𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻, ᵈᵃˡˡᵃˢ ʷⁱⁿˢᵗᵒⁿ

7

⚠️TW: this story mentions rape⚠️
•~Ponyboy's P.O.V~•
When we went back to try and help Michelle, she wasn't there. It seemed as if nothing ever happened. Everyone was glad Johnny and I were okay, but Dally said he was going to stop by the school to see if Michelle was okay.

When Johnny, Two-Bit, and I saw Michelle in the hallway, I knew she wasn't okay. She stared off into space, didn't talk, and always looked..devastated.

Randy kept trying to talk to her, but she'd ignore him, and he'd follow her throughout the school. I heard he was late to every class because he followed her everywhere. I wanted so badly to know what happened.

At lunch, I could see Randy on one side of her and Bob on the other. I watched closely as Bob snaked his hand under the table and up her skirt. She got all tense and stood up with her things before she walked over to us and sat next to Johnny.

"What just happened?" Two-Bit asked, he saw it too.

"Nothing. Bob's just being a dick, that's all." I stared at her, and she knew I was staring too.

"Michelle-"

"Give me a second and I'll tell you Ponyboy." We all leaned closer as she took a deep breath. She looked around when she saw no one, she started to speak. "After you guys left.." She paused.

"You guys just left her?" Two-Bit asked angrily. Michelle was already a part of our gang, and the gang wanted to protect her. Especially since she was a girl.

"I told them to run." She admitted. Two-Bit fell quiet. "I don't know how to say it but I was a virgin" She looked at us, her eyes welling up with tears. "until last night." I looked at Johnny who was staring at Two-Bit. When I looked at Two-Bit, I understood why.

Two-Bit gripped his hands into a fist with so much might, that his knuckles turned white.

"Your cousin, Randy, didn't stop this?" Michelle looked down and hid her face by putting her hands on either side of her face.

"No.." She muttered.

"Fucking God." Two-Bit stood up, looking around the cafeteria.

"Two-Bit sit down please." Her voice wavered. She was going to cry.

"I'm going to find that little shit and-"

"It's fine Two-Bit." Two-Bit sat down angrily.

"It's not fine! Just wait till your goddamned boyfriend finds out and both of them will be dead." Two-Bit whispered-yelled.

Suddenly Dally sat down next to Michelle. My stomach lurched and I felt like I was going to throw up. I didn't understand what she was meaning until now. Bob had raped her, and Randy and the other guys just watched. Or stood by.

"Wait till I find out what?" I dropped my spork. Michelle looked at me. She looked like she was pleading with me. I didn't understand what she was trying to tell me.

"You two are..?" Johnny trailed his sentence off. He couldn't believe it either.

"Dating, yes." I glanced at his hand and sure enough, there was the ring.

"Go on Michelle, tell him." Dally took his arm off of her. He was probably guessing that she cheated on him or something.

"I told you I was a virgin remember?" Dally chuckled and nodded. "That's changed. Last night.." Her cheeks streaked with tears. Dally looked confused.

"That shithead Bob Sheldon raped your girlfriend, Dallas." His eyebrows furrowed and his knuckles turned white too.

Speak of the devil.

Bob's arm was around her shoulders and his body tensed up. Her eyes closed tight and I could see her jaw clenched tight. Dally stared at him with anger.

"Hey, Michelle, why you over here with these Greasers? C'mon back with me." I saw his hand go under the table.

"Get the fuck away from her." Dally and Bob stood up.

"C'mon Grease." Michelle's eyes went wide. No one spoke to Dally like that. I thought everyone was scared of Dallas Winston or respected him. He'd teach Bob a lesson.

Randy was soon between the two, as was Michelle. She was pleading with Dally to cool down before he made a scene or the principal saw he was here.

"That dirty Grease lover needs to be taught to stay with her kind." I could see that Michelle was visibly getting angry too.

"What'd you say, shithead?!" Michelle pushed Dally away as much as she could, which wasn't much.

"How much you bet Michelle will let Dally hit Bob?" Two-Bit asked.

"Twenty bucks," I answered. It was more of what I was hoping she'd let Dally hit Bob.

"I said your little toy should stop whoring around!" Michelle turned to him.

"Shut the fuck up Bob Sheldon! Go talk to your goddamn girlfriend who made out with me three months ago!" Bob went silent. Everyone was. Cherry came up behind her.

"Cherry-"

"Shut up Bob." Cherry tried to ask Michelle what had happened, but all Michelle did was walk away with Dally trailing behind her.

"I think Dally's in love." I looked at Two-Bit. "You know he said he wanted to marry her, said he'd even wait till marriage with her." I looked at Randy who stared at the place where his cousin had left.

I realized Randy was really shitty. Even my friends would stick up for me. I couldn't imagine how Michelle felt since her own blood didn't. However, I knew the feeling probably wasn't a good one.
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