Disclaimer: I don't own The Outsiders.
A/N: Yep, I'm planning on a Lerissa and Dally pairing, hope it's interesting!!! Oh and AshleyMathews please don't get mad that I used Ashley (your character) in my story, k?
Lerissa
As soon as the bell rang, I gathered my books and was about to get out of the biology room when someone tapped my shoulder. I quickly turned around and came face to face with a boy with curly hair, wearing a white button down shirt and gray trousers. He looked cute enough, but he was obviously a Soc.
"Hey, you must be the daring new girl everyone is talking about! I'm Troy Trustheart," he offered his hand, and I took it with a small smile.
"I'm Lerissa,"
"Lerissa who?" he asked.
"Its only Lerissa," my voice raised very slightly, but enough for Troy to notice.
"So how do you like our school so far?" he quickly changed the subject.
"Good, the incident in the cafeteria was beyond amusing," I grinned remembering the chaotic atmosphere.
"Hmm, I was out for lunch so I didn't see it, but some of the guys mentioned it. The girls didn't sound too pleased though," he said.
"Oh? My, the girls here have no idea how to have a good time," I laughed.
"Your different…and it's not just the way you dress. Where do you come from?" he seized me up.
"New York," I said, and I was telling the truth, kind of.
"Cool, you see that guy over there, he is planning to go to university in NY," he pointed to a guy over my shoulder, so I turned, "the senior guy with the dark hair who is standing next to Randy, Brandon McIver."
I felt my jaw drop, but quickly recovered before Troy noticed. The guy he was pointing to was undoubtedly my father. I stared for a second longer to make sure, but the frown and cold gray eyes told me all that I needed to know.
"He isn't exactly the nicest person around though, he studies way too much, in fact that's probably what he does 90% of his time. On the other hand the guy with the semi-beetle hair cut is a cool old guy, he is Randy," Troy continued on.
"Listen Troy, is there a girl named Maria Hannon in this school?" I asked, wondering if my parents went to the same high school.
"Yeah if you mean the popular freshmen girl," he answered.
"Why don't you point her out to me the next time you see her," and with that I left, with a lot on my mind. I was going to see what my parents were like when they were younger, maybe they had some humanity when they were only teenagers, but I knew I was kidding myself. People just don't get up one morning and become something.
Suddenly a familiar voice called my name, and I turned around to find Cherry (in her cheerleading outfit) waving at me as she walked towards me.
"Hey Lerissa, wow nice outfit! It looks great, don't you think?" she asked turning to the younger girl standing beside her.
"Yeah, it's very interesting," the girl smiled, but I could see that it was fake, like I always could.
The girl was beautiful, but you could see no real emotion in her golden eyes that were wild shaped like mine, and the smile on her full lips seemed cold. There was no doubt to it that this girl was my mother, she looked the same as I remembered her, maybe a little younger and with short hair instead of long and a different style in clothing. I had to stop myself from appreciating her cool sense of fashion.
"Lerissa this is Maria, to tell the truth I think you two will become real good friends, I mean your both so adventurous and love to shock others, even by your clothing styles," Cherry said, and I had to admit that it was true, me and mom were alike in many ways, but she was cold, and I'm not.
"Sure," Maria said, but her voice full of fake friendliness that only I noticed.
* * *
"So Lerissa doll, you wouldn't mind coming to pick up my kid sis from school, do ya? The whole 8th year has been on a school trip for the past few days," Two-bit explained grinning.
"No sweat," I said turning my car radio on and putting in my Nelly CD.
After the short drive to the middle school, a pretty girl with light blue eyes and dark chocolate colored hair pulled back in a ponytail, wearing boys clothing approach us giving me and her brother an odd look, much like everyone else that passed my car.
"Who is she?" the girl asked Two-bit.
"Hey kiddo, this is Lerissa who is gonna be staying at our house until she can get a place for herself, she is a runaway," Two-bit explained and his sister nodded in realization.
"Hi, I'm Ashley, but everyone calls me Ash," she said as she got into the car.
"Nice to meet you Ash, do you like my car?" I asked smiling.
"Well it looks tuff and it's big and comfy…but I've never seen something that looks like this. Even weirder is your music," she said boldly, then laughed, "but for some reason I like it."
"Yeah? Well I'm glad you like it," then I turned to Two-bit, "so where to?"
"I say we go to Dairy Queen for ice cream," he suggested and we smiled nodding, "then we could go to the Curtis' place."
In less than an hour we were at the Curtis' house but to our surprise every one else in the gang was already there and they all looked grim. Johnny and Pony were speaking together looking pale and sad, Dally's eyes were blazing as he sat staring at the TV rather than watching it, Darry was frowning as he read the newspaper, and Steve and Soda were playing poker again but they looked enraged.
"What's up?" Two-bit asked looking uncharacteristically serious.
"It's the new Soc family that moved here lately," Darry said, "they've got two sons, both major troublemakers. And well today they attacked Eve and Soda's new girl Dana…they both ended up in the hospital," as Darry talked both Steve and Soda acted as if they couldn't hear him but their clenched teeth gave them away.
"So it's us against Socs again huh?" Two-bit asked bitterly.
"It seems like it," Darry answered.
Then there was this moment of silence until Ash shrugged and flopped on the couch beside Dally.
"So what else's new?" she said picking up a chocolate chip cookie from the plate on the Curtis' table.
* * *
I suddenly woke up in middle of the night, remembering my horrifying dream, which was probably the thing that had waked me up. I usually have crazy nightmare, I used to watch a lot horror movies and my crazed brain always mixed them with reality giving me crazed nightmares. Anyway I tried to close my eyes to go back to sleep, but didn't really feel that tiered anymore, probably because of how early I went to bed, so I got up and slowly pulled on socks and my Adidas running shoes.
Without so much as running a brush through my hair I quietly snuck out my room and out the front door, I was an expert in sneaking out of a place, I had a lot of practice after all.
As the cool night air hit me I suddenly wished I had brought a jacket, but I decided that I could run more freely without one, so I started in the direction of the park. Working up a little sweat not only cleared my mind, but also made me exhausted enough to get back to sleep afterwards, but that wasn't the best thing about it.
As I ran all thoughts that included my past, my parents, the fight between the Socs and the Greasers…and all the other ugly thoughts were swept away living me with a interesting sense of peace. All I could think of was Dally. The way his blond hair fell into his eyes when he laughed, his smirk, the way his tight T-shirt showed his perfect arm muscles…Dallas was definitely one hot babe, but I knew that wasn't the only reason…there was more to Dally than what met the eye. As cocky as his grin was, as steely as his eyes where, deep down he was caring…and sweet.
If anyone knew about looking behind the mask that people wore, it was I. I had learned to look to what's hidden in someone's face, voice, or body language, instead of the image the person offered. Johnny also had this quality, he could see beyond Dallas' cold hard face.
Drowned in my thoughts I didn't notice I had made it to the park until I saw a slouching figure walking towards me, his light hair standing out in the dark.
A/N: THANX for reviewing if you already have, and if you haven't PLEASE review!!!!!!!!
A/N: Yep, I'm planning on a Lerissa and Dally pairing, hope it's interesting!!! Oh and AshleyMathews please don't get mad that I used Ashley (your character) in my story, k?
Lerissa
As soon as the bell rang, I gathered my books and was about to get out of the biology room when someone tapped my shoulder. I quickly turned around and came face to face with a boy with curly hair, wearing a white button down shirt and gray trousers. He looked cute enough, but he was obviously a Soc.
"Hey, you must be the daring new girl everyone is talking about! I'm Troy Trustheart," he offered his hand, and I took it with a small smile.
"I'm Lerissa,"
"Lerissa who?" he asked.
"Its only Lerissa," my voice raised very slightly, but enough for Troy to notice.
"So how do you like our school so far?" he quickly changed the subject.
"Good, the incident in the cafeteria was beyond amusing," I grinned remembering the chaotic atmosphere.
"Hmm, I was out for lunch so I didn't see it, but some of the guys mentioned it. The girls didn't sound too pleased though," he said.
"Oh? My, the girls here have no idea how to have a good time," I laughed.
"Your different…and it's not just the way you dress. Where do you come from?" he seized me up.
"New York," I said, and I was telling the truth, kind of.
"Cool, you see that guy over there, he is planning to go to university in NY," he pointed to a guy over my shoulder, so I turned, "the senior guy with the dark hair who is standing next to Randy, Brandon McIver."
I felt my jaw drop, but quickly recovered before Troy noticed. The guy he was pointing to was undoubtedly my father. I stared for a second longer to make sure, but the frown and cold gray eyes told me all that I needed to know.
"He isn't exactly the nicest person around though, he studies way too much, in fact that's probably what he does 90% of his time. On the other hand the guy with the semi-beetle hair cut is a cool old guy, he is Randy," Troy continued on.
"Listen Troy, is there a girl named Maria Hannon in this school?" I asked, wondering if my parents went to the same high school.
"Yeah if you mean the popular freshmen girl," he answered.
"Why don't you point her out to me the next time you see her," and with that I left, with a lot on my mind. I was going to see what my parents were like when they were younger, maybe they had some humanity when they were only teenagers, but I knew I was kidding myself. People just don't get up one morning and become something.
Suddenly a familiar voice called my name, and I turned around to find Cherry (in her cheerleading outfit) waving at me as she walked towards me.
"Hey Lerissa, wow nice outfit! It looks great, don't you think?" she asked turning to the younger girl standing beside her.
"Yeah, it's very interesting," the girl smiled, but I could see that it was fake, like I always could.
The girl was beautiful, but you could see no real emotion in her golden eyes that were wild shaped like mine, and the smile on her full lips seemed cold. There was no doubt to it that this girl was my mother, she looked the same as I remembered her, maybe a little younger and with short hair instead of long and a different style in clothing. I had to stop myself from appreciating her cool sense of fashion.
"Lerissa this is Maria, to tell the truth I think you two will become real good friends, I mean your both so adventurous and love to shock others, even by your clothing styles," Cherry said, and I had to admit that it was true, me and mom were alike in many ways, but she was cold, and I'm not.
"Sure," Maria said, but her voice full of fake friendliness that only I noticed.
* * *
"So Lerissa doll, you wouldn't mind coming to pick up my kid sis from school, do ya? The whole 8th year has been on a school trip for the past few days," Two-bit explained grinning.
"No sweat," I said turning my car radio on and putting in my Nelly CD.
After the short drive to the middle school, a pretty girl with light blue eyes and dark chocolate colored hair pulled back in a ponytail, wearing boys clothing approach us giving me and her brother an odd look, much like everyone else that passed my car.
"Who is she?" the girl asked Two-bit.
"Hey kiddo, this is Lerissa who is gonna be staying at our house until she can get a place for herself, she is a runaway," Two-bit explained and his sister nodded in realization.
"Hi, I'm Ashley, but everyone calls me Ash," she said as she got into the car.
"Nice to meet you Ash, do you like my car?" I asked smiling.
"Well it looks tuff and it's big and comfy…but I've never seen something that looks like this. Even weirder is your music," she said boldly, then laughed, "but for some reason I like it."
"Yeah? Well I'm glad you like it," then I turned to Two-bit, "so where to?"
"I say we go to Dairy Queen for ice cream," he suggested and we smiled nodding, "then we could go to the Curtis' place."
In less than an hour we were at the Curtis' house but to our surprise every one else in the gang was already there and they all looked grim. Johnny and Pony were speaking together looking pale and sad, Dally's eyes were blazing as he sat staring at the TV rather than watching it, Darry was frowning as he read the newspaper, and Steve and Soda were playing poker again but they looked enraged.
"What's up?" Two-bit asked looking uncharacteristically serious.
"It's the new Soc family that moved here lately," Darry said, "they've got two sons, both major troublemakers. And well today they attacked Eve and Soda's new girl Dana…they both ended up in the hospital," as Darry talked both Steve and Soda acted as if they couldn't hear him but their clenched teeth gave them away.
"So it's us against Socs again huh?" Two-bit asked bitterly.
"It seems like it," Darry answered.
Then there was this moment of silence until Ash shrugged and flopped on the couch beside Dally.
"So what else's new?" she said picking up a chocolate chip cookie from the plate on the Curtis' table.
* * *
I suddenly woke up in middle of the night, remembering my horrifying dream, which was probably the thing that had waked me up. I usually have crazy nightmare, I used to watch a lot horror movies and my crazed brain always mixed them with reality giving me crazed nightmares. Anyway I tried to close my eyes to go back to sleep, but didn't really feel that tiered anymore, probably because of how early I went to bed, so I got up and slowly pulled on socks and my Adidas running shoes.
Without so much as running a brush through my hair I quietly snuck out my room and out the front door, I was an expert in sneaking out of a place, I had a lot of practice after all.
As the cool night air hit me I suddenly wished I had brought a jacket, but I decided that I could run more freely without one, so I started in the direction of the park. Working up a little sweat not only cleared my mind, but also made me exhausted enough to get back to sleep afterwards, but that wasn't the best thing about it.
As I ran all thoughts that included my past, my parents, the fight between the Socs and the Greasers…and all the other ugly thoughts were swept away living me with a interesting sense of peace. All I could think of was Dally. The way his blond hair fell into his eyes when he laughed, his smirk, the way his tight T-shirt showed his perfect arm muscles…Dallas was definitely one hot babe, but I knew that wasn't the only reason…there was more to Dally than what met the eye. As cocky as his grin was, as steely as his eyes where, deep down he was caring…and sweet.
If anyone knew about looking behind the mask that people wore, it was I. I had learned to look to what's hidden in someone's face, voice, or body language, instead of the image the person offered. Johnny also had this quality, he could see beyond Dallas' cold hard face.
Drowned in my thoughts I didn't notice I had made it to the park until I saw a slouching figure walking towards me, his light hair standing out in the dark.
A/N: THANX for reviewing if you already have, and if you haven't PLEASE review!!!!!!!!
