The Outsiders Chapter 1 Analysis
One Step At A Time
Summary: When he was only two, a car accident took his leg, and his mother. Now, Ponyboy must learn to deal with life as a fourteen year old with only one leg. With the help six brothers and dad, he's just going to have to take it one step at a time. (Mr. Curtis is alive!)
Disclaimer: No, silly, I never have nor will I ever own The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton owns The Outsiders. *sighs* :( I simply borrow them for my own creative enjoyment purposes.
Guest:
White collar black wolf: I'm so glad that you enjoyed the last chapter! Thank you so much for your review.
Kas3y: Thank you so much, dear!
HappierThanMost: You very much deserved it, I would not have been able to write that chapter without your help and allowing me to …show more content…
He slipped off his muddy boots with his feet before walking into the living room. He was exhausted, having gotten up at five am to take his Chemistry exam, and all he wanted to do was take a nice, relaxing power nap before he started his shift at four p.m. that afternoon. However, as he laid eyes on two people making out passionately on the couch, he knew that wasn't going to happen and he had to resist the urge to roll his eyes as it would further worsen his already pounding head.
"Get a room-" Darry was stopped cold as the two people broke apart quickly, haven been spooked by the fact that there was someone in the apartment. The girl his roommate had been making out with stared at Darry, like a deer caught in headlights, her familiar hazel eyes wide and scared.
"R-Rebecca?.... What the....?" Darry fumbled for words. What was he supposed to say? His girlfriend of eleven months broke eye contact and refused to look back at Darry. Her brunette bangs fell into her eyes, giving her a shield. …show more content…
The pictures of his mother that hung on one of the living room walls seemed to stare at him, a reminder, as he trudged slowly and tiredly into the bathroom to take a shower before he had to leave for school.
As he washed his hands he looked at himself in the mirror. Were the green-grey eyes that stared back at him the ones that stared at him as he walked the hallways of his house? Were the curls that began to take to his hair when it grew out too long the product of his mother's blonde, curly hair? The unanswered questions rang in his mind, along with knowing his mother could be sitting in the kitchen making pancakes, sending him off to school with one of her famous, warm smiles, if it wasn't for what happened twelve years ago.
Ponyboy splashed a shot of cold water on his face, trying to flush his thoughts down the drain. He didn't want to think anymore, the twinge in his heart was enough to tell him he wasn't ready. He didn't think that he would ever be ready. He missed the woman he would never know too much.
Summary: When he was only two, a car accident took his leg, and his mother. Now, Ponyboy must learn to deal with life as a fourteen year old with only one leg. With the help six brothers and dad, he's just going to have to take it one step at a time. (Mr. Curtis is alive!)
Disclaimer: No, silly, I never have nor will I ever own The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton owns The Outsiders. *sighs* :( I simply borrow them for my own creative enjoyment purposes.
Guest:
White collar black wolf: I'm so glad that you enjoyed the last chapter! Thank you so much for your review.
Kas3y: Thank you so much, dear!
HappierThanMost: You very much deserved it, I would not have been able to write that chapter without your help and allowing me to …show more content…
He slipped off his muddy boots with his feet before walking into the living room. He was exhausted, having gotten up at five am to take his Chemistry exam, and all he wanted to do was take a nice, relaxing power nap before he started his shift at four p.m. that afternoon. However, as he laid eyes on two people making out passionately on the couch, he knew that wasn't going to happen and he had to resist the urge to roll his eyes as it would further worsen his already pounding head.
"Get a room-" Darry was stopped cold as the two people broke apart quickly, haven been spooked by the fact that there was someone in the apartment. The girl his roommate had been making out with stared at Darry, like a deer caught in headlights, her familiar hazel eyes wide and scared.
"R-Rebecca?.... What the....?" Darry fumbled for words. What was he supposed to say? His girlfriend of eleven months broke eye contact and refused to look back at Darry. Her brunette bangs fell into her eyes, giving her a shield. …show more content…
The pictures of his mother that hung on one of the living room walls seemed to stare at him, a reminder, as he trudged slowly and tiredly into the bathroom to take a shower before he had to leave for school.
As he washed his hands he looked at himself in the mirror. Were the green-grey eyes that stared back at him the ones that stared at him as he walked the hallways of his house? Were the curls that began to take to his hair when it grew out too long the product of his mother's blonde, curly hair? The unanswered questions rang in his mind, along with knowing his mother could be sitting in the kitchen making pancakes, sending him off to school with one of her famous, warm smiles, if it wasn't for what happened twelve years ago.
Ponyboy splashed a shot of cold water on his face, trying to flush his thoughts down the drain. He didn't want to think anymore, the twinge in his heart was enough to tell him he wasn't ready. He didn't think that he would ever be ready. He missed the woman he would never know too much.