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Willow's POV

I decided to sleep in the lot that night. Who would care anyway? Forrest's friends wouldn't care, Johnny's friends wouldn't care, and my dad definitely didn't care. I just rested my head on the ground and fell asleep.

The next morning I ran to Forrest's friends house to get my clothes and school stuff for the day. I got dressed and headed for school. When I was there I got looks from girls saying 'you lost the perfect guy, now he's ours!' It drove me nuts! I didn't like him anymore. That chapter is done in my life.

It was going to be a fun day at school: Gym, science, math, study hall, French, lunch, English, and then history. I was on the way to science when a Soc pushed me into a locker and said, "Big brother isn't here to protect you anymore." I hit the lock part on my the back of head. When he left, I stood up and felt my head. When I looked at my hand, there was blood. 'Great, just great.' I started the fun walk to the nurse's office.

"What happened here?" She asked after looking at my head. I couldn't tell her a Soc pushed me into a lock, she wouldn't believe me.

"I got pushed into a locker." I said, hoping she wouldn't ask who did it.

"We're gonna need to get you to the hospital." She said. Once I got to the fun hospital, I got to see the fun doctor. Wouldn't that be fun?

I was right! It was fun, I got stitches, and they asked me what happened.

"I got pushed into a locker and my head hit the lock."

"Do you know who did this to you?"

"No, it was an accident I guess." I said. He just sent me on my merry way. I still had school today, but I decided, I already missed part of the day, why not miss all of the day? I wondered around greaser territory for a while. I ended up at the DX. Soda and Steve were standing outside.

"Hey Willow," Soda said.

"Hey Sodapop," I said.

"Shouldn't you be in school?" Sodapop said.

"Yes mother, I should be in school, but I had to go to the hospital."

"Well as your mother, I want to know why you were at the hospital." Soda said jokingly.

"Well if you must know I got stitches 'cause of a Soc, rammed into a locker."

"Oh. I'm sorry."

"Whatever, I just didn't want to go back to school."

I spent the day talking to Soda. He's an O.K. guy. He's got a girlfriend that he loves. Her name is Sandy. He told me that his parents died in a car wreck. I told him about my mom leaving Forrest and me when we were little.

"Soda, you're lucky." I said.

"Why?" He asked.

"You had parents that loved you, what do I got? A mom who ran out, and a dad who beats me up."

"You got your brother."

"I had my brother, he's gone."

"He didn't die."

"He will die. He can't be in jail. He needs his friends! He may not need me, but he needs them!" I tried not to cry. I didn't want to seem weak. That's when I saw my ex-boyfriend.

"I thought he had a girlfriend! He's cheating on her with trash like you?" Mark yelled, pointing at Soda.

"First off, he does have a girlfriend! Second, he ain't cheating on her! Third, I'm not trash! If anyone here is trash, it's you!" I yelled angrily.

"I don't know why I even wasted my time on you!"

"Either do I! Can't you just stay out of my life?" Then he laughed.

"I'll always be in your life! I'll be in your dreams! You said you loved me, so I'll always be in your thoughts!" He yelled.

"Loved is the key word here! I don't love you, I hate you!"

"Of course you do." He said coolly and walked off. I felt bad for dragging Soda into this; he had enough to worry about. He's got two brothers, a girlfriend, and a gang. He didn't need me to add to his worries.

"I'm sorry." I said.

"For what?" He asked.

"That I dragged you into this mess."

"Don't worry about." He said, so I dropped the subject. Then his friends came, so I started to leave.

"Where do you think your going?" Two-bit asked. The Socs always say that to me.

"I was just gonna go…"

"Go where?" Two-bit asked.

"For a walk."

"What? I got cooties or something?"

"I just thought that you guys would want to talk alone." They told me to stay, so I stayed.

"Did you here what happened to some greaser today?" Steve asked.

"No, what happened?" Soda asked.

"I hear some kid went to the hospital, hit their head on a locker." I turned white. So steve asked, "what you know the kid or something?"

"Yeah, it's me. Got stitches in the back of my head."

"Socs?"

"Yeah, Socs. Why can't they just leave me alone?" I said.

"'Cause they're Socs." Two-bit said.

"I know, but everyday! Every single day!" I yelled, "I just wish, there was one day in my life where I didn't have to worry about someone beating me up! I have to watch my back for Socs and my dad!" They just stared for a minute, except for Johnny. Was he there the whole time? Johnny was just looking at the ground. He knew what I was talking about.

After I calmed down and Soda got off his shift, we headed to his house. It was just him and I by now, everyone left already. So we talked some more. I told him about Johnny's crush. He told me some more about her. She was a quiet girl. I could see why Johnny would like her. So all I need now is a plan on how to get Johnny and Nicole together.

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