Chapter four was so little, I thought ya'll deserved another one. :)
I don't own The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, kapeesh? :D
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I finally made it to Tulsa High. Everyone was looking at me like I was insane; Must be the hair, I thought. I didn't care though. I went to the main office to get my schedule, locker combo, and all that junk. When I got there, the secretary, Miss. Gallagher eyed me up and down and said, "Miss. Spencer, I'm afraid you're violating the dress code with your hair and makeup. I'll let it slide, but that doesn't mean your teachers will. Fair warning, yes?"
"Whatever." I replied. She gave me a stressed look.
"Here is everything you need. Class starts in ten minutes. Have a nice day."
"Mhmm." I said and left.
I went to my locker; it was red, old and rusty. It could easily be broken into, but I didn't care. It's not like I was going to keep anything in it, ya know? After that I proceeded to go to my first class, which was English. I saw Steve, and he motioned for me to sit next to him. I did, and I was happy because I actually knew someone and didn't have to be all alone; I wasn't the freaky new kid.
"Hey Jasmine!" Steve said.
"Hi." I replied. I was half-asleep.
The school bell rang, and the teacher Mrs. Crabtree walked in. Some Socs were in that class, too. Great, I thought. I hate the Socs. She took roll, and when she said 'Spencer' I said "Yeah."
"Excuse me?" she asked.
"I'm here, yeah." I said.
"Please respond to roll with 'here'; not 'yeah'." She continued.
"Mhm." I said.
"And also, you're violating the dress code. Please go in the bathroom and take your makeup off, and if you have a ponytail, please put your hair up."
"No." I replied.
"Do as I say, Miss Spencer!" she lashed back.
"I'm not taking my makeup off. And, I'm not putting my hair up."
"Go to the principal's office, now!" she responded.
"Gladly." I said, in an irritated town and walked the hell out of there.
School is a drag, I thought to myself. I walked down the halls. The tiles of the floor were blue, yellow, and white. They were absolutely hideous. The walls were red. This place is terrible, I thought. I made it to the principal's office and sat in a chair.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Mrs. Crabtree sent me here." I responded with, annoyed.
"I can see why. Go to the bathroom, and take off your makeup. Now." He replied.
"No, I'm not going to!" I yelled. "This is me, and if you don't like it you can just kiss my ass." I said, angrily.
"Young lady, I will not respond to that kind of tone!" he said. "Go to the bathroom, and take off that filthy mask!" he said, getting angrier and angrier.
"Make me," I said. "I'm not taking it off."
"Put your knuckles on my desk." He yelled. I actually did as he said. He got out a ruler, and hit them.
"Fuck!" I yelled. Jesus Christ, that hurt! My knuckles stung for a few minutes.
"Go take it off." He continued.
"I'm not going to!" I yelled. "I'll take off my mask when you take off yours!"
And with that, I went back to my classroom. I was livid. Steve gave me the 'what the hell just happened?' look. I rolled my eyes and sat down. Mrs. Crabtree looked at me like I was garbage. I hated that feeling. We did these stupid worksheets, then it was off to Family and Marriage class. Two-Bit was in that class, and that just about made my day. Silly ol' Two-Bit in a family and marriage class?
"Hey, Jasmine! Watcha doin' in this here class? I didn't know you took family and marriage!" Two-Bit said.
"Hey, yeah, me either…" I replied. The bell rang.
The teachers name was Mr. Nelson, and thankfully, he didn't say anything about the dress code. This class was okay, better then stupid Mrs. Crabtree. I sat next to Two-Bit. We passed notes the whole period, and didn't even get caught. I was good at being sneaky. The class went by really fast, and before I knew it, it was lunch. I just walked home for lunch, I didn't wanna stay at that school, especially for my lunch. When I walked in, no one was home. So, I made myself a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich. I sat down and watched television, too. And just to piss all my teachers off, I put on even more makeup, heh heh heh. It was 12:00, so I headed back to school.
When I got there, I was late to math, but I didn't care. I didn't know anyone in that class, so I sat next to some kid named Tim. We did some worksheets, and that was about it. It was finally the end of the day. I started to walk home, when Steve and Two-Bit followed me.
"Hey, Jasmine!" Two-Bit said.
"Hi." I said.
"How was your first day of school?" Steve asked.
"Horrible. I've already been to the Principal's office." I replied.
"Ooh, that's rough." Two-Bit said. "Beat my record."
"Hey, let's go to the DX, Soda works there." Steve said.
"Sounds good." I replied, and we left to go to the DX.