Chapter 1
It all started in the summer of 1963. We all had just turned fifteen. It was the summer we wouldn't forget.
Over the short months of summer break we got to know a girl named Tessie Lynn. Tes as she was called. She moved to Castle Rock a few weeks before school was let out. Her family opened up a cafe, and we all thought she was some typical snob with money. Boy were we wrong...
"Hey Verno, two for flinching!" Teddy said as he punched Vern.
"Yeah, yeah. Quit it!" Vern screeched.
"Look it's that cafe, the snob's family owns." Teddy said.
"Tessie Lynn." Chris corrected.
"What?" Asked Teddy.
"Her name is Tessie, and we don't even know her." Chris stopped talking.
We all looked at him, not knowing what to think. How could he say that? Betraying everything we said to each other. True we didn't know her, but we knew what kind of girl she was. She would never hang out with the likes of us. We were probably nothing in her eyes.
"Chambers what the hell are you trying to say?" Teddy said as his voice rose.
"Nothing, I'm not trying to say anything. I'm just trying to tell you that we shouldn't say that shit about her. Jesus that's all."
Teddy just stared at Chris blanky and said in sarcastic voice, "Well if that's how you feel then we should meet this Tessie Lynn girl."
"Yeah, I agree." Vern said in serious voice.
"I was joking idiot." Teddy looked at Vern.
I listened to the conversation going back and fourth until I got up enough courage to say something, "No, Teddy maybe you're right."
"I am?" He asked.
"Well yeah, I mean we have been kind of been narrow minded about this girl. Maybe we should go in and meet her."
"Fine." Teddy didn't even try to argue.
We walked into the cafe sitting in a booth close to the back of the place. It took a while for us to find out where she was, until we saw her walk down the steps from upstairs. She was in her uniform, a black checkered dress. She was about 5"4 with brown hair about four inches passed her shoulders. And I could guess that Chris liked her by the way he looked at her.
She came to our table with four menus, "Hi." She said.
It all started in the summer of 1963. We all had just turned fifteen. It was the summer we wouldn't forget.
Over the short months of summer break we got to know a girl named Tessie Lynn. Tes as she was called. She moved to Castle Rock a few weeks before school was let out. Her family opened up a cafe, and we all thought she was some typical snob with money. Boy were we wrong...
"Hey Verno, two for flinching!" Teddy said as he punched Vern.
"Yeah, yeah. Quit it!" Vern screeched.
"Look it's that cafe, the snob's family owns." Teddy said.
"Tessie Lynn." Chris corrected.
"What?" Asked Teddy.
"Her name is Tessie, and we don't even know her." Chris stopped talking.
We all looked at him, not knowing what to think. How could he say that? Betraying everything we said to each other. True we didn't know her, but we knew what kind of girl she was. She would never hang out with the likes of us. We were probably nothing in her eyes.
"Chambers what the hell are you trying to say?" Teddy said as his voice rose.
"Nothing, I'm not trying to say anything. I'm just trying to tell you that we shouldn't say that shit about her. Jesus that's all."
Teddy just stared at Chris blanky and said in sarcastic voice, "Well if that's how you feel then we should meet this Tessie Lynn girl."
"Yeah, I agree." Vern said in serious voice.
"I was joking idiot." Teddy looked at Vern.
I listened to the conversation going back and fourth until I got up enough courage to say something, "No, Teddy maybe you're right."
"I am?" He asked.
"Well yeah, I mean we have been kind of been narrow minded about this girl. Maybe we should go in and meet her."
"Fine." Teddy didn't even try to argue.
We walked into the cafe sitting in a booth close to the back of the place. It took a while for us to find out where she was, until we saw her walk down the steps from upstairs. She was in her uniform, a black checkered dress. She was about 5"4 with brown hair about four inches passed her shoulders. And I could guess that Chris liked her by the way he looked at her.
She came to our table with four menus, "Hi." She said.