I'M BAAAACK! Good morning Outsiders fans! After almost a year and a half I am back and better than ever! I have taken a severer leave of absence…its called high school. But now I'm back so don't fret. Your favorite girls and greasers are back. What will Soda do? What will Carmen do? Or who? Keep reading to find out.
You Know You Love Me,
Supersoc7
Disclaimer: I still, after all this time, don't own the Outsiders
Chapter 4
We got back from the store with 4 different kinds of liquor and began the "celebration." Everyone was drinking and having a great time…except for me. I kept watching Carmen out of the corner of my eye and she looked so happy. It kills me inside to watch her with Johnny. For tonight, I'll drown my sorrows in booze.
The next day I woke up and walked into the living room. I heard Carmen and Jessica talking in the kitchen. I stopped to listen to what they were saying.
"I don't like little kids; I don't like 'em. I just…" Jessica said.
"Then why do you have two?" Carmen asked mockingly.
"It's not like it was my choice! It's not my fault I'm pregnant…It's Dally's!"
"Oh no, you can't turn on him now."
"I'm not. It's just…I don't want anymore kids! I don't want to be pregnant anymore!"
"Then you shouldn't do what makes babies!"
"Puh-lease, like its that easy! We are married you know! And have you seen his pants…I'm telling you, HIS ASS LOOKED HOT!" (A/n: Urnotsethcohen!)
"You two really shouldn't be bringing children into this world!" Carmen joked.
"No, we shouldn't!" Jess agreed. They were laughing when I walked in.
"Hey Sodapop, how's it hangin'?" Jess said.
"Oh, you wanna see what's hangin'?" I joked.
"Ew. No. No I don't," Jess responded. I laughed and grabbed the cake out of the fridge.
"What are you doing here so early anyways guys?" I asked them. Dally and Jess got a little house a few houses down from ours and Carmen lives with them
"Well, uh we came over because…" Jess sighed and tried to continue. "Dally never came home last night. We called Buck's but no one answered so we have no idea where he is."
"Oh no. Where's Danny?" I asked dumbfounded. Jess pointed to the baby carrier on the floor.
"He's asleep. You guys haven't heard from Dally at all?" Carmen asked me. I just stared at her and shook my head.
"Why would they have heard from me?" Dally yelled from the living room as we heard the front door close.
Jess jumped up as quickly as she could and ran over to Dally.
"Where the fuck were you last night?" She began hitting him on the arm. He put his hands up in self defense and backed away.
"There was a party that went late last night and I had to stay to clean up afterwards. I got done at three in the morning so I thought rather than wake all of you up, I would just let you sleep. I stayed at Buck's." Jess had a sour look on her face but she definitely wasn't angry anymore.
"Well, just don't do that again! Don't be afraid to wake me up! I'd rather be awake with you home than wake up and find out that you weren't there." She said and he came up and put his arms around her.
"Okay, babe. I'll never do that again." He said and gave her a kiss on the head.
I'm starting to think that marriage really isn't worth it.
That night everyone was hanging out at our house after dinner. Two-Bit was watching Mickey, Pony and Darry were playing with Danny, and the rest of us were just talking.
Steve walked with this new girl that I had never seen before. She had long light brown hair, green eyes, and smile that just said trouble. I already didn't like her.
"Hey guys, I'd like you to meet Taylor. Taylor, this is the gang."
"Hi everyone! It's so nice to meet you!" she said fakely. Jessica and Carmen exchanged annoyed glances. I know that they already don't like Steve, so the really aren't going to like any girl he brings around. They are pretty protective and possessive of us, so they don't like it when a new girl comes around. I guess the really do care about Steve…
"Nice to meet you darling," Jess said, the ice dripping from her words. "So anyway, like I was saying…" she continued and they went back to their conversation.
Darry got up and went to get a coke in the kitchen. Taylor got up and said she had to go to the bathroom. She came out and then joined Darry in the kitchen. I saw Jess watch all of this happen, her features growing darker as it progressed. Me and her both knew what Taylor was doing. No one else seemed to notice, though. Jess got up and went to the kitchen. I slipped in behind her and no one noticed that I was there.
Taylor was almost on top of Darry and she had him trapped up against the counter. Darry was obviously uncomfortable but he couldn't get away.
"Taylor, get off the man," Jess said.
Taylor whipped around and walked over to Jess.
"I can do what I want!" Taylor said.
"Maybe you can do whatever you want, but not who ever you want."
"It's none of your business!" Taylor exclaimed.
"It is completely my business! You do not come in here with Steve and then hit on Darry. You can't mess with them like that. How the hell do you think you can walk in here and just do that?"
"He didn't seem to mind," she said gesturing toward Darry.
"Uh, yeah he did. Did you see his face?"
"I don't have to…" Taylor began but Jess cut her off.
"Listen hon, I'm the crazy bitch around here. Now get out. You'll have to tell Steve what you did."
She left and Steve followed her out.
"Thanks Jess, I didn't know what was going on," Darry said. "She just like attacked me! I was caught off guard…"
"Don't worry about Dar!"