Disclaimer: I do not own the Outsiders. I only own Leah.
three days later
Soda's POV.
I walked into the kitchen and was surprised to see Leah sitting at the table. She looked straight at me and cocked her head to one side and gave me this grin. "
Hiya Sodapop", she said.
I walked over to her and said,
"Hey yourself, so I guess you're not sick anymore huh?" She shook her head,
" Nope I am one hundred percent better and perfectly normal."
"I wouldn't say that", muttered Dally.
Leah just scowled. Then I realized that the rest of the gang was here. I said hi to everyone and was greeted back. Then I asked Leah something we had all been wondering about. " Leah where are your parents?"
"They're dead, she said quietly, and I've been in foster homes since I was thirteen."
"I'm really sorry,our parents are dead too."
"Except I don't think I belong here", she said.
" What do you mean, asked Pony,you know you're welcome here." She smiled at said ,
"I know kid, but it's not that, she paused and bit her lip then continued, in the last foster home I was in my "father" was a real jerk."
She took a deep breath and I patted her on the back.Then she went on, "He hit me several times and tried to get where he shouldn't, I just wanted it all to stop and then one day I felt really dizzy and then I was here." We all looked at her in amazement.
"But, there's more, I... I... I'm from the year 2002."
"What!",said Darry in shock. She left the room and come back with a book, and handed it to me.
"Here, she said , look at the copyright date." I opened the book and looked, and said "Copyright 2002."
"Damn," I muttered
. Darry looked like he was in shock for a minute and said
" Wow, ok well whatever Leah you can stay with us for as long as you like." She smiled her thanks.
"Yeah, well your clothes don't look like any I've ever seen," said Steve. I glanced at her, she was wearing blue jeans and a red tank top with flowers and it was a bit see through.
" Yeah, said Two Bit, they're better."
Then Johnny spoke up, "So Leah do you have any music with you?"
She nodded, "Yup I have all my music here, I'll play you some later if you want."
"Ok, said Johnny, that'd be nice." They were both kinda looking down at the floor now and blushing. We all knew that Johnny had a thing for Leah but we didn't know she felt the same way. Two Bit nudged me and grinned.
"So , said Dally breaking the silence, what are we gonna do today?" I was about the suggest something when I noticed Leah had gone pale. She was shaking a little and her breath was coming in gasps. Darry leapt up from his seat.
"Leah, what's wrong?' , he asked her. She looked at him and closed her eyes. Then she went limp. Now everyone was around her. I put my hand on her forehead to see if she had a fever, nope cool as anything. Johnny was sorta holding her with her head against his shoulder. Then he looked scared, and I mean terrified.
"Hey!, he yelled, guys!". We all looked at him.
"What is it Johnny Cakes?." asked Dally. Johnny gulped.
"It's Leah, he said, I don't... I don't think she's breathing." Darry went over to her and checked,
"Oh no, he said, Johnny's right."
"What are we gonna do, what are we gonna do?", said Two Bit. It was obvious that he was rattled.
"She can't die can she Soda?" Steve asked me.
"I don't know man, I told him, I don't know." Then Pony went over to Leah and took her from Johnny and laid her on the floor.
"Pony what are you doing?" I asked him.
He shook his head and and then tilted Leah's head back. He closed hr nose with his fingers and covered her mouth with his. Pony blew in deeply, once, twice. I saw Leah's chest rise a little. I glanced around the room. We all looked pretty shaken and Johnny looked like he was gonna be sick. Pony repeated the process two more times. Then I heard a cough and saw that Leah had opened her eyes. Tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Oh my god, she said, what happened?"
"You stopped breathing and Pony saved you," I told her. She looked at Pony in amazement. "Thanks a million Pb", she said.
"No problem". said Pony softly.
"Leah what do you think happened?' Darry asked her.
"Panic attack, she answered, I used to get them when I was with my last foster family, but that was the worst it's ever been"
She was crying harder now and no one really knew what to say. It was definitely an awkward moment. Then Johnny knelt down by her and put his arms around her.
"It's ok, he said softly, he's not gonna hurt you anymore."
Leah put her head against his shoulder and sobbed. They were sorta rocking back and forth and Johnny kept going
"Shhh shhh it's ok" Then he put his head against her neck and just sorta held her. Dally walked over to me.
"Well would you look at that, he told me quietly, I guess Johnny's growing up."
Leah stopped crying and Johnny looked up at us.
"She's asleep", he told us.
Darry knelt down and picked her up. "I'm gonna take her to bed guys" he said. Then he left. "Poor kid," said Two Bit.
"Yeah we all said"
"Then Steve said, you really like her don't you Johnny?" Johnny looked embarrassed then said, "yeah I guess I do." "Well I'm sure you'll be very happy together, I told him. Johnny just looked at me and grinned. Then we all started on the cake.
~ that night~
Leah walked into the living room and said,
"Hey guys?"
"Hey Leah, Pony said, how are you?"
"Better," she answered. She went over to Johnny and looked at
him.
"Hey," she said. "Hi,"
" said Johnny, his voice sounding deeper than normal.
They locked eyes and continued to stare at each other for a while.
Then Steve broke the silence.
" So Leah do you have any umm talents?" She broke away from Johnny's
gaze.
"Yeah, she said,I like singing."
" Could you sing for us?" I asked her. "Sure," she said. Leah
took a deep breath and closed her eyes and opened her mouth.
"I think I'm falling, she sang, I think I'm tumbling down. I know I
want this, and I don't know where to go. I know I'm sinking, I know I'll
never be the same. I want to stay here and I'll never wake up again."
She opened her eyes and glanced around the room. Then Two Bit started
clapping. "
Wow, said Darry, you have talent." She blushed. I looked at her,
she didn't just have talent, she had a gift. She sounded like an angel
singing. But not some prissy angel, she sounded like a tuff angel. Johnny
smiled at her and she smiled back.
"Yeah well even with all this excitement I gotta go, said Dally." He
grinned, " yeah it's great having the place to myself."
I forgot to mention that Dally's folks moved out last week. Didn't
leave a note or anything. " "Yup, said Darry, let's all continue the excitement
in the morning".
Ok there's chap 4. know it's Soda's Pov again but it fit. Please R/R. Firechild.