Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Outsiders. I only own Velma and nameless, faceless others.hehehe
Velma didn't feel like going to school on Monday. She stayed in her bed all day, curled up right in the middle of the bed under all of her blankets. She wasn't up to do anything else. She just wanted to be alone. Her parents didn't care if she was ok or not, so she didn't have to worry about anyone walk in on her crying.. But they guys came to visit her. Ponyboy always brought her the school work she had missed, and they never stayed for long. It was like that till Thursday. The guys hadn't come by. She had been able to get alot of sleep, then.
It was nearly 5 in the evening when she heard something metal hit the floor. The sound had echoed though the house. She sat up and got out of bed. Slowly , she made her way down the stairs and check the rooms...As she looked into the kitchen, she saw Sodapop and Steve standing over to the stove with two pots on the burners. She continued down the hall way and looked in the living room. And there were the rest of the guys sitting around and playing Poker...Johnny seemed to be winning.
"How long have you been here?" She asked, her head tilted slightly to the side.
"Like..an hour.." Two-Bit shrugged. " You were asleep, we didn't want to wake you"
"So, you've just been...playing cards?" She just didn't understand these guys sometimes...she could not just play cards for an hour.
"Yup." Dally said, putting down his card, he had a royal flush.
"You know...I have some board games in the closet.." She said quietly.
"Like what?" Ponyboy asked, turning around to face her.
"Well...there is Checkers..Chess..Chinesse Checkers...Dominoes..."
"Dominoes?" Two-Bit grinned and raised an eyebrow, "Lets play that."
The guys agreed, all having the same idea. Velma had went to go get it from the closet and then sat down with them and she started to pass out the pieces, but the guys didn't take them to one side or anything. They just stared to place them so they could make them fall when they're done. She just sighed and shook her head slightly. She leaned back on her elbows, watching them all making the line longer. They were almost finished when they all jumped, knocking over the domino line from multiple places, When they heard a small ka-boom coming from the kitchen. They all jumped up and ran into the kitchen. Steve and Sodapop were standing in the middle of the kitchen, covered in green noodles and pink pasta sauce, as was the walls, floor and the ceiling above the stove...
Velma looking around the kitchen..."How did you even do this?...I mean..is ...is this even possible?" She had turned to Darry for an answer
"They've did it before..." Darry sighed, " What happened?"
"Well...you see...Th-" Soda was cut off
"DO NOT say that The Cat in the Hat showed up. I am sick and tired of that excuse every time you two screw something up..." Darry said in an annoyed tone.
"Well, It would make alot more sense.." Steve said, defending His and Sodapops favorite excuse.
"It just...kinda went Boom..." Soda said with a shrug.
"Lets...lets just clean this up...but don't try to clean it with my moms white dress..." Velma bit her lip slightly.
Two-Bit and Dally were almost doubled over laughing.
It too almost an hour to clean it all up, though the kitchen was probably still going to smell like pasta sauce for a couple of days. After that, they just had some frozen waffles, but they didn't let Sodapop or Steve near the toaster and they weren't allowed to use the syrup unsupervised. It had been the best she had felt all week. She had asked Two-Bit, after the others had headed to their cars, if he would give her a lift for school tomorrow. He said it'd be no problem, But he went on to ask her if she was feeling well enough to go, if she was sure she wanted to go, if she was sure she wanted to be around so many people, he kept asking her questions like that. Velma kissed him to shut him up. ((Note: I bet most of you were waiting for something like that)) " I'm sure."
TwoBit just kinda nodded and walked out to his car alittle dazed and he had a little smirk on his face.
Friday morning, Velma sat on her front step waiting for Two-Bits car to pulled up. She looked over her shoulder at the door..her father had come home early and she was abit nervous. The car pulled up just as it started to rain.She stood up and hurried to get into the backseat, "Hey." She smiled slightly...
"Now, Velma, are you sure that you want to - "
"I'm sure, Two-Bit...really...I'm fine.." She sighed, she knew he meant well, but it got abit annoyed after awhile" We already went over this yesterday..."She smiled weakly.
"Ok, But you know it's not too late if you want to go back to bed or something..."
"Hurry up or we'll be late for school.." She said quietly, leaning back.
Two-Bit nodded then headed for the school.
It turns out, Velma was wrong..Two-Bit was right to be so concerned before. She wasn't ready to be around so many people . She felt uncomfortable being around so many people and flinched every time she was touched. By lunch, The rain had started coming down alot harder, and the wind had picked up. Instead of just going outside, most of the Greasers sat near the front doors.
Velma looked around for Two-Bit..She couldn't find him. She did see 3 of the guys from Bucks Party that had raped her and she ran to another exit on the other side of the school and sat down with her back against the wall and put her knees up to her chest. She buried her face in her arms and waited till lunch was over. But only 15 minutes later she felt a hand on her shoulder and slowly she looked up. Two-Bit had knelt down infront on her, Pony and Johnny standing behind him.
"Velma, What's wrong?" He asked her..
"Can you take me home, please?" It was obvious she had been crying.
Two-Bit nodded and help her up to her feet. " What happened?" Johnny asked her.
She told them about the guys at the other entrance and how she had felt all day. Two-Bit said he'd deal with it, which only confused Velma. They went to the car and Two-Bit started to take her home...