Where Have You Been All My Life?

AN: I think the real question here is where the hell have I been since the last time I updated, right? Well it's a rather simple answer. School. High School. Too much hw. Not enough computer time. But it's teh week end and I'm FINALLY going to update! Whoo-hoo!

Disclaimer: Hmmmm... It's not mine. The Outsiders is NOT mine. But I have this story on fictionpress that IS mine. PM me if ya wanna check it out. It's a romance. Kinda fluffy.

Moving In Or Moving Out?

A few days later, Ann was released from the prison.. err, hospital rather. Ann considered it a prison because of the food. And the fact that you could barely use the bathroom without someone trying to help you do your business. She was more than overjoyed to be out of that place. She used her crutches to walk out of her room, out of the lobby, and out of the front doors. She had Curly and Tim with her. They got in Tim's car and went over to Buck's place, to Ann's room.

When Ann entered her room, she nearly had a heart attack. There, in HER bed, was a couple of greasers doing a couple of unspeakable things. They were doing IT! Yes, IT! In HER bed! In HER room! Ann let out a screech and then started yelling at the girl with tons of smeared red lipstick and black eyeliner on her face, and the guy, who had really greasy hair and whose butt was very visable from where Ann and the two Shepards were standing.

The girl and guy covered themselves when they heard Ann's screaming and realized that they no longer had any privacy. Ann continued to yell at them for being in her room and doing the things they were doing in her bed. After a few more minutes of Ann's yelling, the guy jumped out of the bed and the covers slipped from his body.

Ann's eyes widened and were quickly covered by both Tim and Curly's hands. The very revealed guy started yelling at the three of them about how it was HIS room, and they had better get out of HIS room, before he had to hurt them. Tim and the guy started shoving each other, but then it was ended by Curly and Ann begging Tim to back off and leave with them. Once they left the room, Ann let out a deep breathe.

"So... Why the Hell don't I have a room?" Ann asked with anger.

"Well, I't was gunna be a surprise. We had no clue someone would be in there already..." Curly trailed off into thought.

"What do you mean? What kind of surprise is it to find out you have no place to crash?" Ann asked with utter confusion. What is with me mistaking my room for other people's room's? Well, that really USED to be my room... right? Ann quickly looked to the number on the door. Yup. That WAS my room.

"Come on. When we get back to my house, you'll get it," Tim told her. And then they left Bucks and got back in the car.

At the Shepard's house, Curly helped Ann get out of the car, and Ann hobbled to the front door. When inside, Curly told Ann that the surprise was in his room. Ann was still clueless as to what kind of surprise this was, but went to the room anyway. In Curly's room, everything seemed normal.

"Okay... I still don't get this surprise," Ann told him.

"Open the first draw in the dresser," Curly told her with a smile.

Ann looked at him like he was insane, wondering if the surprise was that Curly folded his clothes. Ann went over to the dresser and opened the first draw. She gasped when she saw what was in it. There, in the first draw of Curly's dresser, was all the clothing that Ann owned. Ann felt her eyes moisten and let in a sharp breath.

Curly rushed over to her and asked what was wrong. Ann dropped her crutches and hugged Curly tightly. She started to loose her balance and fell on the bed, still clinging to Curly. Ann was now full-out bawling in Curly's arms. They weren't tears of pain and sarrow. They were tears of joy and happiness. She couldn't even begin to explain how much this ment to her. Now she and Todd could live with the Shepards and they could be one big family. And Ann would finally have a place to call home and actually felt like home. Ann was so happy, that all she could do was keep crying. And Curly let her. Because he knew why she cried and he knew that he needed her to get it all out. So he just laid on the bed and hugged Ann close to him.

After Ann was completely finished with the crying and hugging, she went into the kitchen and saw Todd sitting at the table and eating a sandwich. She smiled and hugged Todd from behind.

"I love being here. I love having you here with me too," She told him.

"Well, don't get too cozy here. We'll be gone in just a week," he told her.

"What? What do you mean? Aren't we gunna stay here?" Ann asked. Now Ann was, once again, utterly confused by the situation.

"Of course not. I'm taking you to New York with me. And you'll get to finally meet your sister-in-law and nephew."

"Woah. Just wait one second. You got married?"

"Yep. Last year. Her name is Julie. And we have a son. His name is Jack. He has the same eyes as you. And the same eys as Dad."

"Why didn't you ever tell me? A YEAR ago and you never found time to call or write?"

"We were so busy with the baby and everything. I wanted you to see them in person first."

"And what the Hell do you mean? Since when am I leaving Tulsa? I can't leave! Everything is here! Everyone is here!"

"Well, I won't be here. I have a family, Ann. I have a home in New York. I can't just leave everything behind and stay here with you."

"You left me behind. You left me behind when you decided to run away to New York. You didn't even care about me. You left me with Mom and Dad. You left me with them when I needed you," Ann was now sobbing. She didn't even know that she could cry this much in one day. But that didn't matter right now.

"I was stupid then. Now I'm bringing you with me. We can live together and it will be like old times."

"No it won't. It will never be like old times again. you ruined that by leaving. And now you even have a family. You aren't the Todd I used to know. The Todd I used to know would have stayed in contact with me. The Todd I used to know would care about me more. He would have probably never ever left in the first place!" Ann yelled at Todd between sobs.

"I left because I had no future in this town! I had nothing! There was no purpose in my life when I lived here with Mom and Dad. There was Nothing to live for, nothing to care about. This place was making me insane! I had to get outa here and actually find something to care about! And I found that in New York! Julie and Jack are my purpose in life!" Todd yelled back at Ann.

Ann was both shocked and heart-broken. That was the first time Todd ever yelled at her. And his words were even crueler than his tone. Ann pulled herself together for just a minute and managed to say, despite her shaky voice and quivering lip, "You did have something. You had me. But I guess you never even cared about me. I was just the kid sister taht followed you around. All I ever meant to you was dirt. You never even cared."

Ann quickly went back into Curly's room and laid on the bed. She started breathing heavily and sobbed. Curly was in the shower, and Ann didn't want to be alone. She climbed through the window, which was hard to do with a broken leg, and made her way to the Curtis House. It was dark out, and she luckily didn't have anyone bother her on her way. Ann struggled up the steps of their home, and then walked through the door without bothering to knock. When she entered the living room, everyone looked at her in bewilderment. This was probably for five reasons: It was dark; She was alone; She had come alone in the dark with a broken leg; She had no jacket on, when it was really cold out; And she was crying.

Ann flopped onto the couch and started crying into a pillow. All of the guys came over to comfort her. She told them how Todd wanted her to go and how she meant nothing to him. They all assured her that he cared about her, but nobody said anything about her moving to New York with him. They didn't say anything because they knew they couldn't stop it from happening. They knew that it was going to happen.

AN: yeah. That's it for now. I will not update until I have at least 5 reviews for this chapter! Yes, 5! More than 5 would be absolutely lovely, but I won't update until I see taht magic number. hehehe. Bribery. ... Review!