seventeen.

                                    

                                          
"Stop it! This isn't funny! You're hurting her! STOP IT! STOP!" Nancy yelled as she tried to get the attention of the Jets from inside of the shop.
Her hand was bright red from banding on the glass part of door to try and get them to snap out of whatever they were doing.
It was disgusting what she was witnessing, but she couldn't stop it in time because of Baby John and Mouthpiece practically throwing her out without a say when she had changed her mind of revenge.
Tears were beginning to fall as she continued to bang on the shop's door. "Please!"
It felt like ages of seeing the torment before Valentina came in from the back door and broke up the potential crime that could have occurred. 
All that was heard from the inside was yelling from Anita towards all of the boys who Nancy didn't trust anymore after what she had just witnessed.
The night was silent when the Shark opened the door and stumbled her way out, Nancy did not hesitate for a second to get out of the woman's way.
Guilt immediately consumed the curly headed girl from the inside out. Now that Riff was gone, the rest of the Jets had fallen apart and she was ashamed to even think she could have been associated with them for a time.
"Anita!" The woman she was calling to didn't stop walking in the other direction.
"Anita wait please!"
"What?!" She snapped back.
"I'm ashamed...Riff would never encourage something like this. I'm sorry...I–I can't believe this is what I've become."
Nancy's throat began to sting as she broke down once again. Her life was being held together by a single string and she could feel that it was about to fall apart.
This was all her fault. If she hadn't entertained Riff for as long as she did none of this would have happened.
"I don't even know who I am anymore."
Ugly sobs escaped her lips as she stood in the street crying. She was fully lost in the depths of her own mind and didn't even care to run after Anita anymore.
Nancy suddenly felt two hands touch her shoulders, "Here, get out of the street before a car hits you Nancy."
Guiding her to the sidewalk, the older woman sat the broken girl down even in the midst of just being attacked. 
She didn't know why she did this, if anything she hated the Jets with every bone in her body, but seeing a girl who reminded her of Maria gave her a pinch of guilt because of what her own boyfriend did to Riff.
"Why are you doing this? You're being nice to me—after everything they did to you?"
"Bernardo is the reason your boyfriend is dead, you shouldn't have to suffer either because of the mistakes from the people around us."
Nancy looked up, mascara sitting under her eyes. "Do you think things will ever go back to normal?"
"Someday...I think."
The curly headed girl smiled at the woman showing her sympathy as the two finally felt a moment of peace.
It was shattered quickly when the two heard the door behind them was thrown open revealing a flustered Tony who was breathing harshly.
Nancy immediately stood as she saw her brother in such a state, "Tony are you okay?"
The words meant nothing to him as the only thing he could think of was to get back at Chino for what he had supposedly done to Maria. Anita and Nancy shared a glance as he took off in the opposite direction they were standing.