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brawl

i rushed after the gang, still struck with fear but overcome with worry for them.

"guys, stop. stop it! it's not worth it! not here.. they'll definitely call the cops. stop walking!"
i pleaded, but it was useless.

the gang checked the snack stand but they were gone, so they searched the entire drive in. There was no sign of them and i almost breathed a sigh of relief. almost.

right outside of the drive in, there was a commotion.

The gang made their way over and i followed closely behind.

To my surprise and quite frankly, joy, i saw jamie standing over both lucas and bryce, holding a switch.

The two socs were badly cut up and bruised. there was a pool of blood beneath them.

"gonna keep bragging now, tough guys? huh?!"
he yelled, kicking bryce.

dally, being the most daring out of us all, started to make his way closer to the scene.
"hey, what's going on?"

jamie looked over at us all and then his eyes met mine before looking at dallas.

"i overheard these two scumbags telling all of their dumbass friends about their encounter with fizz the other day. yeah, they're real proud of it."
he said through gritted teeth, kicking lucas.

dallas walked over to bryce and leaned down over him, getting in his face.
"yeah, and look at you now. ya know, i'd kill ya if it wouldn't land me in jail for the rest of my life.."
he said, grabbing his shirt and half lifting him up off the ground.

he slugged him a few times before dropping him back on the ground.

i heard the rumbling of feet and i looked in the direction it was coming from.

I counted eight. eight socs, 7 greasers, not including myself.

dally and jamie backed up, retreating towards the rest of the gang.

Bob, the unofficial leader of the upper class gang, stepped forward as two other guys helped lucas and bryce up. they were in no condition to fight, thank god.

"beating up on my guys was a big mistake, greaser."

soda stepped forward, getting dangerously close.
"your guys put their hands on my little sister, you're lucky they're not dead."

bob laughed and his eyes landed on me.
"oh i've heard about you. and what you've got hiding under that flannel. based on what bryce says..."
he whistled.

soda didn't say a word. he grabbed him by his madras shirt and punched him square in the jaw.

after that, what erupted was pure chaos.
soda and bob were on the ground, wrestling each other and all of the other guys blindly raced at each other, wielding fists and blades.

before i could even think, i saw a soc headed towards me.

he was tall and large, bigger than darry, even. before he could get too close, jamie came over and punched him hard in the face, knocking him out cold.

and before i knew it, he had me slung over his shoulder.

"jamie, put me down! let me go!"
i hollered.

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after the brawl, the gang managed to make it back to the house in one piece. luckily no one was too hurt.

After handing out ice to all of the boys, i sat down next to jamie who was icing his hand.

i looked around for a second before resting my head on his shoulder.
"thank you.."
i whispered in his ear.