Chapter 2

"Hello?" She said once more, this time as if it were a question.

She kept repeating the same word over, it was then when I realized we were in shock. Shock? How could we be in shock over some rich girl?

Chris in his own state of shock managed to slip out a few very un- clear words.

"I'm sorry, what was that? I couldn't understand you." She replied.

"All I said was "hi"." He said.

"Oh, well can I take your order?" Tessie asked politely.

Teddy butted in, "Uh, yeah we'll have four cheeseburgers and four cherry cokes."

"Coming right up." She said as she turned around and walked away.

Everything felt so weird. In a way it was as though Tessie knew us by the way she looked at us, maybe that's why we were out of words when we first met her. Even Teddy who wasn't polite to anyone made himself be polite for once when he ordered. And Chris, well it was like he was out of it, like he didn't know where he was.

"Well she seems nice. Nothing of what I expected." Vern stated.

"And what did you expect, Vern?" I asked.

"Some snot nosed bitch." He said. We all laughed except Chris.

"Well she wasn't, now was she?" Chris said.

"No, I mean I was just joking. I didn't mean anything by it." Vern tried to apologize.

"Just cut it out. Got it?" Chris said.

"All right, sorry."

"Chris, is there something wrong?" I asked

"Yeah Chris you have been acting really weird." Teddy said. Just as Chris was about to answer Tessie came back to our table with our food.

"Here you are, hope you enjoy." She smiled.

"What's your name?" Vern asked trying to make conversation.

"Theresa Lynn, everyone calls me Tessie or Tes." Tes replied.

"I bet you don't know our names." Vern laughed.

"I bet you five bucks I do." She spoke seriously.

"All right, bring it on." We laughed.

"Simple, you're Vern Tessio, you're Teddy Duchamp, you're Gordie LaChance, and you are Chris Chambers." When she said Chris's name it was as though she changed her tone of voice to something so sincere.

"Hey, how did you know that?" Asked Chris.

"You're brother told me." She said.