Disclaimer: I don't own the The Othsiders. I only own Amanda's family.

This is my first fan fic, so don't be rude, please.

Chapter 1 (Amanda's POV)

I am having the most perfect week, except for today. Sodapop was sick. I am coming home from DX. Soda, Steve, and me work there. I am walking alone because Steve went back to his house to grab something for Soda.

Steve told me to wait at the empty lot for him so we can go together. His house isn't too far away. After a few minutes, I heard a car rounding the corner. When I looked I saw a blue mustang. Sodapop said I should stay away from this particular mustang because of the socs. I was paralyzed for a few seconds when I first saw it. I have never encountered the socs before. I have been with Soda for only a few weeks now, so I wasn't suspicious.

After the few seconds was over, I started to back up into the lot. I tried to hide, in case they didn't see me at first. When I could see their car in front of the empty lot, they parked. Now I was really scared. They saw me, and now they are coming after me.

They got out of their car and looked around. I was a little relieved that they didn't know where I was hiding. Maybe they wouldn't find me and just leave. After a few minutes of hiding, I had to cough. I tried to hold it back as long as possible, but it came out and one of them noticed me. I was so scared that I couldn't move.

"Hey, look. It's that new greaser Soda's dating." The one that pointed at me said. I tried to convince myself to look tuff and go out there, but I just couldn't move. I knew already that if I got really scared I wouldn't be able to move. It's just something that happens to me.

They started to walk over to me. "Look at her cowering from us. Look at the poor defenseless baby." One of the others snickered at the comment. "Where's your prince charming now." "Steve where are you," I thought, "I need you." My heart started racing. I wish that they would just disappear.

Next, one of them picked me up and threw me across the lot. It hurt like heck. I couldn't cry in front of them. I couldn't show them that I was that weak. When I started to get up, they started to kick me. I wanted to scream for help, but I couldn't. What if Soda heard me. If he knew that I was weak like this, he'd probably dump me.

Then I rolled onto my back. A soc started to tell me something, but I couldn't retain all of it. "Now look here… better ones here are… out of…" That's all I could retain. I nodded my head thinking that they would leave me alone if they thought I would listen to them.

When I opened my eyes to see if they were gone, I saw that one of them was on over me with a switchblade in his hand. I tried to get up and run, but then all of them pinned me down. The one with the switch, sat on my chest. I could barely breathe, let alone call for help, now. They had my eyes watering, about to cry.

"Look at the princess without her knight in shining armor." Then all of them started to laugh. Next, I gave a glare at the one on my chest, trying to regain my pride, but when he saw it, he slugged my really hard. Then they all started laughing again because I broke. He slugged me again then told me to suck it up. I tried getting up again, but the guy on my chest pushed my head back down. I felt something run down my face. Oh, no. He cut me across my forehead. He cut me a little more.

Next they heard a sound of a door opening. When one of them came back from looking, he said that it was Steve. They got back into their car and drove away. A few seconds later Steve was at my side, helping me up.

"You okay, kid," Steve said, obviously not noticing my tears. "I'm going to get those ------- for this." When I was up on my feet, he let go of me to see if I could walk. I started to fall over, so he caught me. He carried me over to the Curtis's house with something in his pocket. I was wondering what it was.

So tell me what you think about my first chapter.

Peace out!