Hi guys! Well I know I said it was only an oneshot, but I lied. lol I decided that since you guys liked the first story so much, that I would make little stories based upon songs for each Outsiders character. This one happens to be about our favorite jokester of the gang, Two-Bit. It's based on the song Proud Of Your Boy by Clay Aiken from the new special edition release of Aladdin. I know I'm a dork. Well here we go…
Disclaimer: I do not own The Outsiders, it belongs to Susie Hinton. The song Proud Of Your Boy is owned by Disney, like almost everything else in the world. lol
Two-Bit's POV
Proud
of your boy
I'll make you proud of your boy
Believe me, bad as
I've been, Ma
You're in for a pleasant surprise
I came home right after school like my mom told me to this morning because she said needed to talk to me about something. I walked in our house and she was sitting on the couch with a cross between an angry and disappointed look on her face, which she always has when it comes to me.
"Hey ma, what did I do this time?" I joked.
Usually she laughs at my jokes, but her facial expression didn't even change this time.
"Keith, sit down, I have something important to talk to you about." my mother said seriously.
"Uh ok." I said not sure what to think of this, because we never had a serious conversation since, well ever.
"Keith you're almost twenty years old, what do you plan on doing with your life?" she asked.
"Party, get drunk, and get laid." I laughed.
I've
wasted time
I've wasted me
So say I'm slow for my age
A late
bloomer, Okay, I agree
"Keith this is serious, when are you going to grow up. You've been held back for two years now, at this rate Emily will graduate before you! Do you know how embarrassing that would be to have your little sister graduate, and you don't? What would you're friends think?" she said raising her voice.
That
I've been one rotten kid
Some son, some pride and some joy
But
I'll get over these lousin' up
Messin' up, screwin' up times
"You
need to stop acting like a boy and be a man!" she yelled.
This was definitely unusual for my mother to be acting like this, she's usual a very soft spoken person and never really criticizes the way I live or who I am.
Tell
me that I've been a louse and loafer
You won't get a fight here,
no ma'am
Say I'm a goldbrick, a goof-off, no good
But that
couldn't be all that I am
"And even though it's part of what's special about you, you can't be a jokester all your life. There is going to come a time where you eventually have to act serious for once." she smiled.
"Well I got to go or I'll be late for work, but remember what I said. I love you, and that's why I'm saying this." she said and gave me a kiss on the forehead.
She walked to the front door and turned around.
"You're a really special person Keith, you have so many wonderful qualities and I know you'll do me proud one day." she said gently.
Oh one more thing before I leave, Emily said Ponyboy is going to walk her home, so if you could please them something to eat when they get here." she said and left.
You'll
see, Ma, now comes the better part
Someone's gonna make good
Cross
his stupid heart
Make good and finally make you
Proud of your
boy
Even after she left, what she said to me still stuck in my head. I have been a lousy son, and a goof off…I do need to grow up and start acting like a man. I mean how am I ever gonna make her proud of me if I keep drinking and joking around. First off I got to get my grades up and graduate with the help of Ponyboy, and then I need to get a job and help her out more around the house. Also, even though it pains me, no more booze, women, or...or...Mickey Mouse…well maybe not Mickey, but definitely the booze and girls.
Someday
and soon
I'll make you proud of your boy
Though I can't make
myself taller
Or smarter or handsome or wise
For a start I can make dinner like she asked me too, and help clean up. And when Pony comes over I can ask for help with my homework, because I'm not exactly the brightest color of the rainbow.
Water
flows under the bridge
Let it pass, let it go
There's no good
reason that you should believe me
Not yet, I know, but
Yeah I can do this. It may take a little while and be a lot of hard work, but I know i can make her proud of her boy…
I'll
do my best, what else can I do?
Since I wasn't born perfect like
Dad or you
Mom, I will try to
Try hard to make you
Proud of
your boy
This
wasn't my best one so far, but I still really like it, and I hope
you guys do too! I changed the words around a little bit to fit the
story more, so those who notice that the song is not in the right
order forgive me.
