Disclaimer: In case you haven't noticed yet, I am not S.E. Hinton and I do not own The Outsiders
Bonniecat- It feels so great to have somebody say good things about this after saying they hate Curtis sister stories. I was criticized by my friend's little sister (the biggest Two-Bit fan to ever walk this Earth) about the sideburn remarks… If you want, I can go change her response to him getting jumped to make it seem realistic. Its things like that, they seem fine until somebody reviews and mentions them. Then, you're like 'Oh, shit, did I really do that?' Thanks for bringing that up though. I appreciate it a lot.
Darry was at work, and Soda was at the game with Steve, Sandy and Evie. It was up to me to walk my brother to the corner of Pickett and Sutton. Darry wanted me to make sure he got there okay. I wasn't going to say no to my big, older brother.
We met Johnny on the way and the three of us walked together. Dally was already there. The decided to go to the drugstore since they were early. I decided to join them since there was nothing else to do. At the drugstore they goofed off, they did the type of stuff a 10 year old might do. They blew straws at the waitress. We went to the Dingo and watched a fight for a bit. I left when the blades came out, so did the others. The fuzz picked up anybody at the scene if there were blades. We weren't that dumb. Darry'd kill me or Pony, Johnny followed us (I doubt he would've stayed) and Dally just got out of jail. Dally, Pony, and Johnny chased some kids around. I must say, Pony runs fast.
Dally saw these two girls and chose seats right behind them. I recognized them from school, they were juniors. One girl had short brown hair, I believed her to be Marcia. She and her red haired friend, Cherry, were cheerleaders. Dally was trying to embarrass them by talking dirty. Cherry wasn't getting embarrassed, just pissed.
Johnny had left to get a coke as soon as he realized what Dally was up too. Cherry told Dally to leave her alone and he listened. He listened. I can't believe he listened. Cherry and Marcia started to talk to Pony. I would've been better off leaving. I wasn't being noticed and the movie just showed a lot of picture perfect girls in bikinis. They talked about Soda, they questioned about his absence from school. I could tell Pony was embarrassed when he said he dropped out.
Johnny came back, followed shortly after by the one and only Dallas Winston. He couldn't stay away long. He had an armful of cokes. He passed them out, including one for me. Marcia took hers gratefully and Cherry threw hers at Dally. She started yelling at him but he wouldn't listen.
Finally, one brave soul spoke up. The brave soul happened to be Johnny. Everybody was shocked that Johnny said something. I mean, Johnny was petrified of his own shadow. It's because he was beaten up badly by Socs. He cried that day, the only time I ever saw him cry. He has a scar on his face from that.
Dally left, this time for good. Marcia invited the two boys to sit up with them. They probably didn't realize I was there. I knew they forgot. Pony and Johnny were talking to Soc cheerleaders; they weren't going to remember me. I was like a sister to Johnny and Pony's sister.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Two-Bit creeping over. He clamped his hands down on Johnny's and Pony's shoulder and in a deep voice said, "Okay greasers, you've had it."
Both boys jumped out of their seats, it was quit funny. Johnny went pale and sat there breathing heavily. Pony turned around. I chuckled lightly, even though I felt terrible for Johnny. Two-Bit apologized, boy; he was really stupid at times. How did I wind up with friends like these?
Two-Bit was actually looking for Dally. Well, Tim Shepard was looking for Dally. Two-Bit was giving Dal the heads up. It seems that Dally was caught slashing Tim's tires. It was going to be a one on one skin fight. If it wasn't a rumble, I didn't care. Actually, rumbles weren't important to me. I didn't fight in them. I stayed home and waited until people came home bruised and bloody. That was the fun stuff. I normally make sure we have enough rags and band-aids, you know, all that crap.
Cherry and Pony left to go get cokes and popcorn. I sat back, wishing I hadn't come. Even with Two-Bit I was going unnoticed. Two-Bit and Marcia hit it off real well. It's too bad she wasn't a blonde. The other three sat silently. That was dumb. A decent, Soc girl was sitting next to them and they sat there, silently.