A.N. Ok, I totally got this idea watching "Stand By Me", of course XD in the scene where Vern suggests they hitchhike, and Teddy asks if his mother had any kids that lived. I must have seen this movie like a million times, but this is the only time ive had this lil brainwave! As you know if you read my other stories, I never know how a fanfiction will turn out when I start it. But hopefully this won't end in death lolz since im hoping to write a lil sequel straight after I finish this! And by the way, so there's no confusion, im not sure how old the Cobra's are so I made them all 18 other than Ace and Eyeball. Ive got Eyeball at 19 and Ace at 20. Roxanne is the same age as Eyeball. Those are the current ages or should I say, the ages they all are when Vern and the others go searching for Ray Browers' body. Sorry if that confuses anyone.
Disclaimer: As much as it pains me to say… I don't own anything you see here. Except maybe Roxanne.
"Did your mother have any kids that lived?"
"What do you mean?"
In reality, Vern knew exactly what Teddy meant. Of course he did. He was slow – but not that slow. But he knew that a question would buy him more time to think, more time to dream. More time to remember Roxanne.
Roxanne was Vern's older sister. She looked nothing like Vern or Billy, with her thick curls of mousy brown hair and glass-like blue eyes. She was slender, with barely any curves to speak of. Yet, everyone wanted her.
Roxanne was currently 19. Vern was not surprised the other lads did not remember her, as she had left town three years before. And even while she was still living in Castle Rock, she had barely been seen since she was twelve years old. Vern's age. That was the time she started hanging around with Richard Chambers – also known as Eyeball.
Across town, Billy Tessio was also thinking of his older sister – the friend he once cherished. He hated her for leaving, and never saying why. He hated what she had done to this family – turned Billy into a Cobra, made Vern a loser and depressed their parents no end. But most of all, he hated that she kept in touch with Charlie. Of all people, Charlie Hogan. Why Billy's best friend, yet not Billy? He couldn't understand it. But Anyhooser, this was not Billy's story, or Vern's… this was Roxanne's story.
"Eyeball?"
The Chambers boy looked up at his best friend enquiringly. "Yeah?"
Roxanne Tessio suddenly became embarrassed. It was as though she had planned out what she was about to say in her head beforehand, but now that she was in the moment, the words wouldn't come. Her throat dried up and her tongue split in two. The blood that inhabited her body rose to her cheeks, and Eyeball chuckled silently at the sight.
"Why do you keep staring at me?"
Eyeball became confused.
"I keep catching you staring at me… why?"
Now it was Eyeball's turn to be embarrassed. He gave a sheepish grin as he responded. "Erm… because I like you?"
Roxanne's skates halted, causing her to vault over. Eyeball, being the dutiful best friend, caught her before she could fall, losing her dignity and grace in the street.
"Well… looks like your really falling for me, huh?"
Roxanne blushed. "Maybe." She then winked, skating around the corner so quickly Eyeball didn't even have the chance to stand up straight, never mind chase after her. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the convenience store. A plan formulated in the brain that hid beneath the shelter of perfect curls.
BANG BANG.
"Okay, okay, im coming, chill your beans." (A.N. I lovee that saying! XD)
Roxanne answered the door, still drying her wet hair from the afternoon rain, when the early moon shone upon a surprising sight. Eyeball, her best friend in the whole world, stood on her porch in soaking wet clothes with two things. A boombox, which lay on the floor next to his feet dressed in soaked-through trainers; and a basket full of cherry pez and dark chocolate, her favourites, the basket was covered in a clear wrapping with ribbons and flowers haphazardly strewn over the top. He had obviously decorated it himself, but that made it all the more special.
Roxanne opened her mouth to speak but was halted by a warm finger pressed to her lips to ensue silence. He then used that same finger to bend down and press the play button on the boombox, letting out the sounds of an unfamiliar yet beautiful song.
Eyeball pressed his finger to his lips, then his right ear, then pointed at the boombox.
If I don't say this now I will surely break
As I'm leaving the one I want to take
Forgive the urgency but hurry up and wait
My heart has started to separate
Oh, oh,
Be my baby
Ohhhhh
Oh, oh
Be my baby
I'll look after you
Eyeball pulled Roxanne away from the door and into the moonlight. He placed the basket on the floor next to the boombox and circled his arms around her waist protectively. Her arms found their way around his neck as he spun her around and they began to dance.
There now, steady love, so few come and don't go Oh, oh
Will you won't you, be the one I'll always know
When I'm losing my control, the city spins around
You're the only one who knows, you slow it down
Be my baby
Ohhhhhh
Oh, oh
Be my Baby
I'll look after you
And I'll look after you
"The way I feel about you Roxie… it suffocates me. I cant believe how much I love you, and at my age too. Its just a really strange feeling. Earlier, I lied. I don't like you. Im really falling for you."
Roxanne, again, opened her mouth to speak and, again, was silenced by a finger to her lips. Eyeball just smiled a secret smile towards his new girl.
If ever there was a doubt Oh, oh
My love she leans into me
This most assuredly counts
She says most assuredly
Be my baby
I'll look after you
After You
Oh, oh
Be my baby
Ohhhhh
Roxanne leaned into Eyeball as they danced, inhaling his perfect scent, as her hands lost themselves in his curls. His did the same with her curls.
It's always have and never hold Oh, oh
You've begun to feel like home
What's mine is yours to leave or take
What's mine is yours to make your own
Be my baby
Ohhhhh
Oh, oh
Be my baby
I'll look after you
Billy Tessio left his seat in the living room to fetch his older sister. Her favourite tv show was just about to start, and he knew how much she hated to miss it. He stepped out onto the porch, and was confronted with an adorable sight. His sister, dancing in the moonlight with his idol and her best friend. Billy didn't know why he admired Eyeball so much, he just really looked up to him. And it seemed Roxanne was doing enough admiring for the both of them.
You are so beautiful to me.
Billy grinned, and turned back to walk through the door.
A.N. First chapter, so not as good as we would have hoped. But still, id like to know what you guys think. Like it? Hate it? Let me know XD xoxo