Rose's POV

Caroline and I were at an ice cream shop close to our house. Our parents are away for a wedding this weekend so it's just the two of us.

"I forgot to tell you two days ago I saw James talking to Dally when Dally picked up Johnny and Pony." I said.

Caroline looked at me in shock. "What could he possibly be saying to them?"

"I don't know. I wish I did." I said.

As if it were fate we saw the Socs walk in. Well it was James, Archie, Blake, Franky, Daniel and Elijah.

"Oh great." Said Caroline with an eye roll.

"I'm sorry about James. He's an asshole." I said.

I'm actually really happy that they broke up. I'm kinda rooting for Dally and Caroline I feel like she could be a good influence on him.

"Listen they made Franky get their ice cream. I can go talk to him and find out what they said to Dally." I said.

"Rose I don't know." Said Caroline as she took a bite from her cookie dough ice cream.

"Come on! I got to know!" I said.

"Alright but be fast." Said Caroline. "I'll stop them if they try to cut your conversation."

I nodded then got up and stood next to Franky in the line up.

"Hey Franky! How's it going?" I asked.

"Not too much Rose what about you?" Asked Franky.

"Nothing just two days ago I saw James talking to Dallas. Why?" I asked.

Franky looked uneasy. "It was nothing."

"Come on Frank!" I pleaded.

"I'll only tell you this cause I feel bad and maybe you and Caroline can do something about it. Don't tell the boys I told you this though."

I looked over to the boys' table and they weren't even looking. Blake, Daniel and Elijah were talking to some girls while James and Archie looked like they were in deep discussion.

"James and Archie challenged Dally and Soda to a rumble tonight at 8 but they lied about two things." Said Franky with a sigh. "They said they're not going to be weapons and that it'll be the four of them but they're actually bringing knives and well the whole gang is going. It's going to be 6 against 2."

My jaw dropped. "No! This can't happen! Soda and Dally are going to get hurt."

"I know that's why I feel bad." Said Franky.

"Anyways thanks for telling me. Caroline and I will figure something out." I said as I turned around but Franky grabbed my arm.

"Don't tell them I said anything. I don't want them getting mad at me." He said.

I nodded then I went back to my table and told Caroline everything.

"They're such jerks!" Said Caroline. "I'm going to talk to James-"

"No you can't! They'll know Franky told us. If they find out Franky told us they'll be mad at him." I said.

"We can't just let them do that. Soda and Dallas could get really hurt." Said Caroline.

I looked over and saw the boys leave. I looked down at my watch and it read 7:45. I got it.

"Wait! How about we go to the DX gas station. Soda works there with his friend Steve. Hopefully Steve is working then we can tell him." I said.

"That's brilliant! But how do you know to get to the station?" Asked Caroline.

"Well I visit Soda one day at the station." I said sheepishly.

"Of course you did." Said Caroline with a playful eye roll.

"Well come on! Let's go! We can't waste anymore time." I said.

Caroline nodded then we both got up and we made out way down to the station. I hope I remember where it is.

Soda's POV

"Soda we gotta go!" I heard Dally yell.

"I'm coming!" I said as I finished up from the bathroom.

I saw the boys besides Steve and Darry in the living room because they're working.

"I can't wait to get my hands on Archie." I said.

"Hurry up then. We should've been there already. The faster we get there the faster we can kick their asses." Said Dally.

"Just be careful guys." Said Johnny.

I gave him a smile. "Don't worry about us Johnnycake. We'll be fine."

"Bring a knife just in case." Said Two.

Dally nodded. "I always have mine on me."

I walked over to the table and picked up mine and I looked at Pony who turned his head when he made eye contact with me. Ponyboy hasn't been talking to me all day. He's not exactly happy that I agreed to this.

"Alright we better get going." I said.

"Finally." Said Dally as he walked out of the door.

"Give Archie and James a good one for me!" Yelled Two.

"I will. Bye Johnny bye Pony." I said.

"Bye good luck." Said Johnny.

"Bye." Muttered Pony.

I did a lopsided smile and joined Dally outside.

"Pony isn't really happy about this." I said.

"Leave the kid alone. He'll get over it." Said Dally.

The park isn't too far so we'll be there soon.

"Dal I can't wait to beat those Socs." I said.

"They're going to get a beating of a lifetime." Smirked Dally.

As we walked I couldn't help but this about how Rose would feel about this. Would she get mad at me? I don't think she should but girls can be complicated. I guess we'll see after the rumble. If she is or not.

Dally and I waited in the park by the fountain where Bob died.

"I hate coming here." I said.

"Yeah me too." Muttered Dally.

Then I felt like an idiot. I keep on forgetting what happened to Dally here. That was honestly scary. I thought we lost him that night. He never spoke about that night though. To anyone.

"Dal if you want to talk about what happened-"

"I don't." Said Dally sternly.

"Dally I think-"

"I don't want to talk about it Soda cause there's nothing to say." Said Dallas furiously.

I left it alone. The one thing with Dally that I learned is to not push him. If you push him it makes him worse.

I heard a car coming down with a bunch of people in it. Socs.

"Shit." Said Dally.

"There's 6 of them." I said.

They parked the car and they kept on cheering. I looked over to Dally who had a tough expression on his face.

"Oh look James, the greasers are shitting their pants." Said Archie.

All six of them got out.

"Looks like you bitches need back up to beat us." Said Dally.

"Dallas fighting you is too easy. I want to make you suffer for going for my girl like that." Said James with emphasis on 'my'.

"Soda you're going to wish you never even looked at my girl." Said Archie.

"And you're going to wish you never came here." I said then I punched Archie right in the jaw and I saw Dally out of the corner of my eye take down James. Then the other Socs got involved. This one Soc held me down and another one held Dally down. We gave each other an oh shit look. We're screwed.

Caroline's POV

"Finally!" Said Rose.

Rose took a wrong turn and now we finally made it to the station at 8:23. As we looked around I saw a guy with a name tag that read Steve and I nudged to Rose.

"You're Soda's friend aren't you Steve?" Asked Rose.

Steve looked up from the car. "Depends who is asking."

"I'm Rose a friend of his and this is my sister Caroline." She explained.

"I know you two. Dally and Soda talk about you two all the time." Said Steve.

I felt my cheeks get red. Dally talks about me? I wonder what he says

"Actually we're here about them." I started. "They're in huge trouble. The Socs lied about the rumble. They all brought weapons and there are six of them."

I saw that Steve was getting mad. "I'll be back."

Steve went to talk to a guy who looked like the boss. They were having an argument but soon Steve came back.

"Let's go but first we're going to the Curtis' house so I can get a friend." Said Steve.

We nodded then we all started running to Soda's house. We followed Steve and soon we were there. Steve open the door and we all got in.

"Two-bit we got to go! The Socs lied, Dally and Soda are in trouble!" Yelled Steve as he walked in.

I looked over and saw Two-Bit who I recognized at school. I froze when I saw Johnny. I tried not to stare but it was hard. This is the boy who killed Bob for no reason.

"What's going on?" Asked another boy who I recognized from school. I'm pretty sure his name is Ponyboy.

"The Socs lied. It's six against two and they all knives on them." Answered Rose.

"What should we do?" Asked Pony.

I saw Two-Bit grabbing his jacket and his blade from the table.

"Go get Darry. He'll know what to do." Said Two-Bit.

Pony and Johnny nodded.

"Two we got to go! Who knows what they've done to them so far!" Said Steve angrily.

Two-Bit nodded then all of us ran out of the door.

Rose and I followed Two-Bit and Steve while Johnny and Pony ran the opposite direction. They lived fairly close to the park so we made it there in no time. We slowed down and I saw James on top of Dallas and repeatedly punching him. Before the boys could get involved I started to go first and yelled James' name.

"James!" I yelled.

James looked up and saw me. He was shocked.

"Caroline what are you doing here?" Asked James.

"To stop this. What the hell are you doing?" I asked as I crossed my arms.

James got off of Dallas. My eyes widen when I saw Dallas. He has a swollen cheek, a few cuts on his arm and a nice cut under his left eye.

"I'm getting him back! He came in between us. If it weren't for him we would still be together." James went to touch my arm but I pulled back. "Caroline he's the problem and I wanted to show him that he can't mess with me and my girl."

"I'm not your girl!" I said furiously. "I'm not Dallas's girl either and I never was his! He didn't come in between of anything, your jealousy did! If you just put some trust in me then nothing would've led up to this!"

"It's hard to put some trust when you're with him." Shot back James.

I rolled my eyes. "Nothing has ever happened between Dallas and me and nothing will happen! James please just leave it alone, we can go talk over this and figure this out."

"No Caroline, I'm not finished with him." Said James.

I looked over and saw Dallas struggling to get up. The rest of the Socs was just starting at James and me.

"James please!" I pleaded.

"No Caroline! I need to show him that he can't mess with me!" Said James furiously he went to turn around but I grabbed his arm and turned around to try to talk him out of it but before I could even get a word out James spoke.

"Get out of my way Caroline!" Yelled James as he pushed me on the ground.

I looked up scared and I saw Dallas tackle James to the ground and repeatedly punching him. Blake and Daniel tried to get involved but Two-Bit and Steve took care of them.

"You're a bitch James! Hitting a girl like that! I'll show you!" Yelled Dallas angrily as he continued to punch James.

"Caroline are you okay?" Asked Rose as she came up next to me.

"I'm fine. I can't believe what's going on." I said.

I don't know what to do. They're probably going to end up killing each other.