guardian angel || the outsiders fanfic♡

forty six.

***Lauren's POV***

I think that all of us girls were in so much pain we couldn't move.

I hadn't broken any bones as far as I could tell, I was just extremely bruised. That was the same for Jessica, Kayla, and Bailey. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case for Alex and Victoria. Alex's elbow was shattered and Victoria's knee was beyond broken.

We all sat in a huddled circle, talking to each other, trying to stay calm.

"Lauren, I'm hungry," Victoria says.

"Me too," I reply. I shudder at the thought of not getting any food anytime soon.

"Did you guys get food before?" Alex asks.

"Once, but it wasn't much," Jessica replies. I see Kayla's sad eyes widen.

"Let's just try and get some sleep, it's been dark for a while," Alex suggests.

We all agree and climb onto our blankets. The other girls close their eyes, but I take a shift of watching out for the man.

After a while of hoping for safety, I hear a car engine pulling up outside. I get up to try and look out the window, but it's too high.

I run back to wake up Kayla.

"Kayla, wake up," I plead as I shake her. She shifts and sits up.

"There's someone outside, climb onto my shoulders so we can see out the window," I tell her. She silently gets up and crawls onto my shoulders. I wince as she gets situated.

I hear her gasp and then get herself back down.

"It's the gang, they found us!" she says excitedly. 

***Dally's POV***

I open a newspaper off of the ground and scan the front page. It can't be something worth reading, but it beats walking with no company.

I find an article about 7 missing girls. Seeing that it's the only thing that interests me, I continue reading.

The article begins talking about the possible culprits, then goes into detail on the girls. 

Evelyn Anderson, Bailey Cade, Jessica Georgeson...

My heart stops when I see Bailey's name. If she was kidnapped, that most likely means...

Victoria and Lauren Jameson, Kayla Jackson, and Alex Matthews.

The second I see her name, I drop the newspaper and sprint down the street, tears flooding over my vision.

***Johnny's POV***

Once we reach the abandoned laboratory and see the lights on inside, we knew we were in the right place.

Two-Bit lets out a loud whistle to show the gang this was the spot. We stay in the car briefly to make a plan.

"Alright, here's how we're gonna do this," Darry starts. "Two-Bit, Soda, and I are going to find this kidnapper. Ponyboy and Johnny are going to go find our girls."

With that, we get out of the car.

We all make our way into the laboratory, splitting off when we find a large area that looked like what could have been a lobby at one point. They follow a trail of dark footprints from the constant rain. We follow the sound of screaming girls.

We finally reach a room that seems to be creating the screams. I go to open the door, but it's locked.

"Bailey!?" I scream as loud as I can. The screaming dies down.

"Johnny!!" I hear her voice yell.

"I'm going to get you out, don't worry!" I say and try and think of a way to get the door open.

"Ponyboy, we have to kick this door in," I tell him. He nods and we begin slamming against the door as hard as we can.

"Johnny, use your switch blade to cut the lock," he says. I nod and spend a couple minutes before finally prying the door open, finding the girls standing together. 

I don't notice Jessica standing with them until Ponyboy says something.

"Jess?!" he says, both happy and without belief.

"Ponyboy!" she yells and runs over to him. He catches her in a hug.

I make eye contact with Ponyboy for a brief second and give him a reassuring nod. He just smiles and continues to hug the life out of that girl.

Bailey runs into my arms, squeezing the life out of me. I catch her when she reaches me.

"You're the best," she tells me with a smile. 

"Anything for you," I reply. I set her down and look for Victoria.

"Babygirl..." I say when I see her using Lauren for support, her shorts showing off a very black and blue knee. I rush to her and lift her from the ground so I'm supporting her.

"I'm so glad you're alive," I tell her softly.

"You saved my life, babe," she tells me. I kiss her quickly before putting her onto my back so we can take off quickly.

The plan was to safely get the girls to the car, so that's what we do. I carefully set Victoria on my lap and she holds onto me tightly. I cover her with kisses and she giggles in the cutest way possible.

Soon, we see Two-Bit, Darry, and Soda emerging from the laboratory. Bailey immediately takes off running towards Two-Bit. When she reaches him, she hooks her legs around his waist and his arms clench around her back.

Lauren at first doesn't notice the boys. Darry runs up behind her and hugs her from behind. She turns and is so surprised, she happy cries and throws herself into his loving arms.

Alex reunites with Aliyah, who was waiting in her car seat. She's so excited to see her.

Kayla barely looks at Soda, and I see how upset it makes him.

As everyone has a reunion, I see Ponyboy and Jessica talking near the back of the car.

***Jessica's POV***

"Thank you for saving me," I say shyly. I slightly shiver, mainly because of nerves from talking to him, but if anyone ever asks, I'll blame it on the rain.

"Of course," he says quietly. It gets quiet and I try and think of something to say.

"Class was fun!" he says before I get the chance. I smile.

"Yeah, it was super fun, I'm sad we might not be together next year," I say.

"Me too," he says and looks down.

It gets quiet again for about 10 seconds.

"Jess, could I be honest with you?" he says slowly.

Oh god. What if he hates me? What if he doesn't want to be in class with me?

"Yeah, of course," I reply.

"I- um, I think I, uh, I think I like you," he says unsurely.

My breath hitches.

"I like you too Ponyboy," I say happily.

The biggest smile spreads across his face.

"So would you maybe like to, I don't know, go to the movie house sometime?" he asks me.

"I'd love to!" I reply. 

As I say that, thunder cracks and I automatically jump over closer to Ponyboy. He laughs and wraps an arm around my shoulder.

"You're adorable," he tells me. I laugh and nuzzle myself into his warm chest.