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Chapter One

I awoke that morning expecting a typical day and that's excatly the way it started. I showered and got ready for work and then headed to the kitchen to eat breakfast. There I found my brothers, Ponyboy and Darry already seated at the table. I sat down and began eating the eggs that Darry had sat on a plate in front of me.

"Knock, knock," came a voice from the door and we all looked up to find Steve and Two-Bit headed inside.

Our door is never locked simply because a lot of the people we know sometimes need a place to crash. Just about everyone in our neighborhood has slept on our couch at one time or another.

"Hey Soda, you better hurry and eat or you're gonna make us late," Darry told me.

Quickly I gobbled down my breakfast and put the plate in the sink. I ran to the bedroom to grab my socks and shoes and once again Darry yelled for me to hurry. After grabbing them I rushed back into the living room and out the door yelling goodbye to my baby brother and Two-Bit. I couldn't help but smile today seemed to be going perfectly at least as perfect as you can get after everything that we had been through in the last year. First, our parents had been killed in a car wreck and then two of our friends, Johnny and Dally had died after Johnny had killed a soc named Bob Sheldon. Then to top it all off my girlfriend had dumped me. Things had been difficult for us lately but they were definetly looking up.

Darry dropped Steve and I off at the DX where we both worked and then headed to his job. Our boss was already there and he checked his watch as we clocked in.

"Don't you think that as long as you two have been working here you could manage to show up more than five minutes before your supposed to?" he asked us.

"What's it matter we're on time ain't we?" Steve answered.

"It matters because for once I might like to tell you something before customers come rushing in, Randle!"

"Then tell us to be an hour earlier and then you'll have plenty of time to talk before we open," Steve smiled.

Our boss just rolled his eyes before heading to his office. That day was pretty slow, well slow, for a Saturday. Most of the time we were pretty busy on the weekends but for some reason today we had only had a few customers. By closing time, I was becoming more and more antsy. I can't stand it when there is nothing do. It's like I'm gonna bust if my body's not doing something. The phone rang and it was Darry calling to tell us that he was running late so we'd have to walk home. Oh well, I thought, at least we won't be standing around doing nothing. Steve wasn't real happy about having to walk.

" Oh come on buddy walking won't kill ya. Besides the socs ain't been on our side since the rumble plus there's two of us if they do get any ideas bout coming this way."

"Fine," he sighed.

We hollered that we were leaving to our boss and headed home.

Author's Note: I know this chapter is short but this is my first Outsider's fanfic and I'm still adjusting. Reviews and suggestions would be helpful. But remember I'm new to this so please be nice.