We don't own the Outsiders, but we own our characters. This is a story by an Outsiders posting group on yahoo. It' off to a pretty good start, if I say so myself... Umm, so you understand it, Jessica is in an insane asylem, Karen is at yet another club, Vanessa's in a limo, and Lauren's in prison. I deleted the original author's note (it's on my site), so it isn't clarified very well in some of these.

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By: The posting group of "SpriteObsessiveChick"

posted by: Sprito77

Vanessa stared blankly out of the window of her family's limo. She
pushed a black curl out of her face and sighed. What was she ever
thinking, dating a grease? Why couldn't she just stick with her own
kind? She shook her head and a cascade of complicated spirals fell
onto her shoulder.

"Where to, miss?" The driver asked, and she blinked.

"The Ribbon." She replied finally.
*****

"Five minutes until showtime, Miss. Simmons." The stage manager
announced. Karen nodded. She had been looking at a picture on her
dressing table of her and Two-bit. She sighed and went to get her
microphone. They had met when she was just starting out, at a club.

She waited for the announcer to introduce her, and she stepped out on
the stage, amidst the roar of the crowd. It was showtime.

*****

Jessica put her hand on the bar and pulled back quickly. Something
about it was wrong. Her dirty blonde hair hung in limp strands on her
shoulders, and her blue eyes were cloudy.

She went back to her bed, singing softly to herself. The only clear
thought in her head was a name: Dallas Winston.

*****

Lauren blinked at the sunlight through the bars of her jail cell. Was
it really there? She was sure it was. She pulled out of her pocket
the keys she had nabbed earlier from the jail operator. Making sure
no one was around, she quickly unlocked her door.

She ran out, shutting the door behind her and laughing. She couldn't
beleive she was getting out.

"And where do you think you're going?"

posted by: Punky Molly

Vanessa studied her ringlets in the tinted window frowning,
she was sad but she wasn't. She couldn't explain her emotions at
that moment, everything was so much easier before she met him. Then
she looked back up to her reflection and her eyes reminded her of
that night…

"Nessie! Let's go!"
"I'm coming," Vanessa shouted fixing the red ribbon in her
hair, everyone always said she looked excellent in red; and tonight
was her night to look excellent. She adjusted the strap on her red
evening gown and looked down at her shoes to make sure, for the third
time, that they matched. When she looked up and caught a glimpse of
herself in the mirror she didn't recognize that girl staring back at
herself.
"Nessie," he mother threw open her door, "let's go. You're
going to be late."
"Okay mom," Vanessa said quickly distracting her eyes from
the mirror. "Can we stop and pick up a drink on the way."
Her mother watched her only child briefly before gliding over
to her daughter and smoothing her hair down, "You bet honey. You
look stunning."
"Thanks mom."
The car pulled up to the gas station and Vanessa hopped out
quickly, "Make it fast Nessie." Her father smiled up to her.
"Yes Daddy."
Vanessa dashed into the store hoping grab a Coca Cola. She
reached in the refrigerated cooler as a hand came down on her wrist
and a knife at her side, "Keep it quite ya little bi@#h and give me
all your money."
Vanessa's breath caught in her throat and she stumbled,
making a tiny squeak. Just as she did a flash of flesh passed her
and the man who had caught her and another fellow were in a fight.
The abductor fled quickly knowing the charges that could be pressed
if he were identified.
"You alright?" The guy asked.
Vanessa gulped hard, she read his shirt, `Steve'. She nodded
and brushed passed him with little more than a glance, "I'm
purchasing this."

Vanessa laughed at her reflection, bitter and nasty. Now
could she have been so mean to the man she know loved. She shook her
head, looking back on that night she decided she never could have
known what she knows now.

posted by: PurpleSailorSaturn7

Jessica's eyes widened. When the nurse came with her food, she said
very shakily, "What day?" Her voice was little more than a rasp.

The nurse nearly had a heart attack. "What did you ask?" She replied,
backing up. Jessica blinked. Since she had come here, she had had a
reputation for being violent, but she had never said anything before.
Even the psychiatrists who came in twice a day had never heard her
utter a word.

"Day." She repeated. "What day?"

"Christmas Eve." The nurse replied, leaving the room quickly. Jessica
looked at the door in puzzled bewilderment.

Jessica sighed and went searching back in her memory. She remembered
Christmas Eve. She hadn't celebrated holidays in years, ever since
she came here. But it didn't bother her. She was seven when she came
here.

She remembered a few days before Christmas Eve, when she was seven,
she was with her brother, Dallas.

Jessica sat outside of the grocery store, waiting for Dally to come
back. A light snow was falling, and her jacket didn't exactly block
out all of the cold. But she wouldn't wear anything else. She loved
her jacket.

Dallas came back out, and she hopped off the bench. They were on
their way to some friends' of Dally's house, and Dally had stopped to
get some cigarettes.

"Dally," She said as they walked. "I'm hungry." He stopped and looked
at his kid sister.

"Why didn't you say something five minutes ago?" He demanded and
Jessica shrugged. "Jessie, wait till we get to the Curtis'." He
messed up her hair.

Now, she wouldn't let anyone call her Jessie. It had always been
Dally's special name for her.

She went back over to the window and looked out, watching the snow
fall silently. If only Dally were here now...

posted by: Punky Molly

Lauren turned back to the cell, her roommate was standing at
the bars staring at her. "I swear if you leave without offering me
freedom I'll scream rap."
Lauren's smile faded, she and Lindsay had become great
friends while in prison; Lauren had decided you had to make friends
or things would be far worse. Lauren and Lindsay had come to be
known as the L squad, always causing trouble together, and Lauren
knew she'd miss Lindsay and she wasn't sure she could get both of
them out.
"Come on chick," Lindsay pleaded, but it was obvious Lauren's
thoughts were somewhere else…

"Come on chick," Two-bit Mathews moaned poking Lauren in the
ribs.
"Fine but I swear if my Dad finds me hanging out with you
again, I'm as good as dead. And only if you're not bringing that
Karen girl."
"Okay, I won't be bringing her."
"Promise?"
"Cross my heart."
"Okay," Lauren grinned, recently she had met the charming
charismatic greaser at the drive-in and on this day he begged his
friend to head down to Jay's so that they could pretend like they
were dating so Two-bit could get Cathy back for cheating on him
again. On their way down to Jay's Two-bit made a pit stop at the DX,
Lauren's stipulation had been he had to buy her drinks and lunch.
"Darry," Two-bit smiled opening the door.
"Hey Two-bit," Darry mumbled.
"Gosh Darry, why all the smiles?" Two-bit teased at the ever-
mellow Mr. Curtis.
Darry had rebuttled somehow but Lauren didn't hear, she was
too busy gawking at the fine Daryl Curtis. Had she been a cartoon
hearts would have appeared around her head and she would be
floating. Lauren didn't remember making it to Jay's but she knew she
was there, after all that's when Two-bit swiped that pack of smokes
and dropped them in Lauren's pocket. She had picked up a bit of Two-
bit's `sticky' fingers, but never in a often frequented joint. The
next thing she knew she was being read her rights but an undercover
police officer who caught her on her way out.

Lauren scowled, it was Two-bit's fault she'd spent the past
month in the slammer….damn him. She was convicted of theft and
underage smoking. She knew she could hide out at the Mathews house
for as long as she needed, and it would be good to have company so
Lauren creaked the door back open and let Lindsay out. Lindsay
smiled, "You bad bad bi%&h. But I knew you couldn't leave me behind."
"Yeah, yeah, you wanna keep it down before we get caught."

posted by: PurpleSailorSaturn7

After the show, Karen went back to her dressing room. Performing just
wasn't that much fun anymore without Two-bit around. But then, making
as much money as she did a year, who could complain?

She sat down on the chair and pulled out her brush, running it
through her red hair.

She became slowly obsorbed into her thoughts, going back to her first
show...

"Hey baby." A voice said, and she looked around. "What would your
name be?" The guy asked, and she decided he wasn't that bad looking.

"Karen." She replied, trying to act cool. "And you would be?"

"Two-bit." He replied, and she wondered if she was joking, but she
didn't say anything.

"Tuff enough." She replied.

"You dig okay baby." He grinned, and she smiled shyly.

"And for our special performance tonight, I give you..." The
announcer said.

"Oh! That's my cue!" She cried, scribbling her number on a peice of
paper. "Call me!"

Karen shook her head and sighed. She had been so naive back then...
so naive it was almost pathetic.

posted by: SodasGurl

Vanessa was sitting at the DX watching Steve work. Soda had met a
random girl and escorted her inside to "talk". When Steve got a break
he went over to talk to Vanessa.

"Hey girl where ya been lately?" Steve asked sitting next to her.

"Right here watching you work." She smiled at him.

"Dont you have anything better to do than watch me get all greasy?"
Steve asked wiping some grease on her nose.

"She thought for a moment before replying. "Nope."


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