Johnny has been the person you could always count on. He's overprotective and you enjoy that because you need that protection. Whenever you're about to make a stupid decision, Johnny is always there to tell you not to do it. You would actually probably be dead if Johnny wasn't there for you. But the one thing that Johnny really does help you on, is your parents.

 You've never thought that you could be scared of your parents, but you were wrong. Your parents scare you because if you do one little thing wrong, they scold you and beat you for it. And they're starting to realize that Johnny is like your guardian, and so whenever they try to beat you, Johnny is always there to step in and save you from the beating. Because when they beat you, they don't beat you lightly, it's not just a flick on the head. It's not just harsh words that cut deep.

 It's full out, belt whipping, punching and slapping kind of beating up. You've been through that process about three times. Because all those three times, Johnny was never there to save you. You've tried so many times to teach yourself to stand up for yourself, but you always fall back whenever it comes to that. You don't know what Johnny did, but whatever he did made the parents not beat you up.

 But you just couldn't figure it out in time to use it for yourself. But you knew as long as Johnny was with you, he would have your back.

''Jasmine! Get down here!!'' you cringe as you heard your mother's voice call.

 You didn't even realize that you were still holding your book as you stood up. You went down the stairs, soon seeing your parents in the living room with their arms crossed. You paused in the middle of the staircase, fear crawling up your back.

''Jasmine. Cade. Get your ass over here, right now!!'' your father screams, stomping his foot and pointing at the ground.

 You squeaked and ran down the stairs, running up to where your father pointed. Tears were already forming in your eyes, you knew what was coming, and you didn't want it to happen. Your parents exchanged glances and than their eyes fell upon you. Your mother's eyes swung down to the book that you were holding, she rolled her eyes and scoffed.

''I can't believe that you're still reading that damn book,'' she says, swiping the book out of your hands. ''You need to stop reading, it's bad for you.'' she says, opening the book.

''M-Ma! I ain't done with that b-book!'' you say nervously.

 Her eyes looked up at you, she started to rip the pages out of the book making your heart sink. She laughs and throws the ripped pages at you.

''Give me that book.'' the father says, snapping his fingers for the book.

 She hands it to your father and you just wanted to hide but you knew that you couldn't. An evil smirk appeared on your father's face, he looks at you and raises the book up. He soon throws the book with all of his might right at your face. The book hits you right in face, making you scream in pain. You fall to the ground, covering your face, the pain throbbing throughout your face.

 You could hear your parents laughing their heads off, heehawing and cheering.

''Get the belt honey. Johnny ain't here to save her now.'' your mother smiles, clapping her hands together.

''J-Johnny ain't h-here?'' you sob, tears and blood dripping onto the floor.

''He's out with the gang. So you're useless just like you always were.'' she snorts.

 The father appears with the belt and hands it to the mother, she lashes out at you with the belt, making you scream in pain. The more you screamed, the more she and the father laughed. They enjoyed your pain, they enjoyed torturing you. You knew you were weak, but you needed to escape, and that's what you did. You stood up, your knees wobbling and your throat dry from all the screaming.

 The parents went back to the kitchen to get some salt to pour into your wound. But before they got back, you already made it out the door, you than ran away to somewhere that nobody would find you. And you didn't know where that was, but you just wanted to get as far away from home as you wanted to. You didn't care if you would ever see Johnny again, you were sick of your parents. You were sick of getting beat up for reading a simple book!!

 You found someplace after a few minutes, and just collapsed to the ground. It was nighttime and you were tired and shaking violently from the cold and from the thoughts of your parents. There were scars all along your arm, and it stung like crazy. You didn't have anything to cover you, but you just closed your eyes and you fell straight asleep.

***

 Johnny entered the household with Ponyboy. He goes up the stairs, no greeting to his parents or anything. He never talked to his parents, he never would and never will. When he got upstairs, he opened the door to your room and entered.

''Jasmine, Pony's— Jasmine??'' johnny paused as he saw that your room was empty.

''Where's Jasmine?'' ponyboy asks, pushing through johnny into your bedroom.

''Oh no..'' johnny groaned, throwing his hands over his face. ''I left Y/N alone with our parents..'' johnny sighs.

''I'M SUCH A DAMN IDIOT!!!'' johnny screams, punching the wall with anger.

 Ponyboy stepped back from Johnny's rage. He looked over at Ponyboy, he could see the rage inside his eyes. He was pretty pissed.

''We need to go find her. She probably ran away again.'' johnny says, shutting your door.

''Where to though?''

''That's the thing, she runs away to different places every time.. Who knows where she's at now.'' johnny sighs, tears filling into his eyes.

 Ponyboy put Johnny into a hug.

''It's gonna be okay Johnny, we're gonna find her. I promise.'' ponyboy promised, patting him on the back, making johnny start crying.

***

 Ponyboy and Johnny have been searching for you for an hour and still haven't made any progress. But when Ponyboy turned the corner, his eyes went wide as he saw you lying on the cold ground. He didn't even call out to Johnny saying that he found you. He ran up to you, and fell to his knees as he reached you.

''Jasmine? You awake?'' ponyboy whispers, gently pushing on you.

 You were fast asleep but your body was still violently shaking. His eyes suddenly saw the cuts and bruises that were all over your arms and hands. He started to tear up really bad.

''I can't believe they did this to you.'' ponyboy sniffles, a tear sliding down his cheek.

 Ponyboy picked you up and started to carry you home. Johnny soon joined when he saw that he found you.

***

''Jasmine.. Wake up.. Please..'' you could hear johnny's voice.

 Your eyes slowly cracked open seeing Johnny and Ponyboy peering down at you. You looked around, seeing that you weren't outside any longer, you were back home.

''Oh no,'' you gasp, shooting up. ''GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!'' you scream, standing up.

 Before you could make a run for it, Ponyboy grabbed your hand, making you turn towards him. He looked deep into your eyes, you saw the sorrow that he had for you.

''Jasmine. It's gonna be okay. If your parents try to beat you, I'll be there to beat them for you.'' ponyboy says, standing up.

 You couldn't hold it in and let it all out on him, you started crying uncontrollably into his shirt. Ponyboy started to cry with you as you cried, Johnny soon joined in and began to cry. After a long ten minutes of crying, you all soon started to calm down. You were surprised because your parents never came back, you wondered where they were. But you didn't want to know where they were at the same time.

''Jasmine. What do you say you come to my house and stay the night. And maybe the night after.. And the night after.. Aw, hell, maybe forever.'' ponyboy smiles, making you chuckle.

''I'd love that Pony.'' you smile, hugging him once more.

 You, Ponyboy and Johnny did a big group hug, you loved them so much. Ponyboy than walked you two back to his house. When you entered, the brother didn't even mind.

''Is it okay if Jasmine and Johnny stay the night?'' ponyboy asks, holding your hand.

''They can stay as long as they want! They're practically family.'' sodapop smiles, walking up to you and pulling you and johnny into a hug.

''Thanks Soda.'' johnny smirks, pulling away from him.

''I love you guys so much.'' you smile.

''We love you to Y/N.'' the boys wink.

The End