tires

twenty-nine

there she was, kneeling in front of what was once her home filled with a family. she couldn't move as her breath hitched every time she realized they were gone.

all of them.

the realization kept coming back, making her heart stop. the words of the fire fighters saying "they're all gone, i'm sorry." played in her head over and over. she couldn't tell if she wanted to throw up, cry, or scream. she'd never get a proper goodbye again. though she wasn't on good terms with them, they still gave her a home with a mother, a father and siblings. she never got siblings till she moved to tulsa. it was truly the best thing that has happened to her.

and now one by one, it's falling apart.

dallas ended up carrying eden to the car and that's when she started to react. she attempted to scream and kick her way out of his grip which resulted in dallas dropping her and bursting into tears as he made it to the drivers seat.

"eden, i'm more than aware how fucked up this is. i mean the house is burnt to damn crisp and you don't even get to know why. but shit, you cant give up and especially right now. we need to go find out if the family we got left is alive okay babe? just please pull it together till we find everything out. i cant do this without you and i'm not leaving you here to stare at something and find a way to blame yourself on it for fucks sake! like i said man, i can't do this without you so please, just do the right thing and leave this behind. you know it's not doin ya any good."

she stared at him through red eyes. he looked at her and sniffled, eyes full of desperation. he needed to make sure she'd fight now and cry later.

because he knew damn well those greasers are up to no good.

eden stood silent and slowly sat in the passengers seat. her expression was nothing but angry. she wasn't able to feel anything else at the moment, just pure rage and she couldn't wait for the time she'd be able to let it out. she so badly wanted to go home though, but where the fuck was that at this point? dallas drove roughly and fast through the thunder and wind. it was raining profusely, it felt as if dallas was driving blindfolded. once they got to the house, hell was already loose on the front lawn of the curtis home.

you had socs and greasers pounding on one another relentlessly. eden and dallas looked at each other with hesitation in their eyes. that's when eden cleared her throat and gave dallas a head nod indicating that they should join them. dallas ran out of  the car, eden following before they started pounding on two socs. one was on pony and the other on johnny. they could over fight for so long so the couple interfered.

"jesus dal, i thought you were another soc!" johnny quickly hugged the boy, dallas embracing it before it was quickly taken away.

they didn't have time for that right now. across from them was eden taking on a soc. he wasn't crazy tall, but he was still bigger than eden yet nothing could be a challenge for her right now with the pent up rage inside of her. she punched him over and over again till everyone stopped and noticed.

"hey you're gonna kill him!" one of the soc's yelled through the wind.

eden turned around and moved her hair out of her eyes. she then looked at him with no emotion.

"i don't give a fuck." she spat.

now the socs we're just as angry as her. they stood up straight, a few of them pushing away whoever they were fighting and ran to her.

"let's get her boys!!"

what was going on worried the gang, so they had to move quickly. they ran up to the greasers, profanities spilling out their mouths as they pushed them out of eden's way. darry got through the socs to eden, her face was getting kicked in.

"i'm gonna kill you like your family dirty grease. except you'll only be burning in hell."

johnny froze for a second. he added everything together. the ambulances and fire trucks speeding down the road right after the socs came to the curtis home.

"you guys fucking killed her family!"

johnny swiftly grabbed the gun out of his waistband before loading it.

one shot.

then two.

bullets went to the head of the rich kid, blood spurting to whoever was near. darry grabbed eden before the tall soc fell on her and ran inside his house.

"oh my god john..." dallas' eyes were wide, his mouth slightly agape.

"nothing i haven't done before, not like i'd do it unless i had to." johnny was crying by the end of his sentence. you couldn't tell unless you saw his face. his voice stood confident.

he turned to face dallas. by now, the socs ran off.

"i'd do anything for eden. do you think i'd let her die?"

dallas didn't know what to say expect embrace the boy. he hated hugs and affection but dallas still held the boy.

maybe he needed it more than anyone right now. after a few, the two headed inside to a living room turned into a hospital. everyone was patching themselves up but eden wasn't in the room. dallas' eyebrows furrowed and darry noticed immediately.

"she's showering. she had some left over clothes here i guess she forgot so she's gonna put those on and you guys, with johnny are gonna go back, and you know where i'm talking about dal." darry looked at johnny with sad eyes.

"where are going?" johnny's head went from darry to dal.

"you'll see in a few hours okay? i don't wanna tell you just yet but that ain't mean i'm bringing you somewhere dangerous. it's nice okay?"

johnny nodded and waited for eden to get out of the shower. after him, dallas went. before the rest of the gang used up the water, they said their goodbyes to each other. they knew they'd see each other again but right now they all had to leave this town.

"dar, y'all have a place to stay right?" dally questioned.

"yea," pony spoke up. "our parents left behind a beach house far enough from here so we'll be good."

dallas gave him a nod before he headed outside. he was in a depressed state at the moment just wanting to get "home".

"we'll see you guys soon, i promise." eden said and blew everyone a kiss.

"we love you eden." soda smiled warmly.

soda always smiled even when it wasn't the time to, but it sure as hell made eden and everyone else know in the end everything would be okay.

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A/N: hello guys, i'm so sorry i haven't uploaded. i've been taking a mental break but i will update the next chapter soon<33