Second chapter Ladies and Gentlemen. This time from Erica's POV. I got the idea from my friend Erica. She happens to be Asian as well ^_^ Haha. Anyhow.

Disclaimer: The only way I could own the outsiders were if I held SE Hinton hostage and threatened her.which isn't gonna happen. So obviously I don't own them. I only own Erica.

Erica's POV

I shuffled down the hallway along with the rest of the student body. I wondered outside shoving past some redhead Soc. "Watch it!" She cried. "Oops. Sorry." She glared at me for what seemed like hours and then she said simply, "Watch where you're going next time." I nodded and when her back was turned to me, I gave her the finger. "Dumb broad." I muttered. I promised I would meet Pony and the gang. It seemed like years since Ponyboy had helped me pick up my books one day. It happened months ago. That same day, he invited me to hang out with him and the gang. We all got along fine and I became good friends with them. "Hey Erica! Over here!" I turned my head to where two-bit had shouted my name. "Could you call a little louder next time Two-Bit? I don't think some people in Australia heard you." I grinned as I plopped down next to Johnny. He messed up my hair. "You know I kid cuz I love." I shoved him playfully. "Yeah. Sure." I looked around slowly. "Hey, Where's Ponyboy?" Two-Bit shrugged before lighting up a cigarette. "Dunno. He never showed." He turned to Johnny. "You know where he is Johnnycake?" Johnny shrugged as well. "I saw him earlier." I stood up. "I'm gonna go hunt him down. Johnny stood up as well. "I'll help." Johnny and I walked around for about 20 minutes when we saw a group of socs standing in a circle taking turns kicking at someone. I heard a loud scream and instantly recognized it. "Ponyboy! Were coming!" Johnny and I hurried over there and I tackled one of the socs. That caused quite a scene and they all turned on me. I looked over and saw Johnny help Ponyboy up. Then they both ran over to me and began working on getting the socs off of me. Last thing I saw was someone's foot meeting with my face and everything went black. I woke up in the nurse's office. I tried to sit up, but there was a bright white light shining hard in my face. My head was throbbing. "Please." I said into the bright light. "I'm too young to go." Then I heard the hysterical laughing. I finally got enough strength to sit up and first thing I saw was the whole gang laughing at my choice of words. "Very funny." I grumbled. "Is Ponyboy okay?" I was very concerned for Pony. He was my first real friend and just a year younger then me. "He's fine. A black eye and a few bruises and cuts. But he will be just fine." The stern nurse told me. I lay back down. "That's good." My head pounded each time I blinked. "Are your parents home?" The nurse asked me. "No." I lied. The truth was they were, but my dad beat me, and my mother was helpless. She made hopeless promises to get both of us out and away from my father. I never did look forward to going home. "She can stay at my house." I heard Ponyboy say. I sat up in surprise. "Really? Thanks Ponyboy." I smiled. The gang helped me down from the uncomfortable bed and Two-Bit let me lean on him for support. With that, we all walked to the Curtis house.

Okay. Second chapter. Over and Done with. I'll try and write more tonight. I'm Out. Peace.