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oOoDancingQueenoOo: Yes, I checked Chronologically :P Cuz if it was in 1966, then Bob would be dead lol.
lady rose 05: Thanks, I thought it was kind of bad because I'm getting writers block.
QTpie4: Really? Thanks :D I'll try, like I said in between school.
DramaticAngel: Great to know that, bad if you really have a teacher like mine. Well, In 3 weeks we switch teachers because we're going to do Holes in English. By the way, I looove Witches in Tulsa. You changed Bring Me to Life to Witches in Tulsa 2. Oh, and I was Zaperking, the one who reviewed it. That was before I made an account here :P
Timmycheese: Lol, I said it was sad to see her cry. :P You tell me who I should pair her up with, though I have my own idea. Let's say it's a betrayal for all that she stands for.TheAngryPrincess13: Trying my best.
sweetypie15: I'll try, I'm awefully busy :P
EbonyDayDreamer: I read your story. I like it too :P
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. AND S.E HINTON BELONGS TO HERSELF, OKAY?
Author's Note: Still got homework and having a bit of writer's block. Trying not to let my writing slip. Enjoy Chapter 6. There's an easter egg in it :P Also, I had to replace Chapter 1, 2 and 4. Main reason : Ages and Dates. Since this is in 1965, Nina is actually 12, Ponyboy is 13, Darry only turns 20 in 1966, Ponyboy turns 14 like in July 1966, according to the book. So I just edited it, otherwise it wouldn't make sense saying that Ponyboy went up a year if he's going to be the same age as everyone else, and Nina started earlier, and was put up yet is only 1 year younger. Sorry for the inconvenience.
"Uhh, W-what time is it?" Nina said yawning as she woke up the next day. The sun was shining brightly in between the curtain cracks. She placed her hand onto her night table, feeling for her clock.
"7 o'clock!" she exclaimed as she looked at the clock, jumping out of bed and running into her father's bedroom. The bed was done and there was a hint that someone had dressed there earlier. She descended downstairs and walked into the kitchen. Her father was having breakfast, eggs and toast with tea. As she came in, he raised his teacup at her.
"Good morning dear, how did you sleep?" he said, biting his toast with his other hand.
"Uhh Dad, why didn't you wake me up earlier, and why aren't you at work already?" she said, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
"You looked so peaceful in your sleep, hunny" he replied, standing up to get Nina a plate with her eggs and toast already done. He instructed her to sit down, got her a fork and knife and handed it to her.
"My first client is at 10o'clock so I thought you could sleep in, especially after last night. You walked in and went straight to bed. You must have been really tired," he said, making Nina some tea with lemon. Nina nodded her head in agreement.
"I did have P.E yesterday" she added, cutting the egg in tiny pieces and chewing on them. Her father asked her how the previous night had been.
"Oh, It was really fun. First Mrs. Rowett showed me around her house, and then Millis and I walked up the Ribbon to the Nightly Double. There I met a friend from class, Ponyboy and his friend Johnny, and we watched Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" she said, happily munching on her toast.
"My, that's a strange name" her father replied.
"What is?" she asked. She thought he was talking about the name of the movie.
"That child's name." Her father said, looking up from his tea mug as he leaned against the kitchen counter.
"I rather like it. It's unique for one, and has it's own personality" Nina sipping on her tea.
Her father smiled at her, and they continued eating their breakfast.
Nina arrived to school at a normal time. Her father dropped her off and handed her a chequered red and blue cardigan as she exited the car. It was cold that morning.
Millis greeted Nina as she walked up to her locker. Nina politely replied with a greeting and got out her books. She was thinking about last night still, but was interrupted by the sound of Millis' teeth rattling.
"Millis, here" Nina said as she handed Millis her cardigan. Millis looked as if she dressed hurriedly, wearing black sneakers, jeans and a T-shirt and her hair was simply tied back. Millis took it without hesitation and put it on.
"My Ma slept in and didn't wake me up. Mike couldn't be bothered waking up to come today" she said, wondering how cosy Nina must be in her woolly white top, her grey knee length skirt and white stockings. Nina smiled and nodded, explaining that her father thought that she should have slept in, otherwise she'd have been at school earlier.
Wednesday's first class for Nina was Geography, run by Mr. Roddrick. The only people Nina recognised in the class besides Millis was David and Louis, and surprisingly Johnny. Mr. Roddrick talked and didn't give any work out. He was talking about his ideas about some sort of global pressure cooker, something to do with C20 releases that could change the temperature of the planet. Nina asked Johnny what he was doing in a freshman class. He said that was kept down a year, same with Two-Bit. Geography would be the only class that Johnny and Nina would see each other in. That and Sport.
After Geography was Maths. Ms. Bishop was her normal self, handing detentions to the Greasers and praising Jessica, Nina and the other Soc girls. Ms. Bishop came up to Nina and stamped her book, saying that she could become an Architect with her great understanding of length and plotting out the number plane. Jessica sat next to Nina that period and copied her work. Nina didn't approve of it, but there was nowhere else to move to.
At recess, Nina and Millis were invited over to Jessica's table in the Cafeteria. Marcia was eying Millis from afar where she sat with Cherry, Bob and Randy.
Jessica was going on about how she was already planning a Halloween Party at her house, which was over 6 weeks away.
"Sadly, Daddy is making me invite those no-goods." Jessica stated about the Greasers.
"He said it would look bad on him and me if we weren't fair to everyone, otherwise I wouldn't have them there". Millis grunted at that. Nina was placed into a conversation over what she was wearing. Jessica's friends were asking where she bought her clothes, for they wanted them. Nina shrugged and said that her father bought them for her. They giggled and asked if Nina wanted to go shopping with them on Sunday.
"I-I can't. I have church on Sundays." They looked at each other, and looked back at her.
One pretty blonde with curly hair wearing a blue blouse said:
"Fine, waste your time there if you want". She looked to old to be a freshman. She turned out to be a Mariah Lowan, a sophomore and a family friend of Jessica's. The others laughed and continued talking about each other's clothes. Millis was busy arguing with Jessica over her own fashion sense. Nina looked down at her lunch tray and blushed. She didn't like the conversation.
Nina got irritated and left Millis there after a while. As she walked back to her locker, she saw Ponyboy up ahead standing with Sodapop and Johnny. Soda nudged Ponyboy and waved to Nina.
"Hey there!" he said, pushing Ponyboy in front.
"Good Morning Sodapop." She replied, looking at him. "You too, Ponyboy and Johnny".
"Why aren't you sitting with those friends of yours?" said Steve who came out of a room.
Nina looked down at her feet for a moment, then looked up and flicked her hair to one side.
"They may be my friends, but that doesn't mean I like idle chatter…" Steve smirked at that remark.
"Nina, What'cha doing ov—HEY SODAPOP!" squealed Mariah, running up the corridor up to Sodapop. Ponyboy and Johnny backed off.
"What's my handsome man doing today?" she said, jumping up and down.
"I'm not your man" Soda replied smoothly.
"Now, now. You don't have to be shy in front of your…friends" she replied, glaring at Steve, Ponyboy and Johnny with contempt. Steve didn't want to join in so he snuck back into the room that he was in before Johnny followed but Ponyboy stayed with Nina.
"I reckon we should get outa here," he whispered to her. Nina nodded and they crept off, listening to Mariah talk to Sodapop as if they were boyfriend and girlfriend.
"I didn't know your brother was going out with… well… a 'Soc'" Nina said, remembering the whole Soc and Greaser situation, not understanding how Steve – Soda's best friend would consent to him having a Soc for a girlfriend. Ponyboy laughed.
"He's not. Mariah reckons he does because a lot of guys have been asking her out over the summer holidays. She thinks she's good enough to have my brother. She even kept coming over and visiting at the DX where he works all round summer.". Nina raised one eyebrow. They continued walking on. Ponyboy stared at a girl wearing yellow as they walked past her. His ears reddened but then turned back to normal when Nina stopped.
"It's a cold day today. Are you sure you're warm enough in that?" Nina remarked at Ponyboy's T-shirt with the sleeves cut off. Nina could see the Goosebumps on his arms, most likely because they were standing near the breezy front door. Nina put her hand down her jumper and plucked out woolly blue scarf that was concealed earlier. She handed it to Ponyboy and smiled. He was hesitant but decided to take it.
"Thanks" he said. Nina placed the scarf in his hands, and in doing so, touched them. She felt a tingle run through her body. Ponyboy felt it to and jumped back.
"Ahh, must be the static from the scarf rubbing against my jumper," she said shyly, digging her foot into the ground. Ponyboy placed the scarf loosely around his neck.
Suddenly the bell rang and Nina looked up at Ponyboy. She thought that scarf matched his greenish-greyish eyes, which seemed to look blue in the light – maybe a reflection of the actual scarf. Ponyboy gave Nina a confused look. It was then that she realised that she was blushing, again.
"O-oh. Time to get our textbooks for the next two periods. We h-have English next, so I'll see you there" Nina said dazedly. Ponyboy nodded and walked her back down the corridor to the corner where she turned towards her locker, and he continued on.
"Nina, I'd like you to stay after class" Mr. Syme directed at Nina, as the rest of her English class anticipated for 4th period bell to ring. As it rang, the rest of the class left, some thought that Nina was introuble, even though she had done nothing to make it seem that way. Nina approached Mr. Syme's desk with her textbooks in one hand.
"Nina, You are awfully bright for my class" he started. "If you ever want extra work, that can be arranged. I do enjoy it when my students take the initiative to better themselves". Nina nodded. "Sure thing, Mr. Syme. And your Book Club is on at lunch time today, right?" It was Mr. Symes turn to nod. "I'd expected that you'd be interested," he said with a cheery grin. Nina grinned back "I look forward to it" she replied and excused herself to her next class.
4th period was Social Studies with Mrs. Harrison again. She paired the students up and made them write down and discuss ways that the Civil War could have been avoided. Nina was with Nicholas, and she didn't seem to mind. He knew almost everything that was required for her to have known about the Civil War, so she just jotted down anything that he wrote. On the other hand, Millis was stuck with David. The class was sometimes interrupted when Millis and David bickered, and it wasn't even about the Civil War. Whatever they were talking about, Nina could see the vein on Millis' forehead pumping with blood, and David was red and turned his back to her.
"I have to eat fast," Nina said, as she quickly started to munch at Wednesday's mystery meat special. She did it gracefully though, even though she was in a rush.
"W-why" Jessica interrupted between slurps of her orange juice.
"Book Club" Mariah blatantly said. Millis rolled her eyes.
"And shouldn't you be hanging out with the sophomores?" Millis said.
"I will. I'm just waiting for Sodapop" she replied.
"Oh yeah. You're so lucky to be his girlfriend," said a girl sitting next to Jessica.
"Nah ah, He's the lucky one" said Millis with sarcasm. Nina told her what had happened during recess. Mariah gave Millis a dirty look and turned back towards the rest of them.
"Finally. All right, bye girls, bye Millis" Nina said, picking up her lunch tray and walking off.
"It's good to see that you could make it" Mr. Syme said to Nina as she sat down at the Book Club table, situated in the Library. There was already a girl sitting down on the opposite side of the table, writing down notes in her book.
"This, Nina, is Susan Eloise H—"
"No need for formalities, Sir." Said Susan, still continuing to write.
"Oh, Hi, I'm Nina" she said, taking a seat at the table.
"Yeah, I got it. Good to see that the freshmen are getting involved in extra curricular activities" Susan said.
"Susan is a junior," Mr. Syme added. "And one heck of a writer. What's the current story that you're writing about, Susan?"
"I haven't even given it a name yet. Probably The Insiders, The JDs. I'm not sure yet." She said.
"I hope I'm not late" Nina heard someone murmur. A girl with braces, dressed in yellow, was standing behind her. It was the same girl that Ponyboy had stared at earlier that day.
"Hello Cathy. Take a seat. This here is Nina, and that's Susan. Nina, Susan, meet Cathy." Mr Syme introduced the girl.
"Yeah, Hi" said Susan, putting her left hand up and waving it, as her right hand wrote. Nina simply smiled and said "Hello".
The Book Club went by pretty fast. Mr. Syme asked the 2 freshmen girls what style of books they liked. Nicholas was reading 2 tables away with 2 friends. Mr. Syme asked if they would like to have joined, but he declined. He was really shy.
"Alright Girls. I'd like you to read 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' by next week, and then we can discuss it" said Mr. Syme, handing the three girls copies of the books.
"Hoping to see you next week," he said as the girls stood up.
"Yes Sir" Cathy said.
"Of course, Sir. I wouldn't miss it" Nina said.
"It's a date, Sir" Susan said. And they all left the Library for their last classes of the day.
That afternoon, Nina had Ms. Bishop again. The class went slowly, and no body talked during the lesson. Ms. Bishop looked a bit mad for some reason, probably aggravated from her last class before lunch. All she did was set some maths on the blackboard and sat at her desk, reading a book with a Pirate ripping off a woman's top on the cover.
After that, Nina had Chemistry again with Mr. Todd, Same seats as before. Mr. Todd got them to open their science textbooks to a page about different types of rocks. Igneous, Metamorphic, Plutonic, Sedimentary etc. Every pair got some gear and they had to recreate their own sedimentary rocks in a vial by mixing sand, gravel, and dirt with water then letting it all settle. After that, they wrote up a practical report and answered some questions from their textbooks.
After class, Ponyboy went up to Nina and handed back her scarf.
"Thanks. It's pretty snug," he said. Nina giggled.
"Y-Yeah, I guess so". That's all she could say. She kind of didn't know what to say next. Ponyboy scratched his chin and lifted his eyebrows.
"Well, Two-Bit is probably waiting to drive me and Johnny home. See ya" he said.
"See you tomorrow" Nina replied, walking off in her direction and catching up with Millis.
They walked to the front of the school, where they both saw their Dads talking to eachother, and laughing.
"How about I come roun' for a check up? I haven't seen a dentist in a long while" Mr. Rowett said to Nina's father. He laughed and said "Sure, that's my job" and they shook hands.
"Here they come," added Nina's father. Mr. Rowett smiled as Millis came.
"There she is, my Millicent". Millis clenched her fist.
"So you must be Millis, and you look as how I had imagined" Nina's father said.
Millis unclenched her hands and scratched her head, smiling.
"Howdy Nina. You and Millis had a good day?" Mr. Rowett said in the most southern accent possible. Nina looked over at Millis, and then nodded her head.
"Yes sir." She said politely. Mr. Rowett laughed heartily.
"How 'bout you and Nina come over tomorrow night for dinner, 8'oclock" asked Mr. Rowett.
"Sure thing" replied Nina's father. And after 5 more minutes of conversation, both parties headed home.
"Millis' father is quite the southern gentleman" Nina's father said with a laugh. Nina looked out the window at the sidewalk, and was thinking about Saturday more than tomorrow night.
Hopefully you spotted that the easter egg was. Anyway, I'll try and write chapter 7 soon. I'm starting a job at McDonalds soon, and it's nearly the end of the term which means I'll be getting like 5 projects to do at the same time, so forgive me if it takes me till the end of December/early January to post the next chapter.