Well, it's about freakin' time I got this up. Yeesh. This is where you find out what actually happened at the movies. Enjoy!

Disc: I do not own the Outsiders or any o' them. I should but I don't.

What happened in that concession stand? I still haven't pieced it together. Without Darry asking, I brushed my teeth and got dressed for bed. Suddenly, the door was thrown open and Jess was there, panting,

"Is Bec here?"

Soda walked in drying his hair,

"Sorry, Jess."

She punched the wall.

"Aw, man. Shit. Shit. Shit."

"You don't know where she is?"

"No. And I've looked all over town."

"Don't worry, she'll turn up and everything will be ok."

"I sure hope you're right, Sodapop."

"Go home and get some sleep, alright."

"Yeah, like that's gonna happen but, heck, I'll try."

She left sullenly and her car pulled out of the driveway. Soda lay on the couch in his towel. That was getting to be a bad habit of his and it kinda bugged me.

"Poor Jess, this is really hard on her."

It was strangely silent and like I said, I don't like silence. I brought up the first subject that came to my mind,

"So how'd you meet Mel?"

He shut his eyes, leaned back, and smiled,

"Well, you know how Superman always picks me up from work so one day he made a stop down at the 19 (A.N. an auto shop where the girls work on the South side of town) to pick up Jess. I overheard Mel askin' a question about how to fix a muffler and since Jess was busy with somin', I let her know and we just started talkin' and we just have soooo much in common it's crazy. I musta stayed there 'til 11 just talkin to her. She's dropped by the DX a couple a times and…ah…she's great. Have you talked to Laurel?"

The question popped me out of what I was thinkin' of.

"Nah, but I'm gonna call her tomorrow."

He smiled and nodded in approval.

Next Day

I wanted to sleep all day long but I didn't have much of a choice when Steve and Two-Bit fell on me in their wrestling.

"Ow! Gaoffamee!"

I yelled into Steve's muscled arm. He laughed and put me in a headlock. Darry poked in,

"Good, you're up. Breakfast's ready."

I got up tiredly and yawned. As usual, the paper was lying on the table. A headline caught my eye,

Valance Attacked By Vicious Gang Member

My eyes grew wide and I had the sudden urge to read it. I still had no idea what'd happened last night. Finally! Two-Bit stared at the paper for a second before picking it up and ripping it in to little pieces. His eyes were strangely cold as he looked at me seriously. I only saw three words,

"—now in hospital."

The next two days, Mel and Laurel stopped by to be around but I was surprised that Jess didn't. But today they didn't show up like usual. Around 8 o' clock at night, Laurel called,

"Pony, something's happened."

Her voice was unusually sad and a bit shaky.

"Becca's in the juvenile detention center. Jess's really torn up about it and we're worried. Sorry I can't tell you much more but I can't talk for long."

The line went dead and I put it back on the base. Darry noticed my unusual quietness,

"What's wrong, Pony?"

My voice sounded strange. Even to me.

"Becca's in juvie."

Darry was silent for a minute,

"She got caught…"

I really wish someone would tell me what happened. The phone rang again and this time Darry answered,

"Hello? What! I'll be right there."

He slammed it down and grabbed his jacket. Soda ran out and took his jacket too. I jumped in the car and we drove off. Darry was most definitely speeding but I believed he had a good reason. He explained,

"Jess's headed down to the hospital and we're afraid she's gonna kill that Soc girl. She's really ticked off."

My eyes widened. This sounded bad. I'd heard of Jess's bad temper and I'd assume she be more pissed off right now. Darry screeched to a halt taking up at least three parking spots and jumped out. They said Jess was here but I didn't see her sweet car anywhere. We ran to the receptionist and to my shock, Darry pulled out a switchblade,

"Where's the Valance girl's room!"

With her hands shaking, she scrolled down the list of patients,

"C-21."

Her voice was barely audible it was shaking so badly. I'd never known Darry to pull a switch on anyone. Heck, I didn't think he had one he didn't really need one. He pushed Soda to the elevator. I knew the stairs were faster so I sidetracked and charged up the stairs. C-18, C-19, C-20, ah, C-21! Mel, Laurel, Johanna, and Emily were already there and were pounding on the door,

"Open up, Jess! Come on!"

Soda and Darry ran up behind me,

"What's going on?"

Soda asked, trying to open the door. Emily answered, frustrated,

"Jess got here before we had a chance to and locked the door on us."

We all became silent so we could listen in on the conversation.

"Oh you poor poor child. You poor child. You poor filthy rich child. Let me tell you something, honey, it's not that easy for everyone. If I get my leg broken, mommy and daddy can't whisk me away for the best medical treatment in Oklahoma. Yet, somehow, you—you get this pathetic little cut that doesn't even touch the bone and I'm supposed to feel sorry for you!"

"You have no idea how much pain I'm in."

"I have no idea about the pain! Because of you, my only worth while family is in juvie. Because of you I may never see her again."

Her voice was rising dangerously quickly.

"Because of you…you! Had to get defensive and lose your pathetic little temper. How come you throw a freaking fit and I lose a sister?"

A crash resonated and I heard Cherry yell,

"Maybe 'cause trash like you doesn't have the responsibility to do what needs to be done!"

Jess started to scream now,

"Don't you DARE tell me about responsibility you fucking whor! I had to drop out of school to take care of myself. I got kicked out of my fucking house cause I started out with bitches for parents. I work two god damn jobs, and I ain't talkin' about those glamorous jobs, I'm a god damn—GOD DAMN WAITRESS from 7 am 'til 6 pm. How many jobs are you working!"

A soft voice could be heard,

"None."

"None! None! But I thougt you were schooling my fucking ass on responsibility and you don't even have a job. Let me guess: you just mooch off of mommy and daddy if you need some money. Trust me, it's not that easy for me. I just can't ask mommy for the credit card and buy myself a new slutty outfit. Isn't that right you bitch! Jesus Christ, I can't believe you. It's god damned people like you that seriously tick me off. It's god damned rich bitches like you I can't stand. AND FOR GOOD FUCKING REASONS!"

"I'm going in."

Darry yelled as he backed up to knock the door down. The door clicked open and Jess walked out avoiding all eye contact and staring at the floor as she walked calmly towards the elevator. Cherry was standing next to the bed, looking scared to death. Darry, Emily, and Johanna went off chasing Jess. I'm sick of this. I turned to Mel and demanded,

"What happened that night!"

Mel stared at her shoe for a second,

"That Valance girl…She saw you kissing Laurel and got kinda hacked off. So when she started to follow Laurel, we went after them to make sure nothing bad happened. When we got there, the redhead was screaming at Laurel something about 'not hurting sweet hearted guys'. Jess started to warn the chick and she started to threaten us. Saying that if anything happened, 'we'd be beat down so fast it would make our dirty little heads spin.' Who did that bitch think she was? Anyway, her boyfriend cam in and she started tellin' him all these lies and so he started threaten' us. I guess Bec was just fed up with it 'cause she just pulled out a switch and slashed the redhead straight down the arm. And pretty good, too, all the way from her shoulder to her wrist. I guess the guys saw the whole thing 'cause Soda and the rest of 'em just stood right next to us. The girl started screamin' her head off and fainted or somethin'. All of us just stared and Bec started running when the guards came in with their guns. Two-Bit was standin' right next to me and his eyes got wide and he started to breath awful hard. I thought he was gonna hyperventilate or somethin'. Bec took Jess's car and tore off. We jumped into my car but we'd lost her by then. And last night, the cops stopped Bec for a speeding violation and took her down to the station. When they pulled up a file, she was sent to juvie and they just called Jess to tell her. And now…"

She gave a look back into the room, but I had turned as white as a sheet. This…all of this…was my fault. Because of me…not Cherry. Me. I just might've ruined Jess's and Becca's lives. Becca's in juvie because of me. Oh, man. I started breathing real heavy. Why wasn't anyone blaming me? My fault, my fault, my fault.

"Pony!"

Soda shouted. I'd collapsed on the ground. Me, I had to show off. I had to get jealous. Why couldn't I just kept my temper under control? I never use my head. My breathing became so frantic I passed out right there.