Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Outsiders.
DUDES, sorry for the delay. I'm having a few rough weeks. I'm not sure when I can update again, sorry
-Kathrine
(Language for warning)
Keep Moving
Breaking The Rules One at a Time
It's been eleven days since I've seen Dallas. Eleven days since I was put under house arrest with the rules from Ruth. It's been ten days since I heard about the Socials plans. They haven't attacked anyone yet, so I pretty much forgot about the ordeal. Everyone is safe, including my brothers which makes me happy. I haven't cried in a few days, the rules thing seems to be working. Our family is closer now that we get together after meals and talk about our shit. It's a release and as much as I don't want to admit it, it helps.
Also, it's been two days since I've gotten the okay to continue with regular life because my ribs are no longer in danger of breaking. Doc said they are still fragile, so they could crack again but they are healing. I snuck out to see the doc at the hospital, they didn't charge me…but I went out alone. When I got home, Darry was very pissed off. He didn't even cool off after I told him where I was, the guy needs to chill out if you ask me.
Today is Thursday, my day off….I'm bored as hell. Ponyboy and Two-bit are sitting on the couch watching TV. They are shirtless because it's so damn hot out today. Darry informed us about two days ago that we wouldn't have the air on during the day. Most of the time its nice out, but today its scorching. I bet we could cook an egg on the sidewalk if we got bored enough.
Since it's so hot, I can barely move. None of us can move, I feel bad for Soda and Darry who have to work in the heat today. When I woke up, I nearly choked because my throat was so dry. For the last two hours, I've been sitting at the dining room table. I'm wearing some old shorts and a bra, it's just too hot to wear anything else. It's one of the bras that I would where when I did gymnastics, so it doesn't really show much. When I walked out of my room in it, no one said anything. I was surprised that Two-bit hadn't made a comment by now. Maybe he understands my pain because I can't take my shirt off like they can.
Ponyboy just got up off the couch, he put his head on the cold table like I have mine. We looked at each other miserably.
"Luc, it's so hot. Can't you call Dar and ask him if we can turn the air on?"
"He would say no buddy. Having the air running all day runs the bill up, we can't afford to have it on all day."
"We could if you were working today." he snapped. I sat up and pointed at him.
"Lora put me off for today. I didn't choose it Ponyboy. I also didn't choose to be put on part time…so don't blame me or anyone else for our finical mishap. We are doin' the best we can." Two-bit turned the TV off and came to sit next to me."I'm sorry…I'm just grumpy cause it's so hot." I nodded.
"Yeah, well so am I." it went quiet, but not an awkward one. Then Two-bit smiled at me, I looked at him from under my arm.
"We should go to the pool today." I smiled at him."That's sound like a great idea." Ponyboy frowned.
"The pool is on the other side of town, what a drag it would be to ride the bus there." we all frowned.
"That's true, I don't have my car today…Ma's got it. I don't have any bus money either."
"We could go to the park and swim in the fountain over there." I stood up and headed for the back door, thinking on my toes. They followed me absentmindedly.
"Two-bit, you're crazy. We could get arrested for doing that…Lucy and I can't afford to get in trouble with the fuzz."
"What are you lookin at Lucy Lou?" Two-bit asked me as I stood in the middle of the hot yard. Looking at the bar that I used months ago, I hoisted myself on top of it. The bar burnt my hands so I quickly put myself into a standing position, balancing myself easily. My eyes scanned all the backyards, looking for a vacant pool. About five houses down, on the other side of the fence there was one. I smiled to myself, remembering who's house that was. It was an old married couple. They worked for a living, so they would most likely not be home. I pointed with my hands.
"I'm looking at that." I jumped down from the bar. This was illegal, but I was hot and bored…it was a spur of the moment kind of thing. As I jumped over our backyard fence I waved to the guys.
"You coming or what?" they looked at me confused. Two-bit seemed to be getting my drift as I hopped over another fence."What are you doing Lucy?" Ponyboy asked, fear in his voice.
"I'm going swimming" Two-bit laughed, jumping over the fence to catch up with me.
"But we'll get in trouble." we ignored him as we walked across our neighbors yard.
"Lucy, I didn't know you had the guts to do something like this." I smiled at Two-bit.
"I have the guts to do anything." we laughed as we looked back at Ponyboy. He was stumbling to catch up with us, we only had two more yards to go through.
"Wait for me." he shouted. As soon as he made it into the yard we were in, we jumped another fence. He grabbed my wrist as I started across the yard with Two-bit."Lucy, I don't want us to get in trouble."
I put my hand on his shoulder. "We wont, don't worry." than I smiled reassuringly at him. "For one, Two-bit and I know what we are doing. Two, I'm really hot and bored. Three, we need to learn to live a little."
I jumped another fence, the boys following suit. As we got to the fifth yard, we hopped over the fence to the pool. I smiled at the water gleaming at me in it's glory. It was a tall pool, so we climbed up the steps to get a better look see. We stood staring down at it, looking longingly at it. The water was so clear, so blue and inviting. I knew for a fact that no one had been in this pool for a while, but I've seen the old man clean it a few times. He cleaned it just for us, well unknowingly cleaned it for us. I was the only one with shoes on, so I tossed them over to the side with my socks. Grinning wildly, I looked over at my companions.
"Well boys, I don't know about you but I didn't come all this way to just look at it." as I finished my sentence, I took a giant leap into the liquid. It surrounded me, I tried not to moan into the water because it felt so good on my skin. It was a deep pool, I touched the bottom on my way in thought. There was a smile on my face as I pushed myself to the surface. It widened when I gave a joyful hoot up to the boys. Two-bit hooted back, jumping in on top of me. Ponyboy was next, after a few glances around the yards. The three of us surfaced, smiling at each other.
I splashed Two-bit for jumping on me, so he slashed back. Ponyboy joined in on our childish antics, we whooped for out good time. Just as we started to calm down, I floated on my back. Ponyboy and Two-bit continued to wrestle in the water as I relaxed. I sighed to myself right before I heard my name being called. When I stood up straight in the water, I looked around telling the boys to shut up. They immediately were quiet, looking around as well. My eyes glanced back at the house, Sodapop on the back porch screaming Pony's name as well. Smiling, I hoisted myself onto the pool deck. With a great breathe, I gave a holler to Sodapop. His eyes averted from our yard to the one we were in. The three of us gave a wave, telling him to join us.
Sodapop smiled and started to jump the fences as we did minutes ago. I screamed over to him."I thought you didn't get off until dinner time?" his smile was constant as he pulled himself over every fence.
"Steve came in for his shift early, offered to take the rest of mine. Said he needed a little extra money for his and Evie's anniversary in a few days. I being the pal that I am, gave it to him. Besides, I was dieing under the cars today…it's too hot for anything." Sodapop was in front of me before I could respond.
"It's not to hot to sneak into someone's backyard to go for a swim." I said with a laughed.
"Two-bit, are you getting my siblings into trouble?" Sodapop asked as he took his work shirt off, throwing over to the side with my shoes. He then began to remove his shoes as well, not taking his eyes off the water.
"Don't look at me. This was Louie's idea…she's the master mind this time…" Two-bit put his hands up to defend himself. Sodapop stood up straight, looking me in the eyes.
"Very daring and random…" he smiled. "That's not like you."
As I smiled back, I answered him. "Well it's never to late to take after Dad."
When I was finished with my sentence, I pushed my twin into the water. He yelped but held the smile on his face. He fell on top of both Pony and Two-bit, who were smiling as well. They looked over at me as they surfaced, I grinned at them. Plugging my nose with my hands, I jumped in again. We splashed around again, happy to have Sodapop here with us.
My arms swam me over to the other side of the pool, trying to catch my breath. They all looked over at me, smiling. "Wanna play chicken?" Pony asked. We all hooted at the idea.
Sodapop came over to him, going under water. He put my legs on his shoulders. He kicked off the bottom, standing us up to face our challengers. Soda pointed to them and looked up at me. "Bring it on, twins against all." he said. I giggled at him, watching them get situated. Pony had his legs hanging from the sides of Two-bit's head, pointing to me."Come on Sis, you can't take this." I laughed.
"Hey Pone, remember that she's your only sister…" Two-bit said with a laugh.
"That's just more of a reason to not go easy on her…I wont loose to a girl." Pony and Two-bit came closer to us, I stuck my hand out to shake his. We shook as I spoke.
"But dear brother, you forget that I'm the chicken champ…." we grinned."That was when Darry was your partner…what ya gonna do without him?" Two-bit said as he shook Sodapop's hand in an awkward way.
"Who needs Darry as a partner when I have my twin…remember Two-bit…we read each other's minds." I made a silly face as I said this, making Sodapop laugh.
"Lets do this." Ponyboy said in his competitive voice. We both locked hands, ready to begin. Sodapop was always the one to count down, three….two…Then Go! He would shout, so we began. We struggled against each other's strength and body weight.
"You're loosing your touch Lucy." Two-bit chuckled from under Ponyboy.
"No I'm not…Ponyboy just gained weight and is going through puberty." I giggled at that. "You can't underestimate a guy's strength when they are going through changes."
"Oh now I remember why you always won…" Ponyboy shouted as I twisted or wrists to try to push him over, it didn't work. "You were always able to distract who ever you were against. It wont work this time Lucy."
I ignored his comment. "You also can't underestimate a teenage girl's strength as well." just than I shoved harder, pushing Pony into the water. Soda and I gave a holler as he let me fall into the water. He wrapped his arms around my shoulders, giving me a victory hug.
"Damn Lucy, you still got it." Ponyboy said as he come up from the water. He put his hand across his face, getting the water out of his eyes. Two-bit smiled at us as well, both boys were being good sports.
"Wanna go again?" Two-bit asked, I shook my head.
"Nah, I just want to chill." Sodapop and Ponyboy began to wrestle after that, Two-bit jumped out of the water though. I watched him as he went to the grass, picking up something. When he came back up, he had a lit cigarette in his mouth. He smirked at me as I floated on my back again. Before I knew it, he slid himself back into the water. He was standing next to me, smoking as he looked over my body. I wasn't self conscious of my body, even though it was very lanky but not tall. To me…I looked unnatural like that. I still needed to gain some more weight before I would feel normal again. I also didn't mind him looking me over, because I thought he knew I had all those scars…I was wrong.
His free hand traced the large piece of damaged skin on my stomach. Two-bit's blue eyes looked over to my silver ones, looking at me caringly. Then, he hand traced my shoulder…where I had been stabbed. It moved down to my hands, looking them over as well. Taking both my hands in his, he examined the small scars I had on knuckles and palms….from the broken mirror and hitting the bar that one night. Taking a drag, he went down to my legs noticing where else I had been stabbed. He also looked at my tattoo that was for Mom and Dad. I took the cigarette from him, trying to get him to stop looking at me like that…he was probing me.
"Hey." he said as I placed it in-between my lips. I stopped floating to take a drag.
"Stop looking at me like that." I told him placing the cig back in his lips.
"Like what?" he moved closer to me. Two-bit flicked his cigarette butt to the yard. Both his arm went under me, lifting me brail style. There was that weird feeling again, that I got before when he hugged me. It was strange, still unfamiliar.
"Don't probe me, Two-bit." he leaned into my face, trying to kiss me. For a second, I leaned in as well. But than I realized what I was doing. His eyes were closed, so I sucked some water into my mouth. He leaned closer, but than I spit the water into his face. As he came back to reality, I felt guilty as he let me go. I drifted off into the pool as he shook his head. Two-bit gave me a glare but it seized when he realized that I was already swimming to the edge of the pool. With both hands, I pulled myself to the deck. Walking down the stairs, I grabbed my shoes.
Everyone pocked their head over the side to look at me, even Two-bit.
"What's the matter Lucy?" Sodapop asked as I shoved my socks and shoe on my damp feet. It was difficult but I managed to do so. I didn't even kiss him, but I almost did. I'm a snake…a bitch. I gasped out loud as I thought of something…I'm a whore! Shaking my head, I stood up. Without answering him, I threw myself over the fence. Then I went over the same fence, to go to their front yard. Once on the sidewalk, I started down the street. At first I walked, but then I jogged.
My mind was guilty, so was my body language. I would dare tell anyone what I almost did, but I needed to get it out of my mind. Both my legs sped up to a brisk run, taking me to the person that I really needed to see. As I ran, my we hair flipped in my face. It may have been short, but it was still able to reach my eyes. With my run, I was already passed the park. People looked at me strangely as I went. Who in their right mind would be running in this heat? Why would they be soaking wet, in nothing but shorts and a bra? I didn't care for their judging eyes, so I continued on to Buck's.
I was guilty for almost kissing Two-bit, but now I was guilty for breaking two rules. One, I was out of the house alone. Two, I was on my way to see my man…the one person I really wanted to kiss was just minutes away.
