Chapter 21:

I awoke the next morning in Eyeball's bed. And instantly woke him up.

"Eyeball. Eyeball. Eyeball!"

"Ah, I'm up! I'm up!"

"I've got to go."

"You know where the bathroom is." He said and turned to go back to sleep. I sighed.

"Not that you moron! I have to leave."

"Oh okay, bye Jess. See you tomorrow." He turned to sleep again. I hit him in the head.

"Ouch! What?!"

"Hello? You idiot! I'm leaving Castle Rock today!"

"Oh!"

"Yeah, ring a bell? Idiot." I mumbled, shaking my head.

"Jess." Chris said walking through the door. Eyeball quickly sat up, while I covered myself completely with Eyeball's bed sheet.

"Jesus Chris, don't ya knock!"

"Not in my own house."

"Well consider it next time!"

"Will do. Jess, Gordie just called, your mom doesn't know your missing. Gordie told her, you're saying goodbye to some people and that you'll meet them at the train station. Gordie's packing your suitcase." I sighed with relief.

"Thank God. Oh man, I love Gordie, he's the best. Okay Chris, tell Gordie I'll be right there." Chris nodded then left. I looked around

"Eyeball."

"Yeah Jess?"

"Where are my clothes?"

"I don't know."

I was so late meeting Gordie at the house. That's what I get for being with Eyeball the night before. Uncle Will drove us to the train station. It was time to say goodbye.

"Goodbye Vern."

"Bye Jess." I hugged him and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.

"I'll miss you Jessie. You were a hell of a lot cooler than Chambers and Lachance over here." Teddy said, and I laughed.

"Thanks Teddy." I gave him a peck on the lips.

"Bye Elisa, bye Ali." I hugged them.

"Hey Ali's, tell me when you and Chris finally get together." I laughed.

"Bye Jessika." They said together.

"Chris." I said with a smile.

"You're defiantly the best Lachance I've ever kissed." We laughed.

"Don't you kiss any other Lachances while I'm away." I smiled.

"Aw man, and Gordie and I were just going to go at it. Damn you." He smiled endearingly.

"Speak for yourself!" Gordie said. I gave Chris a long, tight hug, and a peck on the lips. Gosh, I was going to miss Chris, so much. He was like my best friend. Then came Gordie, and I had gotten a little teary-eyed.

"Oh Gordon Chester Lachance. I think I'm going to miss you most of all."

"You're a pretty tough Lachance to forget you know that. Even if you are the town bike." He smiled, and I managed to laugh a little, as he dried my falling tears.

"Don't be such a girl." He said. "What happen to my tough, don't-take-no- crap-from-no-one Jess? Huh?"

"I don't know. She rode away topless on a motorcycle."

"That explains it." We laughed again, and I gave him the longest hug ever, kissed him cheek, then left.

Back in Vegas, I met up with Michael a lot. I received one letter from Eyeball. We broke up that summer. Surprise, surprise. Chris and Gordie wrote me all the time. And I always wrote back. But later that year I stopped writing them. Then every year for five years, I wrote both of them once a year. I hadn't seen them in three long, tiring years. I missed them. Mom had a girl and we nicknamed her, Raspberry. She had brown hair like Jared, Greg, and I, and she was beautiful. I think Fay was the most excited.

Then one day, my step dad, who's like seventy. Gave me money for Michael and I to visit Castle Rock. I couldn't wait to see everyone. And I had changed so much. I couldn't stand the anticipation of waiting to see their faces when they saw Melanie, Michael, and I get off that train. Yet all the while I couldn't help how bizarre that time at Cast Rock was, the last time I went. Man, people are strange.