Disclaimer: I don't own the Outsiders.

"Hey!"

"Hey, Steve. Don't slam the- " The door slammed closed, " Door..." Ponyboy sighed.

Dally had jolted awake when the door slammed. Two-Bit just rolled over to his side.

" Soda up?" Steve asked.

"Not yet, why?"Ponyboy raised an eyebrow. He didn't get an answer, Steve just went down the hall.

Velma was helping Darry make breakfast when they heard something fall and alot of yelling coming from down the hall. Soon Steve and Sodapop came running down the hall, beating each other will pillows.

Velma watched quietly. She hadn't seen anyone over the age of 10 having a pillow fight. She looked around. None of the guys seemed to care. She saw Steve miss Soda and end up hitting the sleeping Two-Bit, who then sat up and look around wounding what the hell happened. She turned to Darry, " Do they do this often?"

Darry nodded,"Yep. Just ignore them and they'll stop." He was right.About 5 minutes later they had stopped and settled down for Breakfast.

After Darry, Sodapop and Steve had left for work, Johnny came in. They talked for about an hour just to decide what to do today. They decided to go to the rodeo. Velma just tilted her head to the side, "What's a rodeo?"

"You're kidding, right?" Dally asked with a raised eyebrow

Velma shook her head.

"How can you not know what a rodeo is?"

Velma looked at the ground," Well...before I moved here, I never got out much..."

"Why not?"

"I, um, didn't...have any friends..." She said quietly

"Look. You can't go there dressed like that..." Dally said, havin the feeling Velma didn't want to talk about before she had came here.

"Why not?" Velma asked, looking down at her clothes. She had on a dark purple skirt that went past her knees and a very clean white blouse.

"Cause its too...Soc." Dally said, with lack of a better word.

"So?"

"So you'll stick out like a soar thumb in a place fulled with drunken cowboys." He lied abit about that part." Come on.." They went out to the car and Dally sped off to Velmas house.

They followed her up to her bedroom and Ponyboy , Johnny and Velma sat down on the bed while Dally and Two-Bit raided her wardrobe.

"Holy Hell! How do you fit into these things?" Two-Bit and Dally laughed pulling out a new pair of blue-jeans.

"This has to be the smallest pair of jeans I ever seen!" They laughed again then went back to looking through her closet. Few minutes later, Dallas pulled out an old, faded pair of jeans," Damn...these are even smaller than the other pair.."

"Well, they're like...3 years old..." Velma said, " And there's a hole - " Dally threw the jeans to her and she caught them, looking slightly confused. Two-Bit then went over to her drawer and looked for a t-shirt while Dally picked out a pair of shoes and just threw them on the bed. Two-Bit pulled out a dark, red t-shirt..

"Oh, I didn't even know I still had that one...I got it when it was like...10.."Velma told him.

"Good." Two-Bit said, giving her the shirt," Put it on and lets go."

Afew minutes later, Velma stepped out of her room and into the hall where the boys waited. They were all grinning at her. The jeans were skin tight, low on her hips, and the bottom of her pants didn't even reach her ankles, fully showing the strap of her black high-heel shoes fastened around her ankle. The top was small. It showed off her stomach and the sleeves only covered her shoulders. She sighed. " I don't like it..." She said quietly.

"Why not?" Two-Bit asked, " You look awesome.."

"I look like a - "

"Greaser girl?" Dally finished her sentence..

She blushed and looked down at the floor.

"Don't worry about it." Dally laughed.

" Oh, one more thing.." Two-Bit stepped up to her and messed up her hair slightly. Velma swatted his hand away, " There." He smiled.

Ponyboy, Johnny and Velma went to get some seats in the stands while Two-Bit and Dally went to enter. Velma found this all hard to watch. Everyone was cheering while someone was getting tossed around by a bull and landing hard on the ground. One guy broke his arm. Two-Bit stayed on the bull for nearly 30 seconds before he got tossed onto his butt. Dally stayed on the longest time and after he had gotten thrown, he was quickest one that got up and over the fence. After that somebody got flipped over the bulls head and got hit with the horns. Velma flinched and covered her face, " Tell me when it's over..."

For lunch, They went to the Dingo. When they went in, Velma noticed alot of the guys in the place staring at her...Two-Bit put his arm around her shoulders, " Don't worry about these guys... They just...like what they see."He smiled. But Velma looked confused. " Hey, its better then them lookin at ya like they wantin' to jump ya on your way home..."They went to a table while Darry and Johnny went to get the food.

Darry had come in on his lunch break and noticed them sitting at a table and went over to join them, " Hey guys..Whats goin - " He stopped and stared at Velma for a moment, " What the hell did you guys to her?"

Velma blushed and broke eye contact.

"Nothin'. We just took her to the rodeo.." Two-Bit told him

" You didn't." Darry shook his head, " You know that you ain't taken her to Bucks tonight, right?" He said in a highly demanding tone.

"Why not?" Two-Bit asked. His answer was a slap on the back of the head. " What was that for?" Two-Bit asked.

"For being a dumb ass." Darry said matter-o-factly, " You know the kind of stuff that goes on in there."

"Come on, It ain't like she'd be alone." Two-Bit said.

"No, Two-Bit."

"Fine...I won't take her."