~the outsiders one shots~

greased up turkey

Greased Up Turkey: A story about a turkey with too much grease
The loud voices that always came from the Curtis house somehow managed to get louder. After all thanksgiving with a group of teenage boys is never quiet. But especially not when only one of them can cook. When Sodapop tries to cook somehow the food ends up an unnatural shade of green, Ponyboy gave up on cooking since he burned his finger, Johnny never learned how, Steve's too busy eating to even care about helping cook, Dally he can cook but it won't taste good, and Two-Bit well he's a lost cause. That leaves Darry to do all the hard work of cooking a thanksgiving dinner. Thankfully he payed attention and helped his mom in the previous years. " Pony! Can you come stir the green beans?" Chef Darry called from the kitchen while trying to put the mac and cheese in the oven.
" OVER THE STOVE?" a traumatized Ponyboy screamed. When Ponyboy burnt his finger he had been stirring sauce for Mrs.Curtis and ended up running off to cry because it "hurt so bad".
"Look Pone, that was four years ago you can come stir the beans or they ain't going to cook!" Chef Darry was not having it with his kid brothers antics today.
" HAPPY TURKEY DAY!" a sober Two-Bit yells while walking through the door. He must've decided to wait until he got some homemade dinner in him before he drank. Noticing the empty couch he just had to sit down and make himself right at home as if he wasn't at the Curtis's more than his own home. "Hey, where is everyone?"
"Oh hey Two! Didn't hear you come in. But everyone else hasn't shown up yet. " a freshly showered Sodapop says. Showering was somehow a priority for Sodapop after he got asked to stir those same dang green beans. Was he avoiding the wrath of chef Darry for stirring the beans at a 50 degree angle instead of a 45? Who's to tell?
"Hey Two-Bit how about you come be useful and stir the green beans?" Ponyboy teased.
" Stir the green beans?"
" YES STIR THE GREEN BEANS. DID I STUTTER?" an anxious Ponyboy yelled back. He really didn't want to stir those beans. Darry gave him this look that told him he needed to stop yelling.
"Ponyboy Micheal Curtis. One day you're going to have get over this stupid fear of the stove. You got slightly burned ONCE and now you act like you can't get by the stove. If you don't wanna help in the kitchen then go clean up the table and make room for the food on it." Darrel was in mom mode. Guess cooking thanksgiving dinner brings out the worst in people.
" YOU JUST GOT MOMMED!!!" Two-Bit exclaimed.
"Man what's all this hollering about?" Dallas says as he's walking in with a cigarette between his fingers. "I walk in and yall already acting like whatever this is. I thought we all agreed we would be nice for one day. Now if I can agree to that I know that y'all definitely can." Dallas was also not having it since he couldn't sleep last night in anticipation of the big feast.
" Oh good Dally you're here. Can you come check on the turkey and maybe drain some of the grease from it? I have to run to the bathroom real quick and you're the only one who can even be trusted to be in the kitchen alone." Darry said.
"Yeah sure whatever man. Go do your business."Dallas said while lazily making his way to the kitchen.
"Ooh I wonder what this is?"Two-Bit asked like a small child.
"Man don't touch that. It looks greasy. Plus Chef Darry never told you to touch the food so scram." Dally said while getting a spoon of extra grease out from the turkey pan. As Dally turned around to put the extra grease in the grease jar that was kept on the counter he heard a splash but didn't think anything of it. Absentmindedly he closed the oven leaving the turkey to finish baking.
Meanwhile..
"JOHNNY!!!! YOURE HERE!" Pony exclaimed as he saw his best friend walk through the door.
"Hey Pone! Sorry it took me so long but I uhm I wanted to bring something."Johnny said nervously.
"You didn't have to you know, Chef Darry didn't expect you to. But since you did bring something, what did you bring?"
" I brought a pie. I found this really easy recipe on the back of the pie crust so I figured why not try to make it!" Johnny beamed with pride over his pie.
"Pie? As in the thing in a crust?"
"Yeah, the thing in a crust. It's a pumpkin one. Thought it was pretty fitting for the occasion."
"Okay, I see the vision. You can just put it on the table. Darry told me to clean it so there should be room for your pie."
" Thanks Pone."
"PARTY'S HERE EVERYONE!" Steve said while running through the door. " OH DID YOU SAY YOU'RE GRATEFUL FOR LITTLE OLE ME? YOU BET YOU DID." Steve's ego grew a few sizes each thanksgiving.
"Steve! Yeah you're right I am grateful to have such an amazing buddy like you! You know I love you but can you uhm take it down a notch?Darry is in chef mode and mom mode." Soda said while standing up to greet his best buddy.
" Yeah yeah whatever. Where's the kids table can't have the kids sitting with us." Steve asked.
"STEVE FOR THE LAST TIME IM NOT A KID. IM 14. ONE YEAR INTO MY TEENAGE YEARS. YET SOMEHOW IM STILL MORE MATURE THAN YOU AND YOUR BIG NOSE." Pony yelled. The kid really took offense to being called a kid.
"BOTH OF YOU SHUT YOUR TRAPS. STEVE I THOUGHT WE AGREED TO GET ALONG TODAY. PONY YOU GOTTA BE NICE TODAY ASWELL" Darry called out while walking out from the bathroom. "Look the foods almost done so why don't yall go sit down."
"FOOD!" the whole gang minus Dally said.
"What is the matter with yall today. Acting like yall ain't ever ate a day in yall life." Dallas was done with whatever shenanigans were happening with these hungry boys.
"THE GREEN BEANS." and with that Darry was off to the kitchen.
" Soda I thought you stirred them. "
"I'm not supposed to be in a kitchen alone Ponyboy."
"Hey kid don't look at me Darry only told me to check the turkey."
" WHO LET THE GREEN BEANS BURN." Darry was not happy. If you dropped a feather it could be heard in the Curtis house. No one dared to speak to Darry. No one dared to look. But then a sound was heard, footsteps. Everyone looked to see Ponyboy running away.
" RUN!" this time the scream came from Johnny.
After a goose chase around the neighborhood and some commotion over who would bring what to the table, the table was set and ready to go. " Now as yall know it's thanksgiving and thanksgiving is a time to be grateful and gather with loved ones. I would just like to say how grateful I am for each and every one of you. As much of a handful yall can be I wouldn't have it any other way." Darry stated. A collective awww and you too could be heard from the table. " With that all being said let's bless this food and dig in!"

After the blessing, which none of them could refuse since after all it was Mr. and Mrs.Curtis's favorite part of the meal, they dug in to the lovely spread of food before them. "Uhm Dar I may not know much about cooking but THAT don't look edible." Ponyboy said disgusted. It was true the turkey looked disgusting. Looked like someone slathered a whole lotta grease on it.
"First you got the kid sitting at the adult table and now you have whatever that is, ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME DARRY!" Steve was clearly not about to eat the turkey.
"Guys I'm sure it's okay! Darry made it and he knows how to cook!" Johnny was trying to reassure the gang but even he had to admit it did look pretty bad.
" Dallas I thought I told you to drain the grease."
"I did. With Two-Bit as my witness I did it." Suddenly all eyes were on Two-Bit.
"So that wasn't gravy?" Next thing you know the whole table was lunging for Two Bit until someone said something shocking.
"The green beans taste really good!" Johnny had managed to take a bite of the so called burnt green beans only to find out they were perfectly cooked.
"Hey whoever brought this pumpkin pie it's really good!" Soda exclaimed. And with the new found hope in the feast everyone else began to dig in. Once the boys were stuffed beyond their britches someone cleared their throat to pick up the conversation.
"Hey uh man you think they can hear?" Dally said nervously.
"Who?" the group of boys all asked at the same time.
"You know. Mr and Mrs. Curtis."
" Dally where are you going with this?" Ponyboy asked. The mention of his late parents suddenly struck him with this heavy feeling and he could see the same had happened to his brothers.
" Well uhm being honest here, I was really hoping there wouldn't be mac and cheese because I figured it'd be that same recipe Mrs. Curtis used. That I uhm you know, wasn't a fan of. But this mac and cheese is better and edible." Dallas started.
" Okay so Imma need you to speed up with wherever you're going with this." Pony remarked.
"Cool it, I'm getting there. But uhm what Im trying to say is I think they would be proud. Of us. Of this." Dallas must've had too much food because this was very unusual of him.
" Gee Dal didn't know you had that in you." Steve said. " But yeah they would be proud. Especially proud of these three. They'd be proud they found their way."
"They would be pretty proud. Mrs.Curtis used to always tell me I needed to lay off the beer and quit watching Mickey Mouse, but she always made sure there was a beer and Mickey Mouse on the tv when I came." Two bit said recalling a fond memory of the gangs unofficial mom.
" Mr.Curtis, he always made sure I knew everything a boy should know. He always made sure to treat me like one of his own boys. Even with the uncomfortable stuff." Johnny said recalling the time that Mr. Curtis had to give him the talk.
All three Curtis brothers had tears threatening to spill out their eyes. This time they weren't sad tears but happy tears. "Wow. I didn't know how much I needed that. But you guys must of. " Soda said trying to remain calm and collected. The next moment the sound of chairs being pushed could be heard and the sight of a big group hug could be seen.

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thanks to alyssa for this idea of a greaser thanksgiving! this one was a fun one! I remember giggling so hard while writing this!! :)

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