BABY'S P.O.V

I was walking past the DX when Steve came running out.

"BABYDOLL CURTIS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Steve yelled at me.

"Walking." I said simply.

"You know Darry said you couldn't leave the house!" Steve kept yelling at me.

"No one was home I was bored outta my mind!" I defended myself.

"Soda's going to get in so much trouble when Darry finds out you were here!" Man could Steve yell.

"Where is Soda?" I wondered.

"He took a break so he could go check on you." Steve glared at me.

"Oh." I said.

"Steve something's wrong I went home and Baby-." He stopped mid-sentence when he saw me.

"Oh thank God you're all right." He squeezed me in a hug.

"NOW WHAT THE HECK IS YOUR PROBLEM? You know Darry said you couldn't leave the house." Soda yelled.

"Oh boy more yelling." I thought.

"Soda…" I whined.

"Darry's going to have a fit when he finds out you left the house!" Soda shouted.

"Soda! I already got the lecture from Steve!" I screamed.

"Maybe you need another one!" Soda never yelled at me and I didn't like it one bit.

"You know what I'm going home!" I said.

"Fine, let's go." Soda sighed.

"I don't need you help." I snapped.

"Baby-." Soda started.

"I don't need you're help." I repeated.

Soda looked at me with worried eyes but nodded his head.

"Be careful." He finally said.

"Always." I told him.

I turned myself around and started wobbling home on my crutches.

"Those greasers are never gonna stand a chance."

"We're definitely gonna kick this asses."

"This'll teach them not to mess with us." I was about to turn the corner when I saw the 5 socs who beat me up. They all looked pretty beaten too and I was sure Dally had something to do with it.

The socs didn't seem to notice me so I hid behind the wall and continued to listen to their conversation.

"Okay make sure everyone's ready Friday night."

"Friday night?" I thought.

"I want every single soc ready for the rumble."

"Rumble?"

"We'll tell those stupid greasers its skin-against-skin but I want everyone to bring knives, chains, or some type of weapon."

"Oh no, if the greasers had no weapons there was a good chance they could all be killed."

I let out a small shriek just thinking about it. I quickly covered my mouth but it was too late the socs already heard me.

"Well, if it isn't our little greaser girl." One of them laughed.

I glared at him but kept my mouth shut.

"So did you hear our little conversation?" He asked.

I looked at him but said nothing.

"Well?" He asked.

I was still silent.

That's when he slapped me across the face.

"If you tell anyone what you heard I swear it'll be the last thing you ever get the chance to do." He threatened.

The rest of the socs laughed and then they all left.

I touched my cheek and it stung a bit, I could it was going to leave a bruise.

I decided to go home before I got in any more trouble.

"BABYDOLL CURTIS! Where the hell have you been!" I winced as I heard Darry's voice.

I took a deep breath and walked into the house. I looked around and saw the whole gang was here.

"Darry, I-." I began.

"I told you, you could not leave the house!" He bellowed.

"I know but-." I tried.

"And where did you go after the DX, last time I checked it didn't take someone a half hour to get home!" He screamed.

"I run into some socs!" I shouted.

"WHAT?" Dally yelled.

"Baby, what happened to your face?" Ponyboy asked.

Dally came up and looked at my face.

"What happened?" he growled.

"I heard the socs talking." I whispered.

"What did they say?" Darry asked suddenly sounding worried.

"They were talking about the rumble." I said.

"What about it?" Soda asked.

"It's not skin-against-skin they're gonna bring weapons." I said quietly.

Each one of the guys instantly turned red.

"Pony, Johnny stay with Baby." Dally said.

Before we could ask why Dally, Darry, Soda, Steve, and Two-Bit walked out the door.

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