The Outsiders II: The Outcasts

by

~Miriah~of~the~Wind~

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Chapter 7: Miriah's fight

(A/N: Okay, I've re-loaded the chapter. I think something went wrong the last time I did it and all I got was ÿWPC‰. Sorry! Here's what REALLY happened!)

We scattered like chickens and helped each other over the fence. Janet came after us like a cat after a mouse. We raced out but turned around to find that Janet had caught Dallas by the ankle. I had never heard such cursing in my life.........and that was just Janet. We moved forward to help him but he signaled us to run for it. We back away into the shadows and ran back to the lot. Before the rest of us ran I caught one look on Johnny's face and I could tell that this wasn't exactly how he wanted to end a first date. If Dally was caught the rest of us were as good as dead. Johnny would know it was the rest of us that fled.

"We ought to go home before Darry misses us." Soda said. I nodded and we split up with the gang taking the route back to our house. Soda and I ran for our lives knowing what kind of fight we were going to get into because of Darry. It was 12:15 when we got home. All though it was bad it wasn't nearly as bad as the last times I stayed past my curfew.

"So where have you two been?" he asked right when we came through the door.

"We were watching Johnny and Miriah." Sodapop started, "And then Janet came along and she caught Dally."

Darry raised an eyebrow, "Uh-huh. And what was Johnny and Miriah doing this late at night?"

"We saw that they kind of return to the mansion after a date and they were talkin' under the stars and they kissed." I answered.

"Johnny's got a girlfriend?"

"Yep."

"Hopefully she'll be better than the other girlfriends we been having around here. Now get ready and go to bed." Of course what Darry meant was Sylvia and Sandy. So we got ready and went to bed but I couldn't sleep. I stayed up all night and I was thinking about Miriah and Johnny. Johnny was gonna be ticked that we were spying on him and his date but we just didn't want the same thing that happen to Dally and Sodapop happen to him. Well, I suppose we didn't have any way to tell whether she was actually interested in a relationship with him but we could tell whether she was cheating or not. I thought to myself some more and found that they were two options: I could wait until the next morning at school when Johnny's blown off some steam or I go out now and find him. That when something like a crash. It was faint sounding just like glass breaking into tiny pieces. For a moment I laid there in bed thinking wether I really heard a sound at all. It was too far away to be our house. It had to be coming from farther West side of the town. Around ángel custodio bellísimo st.

"Soda, did you hear that?" Soda moaned and asked what I was talking about. Suddenly there was another large crash.

"I heard it that time." Soda said and we both got up and got dressed. We tried to follow where the sound was coming from. Finally Soda and I saw that it was coming from a really large house. Then when we were a little closer I saw that it was a large mansion, the Vasquez Manner. We sneaked up to the window to get a peak and saw that Miriah and her mother were fighting...........and it didn't look like this was the first time either.

"What do you mean you don't like Randy?!?!" Mrs. Vasquez screeched as she threw another plate at her daughter.

"I mean I don't like the way he is! Besides, I told you I have another boyfriend and I can't just cheat on him just so you could richer off my marriage!" Miriah yelled back.

"You mean that pale, puny, Greaser trash? Listen to reason Miriah, with your condition, you need someone who'll take care of you!" Her mother replied now calming down and I was surprised that she had the nerve to say that.

"We can take care of each other!" Miriah snapped and limped out the front door.

"We better go find Janet and Johnny." I said. Janet could protect Miriah from anything but Johnny could make her feel better.

"Hey, Miriah!" Miriah turned around and Soda and I walked to her.

"Ponyboy...Soda, what are you guys doing all the way over here?" she asked.

"We heard your mom tossing plates at ya." Soda said, "We can hear all the way in at the end of the Greaser side. Are you okay?" Miriah was cut up and bruised all over. The skirt she was wearing was torn up and she looked like she just had her first rumble. She nodded and added that this hadn't been the first time.

"Yes, I'll be fine." Miriah said, "Can I ask you guys something? What were you doing in the bushes?" I swallowed hard and looked at Sodapop. I knew that all I could do was just tell the truth and hope that Johnny wouldn't be too pissed.

"We was spying on you because we wanted to make sure that you weren't the kind of girl who was just playing with Johnny until you get a Soc." I said and then quickly added, "Sorry."

"It's okay." Miriah said, "But exactly how much DID you hear?"

"Well we got there around the part where Johnny told you that you were 'really somethin', then we heard about Janet and Dally, then we kinda stayed and watched you both kiss, and that you both loved each other. We really didn't mean to come in that early, in fact we were trying to get to the part where Johnny goes home and you would be talking to your sisters or something and confess that you weren't really interested. We were gonna warn Johnny if you were one of those girls so he wouldn't get hurt the way I was." Soda said.

Miriah nodded and then her eyes widened a little, "Did Dally hear that I told Johnny that Janet loved Dally?"

"Yes. Why?" I asked. Miriah then took us through the house and into the living room while explaining that Janet was 'gonna give Dally a piece of her mind'. Johnny was already in the living room but by the look of his face he didn't seem angry he look shocked.

"Johnny, what's the matter?" Soda asked and Johnny pointed inside the living room. The living room was very elegant like being in one of those fancy five star hotels. Fluffy white couches, fancy red drapery, decorations of crystal and china that I bet where hideously expensive and right smack on the middle and biggest couch was Dally and Janet already pleasing each other. They weren't having sex but they were very intimate with one another. Janet gently ran her fingers through Dally's ultra blonde hair and he already had his hands up her shirt. The rest of us just stood there and stared. Janet, who Miriah had said was gonna give him a piece of her mind was kissing him passionately.

"Janet!" we turned around and saw Claudia. They both stopped and looked up.

"Hey, Claudia..." Janet said a little tired, "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?!?!?" Claudia said as mad as hell, "I'll tell you what's wrong! It's you! It's bad enough Miriah dating a murdering Greaser!" Johnny paled at this remembering Bob, "But now your dating a hood! And not just any hood at that matter. I've heard about him, Janet he's...."

"He's got a record a mile long." Janet interrupted Claudia. "He's wanted for practically everything and anything." Claudia let her mouth drop open and she quickly closed. She turned a bright red and then stomped out of the room.

"Crazy seventeen year old." Janet muttered and then turned her attention to Dally, "Now, where were we?" Touching Dallas affectionately.

"Janet?" Miriah asked, "Weren't you just mad at Dally like ten minutes ago?" Janet looked up startled for she didn't know we were standing there.

"Well, I was Miriah, I was. But then we started talking and I got to know him better and I started loving him more than usual..."

"Usual?" Dally asked.

Janet went on as though he didn't say that, "and we kind of showed....................... affection for one another."

"I'll say." Johnny said wide-eyed. Dally smiled and he didn't seem mad that Johnny told Miriah about his crush.

"Well, I gotta get some sleep." Janet said and then turned to Dally and said, "'Night." They kissed again and Janet got up.

"Wait a sec." Dally said and he took the ring off his finger. The one he rolled off a drunk senior and he gave to all his girl friends. It was gold and on the outside ban it was the words in scripted, "Dally".

"What? Proposing to me already?" Janet asked holding the ring and looking around it. The rest of us held our breath as we always did for good luck.

"Nah, this is what I give to all my girlfriends." Dally said pushing at something. Janet looked at Dally and smiled but it was when she slipped the ring on her ring finger he smiled too. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Miriah and Johnny sharing the same glance smiling. They knew that if Janet and Dally were together than nothing would break them up either. Of course what we didn't know is that wouldn't stop the Socs from trying.

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