Love and War* based off of THE OUTSIDERS*

tweleve*

Next time you'll think before messing with a greaser.

It's been two weeks since the incident. Dally still refused to tell me what happened that night so I let it go. He'll tell me eventually. I knew he would.

Grayson hasn't bothered me at all. It was quite weird. He came in on Tuesday with a black eye and some cuts and bruises. They were worse than Dally's which made me a bit nervous.

Dally, Ponyboy, Steve, Two-Bit Johnny and I all walked to school together. I was glad that it was the weekend. I'd have more free time instead of having to continuously be doing homework.

We all walked into the school together. I made sure to drag the guys to school a few minutes early so I wasn't late to class just in case I got lost again.

Johnny, Ponyboy, Two-Bit and Steve all left together and Dally walked with me.

"Isn't your class that way?" I pointed to the other side of the building.

"Yeah but I wanted to make sure you got to your class safely." He grinned which made me smirk a bit.

"Thank you."

We walked to my class and I waved him goodbye.

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It was lunch. The boys and I met up in the cafeteria to eat lunch with some other greaser kids. I was curious because Dally wasn't with us.

"I'll go look for him. I'm sure he's just taking a smoke." I assured them and walked away. I walked past the Socs area.

I viewed Grayson, Ethan, Cherry, Melanie and some other Socs sitting at their regular spot. I continued walking past them trying to get to where I needed to be but they caught my attention.

"Hey you!" I turned around confidently. "What's your name?" He blonde girl named Melanie asked me. She was wearing some nice jeans and a white t shirt. Her short blonde hair rested behind her ears.

"What's it to you Soc?" I spit at her.

They all laughed. "Feisty, are we?"

"Guess so." I said turning back around ready to walk away but she put her arm on my shoulder stopping me.

I pushed her arm off my shoulder. "Don't touch me." I tried to scare them but what I did never seemed to faze her.

I then looked around at them. I saw Cherry Valance and her red hair. She didn't look impressed, just embarrassed. I felt sorry for her. Sorry that she was apart of this because I knew she didn't enjoy it or necessarily want to be apart of it.

"Calm down hunny. I just want to talk." She said trying to sound as innocent as possible.

I stood there, arms crossed and sighed waiting for her to talk. I wanted to hear what she had to say but I didn't want it to cause me or the boys any trouble.

"If you're so rich why ain't you a Soc?" She teased. At that moment I was embarrassed. Other than Dally, none of the boys knew about the kind of money I had. Then I looked around. Everyone had been watching. I then made eye contact with Grayson who had a large smirk on his face. He told them, I knew he did and I grew angrier and angrier by the second.

"Why are you living in an old house with a worthless greaser?" She was really pushing my buttons.

My palms became sweaty and my heart was pounding nearly out of my chest.

"Greasers are white trash. But you aren't because you aren't truly a greaser." She almost whispered. By then I could practically feel the steam shooting out my ears because of my anger.

Then the adrenaline rushes through my veins and before I knew it I had punched her.

She covered her cheek in shock then tackled me to the ground. Punch after punch. She got grip of me and pinned me to the ground punching and kicking.

"White trash!" She yelled.

I forced her off of me and laid on top of her. I was the one punching her. Repeatedly. Over and over again. I didn't stop when she couldn't move. I couldn't stop.

I then felt strong arms pull me away from her. I tried to get out of their grip but it was no use. They had me tied down.

I saw her face and wasn't sorry.

"Next time you'll think before messing with a greaser." I yelled as Steve and Ponyboy pulled me out of the cafeteria.

While I was leaving I saw Dally look down awkwardly. Was he upset with me? I nearly laughed at that. I thought he'd think it's badass. Then I thought again.

This had to do with that night.