Bad Habits lead to Bad Consequences

We were at the diner the next day after Dallas had come to visit us and get us up to date on all the things we had been missing. Apparently we had a spy now. Cherry, the girl from the cheerleading team. Worst of all, she was a Soc. Even though she was nice, she was still a Soc and not a Greaser. When we were getting back to the barn, we noticed a bunch of people standing around the barn. I thought of telling Dally not to go but we went anyway just to see what all the commotion was about and when we got to the barn we noticed something different about it. It was on fire! I knew it was a bad idea but me an' Johnny pushed our way through the crowd and leaped over the fence because somebody had said that there was still kids inside the barn or something. Dally, realizing what we had done, started swearing at us, then he hopped the fence to come find us. After we found the kids and dropped them out a nearby window, Dally found us and got us out especially Johnny because a beam had fallen on his back and it was broken. Then ambulances and police arrived on the scene to take us to the hospital. They thought the blaze was started by a cigarette butt - possibly from me or Johnny.

The World as a Fugitive

After that time at the park, me and Johnny went to the party that Dally was at. When we got there Buck Merril answered the door and we asked for Dallas. When he finally came and Johnny told him about our situation, he handed us some clothes, his old leather jacket, a gun that was loaded and some cash. He told us to get out of town and catch the midnight train out to Windrixville and he told us about this old abandoned barn on top of Jay Mountain. On the train I guess I got pretty sleepy and fell asleep on Johnny and he didn't want to wake me up so he let me sleep and he didn't get any sleep at all! The next morning we were walking along the road trying to find the barn and I had to ask a farmer where it was. Now an even bigger challenge lay ahead of us - being able to stay there without getting caught and using to the full the limited things we have. So we disguised ourselves. We both cut our hair which I hated and Johnny bleached mine so nobody would recognize us.

A Dust up at The Park

After I went for a walk with Johnny and we decided to go to that vacant lot and lay down and just look up at the stars. Apparently I fell asleep. When I got home, Darry wasn't happy. And then, he got mad and started yelling at me. Soda tried to defend me and then Darry turned on Soda. Then I tried to defend Soda for defending me and Darry got so immaculately angry he hit me. Right across the face. And I ran away. I didn't know what to do and Johnny came with me down to the park for a walk. We saw the red Corvair pull up and a couple of Socs tough guys jumped out. The rest followed. The handsome one went after johnny. One of the other guys came for me. He started stuffing my face into the fountain. I couldn't see what was happening and slowly the soc was drowning me. Then he suddenly just stopped. I pulled my face out of the fountain and saw Johnny sitting on the ground. Blood all over his hands , clothes, switchblade and the ground. He was just sitting there in shock And then I realized the horror of our situation. Johnny stabbed that Soc that was laying on the ground. We didn't know what to do and we started freaking out and decided to pull the body into the forest. That's when we ran away for good! Just me an' Johnny!

Scar Tissue

Dear Journal:





I went to the movies a few days ago. When I was walking home, I noticed something peculiar about the car driving behind me. The red Corvair. It was the socs. I knew I had to get away but I couldn't. I can still remember their horrid voice in my head. Need a haircut greaser?, one of them said, the rest laughing. Then my memory goes blank. I guess I got beat beat up pretty bad. When Darry finally found me he wasn't very happy. He thought I should've had somebody with me there to help me. I'm never going out alone again after getting cut up like that. Not takin' that chance. The next day Dally invited me and Jhonny to go to the movies with him and "hunt some action". I accepted of course. I mean, who wouldn't? We had a pretty good time too. Dally spotted these two girls a few rows ahead. Dallas being his usual self didn't please them well so he stormed off not happy with himself and then that's when they noticed us. They were Socs girls but oddly enough they invited Johnny and I to come and sit with them. We accepted, but hesitantly and they were surprisingly nice. After we noticed that they didn't have a ride home so Dally actually convinced them to go home in our car. I had lots of fun that night and I was glad that I went.