Disclaimer: I don't own the Outsiders sadly, though in my dreams they are all mine (innocent look) They belong to the brilliant S.E. Hinton. Lara is mine though. Yay for me! I own something!!! And that line about the lost puppy, that belongs to S.E. Hinton too. :(.
Chapter 1: Escaping from Reality
"What the hell were you thinking!" an angry woman yelled at a cowering girl. "How could anyone be that stupid! You don't have any common sense! What's the matter with you?!" She raised her hand in anger and the girl braced herself for the hit. It came suddenly; so sharp that it snapped the girl's head to the side, her medium length, brown hair whipped around and covered her face. Her cheek was stinging now. She knew it was going to bruise. She also knew that her step-mom must be really mad to have struck her that hard on the first hit.
The girl silently submitted to whatever punishment was going to come her way. Her brilliant green and orange eyes were the only windows to her emotions. They were filled with pain and shame. Her eyes never stopped showing her constant pain, no matter how much she tried to hide it. Everything about her showed a pretty normal lifestyle. The only odd thing was her constant blue jeans jacket to hide all of the scars. As she took her beating her amazing eyes became stormy and lost. They always looked sad. She reminded people of a lost puppy that had been kicked too many times. Throughout her torture, she never made a sound. She never let these monsters have the satisfaction of knowing she was in pain. She stood still, trying to stand tall but finding it was harder and harder to do so. Yet she never made a sound, never let tears come to her eyes. Crying would be futile. It wouldn't help anything. Besides, too many tears had been lost over this same subject.
When the punishment finally stopped, Lara found that her step-mom wasn't alone. Her stepsisters and stepfather had join in. Some may think it was weird that she had a step-mom and a step-dad together. But they didn't know the story. Besides, Lara didn't care what they thought. They didn't care about her either. "That will teach you to forget your errands," the angry woman screamed. She had been screaming the whole time, but the words had blended with the blows, becoming an incessant buzzing sound, not making any sense. The foursome left the room, allowing Lara to wallow in her pain. She didn't have time though. Her whole body ached and she was bleeding in many places. Her world went black as she passed out from all of the pain. She finally managed to do thing she had been trying to do since she got home. She escaped from reality.
A/N :: Well what do you think so far? I know its short but my mum is yelling at me to hurry up and get ready. Ugh. Mother's aren't fun. Review Please! You know you want to. You just wanna hit that little button in the corner. It's calling to you! But please, no flames! Flames are no fun, like Mothers. And the Outsiders will be in the next chapter. Please tell me what you think! Love Always, Cowboy or Sodapop