Before, After, and Now Start All Over Ch 3, an outsiders fanfic

Disclaimer: I do not own the Outsiders or any characters or anything in it. I also do not own the song Start All Over by (please don't kill me) Miley Cyrus.

Start All Over

I have to wonder if this wave's too big to ride
Commit or not commit in such a crazy tide
It's sooner than I thought but you called me out
I lost control and there's no doubt, I'm gonna start all over

Sandy stared at the boy her Grandma had come in with.

"Danny," she said. She looked at her grandmother.

"Sandy…I'm not planning to watch my grandchild grow up without a father," she said steadfastly. What about Sodapop? Sandy realized her grandma wanted the baby to have its real father and mother. She smiled softly. Danny grinned back. Sandy noticed his straight teeth were only a little yellow.

"Well, I need to go shopping," her grandmother announced and soon, Danny and Sandy were alone in the kitchen. They stood quietly for a while. They both felt a bit awkward, remembering the reason they were both here.

"Want something to drink?" Sandy asked.

"Well, my mouth is drying up," Danny replied. Sandy poured him a glass of water and he gladly took it.

"I'm sorry," he said after putting the glass down. Sandy gave him a puzzled look.

"I didn't really believe that the baby really was mine," he explained. Sandy looked away from him. She was afraid of that when she told him. She learned she had a right to be afraid. He had laughed and said, "Liar."

Sandy had replied, "I wouldn't lie about bein' pregnant"

"Okay, okay," he said and continued, "So, uh, what am I suppose to do then?"

Sandy had walked off with out answering his question. She had no answer for him. She didn't know what to do herself.

Now, here they both were in Florida. Sandy remembered something about Danny and asked, "Ain't you part of the Shepard gang?"

Danny chuckled, "That's part of the reason I'm here. Tim found out I got a chick pregnant and practically kicked my ass all the way here when your grandmother came."

"She said her sister was sick," Sandy murmured. Danny grinned. They continued talking and Sandy knew she could get over Sodapop. Danny wasn't bad. Good-looking, nice, sweet…she liked him.

Out of the fire and into the fire again
You make me want to forget and start all over
Here I come straight out of my mind or worse
Another chance to get burned and start all over
I'm gonna start all over

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Sodapop pumped gas into a man's car. His mind was in a whole other world though. He was thinking about the night Sandy began acting a little different. He took out the hose, took the money, and positioned the hose in the next car.

Sodapop drove up to a small house on a wrecked up street. He jumped out of the truck and walked up the way to the door. He knocked hard three times. Sandy opened the door. She didn't have a smile on her face, and he could've reckoned he saw disappointment flicker in her eyes.

He grinned, held out his hand, and asked, "You comin'?

She smiled softly and took his hand. He led her to the truck and opened the door for her. While he revved the engine, Sandy looked nervously out of the window. Sodapop noticed this. Sandy continued looking out of the window, even when Soda began talking.

"We're gonna go out to the Dingo, okay? No Evie or Steve, for you. Then, I don't know, take a walk or somethin'," he said thoughtfully. Sandy bit her lip and Soda eyed her.

"You can tell if anything's wrong, babe," Soda informed. She looked at him and put on her best smile.

"Nothing's wrong, everything's great, especially with you here," she said and kept her smile. Soda knew she was lying though. He could read right through here. He could tell something was going on, but didn't urge her on. She was quiet and nervous the whole time, thinking about something.

Sodapop remembered that was a few months ago. Now, he realized what was going around in Sandy's head the whole time. She was thinking 'what he doesn't know won't hurt him'. Soda sighed and knew what she was thinking was right. The thing was whenever someone said that, the truth somehow had to come out and the person not knowing gets hurt. Worse then if they probably heard it a long time ago.

He took out the hose again and saw no other cars after the Mustang left. The DX was strangely deserted. He glanced at his watch and saw it was break time. So, he went to grab his car keys and drive to the little neighborhood grocery store Ponyboy and the rest go to during their lunch time. Soda was happy when he found them still there.

"Hey, what are ya'll still here for?" Sodapop yelled at Ponyboy, Steve and Two-Bit.

"Two-Bit's car crashed down on us, so we're waiting for a handsome knight in shining armor to come and rescue us from…the grocery store," Steve explained.

"Well, I ain't a knight in shining armor, but I can consider myself handsome, ain't I?" Soda bragged. Steve rolled his eyes and sarcastically replied, "Yeah."

"Shoot, that's awful 'cause I think ya'll just screwed-up a chance to be saved," Soda said and began walking away. He heard Ponyboy say, "Great going there, Steve. With a smart-ass like you, we're going to be stuck here forever."

"Shuddup Pony, and Steve, keeps your smart-mouth to yourself. We have two choices, we walk home or Steve can figure out how to fix my car," Two-Bit suggested.

"Or…you can suck up to the handsome knight," Sodapop yelled from his car. They picked two choices. Steve searched around Two-Bit's car to see what made it crash down and then, apologized to Sodapop for he could drive them to the DX and back for supplies to fix it.

Fantastic and romantic, all a big surprise
You've got the warning hesitation pushed aside
It's sooner than I want but you caught my heart
I guess I'm ready now to start, I'm gonna start all over

When they parked beside Two-Bit's car two hours later, it seemed like school had been let out, since there were a bunch of teenagers everywhere. Two-Bit went to go flirt with some girls while Steve grunted because he was left alone to fix the damn car. Ponyboy and Sodapop went inside the store to buy some chocolate bars.

"What about work, Soda?" Pony asked. Soda replied, "We've got two new recruits. They'll take care of the place for now."

They came up to Steve bent over under the hood of the car.

"Hey, Soda, that girl's lookin' at you," Ponyboy said and Soda turned to see a petite sized blonde look slightly away from his direction.

"Are you sure it's that girl. It could be that one or that one or that…" Steve was about to continue until Evie came walking up to them. Steve grinned and waited for her to come to him. Soda rolled his eyes while he watched them kiss. He looked back at the girl and decided to go up to her and talk to her. She looked nice enough.

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Sandy cuddled more into Danny's chest. He sighed and kissed her full on the lips. She kissed back and began wrapping her arms around his neck. He had one hand in her hair and the other on her hip. She moaned. He broke the kiss.

"You want to?" he asked. They were sitting on the bed, Sandy in his lap. She nodded her head up and down and wrapped her arms around his neck tighter. He hesitated for a moment.

"I don't think we should," he said. Sandy brought her arms down his chest and got off of his lap. She sat beside him and sighed.

"I guess you're right," she agreed and reached for his hand. She took and twined their fingers. Danny carried the twined fingers to his lips and kissed Sandy's.

"You're not bad though," Sandy said. Danny raised his eyebrows and teased, "Not bad? You think I'm not bad! You are gonna get it."

She didn't believe he meant what he said until he began tickling her. Sandy laughed uncontrollably.

"Stop, Danny," she tried to say. He stopped for a moment while Sandy panted from all the laughing. He went back to tickling her again.

While she laughed, Sandy knew for sure she like him. She liked him a lot. Not as much she liked Soda, but Danny was sweet.

It's so easy, you disrupt me, can't complain
It's so easy, you disrupt me, can't complain
It's so easy, you disrupt me, can't complain
It's so easy, you disrupt me
I'm gonna start all over, start all over

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Sodapop and blonde girl whom he had learned was name Clarice were talking and laughing only a couple minutes after Soda greeted her. She was funny, pretty and nice. This wasn't going to be too difficult, Soda thought. He wasn't ready to ask her on a date, but he wanted to eventually.

Out of the fire and into the fire again
You make me want to forget and start all over
Here I come straight out of my mind or worse
Another chance to get burned and start all over

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So as Sodapop waved good-bye to Clarice when Steve said he was done and Sandy laughed hysterically at Danny's tickling, they both decided to start all over. Now, they would go on without each other.

[A/N] Reviews help a lot. Also, thanks for ones from the previous chapters. In the music video for Over You, I was talking about Rob Lowe (at the age he played Sodapop in the movie).