It was four years after my older brother Chris had gone to find the missing body of Ray Brower. I was only ten at the time so I was not aloud to go, even though I found out when I heard Ace and Eyeball talking about how they were going to get revenge on the boys.
It was the summer of 1964. My name is Samantha Chambers, kid sister to Frank, Eyeball, and Chris Chambers. It is not exactly the greatest last name to share with a felon and a high school drop out, but people did not treat me as bad as they did to Chris. Ace and his gang still hated Chris' gang who still included Gordie, Teddy, and Vern. Vern and Teddy barely say Chris or Gordie during school but they still were as close as they were when they were twelve. I mostly hung around with Chris most of my life so by the time I was 14 I was just considered on of the boys. I had a major crush on Teddy, maybe it was the way he acted or the way he didn't care about how anyone thought about him. He never knew I liked him, until that summer.
I was lying on my bed when I heard a knock, the third one that morning.
"Let's go Sam we're all going for a drive down to the lake," Chris said in an annoyed voice.
"But I thought your truck had a blown engine form when you were racing Ace," I said teasing him.
"Did I say drive, I meant WALK! I'm giving you two minutes or I'm leaving without you," He said sounding more annoyed then the first time. I stepped out of my room and smiled at him,
"I'm ready now." He ruffled my hair, which was 3 inches past my hair and a dirty blonde color.
"I knew you were doing that to get me aggravated," Chris said.
"It worked didn't it," I said to him cocking one eyebrow and punched him in his arm. He laughed and nodded his head. We walked down the hallway and out the front door, which was swung wide open, a sign that our father must have left early that morning and was expected back late that night from drinking. We were welcomed by the hot humidity of a mid July day. I could tell this was going to be a long walk.
