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After lunch, Dally drove Velma home. The first thing she did was get changed into her normal clothes.It was nearly 8 when Velma left to go for a walk.

Dallas Winston and Tim Shepard had just finished beating a soc unconscious. They were about to get back into Dallys car when Velma turned the corner...

"Oh my god..What happened?" Velma asked.

"I don't know..." Dally shrugged, "We saw a bunch of Socs beatin on this guy...We just chased them away.." He lied, Knowing that the naive little soc would believe anything he told her.

"Yeah, the knocked him out cold.." Tim followed Dally in the lie.

Dally noticed a car coming down the street, " Looks like his friends...We should get outta here..." He said.

"Why?" Velma asked him, " Yous didn't do anything..."

"Yeah.You see, we know that..."Tim said, "But there's no way in hell they'll believe us.."

Dally ushered Velma into the backseat while Tim got into the passenger side. Dally got behind the wheel and sped off.

About five minutes later,They pulled up to a house with a few cars parked outside and very loud music coming from the inside. "Whats this place?" Velma asked.

"Bucks." Dally said, turning off the engine.

"Wait...Darry said I wasn't allowed to be here..."Velma said quietly.

"First, He said Two-Bit couldn't take you -"((Note: You guys all get milk and cookies for figuring out my oh so subtle clue XP ))

"But I don't think that -" Velma was cut off.

"Second," Dally continued as if he hadn't been interrupted, " Darry aint in charge of you, He has no say in what you do." Dally had turned around in his seat to face Velma in the back.

"But - "

"But nothing. Come on.It'll be fine." Dally and Tim got out of the car.

Velma hesitated before getting out of the car and Dally grabbed her by the wrist and in to the house. Inside, She saw alot of tall, well-built, scary-looking(to her anyway), half-drunk guys and very drunk, slutty girls.. She moved closer to Dally. As they moved in deeper into the house, Velma noticed people staring at her. Pretty soon she ended up getting separated from Dallas and Tim...

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Johnny had been passing by Bucks place when he saw Velma going inside with Dally and Tim. He knew she wasn't supposed to be there. He walked to the Curtis's house go get Darry before something bad happened. It took him nearly 10 minutes to get there...When he got inside, Darry was sitting in his chair, reading the news paper and Ponyboy was reading a book on the couch. Darry looked up from the paper and raised an eyebrow.." Something wrong, Johnnycake?"

Johnny told Darry what he had seen and Darry got up, got his jacket and headed out to the truck.

When he got there, He looked through the large crowds of people. He didn't see her anywhere. He noticed 3 guys walking down the stairs, so he ran up to check the rooms. He wished he was wrong...but he wasn't. He had opened the door to a bedroom and looked inside and there was Velma curled up on the bed, half naked,crying into a pillow.

Two-Bit had just came to the party when he saw Darry head to the door with Velma very close at his side. He went over and asked what happened, but all Darry said was, " Find Dally and Tim and you tell them to get back to the house now."

Nearly ten minutes later, Two-Bit stepped into the house and looked around. Tim came in after him, only Tim got hit so hard, he fell back into Dally, causing them both to fall. Darry picked them both up by the shirt collar and dragged them into the front lawn.

((If you read it, Don't say I didn't worn you. ))

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Velma woke to a knock on the door...She didn't realize where she was for a moment, But then she remembered that Darry had offered his room for the night, saying he'd sleep on the couch. She sat up in the bed as the door opened and Ponyboy and Johnny stuck their head in the doorway. " Hey...how are ya feeling?" Ponyboy asked her.

"I'll be fine eventually..." She said quietly.

Pony put on a small,sad smile. " You hungry?"

She nodded abit and climbed out of the bed and they helped her out to the kitchen. It was quiet...too quiet, she thought. She had seen this in movies and on Loony Toons. As soon as she steps into the kitchen, someones gunna jump out at her or on her. She knew it. But when she got in the kitchen, nothing happened. Everyone was there...But it was quiet. The t.v wasn't on, neither was the radio. She looked around... Soda's smile was a big as usual..Two-Bit and Steve wasn't drinking a beer for breakfast as he usually did, and Dally.." Dally, What happened?" Velma asked,talking about his black eye and the big bruise on his right cheek..Everyone stared at her in silence.

Dally and Darry exchanged looked. Dally looked back at Velma and forced a smile, " It's nothing...forget about it...Just..." He tried to thing of something to say," Got alittle drunk...and uh...Pick a fight with.." he glanced at Darry for a second,"the wrong guy..."

Velma smiled abit and sat down at the table. They guys mood seemed to lighten slightly when she smiled.

After breakfast, Two-Bit had asked her, " Do you want to do anything today?"

Velma shook her head, " I just want to go home and go to bed..."

Two-Bit nodded," I'll drive ya home..."