Disclaimer: I do not own the movie Stand By Me or the book The Body. I only own my OC character okay?
Chapter 1: The Beginning
I partially agree with the dictionary, enemies come before friends…
It was a long and boring Sunday afternoon a few weeks after the search for Rey Brower's body for the 3 boys, Chris, Teddy and Vern as they were waiting for their friend, Gordie to come
"Where the hell is Gordie?" asked the impatient Teddy who was looking outside the tree house window.
"I don't know Teddy, maybe he has some errands to run." replied Chris who was reading some of his friend's comic books.
"What kind of errand would take him that long to finish? Maybe he's getting beat up by the Cobras for some payback!" exclaimed the slightly morbid yet, scaredy cat Vern.
"C'mon Vern, after what we put them up a few weeks ago? I bet they're out hiding from us right now!" said Chris remembering all the drama that happened during their recent trip.
"Hey guys! I see Gordie! He's with this other person, I can't see who it is." said Teddy looking closely at the people getting closer to the tree house.
"I brought my binoculars, we can see them through those!" said Vern getting some black binoculars from his bag.
"Give 'em here" said Teddy taking the binoculars aggressively from Vern.
"Whoa, Gordie's with a chick! Not much of a looker though from afar." Said Teddy looking through the binoculars.
"No way! 'Lemme see." Said Chris taking the binoculars from Teddy.
"Whoa… Unbelievable, of all the guys in here to have a girlfriend, Gordie was the first!" said the surprised Chris.
"Hey, I haven't seen her yet!" said the clueless Vern taking the binoculars.
"I don't see nobody!" said Vern taking his chance to look in the binoculars.
"Don't see who?" a familiar voice surprised the three frantic looking boys.
"Gordie, Come up here NOW!" the three boys said in unison, pulling up the entrance door (like there was an exit door!).
Gordie, the thin and beanpole looking boy came up the tree house looking at his three friends in confusion.
"What? Did someone die?" he asked.
"Gordie! Where's the girl you were with earlier?" asked Vern.
"Yeah, why didn't you tell us you had a girlfriend?" asked Chris.
"What? What girlfriend? What girl?" asked Gordie who after a few second came to and understood what was going on, "Oh? Guys, I don't have a girlfriend! The girl earlier was my younger sister, Jadey." He said.
"You have a sister? How come you've never told us about her?" asked Teddy, still in confusion.
"C'mon, I've told you guys about Jadey lots of times, maybe you guys just don't listen." Said Gordie lifting up the door "Hey, Jadey, Come up here!" he shouted.
A pretty girl with big wide thin- rimmed glasses (imagine Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me ones), clutching a stack or books in her arm, by the age of 11 came up the tree house. She was about 5 feet in height, slightly shorter than the boys, she had Gordie's dark brown eyes, her late bigger brother Denny's pitch black hair and shoulder length wavy hair that was pulled up into a ponytail. She was wearing a purple plaid blouse with dark blue pants and white rubber shoes, probably something not most girls wear at that time.
"Guys, this is my sister Jadey Juniper Daina Lachance, Jadey, this is Chris Chambers," He explained patting Chris' shoulder, "Vern Tessio's the fat one holding the binoculars and this, the craziest boy I've known, is Teddy Duchamp."
Jadey smiles at them and pulls out her hand, "Hi, I'm Jadey…" she said confidently.
Yet, the not one of the three boys shook her hand for they were still in shock that their friend Gordie, who they thought was now a single child, has a slightly gorgeous looking sister.
"Man oh man, a real live breathing girl is in our tree house!" said Vern, breaking the awkward silence.
Jadey giggles slightly, "Gordie, it seems that your peers haven't seen a young lady before." She says, still giggling.
"It's possibly true Jadey." Her brother confirms.
"Really? You boys have never seen a lady before?" said the girl looking surprised.
"Well, only in pictures…" said Vern making the two boys smirk.
"Oh, oh well, boys will be boys" she said looking slightly disgusted, "oh, so maybe it were your magazines that were stashed under brother's bed!" she said giggling again but now her cheeks reddened a little which made the four boys laugh.
"Gee Gordie, I didn't know you kept our magazines under that bed!" said Teddy sarcastically.
"Yeah Gordie, what else do you keep under your bed?" said Chris jokingly making the entire boys laugh.
"Oh c'mon guys. Not in front of my sister!" said the not tomato red Gordie.
"Don't worry Gordie, I won't be a bother…" said Jadey sitting by the window beginning to read a book from her so-called collection.
"Wow Gordie, she's like you. Suddenly drifting of to a space." Said Teddy, trying to make fun of his friend's sister.
"C'mon guys, of course she's like me, she's my sister. Like me, she also has a liking for books. Like now, hey Jadey, what are you reading now?" Gordie asked turning to his sister.
"An enriched classic brother, one of my favorites." She said not taking eyes of her book.
"Yeah, but what's the name? No, let me guess, since you're a girl it's probably something like Romeo and Juliet right?" said Teddy rudely.
"No, Of course not! Romeo and Juliet is for sappy love- sick shit heads. The book I'm reading here is Dracula, by Bram Stoker, the total opposite of Romeo and Juliet, Dracula has more, let's say, drama and horror." She said as if she was insulted. (No offense on the Romeo and Juliet fans)
"Did you just swear?" asked the surprised looking Teddy.
"Yes, why? Can't I swear in front of you guys?" she says glaring at the boys.
"Well, I don't know, maybe because it will break a rule in your so called 'Politeness Book'. Probably something girls like you or probably any girl would want to follow!" says Teddy, looking angrier with the girl.
"For your information Theodore there is no such thing as a 'Politeness Book'! And I'm different than other girls, way damn different!" she said loosing her temper.
"Yes there is! All the chicks out there are the same, and who the hell gives you the damn rite to call me Theodore?" he said standing up from his seat.
"Well, I call you that cause I damn feel like it!" Jadey says also standing up from her position.
"That's always the reason! You women are always like that… Doing stuff when you feel like it then when you don't get what you want you sit down in a spot and freaking cry to death!" he says making Jadey angry and eventually punching him hard in the face making the three boys stand up, Gordie holding down his sister and the two boys holding down Teddy.
"Will you two stop fighting!" says Gordie, trying to keep the peace.
"It was Teddy who started it! He was the one who started the annoying!" blamed Jadey trying to escape her brother's grasp.
"No way man, she's the slut that started the fight!" says Teddy trying to punch her back but can't.
"Alright, the both of you started the fight," says Gordie, pointing at Jadey, "You're the one who couldn't shut your mouth," he then points at Teddy, "And you're the one who can't stop the damn insults!"
After a while the two calm down but don't say a word to each other.
"Jadey, let's go home." Says Gordie looking disappointed while opening the door and getting out.
"Bye Jadey, nice meeting you." Says Vern.
"Yeah, Jadey, sorry for messing your day." Says Chris while glaring at Teddy.
"Yeah… bye." Was all she said before leaving.
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"Gordie? Are you mad at me?" asked Jadey while walking home with her brother.
"No, of course not. Why would you ask such question?" asked Gordie looking at his sister.
"I don't know. Maybe because I made a bad first impression on one of your best friends earlier… He probably hates me right now." Says Jadey trying to stop her tears.
"No, Teddy's always like that. He's just probably not used to having a girl around. He doesn't hate you, why would he? You're probably the sweetest and nicest girl he's ever met!" said Gordie, putting one arm over his sister's shoulder, trying to cheer up his sister knowing that it would never work.
"C'mon, I'm not as nice as I look… You don't have to comfort me like this." She said as tears continued to fall from her face.
"Hey, don't cry! Why are you crying?" asked Gordie looking worriedly at his sister.
"I miss big brother, he'd know what to do at these times." She said, crying more.
"Yeah, he always knows what to do. But I guess he'd be happier if you smile for him and cry less." Says Gordie as his sister then stopped crying and cheered up a little.
"That's my girl!" he said smiling.
"You're acting like I'm your daughter! Haha, hey, we're home." She said spotting their house close by.
"Yeah, hey, you better wipe those tears before mom sees you crying." Said Gordie opening the back door for her.
"Hey, Gordie?" asked the now smiling Jadey.
"Yes?"
"Thanks for cheering me up today." Said Jadey giving her brother a wink as she went up her room to get ready for dinner.
"No problem, I'm always there when you need me! Remember that." Says Gordie entering the dinning room to help his mother with dinner.
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At the same time in the tree house…
"Teddy!" says Chris madly as the two siblings were gone.
"What?" says Teddy wiping the blood he got from the punch earlier.
"You should say sorry to Jadey." Suggests Chris.
"Why should I? She should be the one apologizing." He says coldly.
"No Teddy, you were the one who began teasing her in the first place!" says Vern, trying hard not to be a pussy.
"I did not!"
"Did to!"
"Did not!"
"Did to!"
"Did not!"
"Did to!"
"Oh for Jesus' sake, yeah, it was my fault! Now will you stop?" he says to Vern looking annoyed again.
"It'll make him stop but you have to say sorry to Jadey as soon as possible." Says Chris angrily.
"And if I don't?"
"Well, apparently you'll be feeling a lot of guilt for your whole freaking life!" says Chris.
"I, Teddy Duchamp, never felt guilty in my whole damn life! I'm going home." Says Teddy leaving the tree house.
As Teddy walks home he glances at a nearby clock…
"Damn, it's getting too damn late, I really should be going home." He swears while walking home, not realizing where he was walking.
"Where am I going anyway?" he stopped looking at his surroundings.
"Damn, why am I here?" he thought realizing he was close to Gordie's house.
"Damn, I feel horrible," says Teddy holding his stomach.
"But since I'm here… I guess I'll visit Gordie. I'll just go through his window since it's late." He thinks as he sneaks into his friend's back yard.
END OF CHAPTER I
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