Thank you for the reviews! To answer mon's questions…..
Eric never went to college. He and J.D got together in high school and have been with each other ever since. Cola and Kevin wanted to be teachers. Eric wanted to work as a carpenter since he was good in woodshop in school.
Eric promised J.D that he would help her raise her brothers and that they would get married. That's why she's defensive with him. I didn't mean for her to come off as annoying. .
Before Ponyboy died Eric worked with Darry and his company. Eric quit after he left and was making money from odd jobs and poker.
To answer anonymous's question…..
Yes, you will see interaction between Steve and Eric.
I do not own The Outsiders, nor do I make any money off this.
Chapter 11
J.D's POV
I decided that going grocery shopping was the best way to spend the day. I drove up to the store and thought about what I said to Eric. I didn't want to lose him, but I didn't want to go through that again. We were happy, but then Dad died and I know that if that never had happened, we would probably be living together, if not already married. I needed to clear my head.
The cart was half full when I was going down an aisle then; I bumped into a familiar face.
"Adam Shepard?" I ask. Adam looks at me and smiles.
"J.D? How have you been?" he asks.
Adam's been gone for four years. He went into the army right out of high school and had been sent to the Middle East. Last I had heard of Adam was that he was living in Kansas.
"I've been alright. How about you?" I ask him. I can't believe that it's been four years! He graduated with Cola Kevin and Eric, so he was only about a year older than me.
"I'm fine, just came down here to see Tim." He says. I caught him looking at my chest.
"That's great. I heard that you got married!" I say hoping that will snap him back to reality.
"Yep, got a daughter too. I have a picture right here…." He says pulling out his wallet.
The picture showed a baby girl waving a fat fist at the camera, her black curls swooping under her ears.
"She's beautiful, Adam." I say.
"She's the spitting image of her mother." He says putting back his wallet. "I heard that your Dad passed away. Sorry to hear about that." He says with sympathy.
"It's alright. Me and the boys are doing fine." I say.
"How's Eric? Last I checked you two were the class couple." He says.
"We're not together anymore." I say quietly.
"I'm sorry to hear about that too. Tell you what? Let me take you out to lunch so we can catch up?" he says.
"I'd like that." I say.
"Good, just finish up and I'll pick you up at your house around 1:30. You still live where you use too?" he asks.
"Yes." I say.
"See you then!" he says going away. I smile and go back to finding some cereal that the boys would like.
Pat's POV
Me and Pat were sitting at the bus stop. I promised him that we could go the zoo, and then we could go get something to eat. I tapped my foot impatiently, wanting the bus to get here. I looked at Mikey. HE was reading a book, not paying attention to anything. I smirked and shook my head, regular genius.
I looked at my watch and rolled my eyes. 10 more minutes. I hate waiting.
"Yo, Curtis!"
I turned around to see Jacob Anderson, Hayes Holden, and Greg Foote. I was hanging with them the night Two-Bit hauled me in. Jacob was in my class, long and gangly. He had curly hair with dark green eyes. Hayes was short with golden wheat hair, muscular and smart. Greg was an idiot with a dumb-ass smirk to match.
They waved me over, Anderson holding a paper sack in his hands. I looked at Mikey and saw that he wasn't paying attention. I got up and went over to them.
"What's happening man?" Holden says as he shakes my hand.
"Nothing much. Got hauled in." I say. They laugh.
"Heard about that, sorry man, I was too drunk to be paying attention. Never trust me when I'm drunk."
"Dude, I learned my lesson. Remember that time you got drunk with me at the park?"
"And I called the cops on us?" he laughs. We nearly fall over from laughing. We talk awhile longer until I hear the sound of a bus pulling away. I look at the bench Mikey was sitting on. He was gone! I ran over to the old lady that was sitting next to him.
"Excuse me, have you seem a little kid with dark hair and one blue and one green eye?" I ask her.
"Yes, he got on the bus. Such a sweet little boy." She says going back to her newspaper.
"Damnit Mikey." I say.
I know it was short, but it was needed to start off a big chain of big chapters. Reviews would be loved and also should I do a Twilight cross-over with Outsiders?