Disclaimer:I do not own any of the Stand by Me characters.
September 8th, 1959
Today is the first day of school in Castle Rock. My mom is making me go for the first day, and I thought about skipping out, but my old man said if he gets a phone call on the first day of school, he will beat me. So here I am, sitting in English class with Charlie Hogan, hardly listening to the old lady who was my teacher. Lord, this is only the first period, and it is already killing me. I looked around the classroom and I saw that no one was really listening to the teacher. I think she finally gave up, and sat down at her desk, and started to organize her stuff. We had about 20 minutes left of class, and I took the time to look around the classroom, and look at all the pretty girls. I must admit, Castle Rock sure has a lot of pretty girls.
Looks to be the same old girls. No new faces. I winked at a couple of girls who looked at me. Not going to lie, I love it when a girl blushes. I know they are into me when they do that, but I have been through my fair share of the easy girls around here. I think most of the gang has been as well. Would be nice to be with someone who hasn't slept with one of your best friends. talked with Charlie for the last bit of class, and when the bell rang, I packed my things up and headed off to my next class. I looked at my schedule and I saw what my next class was.
I headed off to history class, and I prepared myself for another boring class. I saw that Vince was in my class, but the teacher Mr. Ludar had assigned seats, and I was stuck in the third row, next to Pete Chants. He is an Okay guy, he just such a nerd. I wonder how much I can copy off of him this year.
I saw that Vince was on the other side of the room, and was already flirting with the girls around him. That lucky guy, he is surrounded by beautiful girls, and I got stuck next to the nerds. About half way through the class I heard the door open, but I didn't bother to look up. Mr. Ludar was trying to get our attention and when we finally all calmed down, that is when I looked up. I saw very pretty girl, with red hair, bright blue eyes, and damn, her clothes fit her body like they were tailored just for her. They fit her in all the right places.
"Now class I would like to introduce you to Tracy Waggoner. She has just moved here from New Jersey, so I would like you all to be kind to her, and say hello."
The class mumbled hello, and she went and sat at the back of the class. I'm not going to lie, I honestly think I know her from some where, but that can't be possible as she just moved here. I leaned against the wall and I couldn't help but stare at her. Some of the girls who sat in the row in front of her were talking to her, trying to get to know her.
Then the teacher walked out of the classroom. He probably went to the teacher's lounge to have a smoke. All the girls gathered around Tracy's desk and were asking her questions. I went and stood by Vince's desk and we started to chat. I could hear the conversation the girls were having, and one question caught my ear. "Didn't you used to live here?"
The classroom went quiet, and all eyes were on Tracy. "Yes I used to live here. A lot of you probably know me as Tracy Lovell." Ha, I knew I knew her from some where. The Lovell's used to live next door to me, and in the 2nd grade, they moved about half way through the school year. No one knew what happened to them. "Why do you have a different last name?" Kimberly Pear asked her.
"My parents just divorced last summer, and my mother took back her maiden name, and I took it too. Just made sense to me since I was moving back here with her." The beautiful girl said. I couldn't help but stare at her. "Do you recognize some of us Tracy?" Kimberly asked her.
"Yes I do Kimberly. I recognize you, Vince, Pete, Charlotte, Brittney." Her eyes scanned the room and they finally landed on me. When she looked into my eyes, I swear to God she was looking into my soul. "I also recognize Richard over there." There was a slight gasp around the room. Tracy looked confused. Brittney told her, "No one calls him that anymore. We all call him Eyeball now."
Tracy just rolled her eyes at that. "Really? Eyeball? Why because his eye twitches when he gets nervous?" I can't believe she still remembered that. Some of the kids just nodded their heads. "Whatever, if he wants to be called Eyeball that is fine with me, I will call him Eyeball."
I was going to go over to her, and talk to her, but our teacher finally came back. He told us all to take our seats, and he started on the lesson plans for the up and coming school year. We got told there will be lots of projects, and there will be lots of quizzes. Oh how I was looking forward to that. We got told that he will be assigning us project partners and they will be our partner for the whole year. I hope I get someone smart who will just do all the work, and won't mind me just putting my name on the finished project.
As the end of class drew near, I couldn't help but let my mind wonder off. I wonder what Ace has planned for this weekend. Probably a massive party. That is what he does every year.
The bell rang, signaling the end of second period. Instead of rushing out of class like I did first period, I sat there, and watched as Tracy walked by me. I couldn't help but stare at her butt as she walked past me. I wonder if she would slap me in the face if I slapped her butt. Probably, she has gotten feisty since leaving Castle Rock, and I like that.
