The Outsiders II: The Outcasts
by
~Miriah~of~the~Wind~
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Chapter 3: Jackson and The Shepard
(A/N: Now it just changes from Ponyboy's point of view to nobody's point of view. It's like the narrator telling the story.)
"I think they're setting us up." Miriah said as she looked back at the gang who was waving at them and smiling.
"That's Two-Bit for ya." Johnny said as they walked on.
"Um, I'm sorry if I freaked you out when I stared at you earlier today. I've just never seen everyone else who....who..." Miriah apologized looking for the right word.
"Who's handicapped?" Johnny asked.
"Yeah." Miriah said. There was an uncomfortable pause.
"I heard about your what happened to you in L.A.. You know, not all Greasers are like that. It's usually the Socs who jump us." Johnny said.
"Yeah, I know, but I still can't help but be cautious, you know." Miriah said looking down at her legs with sorrow and shame.
"Yeah, I know how you feel. I use to play football and run and swim. Now all I can do is watch." Johnny said.
"I used to be able to dance." Miriah replied, "I could act like I'm swooning and I loved to swim in our pool but now a days I stay in my room and just read."
"You know, Ponyboy reads a lot too." Johnny said.
"Really?" Miriah asked.
"Really." Miriah picked out what her sisters wanted and Johnny did the same for his group. They had just payed and left when they ran into some Socs. Not just any Socs however. These were the really rich Socs. If you could imagine Dally Winston's gang being as poor and Randy's gang is rich then this kind of Soc was a rich as The Shepard's gang was poor. They were Jackson's gang. Nicholas Jackson, of course, was the head of the gang. He looked at Johnny and then at Miriah. Then back to Johnny and once again to Miriah. Some part of him was confused.
"What are you doing with him?" Jackson asked.
"Buying popcorn and soda." Miriah asked taking a step back.
"Aren't you one of the Vasquez sisters?" he asked. Miriah nodded and Jackson turned to Johnny.
"And you're the kid who killed Bob. You're name is Johnny, isn't it?" Jackson questioned. Johnny nodded and Miriah took a step back.
"They won't hurt you." Johnny said quietly to Miriah, "They're suppose to be your kind. The really, really rich Socs." Miriah relaxed a little.
"That's right, I'm the top of the town." Jackson's eyes narrowed at Johnny, "And don't forget it."
He then turned to Miriah, "I'm Nicholas Jackson, of the Jackson gang."
"Please to meet you." Miriah said in return.
"Listen kid, if this Greaser or ANY Greaser bothers you, you come to me okay? We'll fix it out." Miriah smiled and the Jackson gang passed her giving dirty looks to Johnny.
"Wow, there are more Socs than I thought." Miriah said as they left the store.
"Yeah, we've got a gang like that too made out of the really poor kids. Poorer than us even. That gang is headed by Tim Shepard but everyone calls him The Shepard. The Shepard's gang is not really with our gang but we help each other out. If one asks the other to help them in a rumble than they'll help out, no problem."
(A/N: Now it switches to Ponyboy's P.O.V.)
They went back to where we was and Miriah finally got to meet the famous Shepard.
"Have any of you guys seen Dally? Son of a Bitch slashed my tires again and....hey, whose the girl?" he asked.
"This is Miriah Vasquez, she's the new girl. Those are her sisters, Claudia and Janet. Miriah this is The Shepard." Johnny said.
"What? Another Soc? I guess to replace the one you sliced, huh Johnny?" Johnny went pale at this, "Well I hope you won't be as much trouble as the other Socs. Oh, and know the rules Miriah. If I was you, I'd stick to my own territory. We get the east and you get the west." The Shepard and his gang followed on to find Dally.
"Johnny, what does he mean 'replace the one you sliced'?" Miriah asked.
Johnny bowed his head and began his story "A long time ago, while I still had my legs, me and Ponyboy met these girls but there guys thought we were picking them up. So then they cornered us at the park and they started to drown Ponyboy in the fountain so I took my switchblade and stabbed one of them and I killed him." He lifted his head expecting Miriah to be either scared or angry but, on the contrary, she was quite calm.
"I would of done the same if someone was trying to drown Janet or Claudia." she replied, "Is The Shepard always like that?" All of us nodded and just like that the movie ended.
"It's time to go already?" Johnny asked.
"Yep, um, say do you, Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop want a ride home?" Janet asked.
"Yeah, that'll be cool." Darry said.
"Sure." Johnny said, "It's not like my parent's will notice anyway." They walked over to Janet's car: A black mustang.
"This is your car?" Sodapop said in awe of the car.
"My parents got it for me on my sixteenth birthday. Do you like it?"
"Yeah," Johnny said, "Mustangs are tuff."
"You guys buckle in and hang on. Janet is an..........exciting driver." When we got in we discovered why. Janet could drive like Dally. Speaking of Dally he met us at the stop signal.
"I've heard of guys picking up girls but I've never seen girls pick up guys." he said.
"Well, we're not just any kind of girls. Now I suggest you go and use some of your charm on the 'average' Soc girl because Miriah, Claudia, and I have been known to be a little wild for boys like you." Janet sassed back.
"Yeah, well I prefer them a little wild so let's see what ya got! From here to the Curtis's."
"Bring it on."
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