The Outsiders II: The Outcasts

by

~Miriah~of~the~Wind~

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Chapter 2: The Movies

"Did you check out the new broads?" Dally asked.

"Yeah and I also heard them too. I don't think I like Claudia much." Johnny replied.

"Yeah, me too." Two-Bit agreed. We didn't see any of the girls until after lunch when Dally said he saw Janet left. It was the end of the school year when I saw a black Mustang. Janet was in it with her feet on the wheel looking as relax as Two-Bit. Dallas was also there too and something told me it wasn't coincidence. We all gathered around to see wether we needed to stop him from doing what he did the night we met Cherry. Being a jerk.

"Hey, what's a pretty broad like you doing in a place like this? The Soc parking lot is the one over." Dally said with just as much charm as a Dally usually shows for women.

"I'm waitin' for my sisters and what business is it of yours?" Janet snapped back.

"Well, by the sound of your conversation a couple of hours ago, concerning it's Greaser business." Dally said smoothly.

"Go away and don't start thinkin' that just because I'm 'a girl' that I can't kick your ass." Janet replied.

"I'll keep that in mind. Your younger sister...."

"Which?"

"The younger one; Miriah. What happened to her that makes Claudia hate her so?"

"Why should I tell you?"

"Because it would also explain why she was staring at my friend over here." Dallas said motioning toward Johnny.

"You stay away from Miriah! She didn't do shit to your kind! She was walking down the street one night and some Greaser trash like you came up and thought it would be funny to see what happens to someone when their legs burn off! Miriah didn't deserve what they did to her, you know, she's not like Claudia who's a social pain in the ass. The doctors couldn't do anything for her except stop the rest of her nerves from burning off! She lived but too many nerves were burned off her legs paralyzing her. Miriah was lucky that I got her out in time and that's probably the ONLY REASON SHE CAN MOVE HER WAIST!!!!!!!!" Janet shouted, "Do you know how scary it is to find your sister at the hospital and hear her say, 'Janet I......I can't fell anything from lower than the middle of my thighs...'? Then you have to tell her that it's permanent! That she'll be on crutches for the rest of her life!" A tear drop rolled down her cheek.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. My friend had that same thing done to him. He save some little kids from a fire. You already know how I feel when he said he couldn't feel anything from the middle of his waist down. He helped people and now he's stuck in a wheelchair." Dally responded.

"For life?" Janet sobbed trying to fight back the tears.

"For life." Dally confirmed solemnly. They were both real quiet for a minute and then Claudia and Miriah came into the car.

"Who's he?" Claudia asked suspiciously.

"Just a friend." Dally said cooly, "So I'll see ya later."

"Yeah," Janet replied, "Like at the movies or something."

"Sure there's one playing tonight." Dally replied.

"Bye."

"See ya." The black mustang went derived off with Janet trying her best not to kick up dust.

"She's nice." Dallas said.

"Yeah, but Claudia needs to take a break from being a watch dog. She could learn a lot from Two-Bit" I said. That night I was a little late at meeting the guys at the movies because Darry made me finish my homework even though it was Friday and I had the whole weekend to do it.

"Well, it's about time you're here." Dally said as Sodapop, Darry, and I hurried over. Although Soda and Darry didn't like movies much they did want to see the girls I was talking about back home.

"Claudia, this time don't be rude."

"Are you sure about this? We don't really know these people." I looked back behind me to see Claudia and Janet arguing again.

Miriah smiled and asked Janet, "Are those your friends?" Janet nodded and the three girls came over.

"Hi." Janet greeted.

"Hey." Dally replied back.

"This is Miriah," Janet pointed at the girl on crutches, "this is Claudia," she pointed to the girl giving us uncomfortable looks, "and I'm Janet Vasquez."

Dally nodded and introduced us, "This is Ponyboy Curtis, his brothers Sodapop and Darry, Two-Bit Mathews, Steve Randal, Johnny Cade, and I'm Dally Winston." Johnny looked up at Miriah and she blushed at this.

"So is this a hang out spot or are there actually good movies at this place?" Claudia asked looking around. I could already tell that Steve didn't like the new girls much. In fact, he never liked any Soc but by the look on Claudia's face it was looked like she never liked any Greaser either.

"Both." Soda said looking up at the screen, "but it's a chick-flick."

Janet seemed disgusted by the movie, "I hate these kinds of movies! There's hardly any reality.....just kissing. It's like one of those soap operas. We can just talk can't we?"

"Yeah, we could. Hey Johnny! Do you and Miriah wanna go get some snacks or something like popcorn and soda?" Two-Bit asked. Johnny nodded and Janet asked Miriah, "Do you want to go?" Miriah nodded. We gave them our money and they both set off for the snack bar.

"You're going to set the up, huh?" Janet asked Two-Bit.

"I don't see why not? They'd make a cute couple and the speak the same language: Hardly talking if not silent."

(A/N: Alright I'll get the next chapter real soon and it'll be in the narrator's point of view! Please review and tell me if you like it and who do you think I should pair up with who besides Johnny and Miriah! ^__^ )

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