You are Dallas Winston's girl, or Dally. The gang protects you while Dally is in the cooler, aka jail.

You were walking back from the movies with Ponyboy as you two went to see the new Paul Newman movie.

Dally had just gotten out of the cooler and you didn't know that. So when you turned the corner to the Curtis house (where the gang hangs out at) and saw Dally on the porch with Soda and Darry, you were surprised. Dally saw you and smirked.

Dally: "Hey doll."