Disclaimer: I do not own anything! I merely borrow the wonderful characters Chris and Gordie , ( other less worthy ones as well) , from the glorious film directed by Rob Reiner. A film that was based off the novella , The Body , written by the great Stephen King! He whose fame shall never fade from this earth!
Getting out
They sat , close together , in the tree house each one counting this is the best day of their lives , so far. They could have stayed like that forever , had it not been for the heartless bitch known as " reality". After the euphoria of kissing Chris , after his soul came down from the stars , Gordie realized what that kiss meant. Castle Rock was a Podunk little town whose many churches spread the good news of eternal damnation for sinners and deviants , homosexuals especially. Gordie realized in an instant that they'd have to hide their feelings , and hide them well. If anyone found out , God only knows what would happen , he wasn't worried so much about himself as he was about Chris.
Gordie figured his parents couldn't be anymore disappointed in him than they were now. But Chris's dad , quite possibly , would kill him if he knew , he already didn't need an excuse to beat his son , imagine if he found out he was a " fag"? He looked into Chris's eyes and saw that he understood too , probably better than he did .
" Chris we gotta keep this a secret , if your folks knew…" , Gordie couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence ,
" I know." , and he did, all to well.
" Gordie?" ,Chris asked , sounding timid , which was a tone his voice rarely took , Chris was the tough guy , the rebel , he'd seen Chris's soft side before but never like this ,
" Yeah Chris?" ,
" You gotta make it as a writer. You just gotta , you have to get out of this town." , Chris sounded almost desperate. Then Gordie realized that for some reason lost on him , Chris cared more about Gordie's life than he did his own.
Then Gordie put his hands on Chris's shoulders , looked him dead in the eye , and said with the same fierceness that was in Chris's voice a few minuets ago ,
" I will. And I'm taking you with me Chambers!" ,
" You can't . I'd be dead weight Gordo." , Chris protested ,
" Get used to it Chambers , I'm not leaving without you and I'm sure as hell not staying.", Gordie said with a smile.
After that things were more or less the same they had both known how they felt about the other and were content to just be close to the one they loved. They talked , smoked , and Gordie told a few stories , and as the hours grew small they got tired. They both laid down on Gordie's blanket and pillow as they had done countless times before ( Chris's dad had pawned off his only sleeping bag). But as Gordie rolled over on his right side , the way he always slept , he felt a pair of strong arms wrap around him and a warm body press against his own. Never before had Gordie felt so safe and so loved. His skinny body felt like it was meant for the more muscular boys embrace, he could feel Chris's breath on his hair.
" Chris?" ,
" Yeah Gordie?" ,
" I am taking you with me , we're getting out together." ,
there was a pause
" Gordie , I love you.".
" I love you too , well get out , you'll see." , Gordie said and he believed it , on that night , warm in Chris's arms he could believe anything. Gordie felt so incredible that he didn't want to go to sleep , because then he'd wake up , and morning , the equally heartless sister of the heartless bitch that is reality , would bring back all the people and hatred that would try to tear their love apart. But now , with just the two of them in their own moonlit world , everything was fine , everything was going to be okay. But sleep inexorably came , and as Gordie drifted off to dreams that were , for once no where near as good as being awake , he heard himself repeat over and over again
" We'll get out , …. , both of us , you'll see ,.. Both of us." and Chris smiled when he heard it , because he believed it too.
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Maybe the president of some unimportant state like Wisconsin? ( and yes I do mean President , "NEW" World Order)
