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"MOM! I'm going to the lake! I'll be back soon!" I yelled upstairs to my mom, who was working on her next sewing project.
"Alright Boo, love you!"
"Love ya mom, bye!"
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I got to the lake in record timing. 1 minute and 48 seconds to be exact.
I went to go sit on the pier and saw Teddy walking towards me. I smiled because he looked, well... healthy. Really healthy.
"Teddy!" I yelled and went to give him a hug.
"Ha, geez Ry. Didn't know you wanted me that badly."
"Oh Teddy! You have no idea how much I've missed your wit!"
I let go of him and looked him straight in the eye, "Don't ever do that to me again!" I said, referring to him going completely depressed.
"Yeah, I won't. Never again."
"Good. Well… Are you ready to talk about it?" I asked, hoping he was.
"Yeah, I think so."
"Good. So what was the deal with the Vipers?"
"Well, I was walking home after the mud fight and I heard a lot of noise coming from a place that was usually deserted, so I went to go check it out. It was coming from the alley a couple blocks down from my house, and I saw that there were about six guys tormenting and yelling at this one girl…"
He stopped and looked at me because I was cringing at the thought of one girl getting ganged up on by six guys. It all sounded very familiar…
"Anyways, I wanted to go help the girl, but then I realized I probably couldn't take all of them, but I tried to help anyways. I was about to run off to call the cops when…"
He stopped on what he was about to say, and looked down at the ground. Then he looked back and started again.
"And well, they got her. They had tormented her, and killed her. Right there, they killed her. And who was the one eye witness? Me. I was shocked. I couldn't even move my feet. Then, they saw me. I snapped out of it and went off running, but they got me. First they beat the shit out of me and then threatened that they would kill me too if I ever told. I was so scared and shook up that I just went home and couldn't even sleep. That's when I became depressed. It just went all downhill from there, and there was no going back. They would force me to come to Irby's, and they would beat me up and threaten me more and more each time. Then it got worse…"
"What, what got worse?" I asked, totally into the story now.
"One day I came home and the leaders of the Vipers, Matt Nolan and Pat Finnegan, we're in my room. They both grabbed me and I tried to kick the shit out of them, but I was too weak by that point. They brought me out into their car saying all this shit like "you told" or "I heard you talking about the girl." So, they brought me to the house you found me in. They locked me in that room for two days straight, and that's when I totally lost it. I didn't even know if I could speak anymore. They would just repeatedly beat me up and threaten me, then beat me up again. I swear to god if I ever see Matt or Pat again I'll kill them. And I wouldn't think twice about it. After I was about to just give up and let them kill me, you, Chris, and Eyeball come running through the door. And now here we are. I've been going through a lot of therapy. My mom took it the hardest I think, with me being all depressed and stuff. So she got me help, and I'm better now."
"Wow. I'm so sorry about everything Teddy, we should've saved you sooner. And I'm really glad you're better now." I hugged him and he hugged me back. Then we sat in silence for a moment.
"How'd you even find me anyways?" He asked.
"Long story. Very long story."
"Well, we've got nothing better to do."
"Alright, I warned you though. So back when you were…"
I told him everything. I told him everything from that night at Irby's all the way up to my ex-boyfriend from hell and our past together.
"And that's pretty much it." I ended.
"You went out with Matt Nolan?" He asked, still shocked.
"Yeah, I told you. We were best friends, but then he turned into a stalker psychopath." I laughed a nervous laugh, thinking about the day Matt broke into my room, the last day I had seen him before he disappeared.
"Well that's one hell of a story Ry."
"So is yours." I smiled, he smiled back and we both just laid back on the pier, relaxing for a while. We were both in good need of some well deserved relaxation.
The next morning I realized Teddy and I had fallen asleep on the pier, and we slept through the whole night.
"Teddy, Teddy! Wake up! We must've dozed off or something." I said while shaking him lightly.
"Huh? Is that you Ry? What's going on?" He was still in a daze from waking up.
"Me and you both fell asleep and it is now… noon! Oh shit, my mom's gonna kill me." I frantically scrambled to get up.
"Calm down Ry, let's go get some lunch or something. I'm starving." Teddy said, finally getting up.
"Well, I guess I can since I'm already out anyways. I'll tell my mom everything later. So, Blue Point Diner?"
"Sounds good to me."
"Boss. I'll call Chris and them when we get there."
"Alright, let's go then."
We both got in my car and talked the whole way to the Blue Point Diner. I was glad to have the old Teddy back.
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Al let us use the restaurant's phone to call Chris, Gordie, and Vern. They all showed up in record timing after I told them Teddy was with me.
"Hey guys!" I said to Chris, Gordie, and Vern as they all walked in.
"Hey Ry, Teddy. You feeling better Teddy?" Chris asked.
"Yeah, I'm better. Better because I slept with Ry last night." He laughed that eehheehee hyena laugh of his.
"Funny Teddy." I didn't even care about his nasty remark about me; I just liked hearing his annoying laugh again.
"I think you guys would make a great couple." Gordie joked.
"You guys are just full of them today, aren't you?" I said sarcastically, referring to all the jokes about me and Teddy being made already.
"Yeah, stock full." Chris laughed.
It was just like old times. Back before Trinity, Paul, Em, or any serious Cobra/Viper drama. Back when we all just hung out and had a good time all the time.
"You know where we should go?" Vern asked.
"Vern, none of us wanna hear any of your crazy ideas." Teddy said bluntly to Verno.
"No, I swear. This one's a good one."
"Alright then, let's hear it." Gordie said, shaking his head.
"Let's go to the lake, you know, like old times."
We all sat there, thinking about it.
"You know, that's not a bad idea." I said.
"Yeah, it sounds like fun actually." Gordie said.
"Good idea Verno." Chris said while nudging him.
Vern got all red, happy people agreed with him for a change.
"Let's not wet our pants over this guys." Teddy said.
"Aw, shut up Teddy. Don't be such a downer." I laughed; lately I had been the downer.
"Yeah Ted." Chris said, agreeing with me, "So we'll meet at the lake in an hour?" Chris asked everyone.
"Sounds good to me."
"Yeah same here."
"Good, see you guys later."
"Bye."
We all left and I was really glad everything was finally piecing back together again.
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"Shit." I mumbled to myself.
I had ransacked my room for a bathing suit, but I couldn't find one. I had probably accidentally thrown it out with my old clothes.
Now what do I do.
I knew the guys wouldn't like my no-bathing suit apparel, but I had no choice. I would just sit out this time, there would be plenty of other times to go to the lake.
Then I thought about that, and I knew the guys wouldn't let me just 'sit out'. Whatever, they were just gonna have to deal with it.
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"Hey Ry, has anyone ever told you that you wear a bathing suit while swimming?" Teddy asked sarcastically.
"Yes, Theodore. I just lost mine."
"Likely excuse."
"I swear." I said while crossing my heart.
"Yeah, whatever." He said and then jumped into the lake.
I went to go sit under my favorite tree at the lake, and I ended up dozing off under it while the guys swam.
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"Okay, you guys grab her legs, and we'll grab her arms…" I heard this while I was waking up, then I realized what they were about to do.
"NO WAY! LET ME GO, YOU BAFFOONS!" I yelled, but they just picked me up and started carrying me towards the water.
"I SWEAR IF YOU GUYS RUIN MY SHIRT I WILL PERSONALLY PUNCH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN AN AREA YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE MESSED WITH!!"
"We'd like to see that Ry." Chris laughed and they all laughed while still carrying me.
"I'll make you guys cookies! I swear, I'll do anything! I just really don't wanna ruin this shirt!" I yelled again.
They stopped, "Anything?" Chris asked.
"Yeah! Anything!" I yelled, I really was in no mood to get thrown in the lake.
"Well, let's think about that…" Teddy started, and they all looked at each other and then turned back to me, "NO." They all said in unison and started carrying me again.
"I really hate you guys. Good thing I don't really hate you or I'd… I'd… Well I don't know what I'd do, but I'd do something!"
"Oh, stop whining Ry. We're just having a little fun." Gordie laughed.
We were at the end of the pier and they started their countdown, "THREE, TWO, ONE!!"
Splash.
I came up to the surface and all the guys were next to me, "Why me God, why did you stick me with these people? Why?"
"Ryan, always the dramatic one." Gordie laughed.
"Yeah, whatever Lachance. I'll get you guys back, you better watch out."
"Can't wait to see what you've got up your sleeve this time Ry." Chris laughed, probably thinking about when I stole his boxers.
"You'll see. But for now…" I smirked, moving closer to all of them, Chris in particular.
"What?" Chris asked.
I went up to him, pretending like I was about to kiss him, but then smacked seaweed on his face.
"…I just wanted to give you that." I laughed.
"Oh, that's it Murphy. You just signed you own death warrant, you die, Murphy!" Chris yelled and I tried to swim as fast as I could away from him, but he caught up.
"You know I was just kidding Chris! Just a little harmless fun! That's all!" I pleaded while he grabbed me.
"I guess I'll let it slide this time." He smirked and kissed me.
"GET A ROOM!" I heard Gordie, Vern, and Teddy yelling.
We didn't say anything and Chris kissed me again, and then we went back to the rest of the guys.
"You guys are nasty. There should be a rule against PDA." Teddy said.
"And this is coming from the kid that practically had sex in the middle of a movie theatre?" I asked.
"Oh yeah." He smirked and laughed his hyena laugh.
"Are you guys getting cold?" Vern asked.
"Yeah, are you guys?" I asked.
"Yeah, you guys wanna go eat someplace?" Gordie asked.
"Yeah, I say we go to Irby's." I said, acting completely serious. They all just stared at me.
I laughed, "Kidding! We can all just go to Blue Point again." I said.
"Sounds good to us." They all said, sounding relieved that I was joking.
"Cool. Let's get out of here then." I said.
We all got out of the water, but I didn't have my car. So we walked up to the Blue Point Diner, talking and laughing about old times the whole way.
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It was our last week at school, and all of us were pumped for another summer.
"3 more days guys!" I shrieked at the lunch table. I always got super excited at the end of the year for summer.
"Hell yeah. Next year we're gonna be juniors. It's weird." Chris said.
"Yeah, that is weird. We're almost out of high school already." Gordie said.
"We've still got two more years to go guys." I said.
"Yeah, but it's gonna go by fast. It's already gone by fast." Trinity said.
"Yeah, well I'm enjoying this while it lasts." Teddy said.
"Me too."
"Totally."
"Definitely."
We all went back to eating our lunches, and then Teddy spoke up.
"Have any of you guys heard anything about the Vipers being around here?"
"I haven't heard Eyeball saying anything about it." Chris said.
"Yeah, I haven't heard Billy say anything either." Vern added in.
"Okay. I'm just making sure, you know? If they come back, I don't know what I'd do."
"Teddy, for now, let's not worry about those jackasses. If they come back they better be prepared for what we have in store for them. No way are we letting them even anywhere near you." I said to him, hoping he'd feel safer.
"Okay, good."
And that's the last we said on that subject.
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