Different way of thinking

Summary: Yet another outsiders story from ME! Yup yup yup...this one is different though. Eleni is a Soc and she thought her life was made until she meets Two-Bit Matthews and then everything she thought was right suddenly seemed wrong.

Disclaimer: I own no one blah blah blah lol

A/N: Thanks for the reviews :-) Sorry for all the big paragraphs…I've tried splitting them up a bit more! PLEASE REVIEW!

Sweetypie15-I know I can do a lot more, I'm just lazy and having a bit of writers block hehe but I'm glad that you're enjoying the story!

Trench Mouth-Thanks…good to hear people like this story!

Feeling Lower Than Low

After school I walked to the local park and sat against the trunk of my favourite oak tree. I leaned my bag against my leg and brought my legs up to my chest, hiding my face in them. The day at school had been the worst and I just wanted everything to go back how it was before I had met Two-Bit, before I had stood up for what I believed in. I should have just turned away and ignored it, because that is the kind of stuff that happens in this town. I had to sit by myself in the cafeteria and if you had thought that I would be left in peace, you were wrong. I could still feel the sticky milk in my hair. The kids in this town were really nasty pieces of work, but it was my entire fault. I shouldn't have got mixed up with Two-Bit and all them.

"This is a park for Socs only" A passing boy spat at me. I ignored him, as I had been all day long. News really did travel fast and especially when it concerned a Soc. I understood that people didn't make comments like that to be nasty to me personally it was just their personal duty as a member of society to insult the ones that have been rejected.

I hated feeling like this. I might have the comforts of being home again but at what price? I had to stop talking to the only people who ever really gave a damn about me. The only good thing to come out of it was that I didn't ever have to talk to Dally again. I sighed as I thought of Dally. That boy was nothing but trouble, but still I could not help and still feel something for him when I thought about him. There was something about him that really attracted me to him even though I knew he was bad news for me. Perhaps it was my fault that he had kissed that other girl, because I never did show any sign of wanting to be with him now did I? It was all pretty confusing but it couldn't be confusing anymore because there was no way that I could be with him.

After spending half an hour sitting against the tree, I decided it was time that I went home. I picked up my bag and slowly walked the five minutes that it took to get home. As soon as I walked through the door my Mom was grilling me for not being home straight after school.

"Where have you been? You've been out with those...those..."

"Greasers, Mom. They are greasers. And no I wasn't, I was at the park" I replied calmly as I walked up the stairs. Moms eyes were bugging as I walked away but I didn't really care, I just wanted to lie down in bed.

"Get back down here young lady!" I sighed and went back down the stairs, standing in front of Mom. I would have normally ignored her but I was already treading on thin ice as it was. "Now tell me the truth right now" I had to stop myself from yelling at her.

"I am telling the truth, Mom. I went to the park five minutes from here and sat by the oak tree. Would you like me to go get some witnesses for you?" I couldn't stop the sarcasm from sinking into my voice.

"Do not take that tone with me! Go to your room!" I turned and walked back up the stairs bitterly thinking 'That's where I was going before you made me go back down'. I slammed my door shut, threw my bag on the ground and then flopped onto my bed. I was so miserable at this point in time and I just wanted out. Just as I was thinking this, I heard the phone rang. I heard Mom pick up as I couldn't be bothered picking it up since it wouldn't be for me.

"Eleni! It's for you!" Mom shouted from downstairs. I picked up the phone, surprised to find that anyone would be calling me.

"Hello?" I asked uncertainly.

"Hey Eleni. It's Kate here" Kate? Kate was a girl in a couple of my classes at school. Kate seemed nice enough but we hung out with different groups and her group used to be less popular than mine.

"Oh hey Kate. How are you?" I asked, unsure of what else to say.

"I'm good. How about you?"

"I'm alright" I lied. I was horrible.

"Well me and my friends were going to Rusty's and we were wondering if you wanted to come along?" I was shocked, to say the least.

"Haven't you heard all the stories? You shouldn't be even talking to me now" Kate laughed,

"Hey we all have stories to our names, it's the way high school goes. Come on, it will be fun" I considered this for a moment. What if they were just doing this to trick me? What if they were going to do something really horrible to me. Well it couldn't make me feel any worse than I was already feeling,

"Ok, that sounds nice"

"Ok we will pick you up in ten minutes. Where do you live?" I gave Kate directions to my house and then hung up. It was so weird to have that happened to me. Why were they wanting to be my friend after all that had gone on? Perhaps there were some decent people out there. I grabbed my purse and headed downstairs.

"Mom, I am going to go out with some friends"

"What friends?" I couldn't help but be hurt by the coldness in her voice, as if she was accusing me of having no friends.

"Kate Hues and her friends. You know the hues, they live a couple of streets over and have been here for a few parties before"

"Are you sure you aren't lying to me?"

"I am sure, Mom. You will even see her as they pull up. Look there they are now. Decent folk are in that car, nothing less"

"Ok. Goodbye" I nodded and walked out the door to the car, which was waiting for me on the side of the street. I opened the car door and climbed into the car, sitting next to Ross Payton who was an attractive boy in my year. Kate and her boyfriend, Clayton were in the front seat. Kate turned around and smiled warmly,

"It's good you could come. We decided you needed some cheering up after all the stuff that's happened" There was a brief awkward pause before she kept on talking, "We will probably go to the movies afterwards if that is ok with you. You don't have a curfew, do you?" I shook my head as Clayton started driving to Rusty's.

It turned out to be a good night and nothing bad happened the whole time. Ross was even flirting with me a little during the night. The night made me feel happy because I was feeling normal again, as if nothing had ever happened. Mom didn't even grill me about everything I did when I got home at eleven so I was able to slip into my bedroom easily and smile. I was glad that Kate had invited me out because I knew her and her friends were nice and perhaps this would get my life back to the way it was before I met those dirty greasers.

A/N: Perhaps Eleni is getting bitter? I'm not sure how much of the greasers will appear in the next few chapters but I will try to include them a bit more! Please review!