Even though your story may be done, people are still reading.

Excellent story starring the Shepard boys!

Whe i loved this story!

At first i wasnt sure, it showed Tim and Curly's relationship in another light. One thats not portrayed often. But i loved it :D

I just read all 13 chapters of your fic, and I can honestly say that when I finally reached the end, I let out a sigh of relief, and may have muttered a few choice explicits. This was absolutely brilliant, the story so real, and so thrilling, I could've seen it as a scene in the Outsiders itself. Tim and Curly were just so in character, the Greaser lawyer such an interesting twist, it was all perfectly put together. Thank you for this amazing addition to Tim Shepard fanfiction. I'm off to go read anything else you may have. D

I liked the contrast you had to The Outsiders. Where Hinton's story showed that not everything has a happy ending, yours showed that there is still hope.

And not in the typical "and they lived happily ever after" way either.

I wanna go on in detail on how amazing this was, but I'm pretty bad with words so...

This was pretty effin' brilliant.

NICE! Great job on keeping Tim so hard, tough and cool but still having the internal battle of emotion. You had me on the edge of my seat thru the whole story (I didn't read authors notes, either, just in case there may have been spoilers! hahaha). Glad there is some justice for a hood like Tim Shepard...and I can't believe I rooted for him the entire time even if he was the bad guy at first!

This was a really great story!

Oh my God, I loved it.

That last line made me cry.

Man, that was brilliant! I don't think I've ever read anyone who can do the tough and yet troubled hood angle so well before. They're either emotionless or wimpy but you've got the balance just right. Congrats! You should write a side story from the point of view of Curly or one of the Curtises or something. Anyway, I look forward to reading more of your work.

Keep writing,

Eriadne

Yay! Tim won! Yay! I'm so happy! At first I thought 'omg dont let him be guilty' and then later on it was like 'yay he's not guilty' lol. I love the story its so frikking kewl! Lol

When I read The Outsiders for the first time, after I finished I lay there in shock, only one word in my mind. "Wow." That book just felt so amazing to me that I had to read the last part over and over, and I felt the same awe every time. I could not believe how just amazing it was. The story, plot, the way it was written.

Well, I just finished this fic, and let me tell you, I had the same exact reaction as I did when I read The Outsiders. I can't even explain how I feel. I could tell you I loved it, and I could say "wow", but that wouldn't explain it. It is just so damn more than that. I say "wow" because I can't think of a proper word to explain how amazing it was.

Espicially this part:

“Tim, are you sure your lawyer knows what the fuck he’s doing?” he asked sharply. There was a hardness and maturity to him that hadn’t been there before I went in. He looked furious, at me most of all.

“Hey, come here” I told him.

He shoved himself off the wall and came and sat next to me on the narrow bed.

“Got any smokes? I gave my pack to that guard to bring me down to see you.”

I handed him one and he lit up, for a minute things back to normal between us. I told him what to do, he obeyed, I gave him what I chose, took away what I chose.

“What does he think he’s doing?” Curly asked again, his tone forceful. “He ain’t even saying nothing about self defense, just going on about how long Will took to go to the hospital and how many times you stabbed him, no one gives a shit about that. And you fucking lied to me.”

“Hey watch it” I said, my own anger rising at his tone. I raised my hand to smack him one, and he didn’t even flinch, just knocked my arm away roughly.

“Don’t you fucking hit me Tim! You told me you cut him one time, you said it was nothing, I believed you even if no one else did.”

I suddenly understood. “Listen kid, I never lied to you. The second cut wasn’t mine, it was Will.”

He went still beside me, concentration on his face as I explained what Tony had told me, the angle he was now going for.

“Hell, that fucking dirty bastard” he hissed when I’d finished. “The low son of a bitch, he wanted you to take the fucking fall for his crime? And you been inside all this time, been on trial, for the shit he did.”

I shrugged. “That really ain’t the point Curly, what’s done is done, that’s the breaks. The point is I never killed nobody.”

I felt the relief run through me as I said it.

“Yeah, you didn’t” Curly suddenly relaxed and smiled, a soft, genuine smile that I hadn’t seen on him for longer than I could remember.

“You know when I looked at the photo of that boy in the court, I just…” he paused, struggling to find the words. “I mean I was really proud that you killed a soc’, I honestly was. But then when I saw the photo, saw what you done, I hated it. I didn’t want you to be that person, that could do that to somebody.”

“I know” I said. “I didn’t either.” Because if Curly could be brave enough to say exactly what he was feeling, maybe I could too.

“Hey, Tim” he said suddenly, looking across at me.

“What?”

“It’ll be okay” he gave me a sly, teasing smile.

I laughed and cuffed him lightly over the head, which was the only way I could think of to show my love for him. It was a crazy world alright, where I could stab a boy without thinking and yet find it too hard to hug my little brother.

We sat in silence, smoking, shoulders nearly touching, and for a moment, all the things that really mattered in life seemed so simple.

So I was wondering if I could make it an away message? I'll put the link to your fic and everything...

I think maybe after you finish the sequel to this (which you know I am reading) maybe you can write the whole thing in Curly's point of view. Just an idea if you're wondering what to do for your next fic.

Anyway, my e-mail is DoubleClickHere07 at aol dot com (I don't put the at symbol or the dot com because it never shows up...dont know why.)that's my screen name too. So if you have AIM or AOL or if not if you just have an e-mail, please, please, please e-mail or IM me. I want to talk to you just as much as I'd want to talk to S.E Hinton herself. Again, it was amazing!

-Ale

Hey! I'm reading this for the first time since I love your other story so much! I was going to wait until i was done reading the whole thing to review but this was so sweet! Tim giving in, just for Curly? Even though it seem out of character, I know Tim would actually do that. Anyway, thw story for one is just amazing. And the way you're writing is even better! Well, I love it so much and I'm off to read more.

i can't believe i've never reviewed you! i've definately read it, so i can't figure out why i never reviewed? i went through 12 pages of reviews to find mine and couldn't find it...haha im so dumb. I probably read it on the computer that i write my stories on? For some reason that computer never lets me review?

Anyway... i love it! And thanks so much for the nice reviews you left me! I'm glad you liked Bad Influence 'cause i had to do research on Curly, and i checked out your story for it...also chronic sarcasm's. I actually thought up this entire scene with Curly's family, completely inspired from your sequel to this! So... when you see his family come up... you'll know i got the idea from you. :)

I love this story, I just read all of it in one go! Please write an other one!

That was a great ending!