Like No Other (Outsiders story)

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I stepped out of the car to be met with the warm spring air. I got my suitcase out of the back of the car and thanked the stranger that had offered me a ride. So, here I am, in front of my brothers house I haven't seen since I was at least 3 or 4 years old. Mom and dad passed about 8 months ago and my aunt finally convinced me to come back to Tulsa. Which I argued about for months but here I am, in front of my brothers run-down house.  It looks mainly the same from what I remember when I was here last. Except, mom and dad isn't gonna be there this time. The thought of that brought up a sharp pain. A pain that happened to appear when I thought of my parents.  

I shook my head and took a deep breath. I started to walk up to the door and softly knocked on it. The door opened to reveal a blonde boy with his hand on the handle. Ponyboy. I didn't know if he'd remember me because I moved when he was just a few weeks old. I'm 17 so the second oldest next to Darry. He looked at me in confusion at first then his eyes lit up. I looked similar to our mother. 

"Sarah? You finally came!" He said in disbelief. He hugged me, making me  drop my suitcase so I can return the hug. 

"Who's that?" I heard a voice call out from the house. 

"Sarah!" Pony replied a smile can clearly be heard through his voice. Pony helped me move my  stuff in the house.  We went in the kitchen and were met with Darry. He looked over and froze when he saw me. 

"My my it is Sarah! I thought ya were lyin', Pony" He said as he turned the stove off and same over and gave me a hug as well. He was gentle hugging me. We stayed in that hug for a few minutes before finally pulling away.  

"Dang you got big, kiddo" Darry said. 

"Well I was like 3 or 4 when you last saw me so." 

"True point." 

We both chuckled and I looked over at Pony, ruffling his hair. 

"Hey! Stop it!" He said as he fixed his hair. 

"Why is it so greasy?" I ask him, wiping my hand off. 

"Well, I put hair oil in it of course." He said like it was obvious. I rolled my eyes at his attitude. 

"Well now we know where Pony gets his attitude from." Darry said as he sat the breakfast on the table. 

"Shut up!" I replied, hitting his arm. 

Darry called out breakfast time and two more boys came running past me, sitting at the table. 

'Ey, where's Soda?" The boy with a messed up nose and messed up teeth asked Darry. He wore a denim jacket with the sleeves cut off and a white tank top under it. 

"He had to go to the DX, he got a call this morning he had to work early." Darry replied. 

"Yeah and who's the girl." The other boy asked,  a piece of his brunette hair falling in front of his forehead and he wore a Mickey mouse shirt with jeans. 

"Me, Dally, and Soda's sister." Pony said and the two boys almost choked on what they were eating or drinking.  

"You guys have a sister?!" They said in unison. 

"Yep, right here." Pony said and the unknown boys looked at me. 

"Well uh I'm Two-Bit," The boy with the Mickey mouse shirt said, " And I'm Steve" the other boy said.  I nodded. 

"I'm Sarah." I said. 

There was a silence until Darry spoke. 

"So, me, Pony, Two-Bit, and Steve are going to the DX to see Soda. You wanna come or stay here and unpack? You can probably have Pony's old room since he sleeps with Soda. Pony looked at me and confirmed Darry's words. 

"I'll take the second option if that's okay." I said and Darry nodded. Pony got my stuff and we both took it up the stairs to his old room which I now call my own. 

"You make it you're own, okay." Pony said as he smiled at me and walked out,

I felt tired so I changed into some red pajama pants and a black tank top and flopped down on the bed. I fell asleep after a few minutes. 

I woke up after about an hour. I felt hungry so I went to the kitchen to look for food. They didn't have that much so I just got some water. 

I was about to head back up the stairs when I heard the front door open and shut. I look over the stairs and two boys walk in and sit on the couch. 

One of them was real tan with black hair. He wore a denim jacket, jeans, with a black shirt. The other one was a log lighter, like me and my brothers. He had a white tank top and a denim jacket with jeans. He wasn't that bad looking if I'm being honest. 

The darker one noticed me and said something to the taller one. The taller one spun around and met eyes with me. I froze. 

"Eh, who the hell are you?" He asked, he had a Southern accent mixed with another that I wasn't sure it was. 

"Uhm Sarah, Sarah Curtis." I said. I made my way down the stairs. 

"Wait, Curtis? Like Pony, Darry and Soda."  the darker one Started more than asked.  

"Yep." I said. 

"How ya know em." The taller one asked. 

"Their my brothers," their jaws were on the floor, "I moved back from Florida just today." 

"They have a sister and never told us?!" The taller one said in disbelief. 

"Well uhm I'm Johnny and this is Dallas but we call him Dally." The tanned or Johnny said. 

"I'm Sarah." I said. 

The rest of the group came back and Soda immediately runs over to me and hugs me. 

"Hey, Soda. How ya been." I said as I hug him back. Me and Soda were always the closest before I moved. We're a year apart. 

"I missed ya sis." He said as he pulled away. 

"I missed you too." 

The rest of the night I got to know the group and the group got to know me.  Two-Bit, Steve, Soda, and Dally got drunk. I got a little buzzed. But after everyone went to bed and just me and Dally were up, I actually got drunk. I sat on the couch, on the opposite side of Dally. I stared at the floor. 

"Hey so, what accent do ya got." I asked him as I stuttered some words. 

"Southern and New York. I grew up in New York." He said and laughed only once after he spoke. That's just the kind of drunk he is. I laid down on the couch, my head almost touching the outside of his thigh. 

"You look hot." I said straight forward. I saw him smirk.  I move my head to rest on his lap. He strokes my hair, there's something about it that makes me feel like he won't remember any of this in the morning. 

I wanted to say more but I fell asleep. My head on his lap