Chapter 13
The next few weeks went by without a hitch. Nothing really exciting happened. Until one day at school some Socs jumped Soda. Jade and Angel and the gang jumped into it, and Jade pulled a knife on them. As a result, the Socs called for a neighborhood rumble the following week.
That all happened four days ago. The rumble would take place on Saturday. As it drew closer, the tension between the two groups rose. Fights nearly broke out all over school. Jade and Angel jumped Katie for one of her snide remarks and the outcome was Katie's black eye,broken nose, and a busted lip. She had slapped Jade so hard that her lip split also, and Jade was going to break her arm, just as the teacher showed up. Angel recived a black eye from Katie and Jade's elbow had hit her cheekbone and left a bruise. They both had gotten suspened for seven days, but Katie had gotten the worse end by them ruining her "perfect looks",as she liked to call them.
By Friday, all of the Greasers were high-strung. Angel had just downed seven cups of coffee to try to calm her nerves, but that hadn't helped in the least. Jade was sitting at the table keeping completly silent.
Saturday afternoon was worse. Angel had so many cups of coffee that Ponyboy, who was keeping count just to have something to keep him busy, had stopped at ninety-eight. The coffee maker broke, and Angel, already mad, kicked it across the room, barely missing Ponyboy's head. Jade was walking with Soda, and Ponyboy was pleading with Darry to let him fight tonight. Darry was against the idea.
"Let the kid fight," Angel huffed as she sat down,upset about the broken coffee maker. "He can't get hurt with all of us keeping an eye out for him."
"Angel, he's too young to fight."
"He wants to fight, and I said let him fight, and don't argue with me because I'm armed and dangerous and I want some frickin COFFEE!!!"
"Well,if you hadn't kicked it across the room, there'd be more coffee. Anyhow, you don't need anymore. You need to lay offa that for a while."
"Ah,shove it. Well,I'm leaving."
"Where are you going," asked Darry.
"Two-Bit's. Gonna ask for the coffee maker. Need coffee. Must have coffee. Coffee is good for me. Coffee is my friend." And with that, she was out the door and walking down the street to Two-Bit's house.
"That girl has an unhealthy obsession with coffee...." mumbled Darry while he got up to recover what was left of what was once their coffee maker.
"So,can I fight tongiht," asked Ponyboy hopefully.
"Yeah,sure,whatever," he mumbled, trying to see if he could fix the coffee maker. But when he did fix it, there was a big dent from where her boot had connected with it.
The next few weeks went by without a hitch. Nothing really exciting happened. Until one day at school some Socs jumped Soda. Jade and Angel and the gang jumped into it, and Jade pulled a knife on them. As a result, the Socs called for a neighborhood rumble the following week.
That all happened four days ago. The rumble would take place on Saturday. As it drew closer, the tension between the two groups rose. Fights nearly broke out all over school. Jade and Angel jumped Katie for one of her snide remarks and the outcome was Katie's black eye,broken nose, and a busted lip. She had slapped Jade so hard that her lip split also, and Jade was going to break her arm, just as the teacher showed up. Angel recived a black eye from Katie and Jade's elbow had hit her cheekbone and left a bruise. They both had gotten suspened for seven days, but Katie had gotten the worse end by them ruining her "perfect looks",as she liked to call them.
By Friday, all of the Greasers were high-strung. Angel had just downed seven cups of coffee to try to calm her nerves, but that hadn't helped in the least. Jade was sitting at the table keeping completly silent.
Saturday afternoon was worse. Angel had so many cups of coffee that Ponyboy, who was keeping count just to have something to keep him busy, had stopped at ninety-eight. The coffee maker broke, and Angel, already mad, kicked it across the room, barely missing Ponyboy's head. Jade was walking with Soda, and Ponyboy was pleading with Darry to let him fight tonight. Darry was against the idea.
"Let the kid fight," Angel huffed as she sat down,upset about the broken coffee maker. "He can't get hurt with all of us keeping an eye out for him."
"Angel, he's too young to fight."
"He wants to fight, and I said let him fight, and don't argue with me because I'm armed and dangerous and I want some frickin COFFEE!!!"
"Well,if you hadn't kicked it across the room, there'd be more coffee. Anyhow, you don't need anymore. You need to lay offa that for a while."
"Ah,shove it. Well,I'm leaving."
"Where are you going," asked Darry.
"Two-Bit's. Gonna ask for the coffee maker. Need coffee. Must have coffee. Coffee is good for me. Coffee is my friend." And with that, she was out the door and walking down the street to Two-Bit's house.
"That girl has an unhealthy obsession with coffee...." mumbled Darry while he got up to recover what was left of what was once their coffee maker.
"So,can I fight tongiht," asked Ponyboy hopefully.
"Yeah,sure,whatever," he mumbled, trying to see if he could fix the coffee maker. But when he did fix it, there was a big dent from where her boot had connected with it.