"Jesus Christ." Tia cursed as Tim went to take her hand to help her out of the car.
"What?" Tim asked, his face full of concern.
"Broken fingers, go for a the wrist." Tia replied biting her lip as the sharp pain went back to a dull ache.
Tia nodded and helped her to her feet. She glanced over her shoulder to see two more guys helping Two-Bit. Tia was so tired that she kept tripping over her own feet. Tim kept a snug arm around her waist to make sure she didn't fall. One of Tim's buddies held the door open for them. Tim helped Tia to one of the couches in the living room where she sat down carefully.
"What happened?" Buck asked Tia.
"Oh for God's sake, not you again." Tia groaned when she saw Buck.
She leaned back on the couch tilting her head back and closing her eyes.
"Tia?" Dally's concerned voice made her open her eyes. "Glory, your a mess."
"Nice to see you too." Tia replied glancing at Two-Bit on the couch to the left of her.
Buck came back out with damp cloth and handed it to Tia. Even though he one of the last people she wanted to see, she still mumbled a thankyou and accepted the cloth. Her nose had stopped bleeding and she whiped off the dried blood from her face. The room was quiet and the silence was uncomfortable. When she was satisfied that her face looked slightly better.
"Someone better tell me what happened before I start knocking heads together." Dally threatening sitting down on the couch next to Tia.
Tia closed her eyes and leaned on him, hoping someone else would talk, she didn't really feel like talking right yet.
"Me and my buddies were driving 'round. We saw Matthews in a fight so we went to break it up. We found Tia on the ground, the Soc beside her looked like he was ready to break her neck, he was so pissed." Tim explained.
"What were you doing way out there anyways?" Buck asked.
"We got lost." Two-Bit said sheepishly.
"Lost?" Dally asked in disbelief.
"Uh-huh...I was kinda...drunk...I was following Tia but she was following me." Two-Bit explained looking at the ground.
"What happened in the fight?" Dally asked Two-Bit, glaring at him coldly.
"Two Socs jumped me, the three others were with Tia." Two-Bit replied shrugging. "I didn't see what happened, I was kinda busy having my face beat to pulp."
"Tia...I need to know what happened." Dally said tilting her face to look at him.
Tia opened her eyes, his eyes were so full of concern that it was breaking her heart. She bit her lip, nodded and closed her eyes again trying to remember exactly what happened. She explained everything she could remember about the fight.
"Did he say anything to you?" Dally asked quietly.
Tia bit her lip not wanting to tell him.
"It was about me, wasn't it?" Dally asked angrily. "Tell me."
"He said 'Your the one thats always going around with Dallas Winston aren't you'," Tia explained "I didn't answer, mainly before I couldn't. He kept talking, he said 'And he was buddies with those kids who killed Bob. Maybe if we rough up his girlfriend, it might get the point through, not to mess with us'."
Dally clenched his teeth in anger, if he ever got a hold of those Socs he would make them wish they had never been born. Tia opened her eyes remembering they weren't alone in the room. Tim and Buck were sitting in the armchairs. Steve was leaning in the doorway. The rest of Tim's buddies were standing around lookin' uncomfortable. She probably would have felt slightly embarrased if she hadn't felt so crappy.
Tia thanked Tim and gave him a hug before he left. Dally offered to take her home but she knew that Darry would flip if she showed up looking like she did. Buck offered for her, Two-Bit, Steve and Dally to stay there for the night. She phoned Darry, there was no asnwer so she left a message. Tia fell asleep on the couch with Dally and slept like a rock.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Ouch." Tia mumbled when she woke up the next morning, she hurt all over.
"Look who is finally up." Dally replied.
He was sitting on the floor watching her while smoking a cigarette.
"Gimme that." Tia said holding out a hand.
"Nope, get your own." Dally replied laughing.
"I don't think these will work." Tia said holding up her hand.
The remaining cigarettes on her fingers were dirty, bloody and dented.
"Oh find." He said lighting one up for her and handing it to her. "Anything else?"
"A can of beer?" Tia asked laughing.
"Beer is for later." Dally replied smiling.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hold still." Steve told Tia.
He was trying to put her fingers in an actual splint but she kept flinching.
"Im sorry, I guess my broken fingers pinch a bit." Tia replied sarcasticly.
Steve just shook his head, chuckled and finished wrapping her fingers.
"Tia!" Buck yelled from the kitchen. "Phone!"
Steve helped her to her feet and she stumbled into the kitchen.
"Hello?" She asked picking up the phone with her good hand.
"Tia! Thank God!" KJ let out a sigh of relief.
"I have been hearing stories about you getting jumped my Socs, I didn't know what to believe what happened." KJ explained quickly.
"Slow down, slow down. Me and Two-Bit had been out walking last night and we were jumped but we are both fine, just a little banged up." Tia explained. "We have been hanging out at Buck's."
"Bucks? You are coming to stay here, no questions asked." KJ replied firmly, he was still mad at Buck since he tried to make a move on Tia that night.
"There? Yah, I am sure Dally would just love that." Tia replied laughing.
"Love what?" Dally asked from the living room.
"Nah, Lisa needs ya here, you should come." KJ replied.
"Okay, if your parents won't mind." Tia replied, she knew that his parents weren't all that fond of her.
"Its okay, they already said its fine, they are worried about Lisa too." Dally replied.
"Okay, I will try and get there after lunch." Tia replied.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You didn't have to walk me to Lisa's house, its only a few blocks away." Tia grumbled as she and Dally left Buck's house.
She stumbled over her tired legs and would have fell except Dally caught her elbow.
"Thats why I came." Dally replied smirking.
Tia just rolled her eyes and they kept walking. The sound of an engine behind them made her tense up, memories still fresh in her mind from the night before. She glanced over her shoulder and saw a cop car pulling up to the curb.
"What did you do now?" Tia asked Dally.
"Hmmmmm nothing lately." Dally replied raising an eyebrow.
"Winston!" A firm voice said from behind them.
"Whatever it is, I didn't do it." Dally replied turning around.
"Please come with me down to the station for questioning." The officer said standing infront of his car.
"Hmmmm no thanks." Dally replied turning back around.
"Don't make me force you to come with me." The officer replied dangerously.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Glory! You guys aren't the type to joke around are you?!" Dally yelled as two officers forced him to the ground.
He was handcuffed as the office dug his knee into his back. He hauled Dally to his feet. In the mean time Tia was leaning against the car smirking at Dally.
"You think this funny don't you?" Dally replied blowing a piece of blond hair out of his face.
"Hilarious." Tia replied.
The second officer eyed her, he knew who she was. She had been down to the station quite a few times since she got here and they had recieved her file from Dallas (the town, not Dally). She had been in there for a few overnighters too.
"I'm coming." Tia replied as the officer put Dally in the back seat.
"Fine, we have some questions for you too." The officer replied then hesitated.
"I don't need handcuffs, I can barely move my hands." Tia pointed out and climbed in after Dally.
"What?" Tim asked, his face full of concern.
"Broken fingers, go for a the wrist." Tia replied biting her lip as the sharp pain went back to a dull ache.
Tia nodded and helped her to her feet. She glanced over her shoulder to see two more guys helping Two-Bit. Tia was so tired that she kept tripping over her own feet. Tim kept a snug arm around her waist to make sure she didn't fall. One of Tim's buddies held the door open for them. Tim helped Tia to one of the couches in the living room where she sat down carefully.
"What happened?" Buck asked Tia.
"Oh for God's sake, not you again." Tia groaned when she saw Buck.
She leaned back on the couch tilting her head back and closing her eyes.
"Tia?" Dally's concerned voice made her open her eyes. "Glory, your a mess."
"Nice to see you too." Tia replied glancing at Two-Bit on the couch to the left of her.
Buck came back out with damp cloth and handed it to Tia. Even though he one of the last people she wanted to see, she still mumbled a thankyou and accepted the cloth. Her nose had stopped bleeding and she whiped off the dried blood from her face. The room was quiet and the silence was uncomfortable. When she was satisfied that her face looked slightly better.
"Someone better tell me what happened before I start knocking heads together." Dally threatening sitting down on the couch next to Tia.
Tia closed her eyes and leaned on him, hoping someone else would talk, she didn't really feel like talking right yet.
"Me and my buddies were driving 'round. We saw Matthews in a fight so we went to break it up. We found Tia on the ground, the Soc beside her looked like he was ready to break her neck, he was so pissed." Tim explained.
"What were you doing way out there anyways?" Buck asked.
"We got lost." Two-Bit said sheepishly.
"Lost?" Dally asked in disbelief.
"Uh-huh...I was kinda...drunk...I was following Tia but she was following me." Two-Bit explained looking at the ground.
"What happened in the fight?" Dally asked Two-Bit, glaring at him coldly.
"Two Socs jumped me, the three others were with Tia." Two-Bit replied shrugging. "I didn't see what happened, I was kinda busy having my face beat to pulp."
"Tia...I need to know what happened." Dally said tilting her face to look at him.
Tia opened her eyes, his eyes were so full of concern that it was breaking her heart. She bit her lip, nodded and closed her eyes again trying to remember exactly what happened. She explained everything she could remember about the fight.
"Did he say anything to you?" Dally asked quietly.
Tia bit her lip not wanting to tell him.
"It was about me, wasn't it?" Dally asked angrily. "Tell me."
"He said 'Your the one thats always going around with Dallas Winston aren't you'," Tia explained "I didn't answer, mainly before I couldn't. He kept talking, he said 'And he was buddies with those kids who killed Bob. Maybe if we rough up his girlfriend, it might get the point through, not to mess with us'."
Dally clenched his teeth in anger, if he ever got a hold of those Socs he would make them wish they had never been born. Tia opened her eyes remembering they weren't alone in the room. Tim and Buck were sitting in the armchairs. Steve was leaning in the doorway. The rest of Tim's buddies were standing around lookin' uncomfortable. She probably would have felt slightly embarrased if she hadn't felt so crappy.
Tia thanked Tim and gave him a hug before he left. Dally offered to take her home but she knew that Darry would flip if she showed up looking like she did. Buck offered for her, Two-Bit, Steve and Dally to stay there for the night. She phoned Darry, there was no asnwer so she left a message. Tia fell asleep on the couch with Dally and slept like a rock.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Ouch." Tia mumbled when she woke up the next morning, she hurt all over.
"Look who is finally up." Dally replied.
He was sitting on the floor watching her while smoking a cigarette.
"Gimme that." Tia said holding out a hand.
"Nope, get your own." Dally replied laughing.
"I don't think these will work." Tia said holding up her hand.
The remaining cigarettes on her fingers were dirty, bloody and dented.
"Oh find." He said lighting one up for her and handing it to her. "Anything else?"
"A can of beer?" Tia asked laughing.
"Beer is for later." Dally replied smiling.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hold still." Steve told Tia.
He was trying to put her fingers in an actual splint but she kept flinching.
"Im sorry, I guess my broken fingers pinch a bit." Tia replied sarcasticly.
Steve just shook his head, chuckled and finished wrapping her fingers.
"Tia!" Buck yelled from the kitchen. "Phone!"
Steve helped her to her feet and she stumbled into the kitchen.
"Hello?" She asked picking up the phone with her good hand.
"Tia! Thank God!" KJ let out a sigh of relief.
"I have been hearing stories about you getting jumped my Socs, I didn't know what to believe what happened." KJ explained quickly.
"Slow down, slow down. Me and Two-Bit had been out walking last night and we were jumped but we are both fine, just a little banged up." Tia explained. "We have been hanging out at Buck's."
"Bucks? You are coming to stay here, no questions asked." KJ replied firmly, he was still mad at Buck since he tried to make a move on Tia that night.
"There? Yah, I am sure Dally would just love that." Tia replied laughing.
"Love what?" Dally asked from the living room.
"Nah, Lisa needs ya here, you should come." KJ replied.
"Okay, if your parents won't mind." Tia replied, she knew that his parents weren't all that fond of her.
"Its okay, they already said its fine, they are worried about Lisa too." Dally replied.
"Okay, I will try and get there after lunch." Tia replied.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You didn't have to walk me to Lisa's house, its only a few blocks away." Tia grumbled as she and Dally left Buck's house.
She stumbled over her tired legs and would have fell except Dally caught her elbow.
"Thats why I came." Dally replied smirking.
Tia just rolled her eyes and they kept walking. The sound of an engine behind them made her tense up, memories still fresh in her mind from the night before. She glanced over her shoulder and saw a cop car pulling up to the curb.
"What did you do now?" Tia asked Dally.
"Hmmmmm nothing lately." Dally replied raising an eyebrow.
"Winston!" A firm voice said from behind them.
"Whatever it is, I didn't do it." Dally replied turning around.
"Please come with me down to the station for questioning." The officer said standing infront of his car.
"Hmmmm no thanks." Dally replied turning back around.
"Don't make me force you to come with me." The officer replied dangerously.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Glory! You guys aren't the type to joke around are you?!" Dally yelled as two officers forced him to the ground.
He was handcuffed as the office dug his knee into his back. He hauled Dally to his feet. In the mean time Tia was leaning against the car smirking at Dally.
"You think this funny don't you?" Dally replied blowing a piece of blond hair out of his face.
"Hilarious." Tia replied.
The second officer eyed her, he knew who she was. She had been down to the station quite a few times since she got here and they had recieved her file from Dallas (the town, not Dally). She had been in there for a few overnighters too.
"I'm coming." Tia replied as the officer put Dally in the back seat.
"Fine, we have some questions for you too." The officer replied then hesitated.
"I don't need handcuffs, I can barely move my hands." Tia pointed out and climbed in after Dally.