Maggie walked slowly threw the doors of the school. Pony and Johnny had already left saying they had something to do. Maggie was unsure of what it was but she didn't care much either. She liked them both just fine but sometimes they seemed even more childish then she did.
She breathed in the cool air and blew it out again, watching as her breath drifted in a little cloud of wet air. She looked around the parking lot, searching for Dally's car. He was supposed to be picking her up today but somehow she didn't think he would be. Not after all the fighting they had been having lately. She sighed, she had at least figured Steve would come and pick her up but he wasn't here either.
She walked down the steps being careful not to slip on any ice and started walking in the direction of the DX. She didn't have any homework and she really didn't want to go home and spend time with Pony, Johnny, and Two Bit so she figured she could just go and hang out with Soda and Steve. Maybe get Steve to teach her some stuff about cars.
She looked down at her feet as she walked trying not to pay any attention to the Mustang trailing her and yelling things. She took in a shaky breath. It wasn't the first time Maggie had to go through this but she hadn't going through it when she didn't really have to and this was one of those times. She could have been in Dally's car right this second staring out her window or glaring at Dallas. But instead she was walking in the blistering cold (which didn't really bug her) and being followed by some jerks in a Mustang with nothing better to do then pick on her.
She looked up quickly, trying to see if they were still there. They were.
She looked up ahead, the gas station was only a few blocks away. If she could just make it without having to run she would be fine. Too late, she thought as she heard the Mustang coming to a screeching stop. She looked over while still walking to see 5 Socs get out of the car. She quickened her pace hoping that she could make it in time without having to mess with these guys. Nope, she couldn't do that either.
She whirled around a Soc put a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him, he was at least a foot taller then her but she still was intimidated. If she could handle Dallas, she could handle this punk. The Soc removed his hand and smirked as the others lined up behind him.
"You know, your so poor you make the greasers look bad." he commented as the others laughed. She felt her face flush with anger. That's all it was to them. Rich and poor. She stepped up to him, secretly preying to God that her fish could make it all the way up to his nose. She looked down at her feet, trying to act nervous. Then, when he least expected it, she quickly looked up and knocked him right in the nose.
He swayed back as his nose spewed blood. He gasped and snorted with pain as he tried to keep the blood from falling onto his nice, clean shirt. Maggie didn't even have enough time to turn around before the other 4 Socs were on top of her. She could handle one but not 4.
She fought them trying to kick and punch the best she could but she got tired quickly and it wasn't long before they had her on the ground one sitting on her waist.
"Teach the bitch a lesson." one of them yelled. Maggie's eyes widened. Would they seriously hit a girl? Maggie grunted with pain as one of there fists connected with her cheek. This was her cue to scream.
"STEVE! SODA!" she yelled quickly before the same one's fist connected with her lips. She felt the copper taste of blood and seering pain went through her lip. She tried to reach up a hand to feel her lip but they were pinning her down. The same one was about to hit her again when Maggie finally got an idea.
She quickly brought her knee up and rammed him where the sun don't shine. He yelped and fell off of her, holding himself. But just as fast as that happened another Soc was on top of her and two of them were pinning her down.
"Your gonna pay for that." the one on top of her said, but he never got to make her pay. He was shoved off of Maggie and wrestled to the ground by what looked like Steve. Another one was brought down by Soda and then somehow Two Bit even got one. Maggie stood up, swaying on her feet for a second. She looked around as she watched three of her friends wrestle the Socs in her defense. She turned her head to the side and spit out blood. She immediately brought her hand up to her lip to feel it. Her lip was busted. She groaned and plopped down on the grass away from all the fights.
A couple of minutes later the Socs were scrambling and running to their car while Two Bit, Steve, and Soda got up to check on Maggie.
"You ok, Mags?" Soda asked as he knelt down beside her. Maggied nodded slowly and looked up at Soda.
"Hey," Two Bit exclaimed, "look at that! She ain't even crying!" he said with a huge stupid grin on his face. Steve glared at him and Two Bit's grin disappeared.
"Come on, Mags." Steve said as he helped her to her feet and turned around.
"What?" Maggie asked as she looked at Steve still standing in front of her. Steve grinned and evil grin and looked at Soda. Soda grinned just as evilly before throwing Maggie onto Steve's back. Maggie groaned.
"You guys." she whinned as Steve started walking the two blocks to the station while Maggie clung to his back.
A few minutes later Steve sat Maggie down in a chair at the DX and turned around to look at her.
"Ok." he said, all serious now. "What in the hell were you thinking walking alone?" he asked. Maggie rolled her eyes.
"I wouldn't have been walking' if Dallas had picked me up like he was supposed to." she told the three of them. They all looked at each other and Steve cursed.
"Should a known." Soda commented as he sat himself down on the top of the counter. They all looked up a couple minutes later at the sound of the bell on the door. Dally had just come in.
"Fuck." he said as he looked at Maggie. She nodded slowly, glaring at him.
"Where the hell were you?" Soda asked him as he hopped off the counter again. Steve joined Soda, anger glinting in his eyes.
"I was on my way but when I got there she was gone." he told them as he started walking over to Maggie. He knelt down in front of her and tried to meet her eyes but she kept shifting her head. He turned her chin lightly to each side so he could see her face.
"Fucking Soc bastards!" he said as he stood up again.
"Don't you think you should be cursing yourself out?" Steve asked harshly. Dallas turned and glared at him.
"Its not his fault. I should have known better then to walk alone." Maggie told them, really not knowing why she was defending Dallas all the sudden. Steve turned suddenly to her.
"Why are you defending him, Maggie? Have you looked at your face in the mirror lately?" he asked sharply as he pointed a finger at her. She looked down at her feet almost feeling the sting of tears in her eyes, but she pushed it away. She couldn't cry over this, she was getting weak.
"Look, Steve, its a really not that big of a deal. I mean, I can handle pain ok? Just let it go." she pleaded with him as she got to her feet. He grunted.
"You shouldn't have to handle the pain, Maggie. Not when you shouldn't of had to in the first place." Steve said as he glared at Dally for a few seconds before walking back into the garage cursing to himself softly. Maggie turned to Soda. He looked disappointed, too. She sighed and looked down again as she pushed her dark auburn hair out of her face.
"Look, Maggie-" she heard Dallas start but she shook her head at him and walked into the garage with Steve, hoping he would still show her a few things. She looked around the garage as she walked. It smelt like car grease and gas. She moved on steering her way out of the car grease laying in puddles on the ground. She found Steve under the hood of a car and snuck up quietly behind him. She stuck her head under the car suddenly.
"Hey!" she said loudly right next to his ear.
"Jesus, Maggie." he shouted at her, nearly knocking his head on the hood of the car. Maggie smirked at him.
"I was hoping you could show me a few things. About cars I mean." she said as she tucked her hair behind her ear again. He grinned at her.
"You really want to know a little about cars?" he asked, surprise in his voice. She nodded eagerly, still smiling.
"Ok." he nodded and lead her over to a tool box with a bunch of tools in it. "I'm gonna ask you for a took ok? And your just gonna hand it to me." he told her as he pointed to the tools.
"Ok." she said a little unsure of herself.
"Now this is a wrench." he told her as he pointed to a tool. She nodded and smiled as he went off and listed every tool that he would have to use. After a few more minutes Steve finally started working under the hood. Maggie did the best she could at handing him tools sometimes handing him the wrong tool on purpose and then cracking up.
3 hours later they packed up and Soda and Steve clocked out and said bye to the next shift of guys coming in.
"Thanks, Steve." Maggie said still smiling. He nodded and threw and arm around her. She walked with them out to Steve's car and climbed in between them. It was a quiet ride to the Curtis house besides the radio playing. She climbed out when she got there, wondering she would be in trouble with Darry for walking home or if she would be in trouble for even going to the DX instead of coming home. She sighed and slipped inside before Soda and Steve. She looked around Darry was probably in the kitchen because he wasn't in his chair. Two Bit was in his normal spot on the floor and Pony and Johnny were on the couch. Dallas stood in the bathroom shaving his face for some odd reason.
"Got a hot date tonight Dallas?" Maggie shouted at him playfully forgetting momentarily about the fight. He turned around and glared at her before going back to shaving. Maggie shook her head, he always had a date.
She walked threw the living room, trying to ignore Pony and Johnny's eyes that followed her with every move. She finally got to the kitchen and walked in slowly.
"There you are." Darry said from the stove not even looking up from what he was cooking.
"Here I am." Maggie said nervously as she walked over to Darry. He finally looked up at her and his face filled with rage as he saw her split lip and bruised cheek and eye.
"Did any one bother to give you ice for that?" was the first question out of his mouth. She smiled a little and shook her head.
"It didn't hurt that much." she told him as she looked down at her feet.
"How did it happen?" he asked now as he moved the refrigerator and put some ice in a towel. He walked back over and handed it to her.
"Got jumped," she said as she put the ice on her cheek where it hurt worse, "walking home alone." she added, even though she knew he would yell at her for it.
"Haven't you learned enough around there that yo don't walk home alone?" he shouted at her, banging his fist on the counter. She sighed.
"I know. I'm sorry, Darry." she said looking down at her feet again. She wasn't going to tell him about the part with Dally in it...until Steve showed up in the door way to the kitchen.
"She's not finished yet." Steve said to Darry and shifted his gaze to Maggie, glaring at her to tell him the rest. She glared back at him, resenting what she was about to tell Darry.
"Dallas," she said pausing for a moment to look up at Steve, "was supposed to give me a ride home but he never showed up. So I didn't have a ride anywhere and Pony and Johnny had already left." she told him, just above a whisper.
"That little shit!" Darry said madly as he stormed out of the kitchen, shouting as he went.
"What were you thinking?" she could here Darry yelling at Dally. "Did you look at her face?" he continued. Maggie blocked it out and took Darry's place at the kitchen. I should have stayed at the school, she thought sadly. It would have saved me a lot of trouble.
The next day Maggie went to school as usual and was picked up by Steve who took her to the garage to help him work on the cars. After that she went home again and helped Darry with dinner. After dinner they all ended up in the living room watching T.V or playing poker.
Maggie sat sprawled out on Dallas with her head lying in his lap as she watched Micky Mouse do stupid tricks on the T.V and occasionally laughing.
"Can you get that Maggie?" Darry asked suddenly, his face hidden by the paper.
"Get what?" Maggie asked, confused as she sat up and looked around.
"The door." Darry said. Maggie grinned she hadn't even heard anyone knock. She climbed to her feet and walked slowly over to the door, adjusting her shirt as she went. Once she got there she opened the door and then the screen.
She gasped at what was on the other side.
There was Vally. Standing there tears in her eyes. She had once had makeup on that was covering a big bruise on her check but the makeup was being washed away by her tears. Her hair and close were disheveled and she looked like hell.
"Happy birthday, Mags." she said in what was a fake happy voice and a fake smile. Maggie nodded. She had forgotten it was her birthday. She 14 today.
"What are you doing here?" she asked her sister as she leaned against the doorway. She was more concerned at what her sister was doing there then the fact that it was her birthday.
Her sister's smile disappeared and she glared at her sister. "Saying happy birthday to my little sister what does it look like?" she almost shouted.
"Who is it?" Dallas asked as he came up behind her and placed his hand above her head before leaning against her. He stared out at her sister, almost immediately recognizing the resemblance.
"What you want?" he sneered as he looked at Vally.
Her sister sneered at Dallas and then looked at Maggie. "Your dating Dallas Winston? He's four years older then you!" she said.
"5." Dallas answered. "And no. We're not dating."
"She turned 14 today dumb ass!" Vally snarled at him. Dallas looked at Maggie, confused.
"She's right." Maggie told him. "I didn't even remember my own birthday." Dallas grunted at her before turning back to her sister.
"You never answered the question. What do you want?" Dallas asked coldly.
"I want you to come back, Maggie." Vally said in a begging voice.
"HELL NO!" Maggie yelled.
"Watch your mouth!" Darry yelled at her from inside.
"Sorry!" she yelled to him before turning to her sister.
"Do you think with you dating that Soc that I'm going to live with you again?" Maggie asked.
"I'm gonna get ride of him. I promise." Vally said hurriedly.
"Sure you are." Maggie grunted. "I'm sorry Val, but no. I mean look at you you have bruises all over and you still refuse to leave him. HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU IF HE DOES THAT TO YOU!" Maggie yelled at her before moving away from the door and closing it in her face.
WOW! I know this chappy is full of drama but I felt like writing dramatic stuff today. PLEASE DON'T MURDER ME! Welp ne way. R&R and let me know lol. There will be more on the sister in chappy's to come! Lol:D! THANKS BUNCHES EVERYONE!