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My Best Girl (And Some Others, Too) by fanfareandwhimsy
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
24 Jan 2025
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"Marcia had said once that Cherry always went for boys who were no good for her. She hadn't clarified any further, but Cherry knew what she meant—boys who were messy and complicated and, it seemed, perfectly willing to leave their girlfriends at the drive-in to go get boozed up with their friends. Marcia had stopped saying things like that when she'd started dating Randy—he was Bob's best friend, for goodness' sake—but Cherry had always felt the need to defend herself against such accusations. Now, feeling that same inexplicable pull toward Dallas Winston she'd once felt toward Bob, she wondered if Marcia had a point.
Well, so what? Marcia didn't get it. She didn't understand that Cherry was plenty good already, all straight-laced and picture perfect and ready to snap at any moment from the pressure. She didn't need a perfect boyfriend. She needed one who could balance her out. She needed wild and reckless and alive. And Bob, for all his starched polos and neatly creased chinos, could give her that."
Or, Cherry never meant for any of this to happen. But after meeting Ponyboy Curtis at the drive-in the night that changed everything, she must re-evaluate what she stands for, who she loves, and why.
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- Part 1 of Outsiders Musical Lyrics One-Shots