Life's difficulties

Summary: A girl moves in next to the Curtis's A/N: Read and review.I like all reviews but if you're gonna flame make it constructive criticism!!! This is after the book but again Dally and Johnny are still alive (who could keep them dead!?!!?)

New day at school (Liana)

I awoke at six the next morning, because I was quite excited. I changed into a black shirt and red bootleg pants. I placed my books from my last school into my bag and then went downstairs to make Dad some breakfast. I cooked some bacon that was left over from yesterday and fried a couple of eggs, topping it all of with a banana milkshake. I placed Dads plate on the table and then started to do the dishes. Dad came in at seven and looked at me strangely,

"Are you feeling all right?" I laughed.

"I thought it was time for me to make breakfast"

"Liana"

"Ok ok! I did it because I was excited, now don't complain" I said and so Dad started on his breakfast. Ten minutes later he brought his dishes to me and I washed them, then dried them. Just as I finished off the last dish there was a knock on the door.

"That will be Pony. See you Dad!" I called and ran upstairs, collected my heavy bag and then ran back downstairs and nearly got hit in the face because Pony was going to knock on the door again. I grinned,

"Man this must be a record. Someone already wants to jump me!" Pony grinned sheepishly and looked down at the ground. We started to walk towards school.

"I do hope we are in the same class! I would hate to go into a new class and I know absolutely no body! That is a terrible feeling isn't it!"

"Yeah" Pony muttered. I looked at him and realised that he had a bit of a swollen cheek.

"Hey what happened to your cheek?" I asked, very concerned.

"Oh, Darry just lost his temper. Do not worry, it was not very hard"

"Darry hit you!?! Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine"

"Well obviously you aren't because I have been talking for about ten minutes and you haven't even tried to shut me up like most people" Pony looked up and grinned which made me happy.

"Greasers!" Somebody yelled and an empty beer bottle came hurling at us. It missed Pony's head by millimetres.

"Big fat snooty stuck up Soc's!" I muttered glaring at the back of the car. We walked into the school just as the bell rang,

"Well I will meet you here if you aren't in my class ok?"

"Sure thang! See you!" I replied, walking towards the office. I walked over to the little box and waited for the lady behind the desk to notice me,

"I am new here and I would like to know what class I am in and I would like my schedule"

"Go sit over there, dear, someone will come to pick you up" I grabbed my schedule from the desk and then sat down examining it. We had all our classes in one class except for our two options. Mine was Food technology and Fabric technology. I hated both of the subjects but they had hardly any options available. Ten minutes later I heard footsteps and I gathered that it was the person coming to get me. I looked up to see Pony. He was grinning,

"Pony! Hey! Cool, so we are in the same class! I love it!" I stood up and followed Pony back to class. We entered the class and the whole class stopped talking.

"Ah.Liana Relic isn't it?"

"I think so" I answered stroking my chin. There was scattered laughter and the teacher handed me a piece of paper,

"I suppose you have done volume" I nodded and sat down next to Pony, pulling out my pencil case and calculator. A girl with light brown hair and gold highlights, light brown eyes and a faint tan smiled at me.

"Hey, I'm Kayla, do you actually know how to do this stuff?" She asked looking down at the paper and frowning slightly, chewing on her pencil. I smiled,

"Yeah. You want help?" Kayla nodded and so for the period I did my own work as well as help Kayla out. The bell rang to tell us it was second period. I packed up all my books and walked out of the class. I found Kayla and Pony on either side of me as we walked towards the science room.

"Where do you come from?" Kayla asked curiously. She probably noticed my accent as well,

"New Zealand. The other side of the country!" I grinned as we walked into the science class and sat down the back.

"Why did you move here?" Kayla asked. Why must everyone ask me that question.

"Wanted a change of scenery" I lied.

"Liana" A girl drawled, walking over to us. The girl looked at Pony and Kayla with disgust, Kayla returned the same expression but Pony just looked down at his book.

"Why don't you come over to our table?" The girl indicated to a large group of guys and girls near the front.

"Ok, I'll be right over" The girl smiled triumphantly at Pony and Kayla. I smirked as she walked away and pretended to pack away my books.

"Don't worry, they'll hate me so much at the end of this lesson that they will want me gone for good. If they don't well, one, they are completely whacked and two, I'm going to hang around with you at interval anyway. Ok wish me luck" I grinned at Kayla and Pony and then walked over to the group.

"Oh my god, Liana, where did you get those pants from? They are so cool!"

"Oh my god!" I replied, imitating her high voice, "I got them from a second hand shop" I didn't really but it was funny to see their faces.

"So, Liana, where are you from?"

"The streets. You may not have noticed me though because I was wrapped in newspaper and hiding in a dumpsite" The girl next to me seemed to edge away from me. I hid a smirk and started on my work, throwing insults here and there for the period. When the bell rang I packed up my books and followed Kylie out the door,

"Can I hang around with you?" I asked, innocently.

"No way! Get away from me beggar!" Kylie nearly ran away from me. Kayla burst out laughing next to me. I grinned,

"Told you!"