes. Dally reached his arm around and gave her shoulder a squeeze.
"Yeah of course." His eyes were soft. Then he turned around to face the 3 in the backseat. His eyes turned cold and hard as he stared at them. He gave them a look that said, 'Repeat and you will die. You will die slowly and with pain,'
"Here we are!" Raleigh announced as she jumped out of the car. The building was brick and hand graffiti on it. The graffiti was the building's name, 'Stock Room'. Raleigh had gotten there before Darry. They only had to wait for about a minute until Darry skidded to a stop covering Steve and Two-Bit with dust. Johnny and Pony hopped out of the back of truck. Darry looked over at Raleigh who had her head down but suddenly lifted her eyes up to look back at him. Tim saw this and quickly stepped in between the two. Raleigh looked up at him, too. She smiled as he slung his arm around her waist and walked her inside. The 'Stock Room' was a general dance hall. Socs and greasers come to it. The Socs stayed at the front and the greasers toward the back. None of the greasers minded that because they liked it in the back. It was darker and louder. When Raleigh walked in with Tim, a bunch of girls gave her hateful looks. She knew that Tim 'got around' pretty well. She didn't care though. He was her friend and she was going to dance with him if she wanted. Dally and the rest of the guys came in behind them. They got nasty looks as well from the Socs. But just like Raleigh they didn't give a damn. The first fast song started playing; Tim and Raleigh started to dance. Tim got behind her and they swayed back and forth to the music. They were dancing really close and Darry could see that his 'claim' was endangered. If Dally had seen it he would have had a few choice words to say to Tim. But Dally was a little pre-occupied with a blonde in a leather jacket. Darry walked over after the song was over and grabbed Raleigh from behind and swung her over to him. Soda, Steve, and Two-Bit were dancing with a group of girls that they had just met. Pony and Johnny were deciding whether or not they should join Soda. They agreed it was better than sitting there by themselves. Two girls immediately directed their attention to them as they began to dance. Soda laughed at them, more at Johnny than at Pony. Johnny who was so quiet and shy, now had his had on some girl's hips dancing very close to her. Then something caught his eyes across the room. Darry! Darry and Raleigh were facing each other. It looked like they were slow dancing, except that they were getting lower to the ground with each sway. They were dancing so close that her stomach was against his. Their legs were in tangled in a pattern of, his hers his hers. Soda stopped dancing and when he did the other boys all stopped. They followed his gaze over to Darry. They couldn't believe it! They all stood their shocked. Only Pony saw the angry glint in Tim's eyes. He was always observant of things like that. He got a little worried and thought he should tell someone. So, he did.
"Hey guys," he started, hoping someone would be listening to him. "Look at Tim. I think he is about ready to hit Darry." And sure enough within 5 seconds of Pony saying it, Tim threw a right hook that knocked Darry off balance. Raleigh grabbed Tim's shirt and twisted him around.
"What in the hell do you think you are doing?!" Raleigh said with confusion and anger on her face.
"What's it look like, Blaze?" Tim said as he began to advance on Darry. Darry quickly turned to face Tim and got ready to hit him. Tim pushed Raleigh out of the way, knocking her back into a group of Socs. When Darry saw this it just gave him more reason to knock Tim out. Darry delivered one good punch to Tim's jaw and he was sent back about 4 feet. All of a sudden Soda and Two-Bit were holding Darry's arms. Not an easy task, considering he was older, bigger and completely made of muscle. Dally had walked over with that cold as ice look in his eyes.
"Darry, what in the f***ing hell are you 2 doing?" Dally asked. He looked from Darry to Tim. Tim was cursing under his breath while rubbing his jaw.
"I said what in the-" Dally stopped suddenly. His expression changed from anger and confusion to complete terror. He looked over in time to see Raleigh unwillingly being drug out the door by 3 drunken Socs. Pony and Johnny, who had just come over to see what was going on saw it too. Dally's knees weakened. He thought to himself, 'Stop it! You are f***ing Dallas Winston. Go help her.' Soda, Darry, Tim and everyone else heard Raleigh scream. They rushed outside in time to see her being taken over to a red corvette. She was trying to get away from them, but their grip was too strong for her. They were telling her to shut up they only wanted a little fun. Dally and Darry raced toward the car. The others were right behind them. Before they could reach the car it had driven off. Dally fell to his knees on the ground. He could hear Raleigh's terrified screams. Darry half picked up the blonde headed boy.
"Get in my truck, Dally. Let's go get her." Darry said as he threw a glance over at Tim. He knew if there was going to be fighting he would need him. "Come on Tim. We need you. Jaw ok?" Tim nodded. Strange as it was, with that there fight was over. All that mattered now was Raleigh being safe. With that agreement between the two the 3 got in the truck and left. Steve hotwired Raleigh's car and the rest of the gang climbed in and followed Darry.
"Raleigh won't mind. You think she will, guys?" Steve asked with a little touch of concern in his voice. Two-Bit looked at him with an eyebrow raised as he stated,
"If she does then I will steal her a switchblade!" Johnny and Pony laughed half from nerves and half because it was just funny. Soda nodded without a smile. He was too worried. He hated the Socs. Why couldn't they just take their own advice and stick to their own kind?
Hey guys! Sorry it took me so long to write this! Well, the next chapter will be about the fight and who Raleigh well end up with, for now! (
(A/N I hope ya'll know what I am talking about w/ the dancing b/c it is very hard to explain!)
REVIEW!!! (or ELSE!! J/K)