The new girl in the gang

Chapter 9

The next morning I make breakfast for every one, biscuits and gravy my favorite. "Two bit, Mickeys on." Soda yells as Two bit goes running in the living room almost dropping his food.

The front door slams and Dallas walks in, he takes a plate as I sit down on the couch between Soda and Steve. "This is really good Darry." Dally says as Darry looks up from reading the paper "I didn't make it." Darry says with a smirk "who di..? " everyone looks at me. Dally doesn't say anything else.

"Ready Penelope." Soda says I grab my leather jacket "yep, see you guys later." It was Saturday so Pony and Jonny didn't have school. Before I can catch up with Soda, Dally meets me on the porch "I got you some clothes, I dident know your size so I chose what looked best." I look at him "how long are you staying?" He asks just as Darry comes out the door "it depends." I answer truthfully "I was thinking of leaving today." "Ok it was nice to see you but don't come back." He says sternly and takes off.

"Your leaving late today?" Darry asks "I wasn't planing on it, but if he wants me gone I'll leave." "Don't Soda would be so sad, we all would." "Not Dally though." With that I run off after Soda and Steve.

The shop was quiet so we left early and went to the movies. "Hey guys come sit with us." Pony says as me and Soda walk in. Steve had to leave, me an soda sit down beside pony.

While I watch the movie the boys are talking, "hey Pep, I thought you were leaving." Dally says sitting beside me, the others must have heard cause they go quiet "I might, I might not, and my name is Penelope." I say mad "I know but I always call you Pep and what do you mean?" "You called me Pep before you left me in New York, and I mean Darry said I can stay as long as I like." I pause "now if you could shut up, I'm watching a movie." With that he starts to bother a red head in front of us.

At one point he gets a soda gives it to her while sitting down beside her, until she splashes it on his face. I laugh, once Dally leaves she asks the boys to sit by them "I'm good you go on."  I say to Pony as he looks at me.

Dally comes back a minute later and looks like he tried to dry himself off, he failed. "Listen I'm sorry." He says "do you not want me here?" I ask cutting him off.  "well I mean you just showed up out of the blue, and I didn't see it coming. I thought about you, but never thought you would show up and now I feel like I have to protect you, and..." "Well don't, don't worry about me, I grew up in fricking New York of all places, so you can just go and get yourself in jail again because I don't care." I say and get up to leave, I tap Pony on my way out "I'm leaving, see you later." He nods.

As I'm walking home , I just happen to see a blue mustang coming up the road, I jump behind a bench and duck not wanting to have to deal with them. They still some how saw me "hey greaser." The leader says as they get out, I jump up and try to run for it but one of them smacks me down. "I can't deal with this tonight, leave now with all you fingers or prepare to lose." I say "haha this greaser thinks she could beat us." They all laugh, my odds were hurting one of the four so that the rest run off, "I warned you." I say getting up "get her." The lead says.

One of them reaches out to get me but I pull my switch out first. They back away until one behind me goes for the grab I stab him in the hand "what the frick this mother frick just stabbed me." He says in shock, while the drunk idiots are distracted, I bolt it out of there.

When I walk in the Curtises house, I didn't even know I got blood on my shirt, "what happened!" Darry says in shock and run over to me "oh got in a fight with some socs, kicked their butts out of here though." I say "could I use one of Pony's shirts?" "Yeah I'll go get you one." Darry says then walks up stairs.

I sit on the couch when Pony and Jonny and Two come in "what happened!" Two says, "got in a fight and won, how'd the movie end?" They look at me like I'm crazy "good the lady died in the end." Pony answers "ah I kinda liked her." I say, as if I didn't have a bloody shirt on, just then Darry came down with a clean shirt to wear. I go up to the bathroom shower and change.

When I come down everyone's watching tv but Darry  and Dally "where's Darry?" I ask "took off, said he had to go talk to Dally." Two answers "about what?" I ask getting worried "I don't know, he said something about going to the.." two was saying when Steve nudged his shoulder "going to the movies." Two days clearly lying, I know how to get what I want. I go over and sit in his lap, "So where did they go?" I ask as I put my arm on his shoulder, he looks nervous when Steve shoved me off him, I hit the floor "how dare you." I say they laugh.

I put a pizza in the oven,  grab a pillow the boys are all watching tv not noticing me. I walk behind Steve on the couch and smack him with the pillow, "what the.." all the sudden Soda got another pillow and hit me with it "your going regret that."

Soon everyone had a pillow and was attacking me, "can I have any teammates?" I ask laughing  as I hit Soda. Soon I'm circled by all of them, when Darry walks in, I take this moment that they are distracted and run over to him, "I have no teammates." I say he looks at me, he seems sad for a minute then smiles grabs a pillow, "common Darry, join our team." Soda says he looks back at me smiles and charges at them. With Darry in my team we kick butt until Steve slips and breaks a lamp.

Darry looks upset as they all put their pillows back and clean up the glass. "We won." Soda says knowing it's a lie, I hold up my pillow as if about to hit him, "ok fine you win, but only cause you took  help from the big man." "I have a bad side." I say, sounding tuff, "and I don't want to get on it." He says chuckling, "shoot!" I say running over to the oven, "who took the pizza out for me?" Jonny looks up "I heard it beeping so took it out." I smile and grab the plates.