THE OUTSIDERS {DORIS'S SIDE}

Thank you for sticking by me now that I am in the third chapter...

I just want to add that my first chapter was crappy and my second one was alright. But I do hope this one is better. Also in the first chapter there was the lawyer, his name is George Burks, or Mr. Burks.

Spending time with those guys was exhausting. As we were walking to the store, they would horse around which I couldn't help but laugh because they all looked like a bunch of monkey's climbing all over each other, back home I didn't have a lot of friends, but they were always serious, so there wasn't anything fun to do with them. I sighed, home. We entered the store, everybody grabbed something, then Sodapop yelled that he wasn't made out of money. Once everybody was done, they asked if I wanted anything but I refused I didn't want to be a bother. I heard a scoff and saw Ponyboy looking away. I glared at him. After we walked back to the house. Then they began telling me where were the places I could go and the places I should never go to.

"Why can't I go to the other side of town?" I asked, they all laughed. "Because that's where the Socs live at" said one of them in a spooky voice. Sodapop punched the guy in the shoulder "Hey Steve! Don't you go scaring her! Listen Doris, we don't bother them they don't bother us, that's how it's been for a a long while now and we want to keep it that way". Socs? Another weird was on the phone when we walked inside, and once he saw me he waved at me to go to him. "Yea, she just came in" he said into the phone "Here you go" he handed the phone to me and I took it, Dear lord let it be John I said in my head "Hello?"

"Well, hello Doris" said the familiar voice that I hated with all my soul, Mr. Burks "How are you? Having fun? Did you forget your dead parent's already?" I could hear the smirk on his face, he had to add the dead part. I sighed "What do you want?", "What do you mean 'what do I want?', I called to check up on you". I rolled my eye's, "Yea you really care" I said sarcastically. "Alright, alright, I'll leave you, I don't want to waste my time I actually have better things to do, have fun at your new home" then he clicked. I stayed glued to the phone. 'Your new home' rang in my ears, so this was it, the place where I was left at, thrown away to. Why was I here anyway? Oh, that's right, to figure out why I was thrown in the first place, why my biological parents threw me too.

I was to sleep in Sodapop's and Ponyboy's room, Darry said, we were eating dinner. I told him that I didn't want to be bother anyone, "It's no bother at all, anyways we can't let you sleep in the couch, it's uncomfortable, trust me I know" he said with a smile, that brought out the color in his eyes, that made me smile as well. "The bed's uncomfortable too, but you don't ever hear me complaining" Ponyboy said. Darry turned to Ponyboy and gave him a look, Ponyboy just shrugged, "We'll you don't". Darry sighed "What's going on Ponyboy? How come your acting like this?" I really didn't want to be a bother "Darry, its ok, I'll sleep wherever else I can" I said. Ponyboy scoffed "Yeah, listen to the little princess" I turned to him "Princess? When did I ever say I was a princess" He shook his head "From the moment I saw you, I knew you were treated like one, I mean look at what your wearing" I looked at myself, it was just a blue dress, nothing expensive, I mean it did have a white ribbon in the middle with pearls on it, also the cute rose design in the bottom of the dress "No normal person would wear that kind of fancy dress". That got me fired up, I slammed my hands on the table "HOW DARE YOU? YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME, YOU DON'T GET TO JUDGE ME!" he rolled his eyes and that just got me more mad. He shook his head "See what I mean" he said "just spoiled, throwing tantrums" I stood up, "Look Ponyboy, you don't know what I have been through, just cause you live this life doesn't mean you can say anything about mine!". He suddenly stood up as well, we were face to face, but I had to look up since he was taller than me, there was silence in the air "Ponyboy" Darry began but Ponyboy just started walking away. I went back to my seat and sighed, living here was not going to be easy.

I began unpacking all my belongings. After, I just sat on the bed, thinking how my life was going to be from now on. All I had was boys around me, which reminds me of what my Dad would always say "Boys are just monkey's, all they want is to jump on you and fool around" that got a chuckle out of me, then I wondered if my real father would ever say anything like that, what would he say? I wonder about how he was before he died, was he as good as the man that raised me? Or would he have been a horrible person? Many things ran in my head. Mostly the thought of why would my real parents give me away, was their life that bad to have to throw away their only child? As I was lost in thought a sudden knock at the door made me jump, Darry raised his hand "Whoa, sorry, didn't mean to scare you" he said, I shook my head "No, it's okay, you didn't scare me" he walked inside the room. He ran a hand through his hair "Listen I just want to apologize for Pony's behavior" I told him that it was fine, "He must feel strange with someone knew coming into his home, especially someone he barley knows anything about" I added. Darry kept staring after me "Is there something on my face?" I asked a little weird-ed out, he just laughed a little "No, it's cause you sound like a smart kid," Whenever he smiled or laughed, it just gave me a warm feeling, something like a father. My face began feeling warm and my eyes started blurring out. Darry got wide eyed "I didn't mean it in a bad way! No, don't cry!" he said. But all I could do was cry on the chest he let me borrow. Once I finished, he got up and was about to leave, but he saw something on top of the drawer close to the door, it was a paper, it looked like a letter. "So that's why" he put the paper in his pocket and said goodnight.

That night I had another dream, but this time it was diffrent. I was my with my parent's at a carnival, we were all eating popcorn and had cotton candy in our hands. We went to go see the entertainment, then there was a huge tent that said "House of Mirrors". I thought it was too boring but my parent's were excited so they went, I talked to the man who was in charge of the place "How long does this thing take?" he looked at me with a serious face "Whenever they want to come out, they'll come out" he responded. Then I went to the exit for the place, I felt like I waited for so long, like it could have been days. Then I heard my name "Doris" it sounded like my father. When I turned to look for them, I saw two other people with the same clothes my parents were wearing, but they didn't have faces.

I awoke in a cold sweat. Nightmare's! Nightmare's! NIGHTMARES! That's all I have, I don't have a day that I don't think about my parent's leaving. Why did I agree to let them go? Why couldn't I say a word to them when they asked me? Why am I such a bad daughter? I was never wanted from the day I was born and it was because they knew I would be a bad! That I would dissapoint them, to know that I was weak! I was in tears but I tried not to cry out because it seemed to be the middle of the night. That was how I spent my first night. I couldn't even go back to sleep.

The next morning my heart felt a little weight off. So I got up, washed my face, and put on my rob, then I went to the living room, Sodapop was still sleeping but Darry and Ponyboy weren't there. There were noises from the kitchen, when I walked in Darry was cooking "Good morning" he said, I replied the same thing. "We'll" he said "Breakfast will be ready in a few, why don't you go outside or something?" Then I walked outside to the porch to catch some fresh air, I didn't expect to see Ponyboy sitting on the stairs,smoking mostly, my Dad wasn't much of a smoker, so I wasn't really use to it. He was staring in the distance, his mind somewhere else. I sat in nearby chair, I wondered what could possibly be going through his head. Maybe he was thinking of ways he could annoy me with, which made me a little mad, but his expression told a different story. Suddenley he was back to reality and he found me staring at him. He looked at me for a few moments then walked back inside. That was a little weird. I clutched my chest, that scared me for a bit, I thought he was going to yell at me for staring too much. Then Sodapop rushed out, yelling goodbye, when he saw me he yelled goodbye to me too, I laughed a little.

Darry came outside and told me that breakfast was ready, so I went inside. There was silence in the air, it was kind of uncomfortable to have to sit next to Ponyboy I was afraid that we were going to keep going going at it but he was just quiet. Darry was the first to speak "We'll how do you like it here so far?" he asked. "Since it's only been a day, I can't really say much" he nodded in agreement saying I was right then he asked "Would you like a tour around town?", "Sure" I said. Ponyboy only picked at his breakfast "Hey Ponyboy" said Darry "Why don't you take Doris around town?" I thought Ponyboy would walk out like how he did last night, instead he said "Whatever" Darry got excited "Alright, you can also show here where she'll be going to school too" Ponyboy just shrugged this time.

When we finished breakfast, we set out on the tour. Ponyboy walked a little faster than me, he would stop occasionally when he would show me what's what around here. Some places where pretty cool, I was glad there was a movie theatre, then we stopped closed to a park, Ponyboy just stared at it, but we never went through it. When I saw the school, it looked like any normal school, kind of looked like my old one. We rested on the steps, I was a bit curious if Ponyboy remebered anything about my real parent's, so I asked him. "I don't know, I guess I do, We'll all I remember about 'em is that they were pretty nice, I don't ever remember them having a kid at all, but I do remember how they died" he stopped "But I don't think you wanna know, right?" I looked down "No, I do wanna know" Ponyboy scratched the back of his head and sighed "Alright, all I remeber is that they went on vacation, but no one heard from them, three months later they were found dead" My body went numb, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Ponyboy asked if I was okay, that I looked as white as a ghost, but all I said was "So, they died the same way".

I am so sorry for the delay, I had a lot of things to do and my computer broke down (T-T sadness) It's still broken by the way so, I might by kind of late with the next chapter as well. Anyways, please comment and tell me your opinions. They mean a great deal to me. Thank you! Arigato!