"Ashley!" My brother Darry yelled at me.
"What?" I asked when I walked into the kitchen.
"Can you pick up some groceries today?" he asked walking into the kitchen fully dressed and ready to go to work.
"Yeah, Pony, Johnny do you guys need anything?" I asked them while I was getting my jacket.
"Can you get some smokes?" he asked looking up from the T.V.
"Yeah sure thing, Johnny do you need anything?" I asked him
"No but are you going to see Alex today?" he asked looking up.
"Yeah why wouldn't I?" uh oh I thought he must know something.
Ok let me introduce myself. I am Ashley Curtis. I have 3 brothers Darry, Soda and Ponyboy. I am 15 and Pony is 15 we are twins. I have a boyfriend named Alex and the gang seems to like him but Johnny doesn't. Well the thing is, is that Alex beats me. I haven't told anyone except Johnny. He found out about a month ago when he was walking by the park and saw him beating me. I told him not to tell anyone but the gang seems to know that something's going on because I come home with different bruises and cuts all the time.
"Well I am gonna go. I will talk to y'all later." I said walking to the door,
"Ash be careful." Johnny told me looking me in the eye.
"I will stop your worrying. I have my blade everything is fine." And I left.
I was walking to the store when a car stopped me.
"Hey greaser what are you doing all by your lonesome?" one of them asked me.
"Why don't you do us all a favor and drive off a cliff." I told them. I knew my mouth would get me into trouble. I was hanging out with Two- Bit way too much. Suddenly 8 soc's came out of the car. Wow how can so many soc's fit in that car? I asked myself.
" We are gonna teach you how to respect your superiors." Said one of them coming closer to me.
"I hope you don't mean yourself?" I asked them. Crap now I am going to get it. Why can't I keep my mouth shut? One of the bigger guys grabbed me. I punched him in the face giving me time to grab my blade from my pocket. I pulled it out and the sun hit the metal and flashed a bright light into one of the soc's eyes.
"Get that knife away from her I don't care how." He yelled. One of them grabbed my wrist and twisted it violently that I felt my bone break.
"Awwwwww!" I screamed in pain. I dropped the knife.
"Alex grab the knife and teach her a lesson." The leader said. Wait Alex it can't be. I turned to look into the eyes of my boyfriend. He didn't look sad he looked happy. He picked up the knife and cut my arm. I was stunned long enough so that a guy could grab me and pin me down. They all started to kick me and punch me. Finally they left and got back into the car. Alex came over to me before he went into the car and kissed me and told me that he loves me and I will see him later. Then he left. I heard sirens and looked to see a cop car pull over right next to where I was. I turned onto my side and started coughing up blood.
"Hey are you alright?" the cop asked me coming over.
I tried to say yes but all I could get out was a moan. He came over and picked me up which was probably really easy because I don't eat much. He put me in the back of the car. He picked up his radio thing and called the hospital and told them that we were coming. When we got to the hospital they took me to a room so they could check me out. I had a broken arm and 3 broken ribs and a deep cut on my arm. And various cuts and bruises on my face and stomach. I asked them if I could call my brothers so they could know what happened. They gave me a phone and I dialed my home number.
"Hello?" it was Darry. Oh joy.
"Darry?" I asked just to make sure it was him.
"Yeah who is this?"
"It's your sister." I told him with a laugh.
"Ashley where are you? You have been gone for 2 hours. Its everything alright?"
"Well no I am at the hospital. I got jumped." I told him quickly.
"What! What happened?"
"I will tell you later. Can I get a ride home?" I asked.
"Yeah we will be right there." With this he hung up.
About 20 minutes later Darry, Johnny, Pony, Soda, and Steve came into the room I was in.
Darry took one look at me and yelled, "What the hell happened?"
"I was walking to the store and I was jumped simple as that."
"Do you know who It was?" asked Johnny. I looked into his eyes and he knew that Alex was one of them.
"No I don't know any of them but I have seen them around school." Pony came over to me and gave me a hug and he told me that he was thankful I wasn't hurt to bad. Pony and me are really close. We always stuck together.
"Are you ok?" asked Soda concerned. He must of saw the tears in my eyes.
"Yeah I'm fine just a few cuts and a broken wrist." I told him showing the cast on my wrist. It was hot pink.
"It's totally you." Soda said laughing.
"Can I just go home." I never have been inside a hospital since mom and dad died I wouldn't have come if I was found by the gang but I wasn't and I couldn't get out of coming here. I had warm tears coming down my face by now. I was deathly terrified of hospitals.
"Yeah let me go talk to your doctor and we will be out of here in no time Angel." Darry told me. Angel was his nickname for me dad use to call me that and It always calmed me down. Johnny came over to me when I got off the bed I was sitting on and gave me a hug and whispered in my ear. "Alex was with him wasn't he?" he asked me so quietly I could barely hear him. I nodded and Darry came in and told me I could leave. I didn't waste any time I sprinted out of there as fast as I could. By the time I got outside I was crying and gasping for air. I felt a hand touch my back and I flinched like if the person was going to hit me. I looked up and I saw Alex.
"I heard what happened are you ok?" he didn't hide any emotion in his eyes.
"Hey what are you doing to her?" someone yelled. I recognized the voice it was Johnny.
"I'm fine Johnny its ok. And I'm fine thanks to you." I walked away from him.
"What's with the attitude?" Steve asked me.
"It's nothing can I go home now?" I asked.
"I will deal with you later!" yelled Alex.
Johnny and I exchanged nervous glances at each other. I stepped into the truck and Johnny sat next to me. When we were all in the car I had almost stopped crying. I leaned my head on Johnny's shoulder and fell asleep.
"Ash sweetie its time to get up." Soda said. I opened my eyes to see that we were at the house. I got out of the truck and went straight to my room and fell asleep. I woke up about an hour later with a terrible headache. The house was silent. I went into the bathroom to get some aspirin. I went downstairs to find Alex sitting on the couch no one else in sight.
"What do you want Alex?" I asked looking at him.
"Now is that any way to talk to your boyfriend?"
"I'm not your girlfriend anymore. I'm done!" I was about to run out of the house when Alex grabbed my ankle and dragged me back.
"No your not no one leaves Me." he slapped me in the face. I screamed. He grabbed my arms up hard. I knew I was going to have handprint bruises on my arm. He pushed me against the wall and started choking me. Someone must of heard the struggle and my scream cause the next thing I heard someone yell, "You let go of her!" He didn't let go and he started to squeeze my throat harder. I couldn't breathe. Then, I passed out.
Johnny's PovI heard a girl scream and I knew it was Ashley. I ran the rest of the way to her house and found her being strangled by her boyfriend. Ashley was crying and he didn't seem to notice.
"Hey you let go of her!" I yelled. He didn't let go. He started to squeeze harder on Ashley's throat. Then, Ashley fell to the ground and Alex took off. I ran to Ashley and checked her pulse. She wasn't breathing. "Somebody help me!" I yelled as loud as I could. I heard running and Dally and Pony came running into the house. "Dally, Pony she's not breathing." I was crying now. I wouldn't survive if Ashley died. As you can see I love her. Dally pushed me out of the way and started to perform CPR. Moments later Ashley started coughing. She sat up and let out a sigh she was alive.
"Ashley what happened?" Pony asked with tears in his eyes.
"Some soc came and then he started to beat me and then strangled me. It was the same guy who jumped me today." She said. Pony helped her up and hugged her. "Pony I was so scared." She told him he helped her onto the couch. She was crying. I came over to her and sat next to her. She looked at me and mouthed Alex and I knew it wasn't some random person. Soon later she fell asleep with her head In my lap. Darry will kill us when he finds out I thought. With this I fell asleep.