Suzy's POV

"Is that Two-bit?" Eve asked pointing to a car racing towards us.

"CHEETER!" Penny yelled as she ran towards the nearest area a car couldn't get through.

I watched as Two-bit ran out of the car and Dally looked amused from the driver's seat. I assumed that Dally had been conned into joining the game by Two-bit. Lately it had seemed like Dally was up to something and only Two-bit knew what it was and Two-bit was using it to his advantage.

"Suzy, need a lift?"

"We're going to the library to get Amber, Johnny, and Pony."

"So you're with these-"

"DON'T SAY IT!" Hannah and Eve shouted.

"What? B-"

"DON'T SAY IT!" The two sisters shouted again.

Then I remembered. My redhead friend, Austin, had a temper. Mainly it came out if someone called her one little word. Several boys had learned it the hard way in school. It was amusing to watch, but eventually it got out of control. Hannah and I always tried to stop someone from saying it.

"Don' say it. Just don' say it." Hannah almost begged. "I ain't in the mood to drag ya bloody body inta the hospital."

"Broad?"

Austin's POV

Before I knew it Suzy and Hannah were holding me back. Eve told the guy to run or drive away. He almost didn't, but when Suzy said something he drove off.

"Austin cool it." Hannah said. "It ain't no big deal."

"She's right calm down."

"I just hate the word."

"We know."

Hannah and Suzy released me. We started heading off again towards the library. I couldn't help but let my thoughts wander.

I'd been called a broad before. It wasn't that big of a deal. Guys were just like that. Until the day I had my heart broken.

It was a normal day. Suzy was out spending some 'quality' time with Johnny. We all knew what her house was like. No one ever dared to attempt to change it. We knew that it might end up with Suzy and Johnny never coming out alive again.

I was a Soc. I still am a Soc. Living in a more privileged house. Could get what I wanted when I wanted. My parents never were home. Never liked to spend money. So I lived on the same side of the tracks as the Greasers.

Some girl found out that I had more money. She didn't like it. So she spread a rumor that I'd been sleeping with a lot of the gang leaders. She made me sound like someone I wasn't. She told everyone and soon I wasn't just called broad every once and a while. I was called it a lot.

Everyone called me a broad. In every conversation it was always the same. I snapped one day. I started to get in a lot of trouble. The cops knew me by name, heck I knew all of them by name. Within several months I had a mile long record.

The day I came back to school for my senior year I found out who that girl was. The girl that spread that rumor, I made her pay. Suzy had to stop me from nearly killing the girl. Suzy saved me from going into cooler that night.

Most stopped calling me broad. Thinking they'd end up exactly like that girl. They were right too. Several guys had gotten broken jaws and bones just because of that word.

"Austin? You okay?" Hannah asked.

"I'll be fine."

"Are you sure? You've been out of it for a while." Suzy asked.

"I'm fine."

Suzy gave me a stern look. She'd make one scary mother some day. I'd hate to be one of her kids.

"Hey Suzy?"

"Yeah?"

"You ever think I'm going to find a guy as good as Darry."

"Not at all."

"Why?" Hannah, Eve, and I all asked together.

"Don't get me wrong. Darry's a good guy and all, but he has his ups and downs. You're got to find a guy that's right for you." Suzy explained. "All the guys thought that I was a lady of the night for a while. Then I was kidnapped sorta, when I told Darry about everything I thought he was going to break up with me."

"Really?"

"Yeah, but he asked me to marry him instead. Though I still have my doubts. I have two girls I'm taking care of and he has his two brothers. I don't know what life's going to have in store for us, but it's going to be hard."