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Disclaimer: I am not S.E Hinton and do not own The Outsiders (Well, I do own a copy of the book, muwhahah). All the characters belong to her except any characters that you are unfamiliar with, which are owned by me and any unfamiliar plot.

Author's Note: Alright! I've concluded on two things from these reviews. 1) You guys really want a Nina/Ponyboy relationship. Well, your wish is my command! 2) You want me to go along my way! Yay! I guess you all appreciate my writing. I'm so happy! I never thought I'd be cut out to write, especially fanfiction Oo. Sp I will write in my own way :)

This chapter beings where the other one left off – Recess.

"Cherry, Do you know who this belongs to?" Nina heard Millis ask Cherry as she arrived at her locker.

"Hmm, Looks like one of the liquor canisters that Randy and Bob drink from. I hate it when they drink. They go so wild," Cherry said with a disappointment in her voice. Nina lost herself in a train-of-thought as she tried to open her locker. Could it have possibly been Randy or Bob who tried coming on to her that morning? Nina didn't want to think that. It'd break Cherry or Marcia's heart if they knew what had happened, thankful Millis would keep her mouth shut and Nina wouldn't repeat what happened, not like anyone besides her, Ponyboy and his friends knew.

"Hey, Y'all come over to our table, okay?" Cherry said as she left for the cafeteria. Nina and Millis nodded. Millis looked at Nina.

"Hey, You okay? You look like your daydreaming or somethin'. I asked Cherry if she knew who owned this piece of shit, she only said that it resembled the liquor tins that her boyfriend and his friend drink from" Millis said, shaking Nina back to reality. Nina snapped out of it.

"Oh Sorry, I was just thinking" she said in a gloomy voice.

"You sure you're okay? You seemed pretty quite since this mornin' anyway."

Nina shook her head. "No, I'll be fine. Don't worry about me. Let's go eat." And so they went off to the cafeteria.

As Nina and Millis sat down with Cherry and Marcia, two boys approached their tables. One had dark hair and wore a white and blue Madras T-shirt with a ski jacket; the other one had a semi-Beatle haircut with a light-yellow shirt and wine coloured jumper on. They went behind the girls and hugged them, who almost spat out their food with surprise.

"Oh. Hey Randy. How you doing Bob?" Marcia said to the boys. Nina looked at Millis and sighed with relief. Neither of them looked like the perpetrator who attacked her that morning. Cherry smiled at the two.

"Nina, Millis. Meet Bob and Randy." Cherry said, pointing to the boys. The boys smirked and looked at both girls.

"So you must be Nina," the boy with the dark hair, who was Bob, said as he checked Nina out. Nina immediately knew what he was doing. He was presuming from the way that she dressed that she had to be a Soc. And then he looked at Millis.

"Millis, right?" Bob said in a demeaning tone. He whispered in Cherry's ear and Nina just managed to hear what he said.

"What's a Greaser doing here?" Nina saw Millis wince. She realized that she must have heard it too. Millis didn't wear clothes that a normal Soc wore. She liked to wear earthy colours, or sometimes shirts or jackets painted rainbow. If one had to judge by her appearance, she'd probably have been labelled a Greaser/Hippy.

At Cherry's reply, Bob looked flabbergasted.

"Well, how are you freshmen coping?" Bob asked the two, not really showing much interest in a reply. Nina looked down at her lunch try. Millis quickly and sarcastically said, "Fine". Cherry and Bob and Marcia and Randy sat together, cuddling. Millis looked like she was going to throw up.

"Hey. Randy, Bob, how about we go pass a few pigskins?" said a voice that gave Nina Goosebumps. Nina slowly looked up from her lunch tray, and there stood her perpetrator.

"What's with the black eye, Josh?" Randy commented to the boy. Nina started to sweat and feel confined. She felt helpless like how she did before, pinned against the locker. Her eyes started to swell, and Millis noticed it immediately, and she realized exactly why this was happening.

"I'm sorry, I have to go!" Nina jumped from the table like a caged animal and ran off, her tears rolling down her cheeks and falling to the ground like shooting stars. Millis started at the boy, her grey eyes resembled that of a storm cloud. She grabbed the canister and threw it as hard as she could at Josh's head, which got him knocked down to the ground unexpectedly. Cherry and Marcia's mouths dropped and Millis darted after Nina.

Millis found Nina in the girl's bathroom, after about 10 minutes of searching. Nina was sitting in a cubical, crying.

"Nina, It's me Millis. Please, come out of there. You can talk it over with me," Millis said quietly so only Nina could hear, as Jessica was standing about 8 feet away at the washing sink. Nina slowly came out, and Jessica left slyly. Nina took off her glasses that had fogged up, and wiped them.

"Nina… It was him, wasn't it?" Millis said in a gentle voice. Nina looked to one side of the bathroom and then replied with a soft "Yeah".

"I can ge----"Millis was broken off by Nina.

"No. I don't want anyone to do anything." Nina said in a stern voice.

"He may have taken away my dignity, but he won't get the satisfaction of knowing".

Millis realized then that Nina truly would never be like any other Soc girl, who would have probably gotten an army to get back at Josh. Millis truly respected that.

"Thanks Millis, really." Nina said to Millis as they walked down the corridor.

"Don't mention it. I'll see you next class" Millis replied and ran off to her next subject. Millis had cheered Nina up a bit, but that ran into class time. When Nina had arrived in Chemistry, she realized that she was late. The room had 10 tables enough to fit two each. As she arrived, her teacher Mr. Todd looked a bit mad, but let her off. He saw the tear marks across her face, and told her to take a seat. There was only one seat left, and that was next to Ponyboy. She approached him and smiled, asking:

"Mind if I sit next to you?" Ponyboy looked at her and coolly replied "Yeah", but in fact, he wanted to reply " Yeah! Don't even ask next time!" He too, noticed the tear marks on her face as she sat there, opening her chemistry book. He didn't know why, but he felt like stretching out his hand and caressing her cheek, but resisted the urge when Mr. Todd spoke out.

"Alright class, the person who you're seated with will be your lab partner for the rest of the semester, and possibly the year." Nina looked at Ponyboy, and felt her cheeks burn and quickly turned back to the front of the class. This may have been her lucky day, for she did not know why, but she wanted to get to know Ponyboy more.

"Hahaha, she's stuck with him," David said to Jessica, his lab partner, who cracked up laughing. Nina didn't do anything. She was too emotional worn out, and as long as it didn't bother Ponyboy, it was fine. He was in fact, the only Greaser in her Chemistry class.

"You said your only 12 and your birthday is on Valentines Day, right?" Ponyboy asked Nina.

"Ah…. Sorry? Oh yeah, the 14th of February, why do you ask?" Nina said cheerfully, taking her eyes from her textbook.

"And you started school at 5? That means your only going to be 13 next year!"

"Ah… I was put up a grade when I was 8 and I did start a year earlier."

"Yeah, so was I. But I started school at 6."

"Wow, you sure must be smart"

"My brother Darry thinks so to and wants me to study hard so I can go to college… It was his dream. But ever since my Mom and Dad died, he couldn't and had to look after me and Sodapop" Nina looked at Ponyboy sympathetically, but tried not to show it to hard. She didn't think he'd like a Soc to give him sympathy. This made her a bit mad, because as long as she had that title, she might never get to know people outside the Socialites.

After Chemistry, Ponyboy met up with Louis, and Nina did the same with Millis as they headed to History.

The History room had a collage of cut out National Geographic pictures along the walls, and a huge blow-up atlas hanging from the ceiling. The teacher, Ms. Dona seemed very timid and simply set the work on the black board. Occasionally, she'd come around to a few people and give them a lecture on what they were studying and sometimes try and stop the Greasers in the back of the room from fighting, even though everyone could see that she was afraid of them for not a real good reason. Maybe that was just because she was a young teacher. Nina didn't get much time to talk with Millis, and couldn't talk to Ponyboy because he was sitting in the back, so she just did her work.

"Hey Ponyboy, how come I never see you at the cafeteria?" Nina said to Ponyboy as they left the classroom for lunch.

"Two-Bit takes me and my friends down to the dime store to buy food. Anyway, most Greasers don't like it in there, with all the Socs," Ponyboy replied. Nina played with her glasses a bit.

"Oh, Alright. I'll see you at Sport, Ponyboy" Nina said and Ponyboy walked off. Millis looked at Nina, whose cheeks were as red as rubies.

"Hahahaha" Millis giggled. Nina looked confused.

"Millis? What is it?"

"Nothing, Really. HAHAHAHA" Nina blushed.

"Millis, tell me!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Nina sighed and they walked to their lockers.

When they got there, Cherry was standing there, tapping her right foot in frustration.

"Millis, why did you do that?" She asked. Millis looked at Nina, who was about to say something, but didn't get the chance to.

"Because I felt like it. You should also watch how your boyfriend talks about me. Next time, I won't miss, you savvy?" Millis said, lying. Nina looked shocked. Millis simply gave back a look to her that said, "Don't say anything".

"Shoot, Millis! Poor Josh had been jumped the other night! And now you hurt him some more!" Cherry said angrily, and stormed off.

"He got jumped my foot!" Millis said to Nina.

"I guess he's told a different story… It's okay"

"No, it's not Nina! No one has the right to violate someone!" Millis almost shouted, causing a few students nearby to look at her.

"Millis… You didn't have to lie, you could have told the truth and defended yourself… Thank You" Nina said, her eyes almost at the brink of crying again.

Millis patted Nina on the back. "I promised I wouldn't tell anyone, and I'll keep to that promise," she whispered into Nina's ear.

Lunchtime seemed to pass quickly, at least for Nina. Millis and her were in the library, Millis doodling on her notebook whilst Nina read Great Expectations. Nina managed to get from page 15-65; she only snapped out of a reading frenzy when the bell rang, and quickly headed to the Gym.

The girl's in Nina's year were already there, the boys outside being tested on their fitness ability by Mr. Walker. This meant that she wouldn't be able to talk with Ponyboy. Nina and Millis got changed quickly, and had to join in a running drill courtesy of their sports teacher, Ms. Scarf. She didn't give a damn who was a Soc or a Greaser. Unless they did what they were told, she'd make them do push-ups.

"I bet she doesn't shave" sniggered Jessica to her friend about Ms. Scarf, who overheard.

"Ms. Brown, you may do 30 push-ups, NOW! The rest of you, 2 laps of the basketball court, 20 star jumps and 10 sit ups!"

The other girls did what they were told, most of the Soc girls hesitantly, and the most of the Greaser girls went back into the changing rooms to have a smoke.

After the girls did a warm-up, Ms. Scarf set up a few drills so that she could measure the girls' fitness abilities. They had to do 5 exercises: Walking across a balance beam, running their fastest around the basketball court, a standing broad jump, catching and passing a basketball without dropping it and climbing up a rope.

Nina excelled at the balance beam, standing broad jump and catching and passing – mostly due to her gymnastic and hand-eye co-ordination skills taught at her old school. Millis did exceptionally well at the dribbling a basketball, running around the basketball court and climbing a rope. Most of the girls couldn't climb up the rope, as if it was physically impossible. Two girls even collapsed whilst they were running around the basketball court, only because they were smoking earlier and couldn't breathe.

After that, the girls were allowed free time to do anything. Some stayed inside to re-do their tests, most of the girls went outside, sitting on the bleachers to watch the boys do their thing, or have a smoke, besides the fact that the Gym was stuffy. Nina and Millis went outside and like many others, sat high up on the bleachers.

Millis was laughing hysterically at the girls who were flirting with the boys – who got distracted and lost concentration whilst doing their exercises. Nina was reading Great Expectations again. She had forgotten to put it away.

"Hey, why did you bring a --- Look! There's Ponyboy!" Millis started off one thing and then changed the subject, pointing down to the track course. Nina looked away from her book, and looked down onto the track. There was Ponyboy, doing a 100m sprint. He was very far ahead of his competitors.

"Man, he sure does run like a Pony" Millis said, cracking up. Nina thought that maybe being high up on the bleachers made to much blood rush to Millis' head. Nina watched him sprint; he looked like a professional athlete, running that fast, it looked as if he did it without putting any effort into it.

"He'll most likely get into the A-Squad track team" Nina commented, admiring the track for a moment then going back to reading her book.

Once everyone had changed from their gym clothes, the home time bell went and everyone was stocked to leave. The first week of school always did seem like a long one.

Millis and Nina walked out to the car park, ready to be picked up.

"Hey Nina, you up for going to watch a movie tonight? You can come over to my house tonight, and then we can go see something at the Nightly Double" Millis said to Nina.

"I'll have to ask my father, he'll probably let me." Nina replied. "Though, is the Nightly Double like a theatre? I haven't really been out much, I only came back from boarding school 2 weeks ago". Millis raised her eyebrows.

"I guess I'll have to show you around a bit. How about my dad picks you up at 6?"

"Alright, but let me call you first to make sure. I can hardly remember Tulsa since last summer." Nina looked out at the school gate.

"Here comes my dad," she said, pointing towards her father's blue Mustang. Millis smiled, getting out a pencil and scribbling something on a post-it.

"Don't forget to call! I'll be waiting!" Millis said to Nina ecstatically, handing her the post-it with her phone number on it. Nina grinned and waved to Millis, then entered her father's car that steadily drove off. Millis really had made her day.

"Hello Daddy, how did the inspection go?" Nina asked her Dad as they were driving home.

"Well Nina-bear, It went unexpectedly well." Replied her father. Nina smirked when he called her by her affectionate name, usually when he was in a very good mood.

"The inspector ended up having a sore tooth and got me to fix it for him. He loved the service so much that he said we passed the inspection with flying colours, and that he'd recommend his colleagues to come to me with their dental problems"

Nina looked down and smirked. Her wish had come true. He looked at her when they stopped at a red light.

"Who was that young girl who was waving to you?" he asked, referring to Millis.

"Oh, that's my friend Millis Rowett. She's my new friend." Nina replied cheerfully. Her father glanced at her and smiled. Nina usually didn't have many friends, not a lot of people ever bothered to get to know her. When her classmates at boarding school usually looked at her, they thought she was just a plain-Jane. People always judged her for what she did, usually always reading a book during lunchtime, and for how she looked – most of it had to do with her glasses.

Nina just remembered then about what she and Millis were talking about before she left.

"Umm, Daddy, do you mind if me and Millis go see a movie tonight? She's inviting me over to her house first, and then we're going somewhere called the Nightly Double to see a movie." Nina asked her dad in a quiet voice. He glanced at her from the road as if he was thinking something bad. But then he grinned happily, revealing his perfect dentists' teeth.

"As long as you have no homework, you can go out anytime, as long as you're back by 10" he replied. He was not only happy that she had made a friend, but that she also was going out somewhere, rather than her usual routine of staying at home and reading.

When they arrived home, Nina ran into the living room and phoned Millis as if she was dying to tell her something. She dialled the number, and was answered by a deep, sleepy voice.

"No ma! Tell 'er to quit it! --- Yeah, what-do-ya want?" answered the person on the other end of the phone. Nina felt shy, as if she regretted dialling the number.

"A-ah, could I please speak to Millis?" Nina asked in a squeaky voice.

"Hold on a sec" replied the person. "MILLIS, GET YOUR BUTT DOWN 'ERE!" Nina could hear a faint "I'm coming, I'm coming. Keep your hat on" in the background.

"Hello?" said another voice.

"Millis? It's Nina. My dad said that I could come over tonight". There was a loud squealing on the other end of the phone line.

"Good, good! Just tell me where you live and my dad'll pick you up." She said, getting a pen and paper. Nina told her where she lived, and Millis giggled.

"That's only 3 blocks away from me. This is going to be so much fun! And wear something wild". She sure seemed happy about all this. Nina replied with an "Ah Ha".

"Okay, Alright. I'll be waiting, yeah, bye Millis." Nina said, hanging up the phone.

Her dad was there in the living room. He told her to come over to the coffee table, where a $50 note was sitting on the table.

"Judging from that conversation, I'm guessing you're going to have some fun tonight. Here is your allowance." Her dad smiled, sitting on the couch. Nina raised her eyebrows at him in disbelief.

"$50? Isn't that a bit to m---" Nina was cut off.

"Too little right? Here's another 50" her father said cheerfully, taking out his wallet and putting another $50 onto the coffee table. Nina's eyes opened up wide.

"Don't worry, the inspector gave me a very large tip". Nina shrugged, and took the money. It seemed more like a college fund than an allowance. She usually didn't spend money on anything but books, which caused her to have a substantial amount of money hidden in her wardrobe.

Nina sat down on the couch with her father and was locked into a hug.

"My little Nina is growing up so fast" he whispered into her ear. Nina couldn't resist smiling, but at the same time thought that if growing up meant that boys would violate her, she didn't like the idea of it.

Alright, I don't think this is my best chapter so far. Sorry if I let anyone down. Will try and make up for it in the next few chapters. The next one will involve a little rundown on Millis' past. Oh, and I'm doing the Outsiders for English right now at school, so I might sometimes not be able to post chapters up because we have work to do (had to do an essay this week – that's why there was a delay).