The new outsider

Chapter 17: Falcons

"Jessica? Are you okay?" Lisa asked.
Jessica was staring at the guy, her face was sickly white against her blood red shirt.

"Its him isn't it?" Dally asked angrily.

"Who is he?" KJ asked, he had no idea what was going on.

"Evan, her brother." Dally said and quickly wrapped her arm around Jessica. "We have to leave, now."

"We will walk you to your car." Lisa added and followed them through the crowd with KJ.

"Its okay, we won't let him near you." Dally said when he felt Jessica shudder.

"You don't understand, he knows I am here and he won't leave." Jessica said sadly.

When they reached the car, Dally realized he couldn't leave with Two-Bit and Steve who were nowhere in sight.

"KJ, do you know what Steve Randal and Two-Bit Matthews look like?" Dally asked.

"No, sorry man, I don't." KJ said shrugging.

"Would you mind staying here with Jessi while I go look for them?" Dally asked.

"No problem." KJ replied.

"I will be right back, don't worry." Dally said to Jessica before disappearing in the crowd."

"Why are you running from your brother?" KJ asked Jessica who was sitting on the hood of the car with Lisa.

"I am from Dallas, Texas. I ran away cause him and my old man were abusing me. He is here to take me back to Dallas." Jessica replied "Him and my dad are the only two people in the world I am scared of and he scares me to death."

"That's not very polite." A cold voice said from behind them.

"Go to hell, Evan." Jessica said when she turned around.

"Not without you." he said and walked towards her.

"Get away from me." Jessica said but stayed where she was, she didn't want to run away like a little girl.

"Come on, I am your brother, why are you scared of me?" Evan asked, his voice dripping with sarcasim.

"Why did you come looking for me? Now that I am gone did the Old Man start hitting you?" Jessica asked, glaring at him.

"Not quite, we both want you to come home, thats all." Evan said and took another step closer.

"Well I am not going, so just go home. How did you find me anyways?" Jessica asked, clearly frustrated.

"I asked around, I tracked you to this area. When I heard people talking about this girl who rides in rodeos and who is going out with one of the toughest Greasers, I knew it was you."

"I am not going out with Dally, he treats me better then you ever did. I think of him more like a brother then I do of you." Jessica shot back at him.

"Nothing is ever good enough for you is it, you just had to screw up your life and ours by running away." Evan said, his voice rising.

KJ did not like the way this was going so he stepped in between Tia and Even.

"Dude, just leave okay?" KJ said, in a calm voice.

"Who the hell are you?" Evan yelled.

"A friend who would really like to see you go away." KJ replied.

"Get out of my way." Evan said angrily.

He pushed KJ out of the way and grabbed a hold of Jessica's arm. He pulled her right off the car in one swift motion. Before Evan could do anything else, KJ landed a puch to his face that knocked him to the ground.

Dally followed by Two-Bit and Steve emerged from the crowd. Dally, Jessica and Two-Bit pilled into the front seat of the car while KJ, Lisa and Steve got into the back.

"I got the whole gang here Jessi. They are going to be happy to see you, especially Benj." Evan yelled as they pulled away from the rodeo.

They drove in silence for a few minutes.

"Jessica you got alot of explaining to do." Dally said as he sped around a corner.

They drove home in silence and dropped Lisa and KJ off at their house.

"See you at school Monday." Jessica called to Lisa "Thanks again KJ."

When they got home Jessica felt her muscles ache as she climbed out of the car. She had been hoping that Dally wouldn't come in but of course, he parked the car and came in. It wasn't that late so the three Curtis brothers were still up.

"What are you guys doing back so early?" Darry asked when they came in.

"I don't wanna talk about it." Jessica said and headed towards the bathroom.

"Oh no ya don't." Dally said when he saw what she was up to.

He grabbed a hold of her arm, pulled her back into the room and pushed her into a chair.

"Guess who I met tonight!" Dally said to Darry. "Evan, her brother."

"What?" Soda asked, looking away from the television.

"He showed up at the rodeo, he has been following her." Dally explained.

"Did he hurt you?" Darry asked Jessica who was still glaring at Dally.

"No, KJ was with her and knocked him out." Dally replied when Jessica didn't. "Jessi, he was talking about a gang, what did he mean?"

"He had a gang when I was in Dallas, they called themselves the Falcons or Cons for short. I got around with them for a while but I left because I didn't like their style." Jessica reluctantly explained.

"How many in the gang?" Steve asked.

"Last I heard 11, counting my brother." She replied.

"He said something about a guy names Benj who will be really happy to see you, who's he?" Dally asked, sitting down across from Jessica.

"None of your buisness." Jessica snapped, Dally had hit a nerve.

"I'm your friend of course its my buisness." Dally shot back at her.

"Glory, why don't you just leave me alone!" Jessica yelled and tried to make a break for the door.

Dally was too quick for her. He shot up out of his chair and grabbed her by the shoulders maybe a little too hard.

"We are trying to help you but we can't when we have no clue what's going on." Dally yelled at her.

"Dally, cool off-" Soda started.

"Shut-Up!" Dally yelled at him. "Now tell me who this Benj guy is."

"Fine! You honestly want to know who he is?!"
Jessica yelled at him "He is my brothers right hand man. Benj joined my brothers gang a while ago but my brother had to promise him somthing first! He promised him me!"

The room was silent and Dally just stared at her, keeping a firm grip incase she decided to bolt.

"Do you have any idea what its like to be sold like an animal or something?" Jessica continued to yell at him "Do you have any idea how scary it is to know that you have no way of controlling what happens to you?!"

By now Jessica sounded hysterical. Dally let go of her shoulders and pulled her into a tight hug.

"I'm sorry." Dally whispered.

"There's just one thing." Steve said, clearly uncomfortable. "I have seen you fight, you could have taken your brother out instead of KJ, how come you didn't?"

"You wanna know what happened the last time I took a swing at him?" Jessica asked Steve angrily, pulling away from Dally.

She rolled her shirt up just high enough to show a big scar, right above her navel.

"Glory, switchblade?" Steve asked.

"Yeah, him and his gang jumped me. I got three fingers broken, sprained ankle, a black eye, a split lip and this. So sorry if I am not too keen on trying it again."

"It's okay, we won't let him get near you again." Dally said, putting his arm around her.