Wednesday after school Pony Boy said he was going to see a movie and asked if anyone wanted to come with him. Tia offered to come with him, she had been in the house all morning and wanted to go out.

"Sure." he said shrugging.

If was nice outside so she didn't bother bringing her leather jacket. She was fine in jeans and a tank top. It wasn't that far to the movie theatre so they just walked and it was still light outside. They went to see the movie Winning, Paul Newman was in it, Pony was a huge fan of his. It was about a rising star on the racing circuit.

After the movie they dug around in their pockets to find some coins to use the pay phone so they could phone for a ride. Pony tried his house first but his brothers were still at work. Next they tried Two-Bit but he wasn't home or he was passed out on the couch.

They tried Buck Meril's to see if Dally around kicking around but Buck said that he had left an hour ago and didn't say where he was heading. It had clouded over and wind was bitting painfully at Tia's arms.

"Come on, guess we are walking." Pony said shrugging.

He found it cold too since he only had a t-shirt on. They walked quickly and didn't talk all that much. Tia was the first to notice something was wrong. She elbowed Pony and jerked a thumb behind her. He nodded and swallowed hard, Chris's car was following them.

"Should we run?" Pony asked.

"Its no use, they got a car." Tia said shaking her head.

They turned around to face the car. It stopped and five guys climbed out. They were all Socs and they soon surrounded them. Tia kept her cool and glared at Chris.

"Well, now that your here can I get a smoke off of you?" Tia asked shrugging.

"I don't think so baby." Chris said. "What are you going hanging around with this greasy trash?"

"The only trash here is what I am looking at." Tia said.

"Grab her." Chris said to his boys.

Two grabbed her while the other two grabbed Pony. Before they could get a hold of Tia she managed to get one her blades out. She slashed on of them on the arm he cursed in pain.

"Pony!" she called.

Pony in the mean time was being restled to the ground. She was going to throw him one of her blades but the Socs kept getting in the way. Chris had joined in the fight now. She had thrown a few good punchs and gotten a few slashes in but it was no use. They were big guys and she was out numbered. Pony was putting up a good fight but once they knocked him to the ground and landed a few good kicks he was worn out.

One of them had his arm around her neck and she was gasping, trying to breath. Chris was doing his best to get the blade out of her hand. The ground was spinning, she knew she couldn't last much longer but she couldn't break, not now.

The blade fell from her hand and landed with a thud on the ground. She used her free hands to try and get the arm off of her neck. The guy loosened his grip and she got a few breath in but he soon had his other arm around her waist and was pulling her towards the car.

Tia fought, kicking, punch, even cursing, whatever she could do to make it harder for them. The guys started making their way towards the car. When one of them had their back turned Pony jumped on him, forcing him towards the ground.

Tia took advantage of the chance, her captor was distracted so she reached for her other blade. Before he could stop her she had flipped the blade out and stuck it in his thigh.

He cried out in pain and let go of her. She stumbled forward and tried to reach Pony who was still beating the tar out of the Soc. The rest of the guys joined in the fight again. Chris forced Tia to the ground. He got the knife out of her hand and landed a good punch to her face.

Tia couldn't move, Chris had her arms behind her back and kicking wasn't doing any good. She thought she was finished but she heard the sounds of feet, running fast, comming towards them. Before she knew what happened Dally had body slammed Chris off of her while Darry, Soda, Steve and Two-Bit went to get the Socs off of Pony. Tia took advantage of her freedom to jump the last remaining Soc. She caught him by surprise and had him knocked down in a second.

"I'll show you some action." Tia hissed at him landing a rain of punches on him.

Only when the rest of the Socs started to run did she let him up. Chris looked the worst. His face was pretty bloody but then again, the rest of him was bloody too. Dally ran over to Tia to see if she was alright. She tried standing up and swayed for a second and Dally caught her.

"Get your hands off of me Dally." Tia said, she saw the concerned look on his face. "Sorry, I am just kinda pissed at them."

Dally nodded and they went to join the rest of the gang. Pony looked beat up pretty bad. He had a black eye and a split lip.

"Well that was fun." Two-Bit said.

Tia nodded and started looking around the fight scene for her blades. She found one of her blades on the ground and the other beside a trash can. She wiped the blood off in the grass and went back to join the group.

They slowly headed back to the Curtis house.

"What were you guys doing walking alone? You should have phoned one of us to pick you up." Darry said, helping a limping Pony.

"We did, none of you were there." Pony said through clenched teeth.

It turns out that Two-Bit had gone to get Dally in his car to meet the gang. Soda, Steve and Darry were heading home from work. When Pony and Tia didn't turn up they went looking for them.

"Thanks." Tia said to the gang.

"No problem, we Greasers gotta stick together." Soda said smiling.

Greasers? Tia thought to herself, they don't think of me as a greasy girl, I am a Greaser.