The Outsiders (act 1)

First line- “by then it was dark enough to sneak in under the back fence of the drive-in”

Go home! Both of you!

Marcia: you really made them mad

You object?

Marcia: bob and randy are disgustingly. I dont want to sit with them either

They need a lesson. We came to see a movie. We’ll see a movie

Marcia: Bikinis on muscle beach

Must be something by J.D. Salinger

Marcia: really?

Marcia!

Dallas: is this hair real or a wig

Stop that

Dallas: like to see some muscle?

Take your feet off my seat and shut up!

Dallas: I know you two. I’ve seen you around rodeos

It’s a shame you can’t ride bull half as good as you can talk it

Dallas: you two barrel race huh

You’d better leave us alone- or ill call the cops

Dallas: guess what I’ve been in for?

Please leave us alone. Why dont you be nice and leave us alone?

Dallas: Im never nice . Want a coke?

I wouldn’t drink it if i was starving in the desert- get lost hood…. Are you going to start on us?

PB: no

You don’t look the type. What’s your name?

PB: I wish you hadn’t asked its- pony boy Curtis

That’s an original and lovely name

PB: - I’ve got a brother names soda pop and it say so on his birth certificate

My names Sherrie, but im called Cherry because of my hair. Cherry Valance

PB: Im not. I got put up a year in grade school

What’s a nice, smart kid like you running around with trash like that for?

PB: im a grease, same as Dallas. He’s my buddy

Im sorry Ponyboy. Your brother soda pop, does he work at a gasoline station? A DX?

PB: yeah

Man your brother is one doll. I might’ve guessed you were brothers- you look alike… how come your blushing?

Dallas: Might cool you off

(Throws coke) this might cool your off, greaser. After you wash your mouth and learn to talk and act decent, I might cool off,too

Johnny: leave her alone

Thanks. He had me scared

Johnny: nobody talks to Dallas like you did

From what i saw, you do

Marcia: thats funny. I thought you were both-

Sixteen

Johnny: how come y’all ain’t scared of us like you were Dallas?

First, you didnt join in the way Dallas was talking. Then you made him leave us alone. And when we asked you to sit up here, you didn’t act like it was an invitation to make out for the night

Johnny: oh

I’ve heard about Dallas Winston and he looks mean. But not you two

PB: sure we’re young and innocent

No- not innocent. You’ve seen too much to be innocent. Just not dirty

Marcia: well im glad he doesnt know us

It’s funny- in a way I kind of admire him

PB: weren’t you yelling at someone a while ago?

I dont want to sit in a drive-in and watch someone get drunk

Marcia: you really made-em mad

I dont care

TB: - so they have a fight

You dont believe in playing rough or anything

TB: dallas got caught. He pays up. No sweat

Yeah,boy. Real simple

TB: you dig okay, baby

Ponyboy, will you come with me? We’ll get some popcorn?

PB: sure. Y’all want some

Y’all watch the movie. (To ponyboy) c’mon

PB: cherry didt really want popcorn. She wanted to talk

Your friend- the one with the sideburns- hes okay?

PB: he ain’t dangerous like Dallas if thats what you mean. He’s okay

Johnny’s been hurt bad sometimes, hasn’t he? Hurt and scared

PB: worse than that, it was the socs

I dont want to watch “Bikinis on muscle beach” i want to know about this

PB: -they’ve gone. They’ve gone Johnnycake

A blue mustang?

PB: - thats what cut johnny so bad

All Socs aren’t like that. You’ve have to believe me, Poneyboy. Not all of us are like that

PB: Sure

That’s like saying all greasers are like Dallas Winston. I bet he’s jumped a few people

PB; lotsa times

You think the Soc’s have it made dont you?

PB: well you do

It may come as a surprise, but we have troubles you’ve never even heard of. You want to know something. Things are tough all over

PB: then why are we do different?

You’re more emotional. We’re sophisticated- cool to the point of not feeling anything. I’ll catch myself talking and realize I dont mean half what im saying. I dont really think a beer blast on the ricer bottom is super-cool, but I’ll race about it just to be saying something. I’ve never told that to anyone. You’re the first person. Why is that?

PB: becuase im a greaser and becuase im younger. So you dont have a keep your guard up

For a kid, you’re awful smart

PB: probably I’ll outgrow it. Wed better buy some popcorn and get back

The pictures ending. You real a lot, dont you, ponyboy?

PB: yeah, why?

I old just tell. And i bet you watch sunsets. I used to watch them, too, before I got so busy

TB: You eat all the popcorn

It was delicious

PB: Tryin’ to figure whats the cool thing to do

Two-Bits car is okay?

PB: its a wreck, but Two-Bit’ll get you home

Thanks, Two-Bit. Let’s start walking

Marcia: aren’t we adventurous

If you’d rather call your parents-

TB:maybe I should run ahead and clean out the back seat

We’ll walk together

Marcia: what are we gonna do?

Stand here. There isn’t much else we can do

TB: who is it? The fbi?

It’s randy and bob

Johnny: your boyfriends?

Maybe they didnt see us. Act normal

Johnny: its-

What?

Marcia: what is?

Tell me johnny- why do they call you johnny-cake?

PB: gotta move it, Johnny

Johnny- what does it mean when you say tuff? It’s a tuff car?

TB: it means-

I was asking johnny

Johnny: - like you and Marcia are two tuff girls

Do you have brothers at home to help with things?

PB: are you crazy?

You dont talk about your oldest brother

What’s to talk about? He’s big and handsome and he used to play football

That’s it? Tell me what hes like

PB: it just dont seem fair

What isn’t fair?

PB: - they have beer blasts and river bottom parties because they dont know what else to do

I tried to explain

TB: the way things are. Like it or lump it

They’ve spotted us

Bob: because we got a little drunk-

A little? You call reeling and passing out in the street “a little”?

Bob: now look-

No, you look. I told you im never going out with you while you’re drinking. Too many things could happen

Bob: baby, you know we dont get drunk very often

You’re not hearing very good. I said never

Bob: maybe you’d like a close look-

It was you

Bob: okay kid, you want a repeat performance

You touch that kid, ill call the police

Bob: you wouldn’t dare

I dont want a fight. So we’ll ride home with you. But first- you go sit in the car and you wait

Bob: wait?

You wait till we come over

TB: hey. We ain’t scared of them

I can’t stand fights- I can’t stand them. (To bob) yes or no?

Bob: you think ill let a little grease get away with walking my girl

Bob, wait in the car. (Stares at them) I said I’ll be along in a minute

Bob: see ya

We’d better go with them, Ponyboy

PB: I know-

It’s too dangerous. If i see you in the hall at school and dont say hi, its not personal its-

PB: the way things are

We couldn’t even let our parents see us with you

Marcia: lets not push the one minute warning

It’s time— I hope i never see that Dallas Winston again

PB: becuase hes one of us?

Becuase I might fall in love with him— how’d that be for trouble