A/N: When Jenna's part comes in, it's exactly where the last chapter left off. Stephen's part is just what happened right after their school ended. Hope you enjoy!

Stephen's POV:

Jenna seemed really nervous about asking Tanya today, I hope it went well. I didn't see her after sixth hour, so I didn't find out yet. I probably would've seen her while I was waiting in the parking lot, but to my surprise Curly showed up. So I really won't find out until sometime over the weekend if I see her.

"So did you ask that soc yet?" Curly asked as he started driving away from the school.

"Jenna was gonna' ask her, I didn't find out what she said though," I said.

"Well you better find out soon, the plan won't work if she gets known around here and gets a reputation," Curly said. I didn't say anything after that. As I've said before, Curly and I don't get along well so we really don't talk much.

When we finally got home, Curly only dropped me off; he said he was going somewhere else. But Tim was home again, he never did come back last night or in the morning when I woke up. I wondered where he went, but I wasn't about to ask. Time and I might get along better than Curly and I do, but not by much.

"Did Curly pick you up today?" Tim asked as I walked in the house. Then Duchess ran up to me and jumped on my legs.

"Yeah," I said.

"Where is he then?" Tim said angrily.

"I don't know, he said he was going somewhere else," I said while I got Duchess to stop jumping on me, then she walked back into the kitchen.

"Well where?!" he said getting irritated.

"I said I don't know, he just drove off," I said defensively. He sighed angrily and went back to whatever he was doing. He was in a bad mood again, but there's rarely a day where he's not anymore. I went up into my room to put my books away. I didn't really know what to do; I actually started doing a little bit of my homework. But then decided I wanted to go out for a little while, so I went back downstairs into the kitchen where Tim was.

"Hey Tim, would it be ok if I went out for a little while?" I asked a bit nervously. He only said I would have an earlier curfew, so I might be able to go somewhere for a little while.

"Be back by five sharp. Any later I'll skin you alive, you hear me?" Tim said, then Duchess tried to get Tim to pet her, but Tim ignored her. She's been really clingy to him; I found that funny since Tim really doesn't like her that much.

"Yeah, I do," I said and I grabbed my coat and went out the door. It was kind of stupid going out now, considering it was four thirty, but I didn't want to be cooped up in the house all night. I didn't know exactly where I was going; I just knew I wanted to go somewhere without many people. I really wasn't in the mood to deal with them anymore. I don't know why, I'm just not.

A few minutes later I found myself at the graveyard where my father was buried, then in front of my fathers' grave. He wasn't a very good man… He was an abusive drunk. Since I was the youngest, Tim and Curly were usually around to stop him from getting to me, so I really didn't turn out that bad when I got older. But Tim and Curly… Not so much. That's the main reason there known as the worst hoods around here. Tim's not as bad as he used to be; after he turned eighteen he stopped doing a lot of the illegal things. But Curly still does most of those things.

My thoughts were interrupted as someone ran into the graveyard and collapsed in front of a grave crying. At first I didn't recognize the person, but then I looked a little closer. Was that… Jenna?

Jenna's POV:

After the principal told Darry and Tanya's mom what happened, the principal kicked us out of the office to discuss our punishment from school. Great, it's my first week here and I'm already suspended! I thought to myself. And now Darry was going to kill me when he comes back out. I'm really not the type of person that gets in trouble a lot; I've never gotten a detention before much and I never got suspended before. I'm guessing Tanya's never gotten one either, but I guess her parents can't really control the principal's decision considering the other things she's done this week. Tanya and I were silent as we waited for our parent/guardian to come out; it felt like it took hours even though it only took a couple minutes. But finally they came out, neither of them looking happy at all.

"Come on," Darry said quietly but angrily as he came over to me and grabbed my arm to drag me out roughly. He was silent up until we got to the car. "What were you thinking Jenna?! You know you can't be doing things like this! Social services can split us up if this happens again!" he went on like that for the rest of the car ride home, only stopping when we got out of the car and went into the house. Tears were threatening to come. "Go to your room now Jenna, just get out of my sight you little brat!" he yelled at me. That one hurt. I ran into my room and slammed the door closed and locked it.

I've been yelled at before by my real parents so I could usually take this kind of thing. But they've never said anything like that before. The tears that were threatening to come came and I started bawling on my bed. Everyone must've been hiding in Ponyboy and Soda's room because the next thing I know there's a knock on my door. I heard Soda's voice but I didn't bother to go answer the door. I didn't want to be bothered by anyone now. I've had enough of people.

After a while I stopped crying, and Soda must've given up on trying to get in since the knocking stopped. But then I heard another knock on the door.

"Leave me alone Soda!" I yelled.

"It's Darry," I heard Darry's low voice say through the door.

"What?" I asked, not bothering to open the door.

"Can you open the door? I'm not gonna' yell at you," Darry said calmly. I groaned but got up and opened the door. Darry came in and closed the door as I went back to my bed. "Look Jenna, I'm sorry about earlier, but you need to understand-"

"I get it," I interrupted him. I was in no mood to hear him lecture me again. After my sadness wore off, anger came in. He wouldn't even let me say my side of the story! But I still shouldn't have said that, it made Darry start to get mad again. He glared at me.

"Jenna, look, I know your upset about your parents and brother, but-"

"Don't talk about them!" I said loudly.

"Hey," he said firmly and stubbornly," you need to understand you can't act like that-"

"Well I can understand without you mentioning them! And Tanya came at me and I just fought back!" I shouted at him and then ran out from my bedroom door before Darry could stop me, then went out the front door before anyone out there could stop me.

I know I didn't have a really good reason to be running out, but I didn't want my parents to come in the conversation. I didn't know where I was running to at first, but then I decided to go to the graveyard. I didn't know if anyone was chasing me, but I didn't see them. And even if they were looking for me, after that conversation, they wouldn't look at the graveyard. We buried them in the graveyard at Tulsa so they could be next to my aunt and uncle, and because the graveyard wasn't that far from my cousins' neighborhood, it was walking distance.

The only problem now, was that it was freezing outside. I forgot to bring a coat to school with me, and there wasn't any time to grab one before I ran out. But at the moment I didn't care. New tears came, and there was no stopping them now. I finally made it to the graveyard and pretty easily found the grave. Darry told me on the way to Tulsa that it was four graves away from an old oak tree. Once I found it I collapsed in front of it crying. I really couldn't help it though; this week has been so crazy! I couldn't take it anymore.

I must've forgotten to check if anyone else was here at the moment, because the next thing I know, I heard footsteps coming my way.

"Jenna?" I heard Stephen ask me. No! He can't know about this! I slowly lifted my head up to look at him. He looks shocked, but I don't blame him. I never told him about my parents or brother, so he wouldn't expect me to be in a graveyard. And since I've only known him for about a week, he's never seen me cry. "What's wrong?"

I shook my head and tried to look away, but then Stephen came beside me. "Come on, what's wrong?" he asked. I pointed at the graves in front of me, and then it took him a minute to read them. "Is that your parents?"

"Yeah," I said quietly and sobbed. I've calmed down a little bit. "And brother."

"I'm sorry. I get what you mean though, I'm here 'cause of my dad," Stephen said. I looked up at him.

"Your dad died?" I asked him and sobbed a little. I was done bawling at least.

"Yeah," He said.

"I'm sorry," I said sympathetically.

"So why were you cryin' when you came here?" he asked.

"Well… After school, long story short, me and Tanya got in a fight on school grounds and got caught by some teacher. Then we went to the principal's office and now I'm suspended for a week and my cousin Darry had to come pick me up. He was yelling at me and… That's why I came here," I said not wanting to say what Darry had said.

"Did you get in a fight 'cause of Curly's plan?" he said concerned.

"No, I didn't get the chance to tell her about that. In band she tripped me and basically broke my flute in the process. Then after school I needed to get back into the school to call someone for a ride, but Tanya was blocking the door and wouldn't move. Then I kind of called her a witch and… Yeah," I said. "You might wanna' find a new soc for the plan."

"Curly won't have that. Believe me, I've tried. Look, we'll figure something out about Tanya, ok? Let's not worry about it at the moment," he said. "Gosh it's freezing out here, why aren't you wearing a jacket or something?" He took off his coat and put it around me.

"I forgot. You don't have to give me yours," I said.

"That's fine, I'm the one wearing the long sleeves at least," he said jokingly and smiled, and I smiled back (I stopped crying by now). I got a funny feeling in my stomach at that moment… Did I like him more than a friend? No, that can't be it… My stomach just feels weird from crying, but I knew that wasn't right.

"So should you go home now, or do you wanna' wait a little while?" Stephen asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"I probably should… What time is it?" I asked Stephen. He looked down at his watch and cringed when he saw what time it was. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Stephen said quickly," It's five O' five."

"Were you supposed to be somewhere?" I asked confused.

"I was supposed to be home by now…" Stephen trailed off.

"I'm sorry," I said feeling guilty. Now Stephen's gonna' get in trouble 'cause of me.

"It's fine, I was helping you out, Tim'll understand," he said nervously, but I could tell he was lying.

"Well, then we should probably both go home," I said.

"Yeah," he said. Then we got up and started walking home. We walked in silence, but it wasn't an awkward silence. Then that funny feeling come back to my stomach. It's just that I didn't eat very much, I thought, but I still knew it wasn't true. Why am I feeling like this!?s

All I knew is that whenever either of us gets home, things aren't going to turn out well.

A/N: So did you like it? Sorry for the super late update, I had long series of bad luck with getting on the computer. Oh, and by the way, during the story Elf was hiding in Soda and Ponyboy's room, I know it didn't mention that. And I know that Darry was a little meaner in this chapter, but just go with it. But please review! What was in this chapter was what inspired me to make this story in the first place! PLEASE Review!