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1963
Audrey…Audrey Spencer. That was my name…. and this is my story of how four boys saved my life. Especially Chris, my knight in shinning armor…
It was the same summer, like every other summer. Vern spent the day under his house digging for his pennies that were lost forever. I sang to the music that was playing out of the radio, and sat on the porch ledge. I leaned against the blue rail watching Chris, Gordie and Teddy playing cards. I had known the fours boys for four years, the summer of 1959, the summer they got beat up by the Cobras.
I had been wondering around the town, when I spotted the fours boys, bruised and cut on the sidewalk. They were sitting near smoking, talking and going on about something. I am helped them out, cleaned then up, and been tagging along with their group ever since. I had other friends, my two best girl friends Lauren and Erica that also hanged out with the boys, but today they seemed not to be around.
I had a brother, Kevin who was twenty-two. He had known Gordie, because he had known Denny. I had also known Denny; he would come by around the house looking for Kevin. Gordie was growing up looking just like him. Denny would also have been twenty two, but like everyone knows he had died. Seemed like a little piece of Gordie had died to.
Everyone pushed me around and teased me for hanging out with Chris. Everyone knew he was bad, but they did not really know him. However, I did, and I saw the good side of him. Kevin also hanged out with Ace and Eyeball. They never really bothered with me, they never really cared. I had talked to them before, but after I heard that they beat the four boys that day, I slowly stopped talking to them.
Teddy was something different; he was growing away from the group into his own social group. He was becoming what everyone called 'popular.' His girlfriend was my best friend Lauren, and they planned to get married after High School. Teddy had his dreams of being in the army, but we all knew he would not get it.
I heard Vern under the porch digging for his pennies. I laughed at his efforts. He would dig hole after hole looking for them. However, little did he know Chris and I had found the pennies one night under the porch. We never told Vern just let him keep hoping one day he would find them.
Just then Ace, Billy and Eyeball walked up the steps, they were about to walk into the house, but stopped at the door. They looked at me, and I looked back. The four boys did not care much; they seemed to stop fighting with the Cobras. Everyone seemed to mature a little over the years.
"Heard you fucked George last night," Ace finally said.
"I heard that to," I simply said, "it is not true, just like the other million rumors." Ace laughed at my comment and then walked into the house, the blue door banging as it closed shut. I was known as the town slut, every guy came looking for some, but they would never get any. To be honest I never even been with a guy. I kissed them, been to first base, but that was it.
"Hey Audrey," Chris yelled, I looked at him, as he threw his cigarette into the dirt road.
"Yea," I asked.
"Charley give you that bruise on your eye," he said, it was more like a statement then a question. Charley was my boyfriend from The View. He was a rich boy, and none of the boys liked him at all. I looked at him not sure what to say, of course Charley gave me this bruise. The only reason I stayed with him because he was rich. My family had no money at all.
"No, I hit a door knob," I explained.
"Pretty high door knob," Chris mumbled then drew his attention back to his deck of cards.
"Do you want to know what I think," Vern said, as he emerged from under the porch.
"Not really,"
"Fuck you Audrey,"
"Please don't," I said.
"Anyways I think someone stole my pennies," he said. Chris and I started laughing, no one knew why we were, only us.
"What," he asked, sitting on the steps, and brushing the dirt off of his pants.
"Audrey, all I have to say is, get away from Charley before it is to late," Chris said, looking at me, maybe he cared about me, he was one of my best friends.
"Chris Chambers you don't have to protect me," I said jumping off of the porch ledge.
"I do to, someone has to,"
"Here is 'Baby I Need Your Lovin' by the Four Tops…Baby, I need your lovin' I got to have all your lovin' Baby, I need your lovin' Got to have all your lovin'…."
The song went on as I leaned against the porch ledge.
"Fuck you Chris," I said,
"You will see,"
"You're acting like my brother," I yelled.
"I am acting like your friend…"
We kept arguing, going back and forth, until I gave up and ran down he porch steps.
"Where you going," he yelled.
"Anywhere but here…'