The new outsider

Chapter 21: Findind KJ and Tim

The next morning Jessica, Dally, Johnny, Pony and Two-Bit were out early. Steve, Soda and Darry were working but they would be home around 7. They started out by tracking down KJ which wasn't too difficult. They stopped by his house first but he wasn't home. Lisa was there and said he was out with some friends, at the mall or something.
They tried there next, they found KJ with three other guys, sitting outside, smoking.

"Hey KJ." Jessica said, sitting down beside him.

He looked surprised to see her but delighted at the same time. The rest of the greasers sat down and lit up.

"What can I do for ya?" KJ asked.

"We need some help, in a rumble tonight." Jessica said, taking a puff from her Kool.

"Socs?" Kj asked.

"Nope, family, you must remember my brother, the guy you punched." Jessica said laughing.

"How could I forget, yeah I will fight, how about you guys?" KJ asked his three friends.

"Sure, why not, haven't been in a good rumble for a while." One of them said shrugging, the rest agreed.

"Anyone else fighting with us?" KJ asked.

"Shepards outfit if we can convince them." Jessica said.

"Where and when do you want us to meet you guys?" KJ asked.

"The Curtis house, rumble is at 11, anytime before that, we will just be playing poker or something to pass the time." Dally said.

"Sounds good." KJ said, shrugging

"We gotta get going, we still have Tim to track down." Dally said standing up.

"See ya tonight K." Jessica said, smiling at KJ as they walked away.

"See you too, J." KJ responded smiling at the nicknames they had for each other.

"Your hooked man." One of his friends said shoving KJ, he had been watching Jessica walk away.

"I am not!" KJ said laughing.

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The gang stopped at a dinner to have lunch. Jessica was just finished her second hamburger when Two-Bit cocked an eyebrow at her.

"Where do you put it all?" Two-Bit asked laughing.

"What?"Jessica asked, taking a drink from her coke.

"The food, you are eating like a guy but your a stick." Two-Bit said. "Do you have hollow legs or something?"

"Yeah, just like your head is hollow." Jessica said throwing a french fry at him.

Once they finished eating they started working on tracking down Tim. Dally took them around the whole city checking in at all of Tim's favorite hang outs. They checked at Bucks, the DX, the Dingo, the mall (again).

When they were leaving the mall they noticed a small crowd of about a dozen hoods in the parking lot.

"Fight!" Two-Bit said happily, trotting over to the crowd.

"Matthews this is no time to watch a fight, we are running out of time!" Jessica yelled after him.

"Found Shepard!" Two-Bit yelled back.

The gang trotted up to see Tim Shepard on top of another guy, beating his head in.

"Why is he beating up that guy? He looks like a hood." Jessica asked the gang.

"The guy was two timing on Angela, Tim's sister." A guy from the crowd said.

"Want me to get him our of there?" Jessica asked Dally.