A/N: This is the classic story of "Some girl tags a long with the guys, and may or may not fall in love with one of them." I know it's a cliché, and has been done millions of times before, but I can't help it. It needed to be written.

Disclaimer: I don't own Stand By Me, except for Rachel.

The name's Duchamp. Rachel Duchamp. Twin of Teddy, and friend of Chris, Gordie, and Vern. I have medium length black hair, big black glasses, and medium in height. I basically am a female version of Teddy. Teddy is funny, sarcastic, and probably the rudest person I ever met. But underneath that, he's a pretty great brother. He got his ear burned when our father put it against the stove. Neither of us had a good chance in life, but we made the best of what we got. Luckily nothing too bad has happened to me, except a few slaps here and there, and the occasional black eye.

We were all in the tree house, except for Vern, playing cards. "Hey, how do you know a Frenchman's been in your backyard?" Chris asked. He was kind of the leader of the group. Probably the most sane out of all of us, if were even to be called sane. His family is known for being criminals His brother Eyeball is part of Ace Merrill's gang, the Cobras.

"Hey, we're French, okay," Teddy said, while pointing to me and him, and taking a puff of his cigarette.

Chris laughed. "Your garbage cans are empty, and your dogs pregnant," He joked, while laughing some more.

"Didn't he just say we're French?" I asked, not finding his joke very funny.

Chris sighed. "I knock," He said.

"Shit," Me and Teddy said.

"Twenty nine," Chris told us.

"Twenty two," Teddy announced.

"Twenty four," I said, while taking a puff of my cigarette.

"Piss up a rope!" Gordie exclaimed. He was the second most sane in the group. His brother died in April in a Jeep accident. He was basically ignored at home, which meant this was his only escape. He was a writer, and a pretty good one at that.

"Gordie's out! Good old Gordie just bit the bag, and stepped out the door!" Teddy said, as Chris had enough of him.

"C'mon man, deal," He said, as Teddy dealt.

We played, and then I stopped. "I knock," I said, with a grin on my face.

"You four eyed piece of shit, Rachel," He said.

We all told each other our numbers, when we heard someone knocking on the tree house. "Knock the secret knock," Gordie said, knowing fully well he forgot it.

"C'mon guys, I forgot it!" Vern said, pounding on the door.,

"Guys, let him in," I said, as we finally let him in.

Vern looked like he was out of breath. "Guys! You won't believe this! This is so boss! I just need to catch my breath. I ran all the way form home," He said. Now, Vern was the one who got teased the most in our little group of outcasts. He and I weren't exactly close, but I was the one who stopped him from getting teased so much. Especially from Teddy.

When he said those last words, we all broke out into song. "I ran all the way home! Just to say I'm sorry...sorry!" Me, Teddy, Chris, and Gordie all sang.

Vern just looked annoyed with us. "C'mon guys! Listen to me!" He said, realizing we were still laughing. "Alright, forget I said anything." He said, as Chris was the one who decided to hear what he had to say.

"Fine Vern, what do you have to say?" Chris asked.

"Alright guys, you have to believe me, sincerely!" Vern exclaimed, still out of breath.

We all grinned at each other. "I ran all the way home!" We all started to sing again.

Now Vern was just plane annoyed with us. "Screw you guys," He said.

"What is it?" Chris asked.

"Can you guys camp out tonight? You know, tell your folks that we're gonna be on my backfield?" He asked.

"Yeah, like Mom and Dad would ever let me go to a sleepover with four boys. They'd probably think I'll be raped or something," I said, sarcastically.

Then there was an awkward silence. "You know they don't think that," Teddy said. "And plus, these guys here are bunch of pussies. They'd never do something like that." Teddy said, trying to bring humor in the situation.

"Shut up, Teddy," Chris said, angry at him. "Anyways, we all can." Chris finished.

"You guys have to listen to this! You won't believe this!" Vern said, trying to get everyone back on track.

"What are you pissin' up a rope about?" I asked, wanting to know why he was so excited.

"Ok, you guys wanna see a dead body?" He asked the question that would change all of our lives forever.


A/N: Yeah, I know it's been done before, millions of times, but please review!