Chapter 2:

*Maxine's POV*

The rest of the week have busy for me which is no surprise for me because I'm used to it. Saturday night came and my parents told me through a note that they are on vacation without me, but didn't tell when they're coming home.

A sigh escaped my lips when I read it. This is the fifth time in my whole life they went off on vacation without me and we are a greaser family so I don't know where they are getting the money for vacations. What am I going to do?

Suddenly the image of Tim Shepard appear to me with his smirk on his scared face. Maybe I should accept his offer.

My uniform is replaced with my normal clothing. Which is a rare sight because I always wear my work uniforms. I only have one or two outfits outside of my uniforms. One is a dress and another is a black jumpsuit that shows my ankles, covers my arms, and goes into a small v on my back all while covering up everything on the front.

Base on the two outfits the jumpsuit seems to be the best one. With the outfit on my body, I lace up my black converse and left the house.

The sunset just ended when I walk towards where Tim said his gang will be at. I shouldn't walk in our territory alone, but something inside tells me I should go.

At the train tracks, my eyes see at a distance a group of guys around my age and in their teens. Shyness and anxiety filled up again in my body. I really want to be in a gang for friends and greasers need to be together.

Okay I take a breath to calm my nerves before walking over to one of them.

"Ex-Excuse me?" I asked shyly, tapping on his shoulder.

"Well, well, well," he smirks, checking my body out. "What brings a pretty fine thing yourself here?"

I blushed in shyness and embarrassment. "I-I'm looking for T-Tim Shepard."

"Shepard? Whatever you say doll," he chuckles, making his friends chuckle.

"N-No r-really, I'm looking for Tim Sh-Shepard," I tell him again.

"Hey, Dally!" I hear Tim's voice speak up when he appears towards me. "What's going here?"

"This girl claims to be looking for you, Tim," Dally smirked at the gang member.

Tim looks at me, recognized me.

"Maxine," he smirks to me. "You got my answer?"

"Yes," I cleared my throat. "I-I accept your offer Tim Shepard."

"Good choice, kid. Guys!" he announces out. "We have a new member, Maxine!"

They didn't seem to like having a female among the group. In fact, they begin to surround me, moving closer. Tim looks at them curious of they are going to do, but I can tell he's going to jump once things get ugly.

Just when the predators jump onto me, something snap inside. I feel my body go into martial arts mode. One by one, I beat up each member, not to the point of seriously injuring them. My switchblades came out to play.

At the end, I realized I have gone through every single member of Tim's gang. Serious shock hit me when I look at my hands in disbelieve.

Slow clapping snaps me out as the smirking Shepherd looks at me as if he's impressed.

"Welcome to my gang, pet."