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The Outsiders II: The Outcasts

by

~Miriah~of~the~Wind~

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Chapter 12: A Night full of Plans

"How much did you hear?" Johnny asked.

"We heard enough." Two-bit said. "And maybe if you tip us we won't say nothing."

"Well I have nothin' on me so maybe ya won't say nothin' anyway." Johnny replied back.

"Yeah, so what was with you and the girl." Dally said. Johnny started the story and you should have seen the guys faces when they heard about a girl Soc smoking, something Soc girls never did.

"You know, we should start thinking about moving to California. If all the Soc are like this I'd be in paradise!"

"There'll still be girls like Claudia though." Johnny put in.

"Yeah, but if there'll be more girls like Janet or Miriah that's good enough for me. Besides, if we didn't have girls like Claudia around who will I pull all my pranks on?" Dally asked.

"So what have you guys been doing without us?" I asked.

"Just blowing off some steam." Dally answered, "Say, you guys doin' anything tomorrow tonight? I was thinking about bringing some ladies and going to the Nightly Double and seein' what's there." Most of us agreed but Johnny said that he had a few plans that night and he might not be able to make it.

"Why? What ya doin'?" Steve asked but Johnny blushed and wouldn't say.

Two-bit shrugged and said we'd find out sooner or later, "Say Ponyboy, ask your brothers and see if they wanna join us." We went home except for Dally and Johnny who headed up toward the Manor as usual. Strangely tonight Darry could actually make it, Sodapop said he was gonna go with us too. The next morning was gonna be a small problem for me. Every guy was gonna have a girl except me and, maybe Soda. Dally had Janet. Two-bit had Kathy. Johnny's got Miriah. Steve has Evie. Darry's bringing this girl he knew from High-School name Samantha. I dared not to ask any Soc girls, especially the cheerleaders. It took me all afternoon but I either got shot down or totally freaked out that I ran away as soon as I came up to one. Finally Darry bailed me out. It seems Samantha had a younger sister who said she'll go with me to see the movies. We'd all meet at the Nightly Double and I figured I go see what Johnny was up to. I came over to his house, yelled, "anybody home?", and walked in like I was expected. Mr. Cade was doubled over and drunk. Nothing new. Mrs. Cade was eating icecream out of the container with it dribbling down her cheek and was watching cartoons. A little weird but nothing out of the ordinary. It was when I went up to Johnny's room I got a pretty big shock. There are many things I knew I was going to see in life before I pass on off this planet. Some would be bad and others good. I would have never guessed that one of them would be my best friend, asleep, in bed, with nothing but a blanket sheet on. What's the kicker of the story you say? He was sprawled over his sleeping Soc girlfriend who had just as much clothes as he was. Now wasn't THIS gonna be an interesting explanation?

(A/N: I'm gonna write what happens in a separate story because I don't want this to be NC-17. Yes people I care. It's gonna be named 'The Rock Show' as in Blink-182 Rock show but it won't be too much of a song fic. Be sure to look out for it. Please. Pretty please. Pretty please with sugar on top?)

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