The Life Of Baby Curtis and some random oneshots- The Outsiders Fanfiction

Part 8

That was when all hell broke loose

Filled with rage I lunged at Bradley and he lunged at me.Hair was pulled,faces were scratched,noses were punched.It was one hell of a scuffle.We looked pretty childish compared to all the older guys beating eachother,all bloody and bruised.But I was unaware of my surroundings,the only thing on my mind was giving Bradley what he deserved.As we yelled and swore at eachother while kicking and punching my anger grew.With a sudden burst of adrenaline I shoved him hard.Taken by surprise he fell onto the wet grass.

I kept getting angrier and angrier,this was like nothing I had ever experienced before.All my life I was the nice one,the calm one.Despite the fact I was a greaser,I never fought,I never talked back.I guess me being a girl and all makes it harder for me to get away with stuff like that which is bullshit because girls are just as good as boys.Well this was me proving everyone wrong.Bradley was on the floor and I had my chance.

I thought about how Bradley treated me and how he made me feel

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how the Soc's treated us in general.How greasers were blamed for everything.How Ponyboy and Johnny nearly died because of the stupid rivalry.

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how people only saw me as a greaser,or one of my brothers kid sister

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how my parents had to die and leave us all alone and Johnny's parents didn't give a crap about him.

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Then something interrupted my train of thoughts

"I'm sorry" yelled Bradley, "this has gone too far I know,please stop".I stared at him.Lying on the grass,crying.Bradley Charmers was crying! That's when it hit me. Things really had gone too far. "You're right" I said, "I'm sorry".He stood up sniffing.He was bloody and bruised and soaking wet. "I didn't want things to come  to this" he whimpered,sitting on the curb. "I'm sorry I cut your hair.I was just having fun.I didn't expect you to fight back and I got so angry.I didn't expect...expect so many people getting h-hurt". "I know" I replied, "I'm sorry for punching you...and punching you more".

"I deserve it" he sniffled, "I'm a bad person". Then he started full-on sobbing.I was shocked.We lived in a place and time where men didn't cry.But Bradley wasn't a man,he was a child and he was hurting. I sat down next to him, "You're not.You did some bad things but you're not a bad person.You're a kid and you still have time to grow.Everyone makes mistakes it's how we learn.You're obviously going through some shit that I don't know about but you'll be OK.It'll be OK" He looked up at me,wiping his eyes. "How are you so smart?" he asked. I simply shrugged. "Well thank's grease," he continued and then paused, "I mean thanks Baby". Despite everything I smiled.Then I held out my hand and he shook it.Then we both got up and went our seperate ways.

The rumble was over and Soda and Pony came running over to me. "Baby!" yelled Soda, "what the hell are you doing here! And what the hell was that!" They must have seen me talking to Bradley. "It's OK Soda" I replied, "we worked everything out.I punched him a lot beforehand though". Soda tried to be mad but he gave me a high five for the punching part. "So does this mean we had a rumble for nothing" sighed Ponyboy. "Sorry Pone" I replied ruffling his hair.

Darry did give me quite the scolding for sneaking out,but he wasn't that mad.We all celebrated with chocolate cake and beer (for some). It was the happiest I had felt since before Mom and Dad died.

The next Monday I had history first thing as usual.Suprisingly me and Bradley hadn't been seperated.The teacher glared daggers at me when I came in but I just ignored it.I sat down next to Bradley,and nodded at him.He nodded back kindly and we got on with our work.

I still don't like Bradley Charmers,I still don't like Soc's.But maybe if people around here realized that you don't need to like someone to respect them and be nice to them things would go a lot better.

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 I hope you guys enjoyed the first story! Because of the support and love this book  has been getting (which I am soooo grateful for btw) I have decided to make this a series of short stories! I'm starting to get quite attatched to Baby's character and want to keep going with this

Thanks for reading and I will get a new story out soon

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