A Whole New World// The Outsiders

I sit in my now empty bedroom as I stare at the only thing in the room. It was a picture of my dad in a gold frame.

"Nikki come on!" I hear my mom yell from the front door. I grab the frame, say one last goodbye to the bedroom I have spent 14 years in. The bed I cried on so many times, the walls that have been repainted many many times.

I walk down the stairs I fell down when I was five, and through the door I broke with an axe, and into our shitty looking minivan as my mom started to drive.

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My mom stops the car in front of a blue house with white detailing. She looks at me expectantly.

"its... nice..." I say as my grandmother comes out f the front door. We're moving in.

"Oh Nicole, darling. How are you?" She asks as she holds me tight. It has been a month and a half since the accident, and I still had a limp, and scars all over.

"Hi gram. How are you?" I walk over to her. As I pull away we hear voices from behind us.

"Hey Ma'am, let me carry that" I turn to see a kid with curly brown hair reaching for the box my mother grabbed, other boys grabbing other boxes. I go to grab my boxes.

My new room is twice the size of my old one, and it was already set up with furniture. I set the picture frame on my vanity and zone out, staring at it, when a knock is at my door.

"Come in"

"uh hi. I'm Sodapop Curtis and my friends wanted to know if you'd like to hang out..." A boy with the most beautiful and mesmerizing eyes I had ever seen said.

"uh okay. sure." I grab my phone and tell my mom before I go with the gang to a park.

"Nicole, this is Ponyboy, Johnny, Dally, Two Bit, Steve, and Darry." Sodapop says as we approach the park.

Johnny has black curly hair with round brown eyes. He looked like a sad puppy dog. Ponyboy has blondish hair, and the most beautiful eyes. Sodapop is real good looking but Ponyboy is better looking. Dally is tall, pale, and tough. Steve seems to want to look tough, but is a tad bit scronny with muscles. Darry oh lord his muscles are HUGE. Two bit is wearing a mickey shirt, wtf. and I am wearing black overall shorts with a white croptop that looks like a bra and vans, my hair is side parted and my makeup is light, I have a small cross necklace around my neck, my last birthday present from dad.

"Where you from Nicole?" Two bit asks as he takes a puff from a cigarette.

"New York." I take the cigarette out of his mouth and take a puff, blowing the smoke in his face.

"wow. What takes you here, cutie?" Steve says as he takes the cigarette out of my hand.

"My mom got tired of New York, and we moved in with my grammy." I say, chewing on the inside of my cheek.

"Ah. Well, we're gonna go back to my place, wanna come?" Sodapop says

"They'll be cake" Steve interjects

"And beer" Two Bit shouts from across the park at the swings.

I laugh and move my hair out of my face. "Sure."

We all start walking towards the Curtis house. When we get there, I sit in between Ponyboy and Johnny. Ponyboy is in the midst of a conversation with Dally, Johnny and I are talking.

"So, where'd you get that necklace? It's awfully shiny" Johnny asks.

"My dad gave it to me for my last birthday" I look down as I hold the cross.

"You only metioned your mom and gram. Where's your dad?" Johnny asks, loud enough to make the other's turn their attention.

"oh uhm he's on business. I never see him. Oh well look at the time, I have to leave. See you later guys." I say as I practically run out of the house. I hear the door shut behind me, then open and shut again. I keep running.

I feel an arm slow me down. I turn around to see Ponyboy.

"Oh hey, you scared me Pone." I say.

"Oh sorry. I was sent to walk you" he says as he shows me a blade.

"W-why do you have that?" I ask, backing away nervously.

"Because, this is Tulsa Oklahoma, darlin'. We're greasers. We're the hood. so get some hair grease, and join the club. A naïve and innocent girl shouldn't be left to walk home alone. Even in our territory." Ponyboy said.

"oh" I say as we reach my house. "This is my stop. See you tomorrow, Ponyboy,"

"Yeah. See you tomorrow Nicole" he replies with the CUTEST smile I have ever seen.

I walk inside to see my grammy and mom were standing right at the door, ready to bombard me with questions.

"Who was that boy?"

"Do you like him"

"Does he like you?"

"Oh of course he likes you."

This continues and I ignore them and walk to my bedroom.

"Oh Come on Nikki! throw us a bone!"

"AJ sure is lucky he escaped to college!" I yell before I go and sit on my bed.

"Dad, you'd love these boys. I already feel protected when I'm around them. They're keeping your baby girl safe. I miss you so much. I wish momma wouldn't worry so much. I'm alright. It is just hard, dad." I hear a sniffle and turn to see grammy in the doorway.

"Your father loved you so very much, Nicole." she says as she sits next to me and wraps an arm around me.

"Its not fair grammy. Why did it have to be him? He went to church every sunday, even on Saturday too. He prayed everynight. And this is what a good guy gets? It's not fair grammy..." I start to cry again.

"Nicole, I hate to brake it to you, but you can't control any of these things. Nobody can."

"Is God even real? because where was he when my dad and I got in the accident? Where was he when I had to watch them try to get my father's dead body out of the crumpled car!?" I shout, growing angrier and angrier.

"Whether he is real or not to you is for you to know, hun. Now, go to sleep and we can talk about it tomorrow morning." She says before leaving and I go to sleep.