Disclaimer: I do not own the Outsiders. I only own the
plot, Leah, and part of Jane.
A/N Thanks for all the reviews guys. Wow, I can't believe I've made
it this far. Ok R/R when you're done reading please! If you guys think
I made any typos, please tell me. There's a sort of chronological order
thing in here, and I hope I didn't skip anything important. Especially
because its my story. Lol .
* Three weeks later*
* Pony's POV*
I walked into our living room and saw something that I
see just about everyday. The whole gang was gathered around, hanging out
and talking. I saw Jane on the edge of the couch next to Steve, but there
wasn't any more room so I sat on the floor in front of her. She started
absentmindedly playing with my hair, and I guess Steve noticed because
he gave a little cough.
"What?" Jane asked in her innocent voice.
"Its all these raging hormones in the air," said Two Bit.
"What the hell are you talking about Matthews? asked Dally.
" You know, ummm they used that phrase in our health books."
" Ohhh boy, I'd really like to meet the authors of that," said Dally
sarcastically.
"Damn," I heard Leah say.
" What's wrong?" Johnny, the always careful husband asked her.
"The baby just kicked me in the ribs" she said.
"Ooooo, I know how you feel." said Soda.
"Me too," said Dally.
"Yeah, I think we've all had our share of being kicked in the ribs,"
said Steve.
"Except for Jane." I said.
" Ohhh no, don't get any ideas guys," she said.
I reached up to pat her hand, and then I saw Darry's expression. It
seemed almost worried, and someone carefully thoughtful at the same time.
" What's wrong Dar?" I asked.
He looked at me as if he had forgotten he wasn't alone in the room.
"Uhh its nothing guys." he said.
Now it was Soda's turn to talk. "Darry, you are supposed to be the
responsible one in a lot of situations, now just tell us what's wrong"
" I actually wanted to talk to Leah and Johnny," he said.
" Should the rest of us leave?" I asked.
" No, its not like that, you guys can stay." he said.
" Ok, Darry, what do you want to ask us?" asked Johnny. I thought his
voice sounded kind of shaky.
" Well, I think you guys are doing great financially and with school
and the marriage and all, but what about when the baby's actually here.
Do you guys think you're ready?"
" That's a good question , Darry," Leah said.
" Actually, we have been working on a few things," Johnny said.
" Such as?" asked Steve.
" Well, let's see, we've checked out some books from the library on
infants and childcare, and I've been going to see the Health teacher, Mrs.
Murner, for extra help," Johnny said.
" I had a lot of experience with babies from orphanages and foster
homes, and Johnny and I found an old alarm clock that we set." Leah said.
" What does the alarm do?" asked Soda.
" We've set it to go off every two hours, just like how a real baby
would wake up. Then after the alarm goes off we spend about thirty minutes
discussing what we would have done, and sometimes we spend longer if we're
pretending the baby can't fall asleep." said Leah.
" No wonder you two look so tired," joked Two Bit.
" That's actually a very good idea, guys," Darry said.
" Yeah, very tuff you two," said Dally.
" Wow, I can't believe you're almost eight months pregnant, Leah."
said Steve.
" Yeah, I can remember it like yesterday when we met you," I said.
" That was almost a year and a half ago," said Soda.
(A/N I guess everyone is a year older now, except for Johnny and Leah,
they're 17, and Pony and Jane are 15.)
" Hmmm yeah, I was out in the lot with Pony and Johnny, and we found
you and you were sick so we brought you home," said Dally.
" And then after a few days you were better, and then we all got to
know how tuff and nice you are,"said Two Bit.
"Then a few weeks later, Jane magically appears, and we get to know
what a great person she is too," said Steve.
"After a while, Leah and I realized we liked each other as a lot more
than just friends," Johnny said.
"Then Jane and I realized it too," I said.
" We all started seeing each other in secret because we weren't sure
of everyone else's reaction," said Jane.
"Soon we realized how hard it was to keep a secret, and we told you
guys, and everything was great," said Leah.
" Then some more time passes until its Johnny's seventeenth birthday,"
said Steve,
" And you two, decided to ummmm declare your love for each other but
you didn't have very good protection," said Darry motioning to a blushing
Johnny and Leah.
"Leah realized she was pregnant later, and then told Johnny, Jane,
and Pony," Soda.
" And then you told Dally, and Johnny just kind of blurted it out to
us," said Two Bit.
"You two were married a few months later," said Dally in reference
to Johnny and Leah.
"And here we all are," I said.
"Wow, that's definitely gonna have to be one bedtime story you tell
your kid," said Two Bit.
" Hehe, hey guys I feel like taking a walk, does anybody want to come
with me?" asked Leah.
Of course Johnny accepted her offer, and so did Jane and I. We four
were the only ones that were going , so we left the house and set off.
*Jane's POV*
We all just walked for a while until we got to this tiny little
strip mallish place. Leah's stomach was attracting us a lot of attention.
Not a lot of it was good attention. Just like in the restaurant a couple
of weeks ago people were pointing and staring, but this time we had no
Two Bit to make a funny announcement to shut them up. Leah was strong,
though. She had been every since the foster home with Luke, when he touched
her. I knew she was able to handle this. Even so, I just wished people
would leave us alone. Even though this sounds horrible, I wish they acted
as if it were no big deal. Like Greaser girls got pregnant all the time.
Which is stereotyping myself because I know Greasers aren't really like
that. I just called myself a Greaser, and even though I'm from the year
2002, I've been hanging out with Greaser guys long enough to become one.
Anyway, I liked the Greaser way of life a lot better than I liked the Socs'.
Just at that moment, a middle age woman came over to us and looked right
at Leah.
" Hello, may I help you?" she asked in a sweet voice.
"You should be ashamed of promoting this sinful act in public," the
woman said as if she had a lemon in her mouth.
" What! Hey, Ma'am, please just leave us alone," I said.
I'm not really sure why I called her ma'am. Maybe it was to stay on
the tiny good side. Of course she completely ignored me, and went back
to torturing poor Leah. We tried to leave but the woman kept following
us, so there was no excape. Johnny and Pony were off talking a few feet
away, and I knew that we could yell at them if things got really bad.
" Its absolutely disgraceful, seeing you out here in front of young
children," the woman said in a shrill voice.
Leah couldn't do much more than just mumble and nod.
" I just hope that you are giving this child to a kind and loving family,
it deserves one even though its a bastard."she said sourly
" Now just wait a minute. I am not giving up my child, and yes I admit
I was not married when it was conceived, but I am married to the father
now. We have a house, money, a good plan for our education, and support
from all of our friends. These are not just some silly pipe dreams that
will all come crashing down around us. My husband and I have spent hours
talking and carefully planning for this child to make sure everything we
want to do is possible," Leah said.
I don't think I've ever seen her this angry.
" We also don't appreciate people like you coming up to us, and preaching
when you don't even know the full story," I added.
" Well, I never!" the woman said and stormed off in a huff.
Leah and I looked at each other.
" Bitch," she muttered under her breath.
" You got that right," I agreed.
"Hey you two, what was all of that about?" asked Pony.
Leah and I took turns telling them about the woman, and how we told
her off.
" I'm sorry that had to happen," said Johnny.
" Yeah, but you guys really told her!" said Pony.
" Yeah, I guess we did," I said.
We all then decided we were ready to go back, so we walked back to
the Curtis'.
* Later, back at the Curtis place*
* Leah's POV*
Jane and I had just finished retelling our story of the woman to the
other guys, and they didn't seem to like how she acted. They liked how
we reacted, though.
"It just doesn't seem right for great guys like you and Johnny to have
to put up with this," said Two Bit
" Sometimes people just don't understand," said Soda
" People wouldn't react the same way if a Soc girl was pregnant," said
Steve bitterly.
" I'm not so sure. Steve," Darry said.
" Back in our time, or forward I guess, when a teenage girl is pregnant
she has to deal with the same stuff I've been dealing with, no matter what
her status is," I said.
"Its not fair, because people don't see how hard you and Johnny work,"
said Dally.
"The baby will be here soon though, and we can show everyone that teenagers
can be loving, and responsible parents too," said Johnny as he held my
hand.
" In the meantime, I'll just have to try and ignore it," I said.
" Hear that Ian or Gwen? You're causing some trouble for your parents,"
said Two Bit.
Dally reached over and placed a hand on my stomach.
" But we love you anyway, even if you're not born yet," he said.
" That's true, even though you're not my kid , I already feel like
you're part of the family," said Darry.
"This is a family," Jane said.
" Just one that's slightly different from others," I said.
Johnny looked at me.
" Soon we'll have a new member of the family to love and watch out
for," he said.
Dally still had his hand on my stomach , and the baby started kicking.
Hard.
" I think this little one is as exited as we are," he said.
I leaned against Dally and felt something that always felt wonderful.
Love and family.
Ok, that was chapter 24. Do you guys like it? Please R/R. It only
takes a few seconds.
Fyre