Summary: "A little odd, but charming" is how I would explain this story
(quoted from the version of "Sound of Music" we did at school). Yeah, it's
a pretty wild crossover. The Outsiders stirred in with the X-Men. I figure
The Outsiders would have turned out a little differently if mutants had
been involved. Wild, but it works… kind of. R&R, please? This is the
first fanfic I've ever released. So… is it a crossover or what? I don't
know, stop confusing me.
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters associated with The Outsiders and X- Men… although it would be nice. ((((((( But Andi is mine. (got carried away with those happy faces there… I love Windows XP)
"Glory! Darryl, come here and look at this!"
"It's a baby!"
"Who would leave a poor little thing here in our truck?"
The woman leaned over her swollen belly to reach for the baby snuggled in the front seat.
"Careful, sweetheart."
"Ah'm fine," the lady answered as she waved a hand at her husband. They were expecting their third child soon. The woman backed out of the car, clutching the little bundle of baby covered in a pale green blanket. "Why, she can't be more than a year old!"
"Honey, you're expecting in three months, you can't possibly want to-"
"We're keeping her," the woman answered firmly. "She's going to grow up in as pleasant a home as we can offer."
"Says here, her name is Andi," the man muttered, picking up a handwritten card in the front seat of the truck. He shrugged and followed his wife back into their house.
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"AYOOOOOOOOOYAH, Keither!"
A loud crash issued from the Curtis living room. Two-Bit and Andi were having a wrestling match, knocking furniture about.
"WILL YOU QUIET DOWN?" Darry finally roared from the doorway. Andi and Two- Bit stared up innocently. She was sitting in his lap, a fistful of shirt in her hand, ready to deck a punch at Two-Bit's head. Both of them blinked in surprise at Darry. He was glaring at them hard enough to scare anyone to death.
"Aw, come on, Darry… we were just having some fun," Andi grumbled as she got off of Two-Bit, who jumped onto his feet and dusted himself off.
"Fun nothing. What are you doing awake so early on a Saturday?" Darry asked crossly. Andi gave him a toothy grin, and he couldn't help but grin back. The tension in the room seeped out immediately as Darry gave into Andi's charming behavior. "All right. Get up, you two, and help me get breakfast ready for the sleepyheads."
Andi had grown up in the Curtis house. She had lived there for as long as she could remember, although her "parents" had told her a long time ago that she was adopted. It wasn't totally obvious since Andi vaguely resembled her older foster brother Darry. They were both dark haired and dark skinned even though Andi was supposedly Asian and her brothers were not. There was no mistaking that she wasn't related to Sodapop and Ponyboy, however. Soda was blond haired and blue eyed just like his mother, while Ponyboy's hair was closer to the reddish-brown side. Andi had lived a happy childhood, accepted into the family like she was one of their own. Then, her world came crashing down.
When Andi was fourteen years old, the only parents she had ever known died in a tragic car crash, leaving her and her brothers orphans. Despite the gap her parents' absence left in her life, Andi willed herself to move on. She began spending time with her brothers' friends, trying to help them work out the more pressing problems in their lives. She was particularly fond of Johnny Cade, but then again everyone was particularly fond of Johnny. He was the underdog of the group, everyone's little brother. Andi, however, didn't treat him so. She treated him as she did everyone else: like an equal.
After lunch, Andi decided to accompany her only younger brother Ponyboy to the gas station where her brother Sodapop worked with his friend Steve. They happened to bump into Johnny along the way, and he decided to join them.
"…and so I says to her, 'Girl, you crazy!'"
Andi rolled her eyes at the punch line Sodapop said with gusto. The girls who always seemed to be hanging around the gas station giggled. They were leaning on the counter, chins in their hands, elbows resting on the countertop. Andi sucked her cola dry. She had only heard Soda's jokes millions of times before. Nobody Andi knew could round up the girls like Soda could. He was a looker, that brother of hers. Andi could feel herself dying from boredom so she decided to take a walk outside, maybe find a football to toss around for awhile.
She hadn't gotten far when Johnny ran up to join her.
"What're you doing out here by your lonesome?"
"Well, y'know… Soda and his girls… they bore me to death."
Johnny grinned one of his rare grins. Andi and Johnny had a deeper understanding about each other. Andi was a creature of the night. She didn't like to sleep early and often went out around the neighborhood while everyone else was sleeping. She always ran the risk of getting jumped by Socs taking a late-night ride, but when you're restless, you're restless. Andi was restless quite often. It got to the point where Darry got so fed up he decided Andi would be better off home schooled than sleeping her way through class every morning.
It happened that one night during her midnight wanderings, Andi found herself in front of Johnny's house. There was an amazing racket coming from inside, so Andi crouched down beside the door and listened. She did not like what she heard.
"What good are you? You're nothin' but a piece of shit, you damn bastard." The voice that came from the Cades' living room was slurring its speech. Andi winced as a loud thwacking noise indicated that Johnny was being hit hard by something other than a hand. The door opened suddenly, and Andi jumped back, pressing herself against the wall as Johnny was thrown forcefully out of the door inches away. The door slammed shut again. Andi could scarcely breathe. Johnny lay lifelessly on his front porch. She was sure he was dead.
"Johnnycake?" she whispered as she peered over at him. He looked badly bruised and shoved around. His hair was a mess, and his shirt was torn. Andi thought quickly and threw her jacket over him. Johnny moaned softly. "Come on, Johnny. We're going to my house."
Andi hoisted Johnny off the ground and supported him as they walked slowly to the Curtis home. Even though Johnny was older and taller than Andi he gave the impression of being small. Andi and the rest of the gang understood this because of his home life. Getting beaten severely more often than once in a while was enough to make anyone shrink back from everything.
Since then, Andi often ran into Johnny by accident during her late-night excursions. He was often kicked out of his home or too scared to go back. He often spent the night sleeping in the empty lot near his neighborhood or on the Curtis couch. They would often talk for a while before going their separate ways or back to the Curtis house. Either way they spent a lot of time together.
"Where is that damn football?" Andi muttered as they trudged through the open field near the gas station.
"I don't know, but-"
Johnny was cut off by the sudden roar of a car engine near by. Andi turned around just in time to see a blue Mustang skid to a halt nearby.
"Johnnycake… run," Andi said, sensing something was up.
She was right. Five Socs jumped out of the car and began making their way towards Andi and Johnny.
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters associated with The Outsiders and X- Men… although it would be nice. ((((((( But Andi is mine. (got carried away with those happy faces there… I love Windows XP)
"Glory! Darryl, come here and look at this!"
"It's a baby!"
"Who would leave a poor little thing here in our truck?"
The woman leaned over her swollen belly to reach for the baby snuggled in the front seat.
"Careful, sweetheart."
"Ah'm fine," the lady answered as she waved a hand at her husband. They were expecting their third child soon. The woman backed out of the car, clutching the little bundle of baby covered in a pale green blanket. "Why, she can't be more than a year old!"
"Honey, you're expecting in three months, you can't possibly want to-"
"We're keeping her," the woman answered firmly. "She's going to grow up in as pleasant a home as we can offer."
"Says here, her name is Andi," the man muttered, picking up a handwritten card in the front seat of the truck. He shrugged and followed his wife back into their house.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"AYOOOOOOOOOYAH, Keither!"
A loud crash issued from the Curtis living room. Two-Bit and Andi were having a wrestling match, knocking furniture about.
"WILL YOU QUIET DOWN?" Darry finally roared from the doorway. Andi and Two- Bit stared up innocently. She was sitting in his lap, a fistful of shirt in her hand, ready to deck a punch at Two-Bit's head. Both of them blinked in surprise at Darry. He was glaring at them hard enough to scare anyone to death.
"Aw, come on, Darry… we were just having some fun," Andi grumbled as she got off of Two-Bit, who jumped onto his feet and dusted himself off.
"Fun nothing. What are you doing awake so early on a Saturday?" Darry asked crossly. Andi gave him a toothy grin, and he couldn't help but grin back. The tension in the room seeped out immediately as Darry gave into Andi's charming behavior. "All right. Get up, you two, and help me get breakfast ready for the sleepyheads."
Andi had grown up in the Curtis house. She had lived there for as long as she could remember, although her "parents" had told her a long time ago that she was adopted. It wasn't totally obvious since Andi vaguely resembled her older foster brother Darry. They were both dark haired and dark skinned even though Andi was supposedly Asian and her brothers were not. There was no mistaking that she wasn't related to Sodapop and Ponyboy, however. Soda was blond haired and blue eyed just like his mother, while Ponyboy's hair was closer to the reddish-brown side. Andi had lived a happy childhood, accepted into the family like she was one of their own. Then, her world came crashing down.
When Andi was fourteen years old, the only parents she had ever known died in a tragic car crash, leaving her and her brothers orphans. Despite the gap her parents' absence left in her life, Andi willed herself to move on. She began spending time with her brothers' friends, trying to help them work out the more pressing problems in their lives. She was particularly fond of Johnny Cade, but then again everyone was particularly fond of Johnny. He was the underdog of the group, everyone's little brother. Andi, however, didn't treat him so. She treated him as she did everyone else: like an equal.
After lunch, Andi decided to accompany her only younger brother Ponyboy to the gas station where her brother Sodapop worked with his friend Steve. They happened to bump into Johnny along the way, and he decided to join them.
"…and so I says to her, 'Girl, you crazy!'"
Andi rolled her eyes at the punch line Sodapop said with gusto. The girls who always seemed to be hanging around the gas station giggled. They were leaning on the counter, chins in their hands, elbows resting on the countertop. Andi sucked her cola dry. She had only heard Soda's jokes millions of times before. Nobody Andi knew could round up the girls like Soda could. He was a looker, that brother of hers. Andi could feel herself dying from boredom so she decided to take a walk outside, maybe find a football to toss around for awhile.
She hadn't gotten far when Johnny ran up to join her.
"What're you doing out here by your lonesome?"
"Well, y'know… Soda and his girls… they bore me to death."
Johnny grinned one of his rare grins. Andi and Johnny had a deeper understanding about each other. Andi was a creature of the night. She didn't like to sleep early and often went out around the neighborhood while everyone else was sleeping. She always ran the risk of getting jumped by Socs taking a late-night ride, but when you're restless, you're restless. Andi was restless quite often. It got to the point where Darry got so fed up he decided Andi would be better off home schooled than sleeping her way through class every morning.
It happened that one night during her midnight wanderings, Andi found herself in front of Johnny's house. There was an amazing racket coming from inside, so Andi crouched down beside the door and listened. She did not like what she heard.
"What good are you? You're nothin' but a piece of shit, you damn bastard." The voice that came from the Cades' living room was slurring its speech. Andi winced as a loud thwacking noise indicated that Johnny was being hit hard by something other than a hand. The door opened suddenly, and Andi jumped back, pressing herself against the wall as Johnny was thrown forcefully out of the door inches away. The door slammed shut again. Andi could scarcely breathe. Johnny lay lifelessly on his front porch. She was sure he was dead.
"Johnnycake?" she whispered as she peered over at him. He looked badly bruised and shoved around. His hair was a mess, and his shirt was torn. Andi thought quickly and threw her jacket over him. Johnny moaned softly. "Come on, Johnny. We're going to my house."
Andi hoisted Johnny off the ground and supported him as they walked slowly to the Curtis home. Even though Johnny was older and taller than Andi he gave the impression of being small. Andi and the rest of the gang understood this because of his home life. Getting beaten severely more often than once in a while was enough to make anyone shrink back from everything.
Since then, Andi often ran into Johnny by accident during her late-night excursions. He was often kicked out of his home or too scared to go back. He often spent the night sleeping in the empty lot near his neighborhood or on the Curtis couch. They would often talk for a while before going their separate ways or back to the Curtis house. Either way they spent a lot of time together.
"Where is that damn football?" Andi muttered as they trudged through the open field near the gas station.
"I don't know, but-"
Johnny was cut off by the sudden roar of a car engine near by. Andi turned around just in time to see a blue Mustang skid to a halt nearby.
"Johnnycake… run," Andi said, sensing something was up.
She was right. Five Socs jumped out of the car and began making their way towards Andi and Johnny.
