The explained the entire plan to Tia. She seemed slightly reluctant at first but agreed when Darry said she would be aloud in the rumble. The next day Tia was so distracted with glancing over she shoulder, she almost went into the wrong class. Luckily, Lisa was close by her side and steered her in the right direction.

In the mean time, Dally was on the looked out for Benj and Evan. He would give anything just to be able to take a couple swings at them. On Friday he went to pick up Tia from school. Even though there hadn't been any sign of the Falcons, he still felt better knowing she was safe with him. Now he even met her at the door.

"Hey Dally." She greeted him, pulling her jacket on as she walked out the door.

"School treating you alright?" Dally asked as they walked to his car.

"Its school, what do you think?" Tia joked with him.

"Hey Tia... Dallas." A voice said from behind him.

"Hey Tim." Tia said turning around.

"How did you know it was me?" Tim asked, Dally was glaring coldly at him.

"Your the only guy who has the nerve to talk to me with Dally around." Tia said smiling.

"Whats up, Tim?" Tia asked, trying to be friendly, even though Dally was stillglaring.

"Did you know that someone is following you, Love?" Tim asked, making Dally feel like slugging him when he said Love.

"Yeah, I know." Tia said, sighing.

"Who are they?" Tim asked, interested.

"The Falcons, my brothers gang." Tia explained.

"Are you planning on making them stop following you?" Tim asked.

"Yeah, we are going to have a rumble with them." Dally said, hoping to end this converstation asap.

"You need any help?" Tim asked.

"You and your outfit would help?" Tia asked.

"Anything for you, Love." Tim said, winking at Tia.

Dally cracked his knuckles loudly, making the silly grin on Tim's face quickly fade.

"We will be in touch, later." Dally said, walking away, dragging Tia.

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After school, they waited for the rest of the gang to get to the house before they started to work on a plan.

"They've been following her, but they won't go near her if there are too many people around." Dally explained.

"Then all we have to do is make a set-up. Make it look like she is alone but have all of us waiting near by. Then we can corner the gang." Steve suggested. "Then we can challenged them to a fight."

"Sounds like a good idea." Soda said shrugging.

"Hello? Yeah, I am not exactly keen on being left myself as bait." Tia said.

"Don't worry, all you have to do is let them get them close enough so they can't run when they see us." Dally said, putting his arm around Tia so she could lean her head on his shoulder.

"Fine, lets just get this over with." Tia said, sighing.