S.E. HINTON OWNS ALL CHARACTERS EXPECT Kailey, Meagan, Emma, AND Kate!
Chapter One: Savior
No one knows when it started. The war between Socs and Greasers but, now it is a full on war. My name is Kailey Anne Ahearn. I have lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma since I was three years old. My best friends are Meagan Allen, Emma Biffer, and Kate Hanson. Meagan is short and looks young for her age. She looks 13 but, she really is 15. She is the second youngest. She has chocolate hair, bright green eyes and tan skin. Emma is the oldest, she is 17. She is tall and has brown hair and caramel eyes; however she is kind of pale. Kate and I look alike. She has blonde hair and bluish, brownish eyes. Kate is Emma right hand gal. She is 16.
I have blonde hair that gets really light in the summer and dark in the winter. I have deep blue eyes with a strong ring of brown around each pupil. I am the youngest. I am 14 and I am different from the girls. I love to read and watch movies and I love to paint the sunset and sunrises. No one in the gang does that. When we have sleepover, I sneak out to paint the sunrise and sunset. I have to be kind of tuff for the girls. I am not that tuff; Emma always calls me "The loose end". I don't mind because I know she's joking. I am average height, so is Kate.
I am snapped back into reality when Emma taps my shoulder.
"You okay kid, you don't look too good." Emma says hesitantly.
"Oh yea I'm fine, I am have a bad feeling all of a sudden." I say with fear in my voice.
We are all taking about how the guys were so cute in that beach movie when I notice how dark it was. I kept thinking back when my brother was 14 and I was 10. He came home after he was jumped. I was so sad; I silently wept after I tended to his wounds and put him to bed. My brother and I are really close, but, I am more of a mother to him. He is the kind of guy where the greaser and hood line is fuzzy. I am always looking out for him but, we are more independent. I always come home eventually or am at someone's house. My parents are rarely home. They are either drunk at a bar or motel or working. They work just enough for us not to complain. My parents don't beat me but my mom, she likes to yell. Sometimes she'll hit me but, she still loves me.
I am snagged into the real world by the roar of an engine. Not just any engine but a mustang. My dad used to have one before we moved and I always remembered the sound. We all turned around to see 6 Socs with wide grins.
"Run!' Emma screams.
As we turn around to run we are smack right into 3 more Socs blocking our path. I get wide eyed to see the size of the Socs the three in front of us are towering over me. Before I had any more time to think the girls are ripped from my side and the three Socs that were in front of us pummel me to the ground.
"Hey, leave the kid alone!" Emma screamed with pure rage in her voice.
"Shut up you greasy broad." A Soc says and I hear a powerful slap to the face.
I can hear Kate and Meagan fighting against the two men holding each of them down.
"Leave her alone, please she's just a kid!" Meagan says with terror in her voice.
"Shut them up" The voice of the Socs who seems to be the leader of the group.
They drag me into the alley and I kick with all my might and scream. They kick me in the ribs so hard, that they knock the wind out of me. One lies on top of me and ties a rope around my mouth. I hear the girls start screaming for help but then they go silent. Then the leader starts ripping off my shirt. I try to say no but, the rope. He starts to carve my stomach and cuts of my shirt completely. All the guys start to slug me in the stomach and face. Then the leader rips of my shorts. He takes his switchblade and carves into my leg.
"Let us show this little broad a good time." Said the leader.
"Next time you see your brother tell him this is for him" another one says and they all start laughing.
As he gets closer and closer to my underwear, he gets off and runs. I am completely dumbfounded. Everything starts to get blurry. I hear foots steps and voices. As someone picks me up I go black.
Cliff hanger!