Chapter Four - Things Are Bad All Over

Disclaimer: I do not own the Twilight Saga or The Outsiders Films, Novels or Characters. The following fan fiction will contain dialogue and scenes from the movies which I also do not own. I have huge amounts of respect for SE Hinton and Stephanie Meyer and mean no disrespect. I'm doing this for fun and hope you enjoy reading my cross-over and merriment of the characters from the both movies. No copyright infringement is intended.





Betas and Pre-readers- Mist, RockSteady54 and Justy



Chapter Four - Things Are Bad All Over

As soon as Jake and Seth heard a familiar boisterous laugh, they knew everything was OK.

The culprit and source of the cackle, Quil Ateara, just about fell over laughing and smacked Seth on the back; who had his eyes shut and was shaking like a leaf.

He ruffled Jake’s long hair. “You gotta couple of hairs outta place!”

Jake was annoyed that Quil made him look like a scared little boy. “Get outta my hair Quil! You are nothing but an overgrown baby.”

Quil straightened up and took notice of Jake and Seth’s company.

“Well now, who do we got here? Your great-grandmothers?”

Bella looked a little disgusted, but Alice started giggling like a school girl; something Quil caught onto immediately and told Seth to move over.

Quil sunk into the seat next to Alice, much to Seth’s chagrin. “What are you ladies doing
with these Greasers?”

Seth, still annoyed with Quil’s interruption, answered: “Paul was bothering them.”

Quil didn’t take his eyes off Alice. He smiled, “He was, huh? Where is good ol’ Paul now anyway?”

Just as Quil finished his last question, a very tough looking girl approached. She was one of the toughest girls on the rez and she looked like she was on a mission.

“Yeah, where is good ol’ Paul?” she asked Jake and the others.

“Oh, Hi Leah.” Answered Jake, trying to act casual. “He left.”

“How long has he been out of jail?” She questioned. “He hasn’t even called me yet.”

“Look, Leah, he left.” Jake repeated. Then he turned to the others and asked, “you guys seen Paul?”

“No.” The all shook their heads and Jake almost laughed out loud at how funny they looked.

Leah didn’t look convinced but added, “tell him I'll be looking for him,” before she left.

Even though Leah was a girl, she was not someone you wanted to be on the outs with.

Alice was the first to speak. “Gawd, if that girl was looking for me, I’d run in the opposite direction.”

“You dig okay baby,” Quil laughed.

“Want a chew?” He asked as he motioned to the tobacco pouch in his shirt pocket.

Bella scoffed and Alice just continued to giggle.

Quil just kept going, knowing that he now had a captive audience.

“Help yourself, puts hair on your chest.” He added. This only sent Alice into another set of giggles.

Bella had had enough and turned to Jake. “Come with me to get some Cokes and popcorn, Jake?”

Jake tried to look cool and not jump up from his seat with too much excitement.

“Sure,” he said as coolly as possible.

He turned to the others. “Do you guys want some?”

Alice answered first, “I do.” Then Quil spoke as he reached in his pocket and pulled out some cash. “Yeah, me too. Get Seth some too. I'm buying.”

Bella and Jake walked in silence as they approached the concession stand.

She finally broke the silence. “Is your friend with the sideburns okay?” She asked as she got in line.

“He’s not as dangerous as Paul, if that's what you mean.” Answered Jake.

“He sure scared Seth,” she said.

Jake let out a huge sigh. “Seth's a nervous wreck anyway. He got beat up a few months ago by some Soc.”

Bella motioned to the side of her face. “That's how he got his scar?”

Jake almost shuddered at the recollection of finding Seth near death in a field just outside the rez. “Yeah, the guy was wearing rings. He and the other socs nearly killed Seth.”

Bella looked shocked and immediately saddened. “We're not all like that,” she said softly.

Jake scoffed. “Yeah, right”.

Bella got angry and spat out, “that's like saying all Greasers are like Paul Woods.”

Their conversation was interrupted by a scuffle farther down the line between a greaser and a soc.

“Yeah. What are you gonna do?” Yelled the greaser.

“Let's take it outside!” Retorted the soc.

The guy behind the counter yelled, “Why don't you both take it outside?”

The guys looked at the worker behind the counter and just shoved each other and walked out in opposite directions.

Jake and Bella just continued their conversation as if there was no interruption.

“He's probably jumped a few people.” She said flatly. “Anyway, you think the Socs have it made. The rich kids. The Forks’ Soc’s. I'll tell you something that might be a surprise...but things are rough all over.”

Jake let out a huge sigh....but said nothing

“Jake, don’t you sometimes wish you could be someone else? Or be with someone because you want to be, not because its expected?” Asked Bella.

Jake looked at Bella and bent down a little to look her directly in the eyes.... “All the time,”
he simply said as he pushed a stray hair behind her ears and then turned around and started walking towards the counter.

As Jake placed the order for drinks and popcorn, Bella couldn’t help but notice how polite he was with the young girl behind the counter. She began to realize just how much she hated the world they lived in. Here was an amazing guy, who treated people with respect, and yet the general population only saw a guy who came from the wrong side of the tracks who would most likely end up in jail.

Jake turned around and handed a drink and a popcorn to Bella. “Let's get out of here, or Quil will think we eloped to Mexico,” he joked.

Bella laughed and followed him to the seats.

Back at the seats, Quil and Alice were getting acquainted, much to Seth’s disgust.

“So, you're from Forks, huh?” asked Quil. “It must be a nice neighborhood.”

Alice smoothed out her skirt and tried to look demure. “It is. I like it.”

Quil nodded. “I'm from the other side of town.”

Seth thought he would throw up from the sickening interaction between the two of them.

The group was relatively quiet until the end of the movie when the guys realized that Bella and Alice did not have a way to get home. They offered to walk the girls home so they would be safe.

Quil, Alice and Seth walked ahead of Bella and Jake. Quil was trying his damnedest to impress Alice, and Seth was trying his damnedest to make Quil look like an idiot.

“Hey Jack Ass, make sure you don't make yourself go blind later," Seth laughed out loud. He was, referring to Quil jacking off to thoughts of Alice later that night.

Bella looked ahead and giggled.

“So Jake, “ she started. “Tell me about your oldest brother. You never talk about him.”

“What's to tell?” Jake blurted out. “He's big and roofs houses.”

“No, really. What's he like?” pryed Bella. “I feel like I already know Embry.Tell me about Sam. Is he wild and reckless like Embry...or dreamy like you?”

Jake was getting annoyed by the questioning. “He’s not like Embry and he sure the hell is not anything like me. He can't stand me. I bet he'd like to put me in a boy's home, except Embry won't let him.”

Quil overheard the conversation behind him and stopped, “What are you talking about?” he asked.

Seth also took notice, “You all get along fine.”

“No, we don't,” spat Jake. “And, what would you know Seth - shut your trap 'cause you are not wanted at home neither.”

Seth’s face fell and Jake felt his face get hot and immediately felt sorry for what he said. Bella must have sensed his remorse and grabbed his hand with both of hers.

Quil went after Jake, but Seth stopped him before he made contact.

“You shut your mouth Jacob Black!” Quil yelled.

Jake looked at Seth, “I'm sorry Seth, I just got a little mad. You know how pissed off the subject of Sam makes me.”

Seth just shrugged, “I know, that's all right. Don't worry about it.” He then just turned around and continued to walk with Alice. Quil shot Jake an evil look and then turned around as well.

Jake hung his head and then noticed Bella’s hands holding his. He looked up and looked her in the eyes, which were on the brink of tears. “I’m sorry Jake, I didn’t mean to make you upset.”

Jake smiled and boldly kissed her on the cheek. “That’s okay. It’s not your fault. “

She blushed and went up on her tippy toes to return the kiss, but was interrupted by Alice’s high-pitched voice.

Jake and Bella looked away from each other towards Alice. Bella dropped Jake’s hands and let out a whimper.

“Oh no, look who's coming! What are we gonna do?” Alice said as she ran back to Bella and Jake.

Coming towards them was a blue mustang. It stopped and two very drunk socs stumbled out.

“Who are these clowns?” One of them slurred out.

The driver, a tall sandy haired soc, walked towards Bella.

“Bella, what the hell is going on? What are you doing? “ He yelled. “Just because we got a little drunk--”

Bella walked towards him. “Edward, you call reeling and passing out on the streets "a little"? I've told you before, I'm never going out with you when you're drinking!”

Another Soc stepped forward and walked towards Alice. “That's no reason to be with these bums,” he said and grabbed Alice by the hand.

Quil immediately stepped towards the guy, “Who're you calling bums, pal?”

Alice put her hand on the soc’s chest, “Jasper, please...”

Jasper just pushed Alice aside and pointed to Quil. “You! You are nothing but dirty greasers. We’ve got two more of us in the backseat”

“Pity the back seat!” Spat Quil, as he picked up a bottle at his feet and broke it against a fence, then handed it to Jake. He then grabbed a knife out of his back pocket and flipped it open.

Jasper backed away a little and the other guys in the mustang got out.

“You looking for a fight!” yelled one of them.

“Yeah I am looking for a fight!” Quil yelled back.

Seth hadn’t moved at all since the mustang pulled up. He just stood there with his back against the fence starring at Edward’s right hand, which had a ring on almost every finger.

Bella noticed Seth’s reaction right away and walked to Edward.

“We'll go with you.”

Quil looked at Bella. “Why? We ain't scared of these bastards.”

Bella just looked down and yelled, “I hate fights, ok I just hate them!”

She looked at Jake and then Edward. “Just give me a second, ok Edward?”

Edward smirked, raised the beer bottle he still had in his hand to his lips, took a swig and then walked backwards towards the car.

Bella walked towards Jake. “I'm sorry.”

Jake smiled and looked down at the broken bottle in his hand. “I couldn't use this.
I could never cut someone.”

Bella smiled. “I know.”

Edward was getting inpatient. “Bella! Come on!”

She looked over her shoulder and saw Alice getting in the car. “We'd better go with them,” she sighed. She looked back to Jake and said sadly, “If I see you in school and I don't say hi, please don't take it personal.”

“Sure, sure” answered Jake.

“You're a nice boy...” explained Bella.

Jake cut her off. “Look, its okay, I get it....”

He smiled at Bella and fought every urge to grab and kiss her right there. Instead, he just shrugged his shoulders, “...it’s what is expected right?”

Bella nodded and a tear fell down her cheek. She turned around and walked toward the mustang where Edward was waiting. He tried to put his arm around her, but Bella shrugged him off and got in the car. “Don’t touch me,” she spat out.

As the car drove away, Jasper yelled out the window. “Later, losers!”

Seth, Jake and Quil turned around and started to walk home.