Less than a week ago Justine had been sitting with her family in their
living room.
"Justi?" Vern had interrupted her thoughts.
"Yeah" she answered not looking up from the place she had been staring at for the past 209 minutes.
"How are you?"
What a stupid question she had thought to herself, "My parents just died," she thought that she should continue but saw how hurt he had looked and said "sorry Vern, I know what you meant." Then she just laid down and fell asleep by that time it was past one in the morning.
She woke up early the next morning to the sound of someone knocking on the door. She yelled "COMING!" before getting up to actually answer the door. She figured no one else was home except for Billy and, well, it was doubtful that he was awake yet.
"Hi" A tall blonde headed boy which she assumed was Chris said quite cheerfully then asked "Who are you and why are you in Vern's house?"
"Names Justi, my parents died, Vern's parents are my god parents, and I live here"
"Oh, sorry I-I-I didn't," He tried to continue but she had cut him off.
" 'S ok, so you gonna come in?" then she added "You Chris?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Vern didn't tell me he had a cute friend, let alone tell me how cute you were." He blushed and thanked her although he did add "No shit he never told me you were beautiful, I guess we're even."
"Yeah, even, seriously."
"So where is Verno?"
"Church, I don't go so much anymore, the way I see it is, well, He gave me a pretty good reason not to." Chris got what she meant, and even if he hadn't he wouldn't have asked her anyway, she might think he was stupid so instead he just said "Oh." He looked like he wanted to say something else, but didn't.
"Yeah, I think that Billy is upstairs, but I didn't check so, I could be wrong."
"Yeah he'd kick my ass anyway so, damn." He said this while snapping his fingers on cue with the word damn. He is cute, she thought, she just looked at him.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing, just nothing."
"So I got Teddy and Gordon outside waiting, I should go."
"Invite them in," she'd begged "Please, if no ones home then 'll be bored, please?!" She just stared at him her brown eyes as wide as saucers.
"Ok"
"Thank you."
He got up from the table they were sitting at and motioned to two boys to come to the door, by this time, Billy had walked downstairs, "What the hell you doing here, Chambers?"
"I invited him, Billy." She'd answered before Chris had a chance, "and Gordie and Teddy."
"Oh, whatever, if you hurt her you cocknocker, I'll kill you. Got it, Chambers?"
"Yeah I got it."
"LaChance?"
"Uh-huh, got it." He answered sounding a little frightened. "And you DuChamp? I mean it with you especially"
"Me?! Why me, what the hell did I do?" He asked half confused and sincere, half sarcastically, while Vern's brother, just glared at him."Yeah Billy, I got it."
"Good, hey Justi, if my mom asks, I'm at Ace's, 'kay."
"Yeah"
"Good girl."
"I am not a damn dog Billy!" She yelled at him.
"Sorry" He said with a hug and then he was out the door and gone within minutes.
"He isn't so bad, I guess, now Ace, he's a different story together that one."
"Anyway," Chris began "the skinny looking one, that's Gordie, I think you'll like Cara She's his girlfriend, and the crazy lookin' one over there, with the glasses is Teddy."
She looked at this skinny kid, and his curvy taller friend, as they both said in unison "Hi, nice to meet you."
[ End of Chapter 1 ]
"Justi?" Vern had interrupted her thoughts.
"Yeah" she answered not looking up from the place she had been staring at for the past 209 minutes.
"How are you?"
What a stupid question she had thought to herself, "My parents just died," she thought that she should continue but saw how hurt he had looked and said "sorry Vern, I know what you meant." Then she just laid down and fell asleep by that time it was past one in the morning.
She woke up early the next morning to the sound of someone knocking on the door. She yelled "COMING!" before getting up to actually answer the door. She figured no one else was home except for Billy and, well, it was doubtful that he was awake yet.
"Hi" A tall blonde headed boy which she assumed was Chris said quite cheerfully then asked "Who are you and why are you in Vern's house?"
"Names Justi, my parents died, Vern's parents are my god parents, and I live here"
"Oh, sorry I-I-I didn't," He tried to continue but she had cut him off.
" 'S ok, so you gonna come in?" then she added "You Chris?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Vern didn't tell me he had a cute friend, let alone tell me how cute you were." He blushed and thanked her although he did add "No shit he never told me you were beautiful, I guess we're even."
"Yeah, even, seriously."
"So where is Verno?"
"Church, I don't go so much anymore, the way I see it is, well, He gave me a pretty good reason not to." Chris got what she meant, and even if he hadn't he wouldn't have asked her anyway, she might think he was stupid so instead he just said "Oh." He looked like he wanted to say something else, but didn't.
"Yeah, I think that Billy is upstairs, but I didn't check so, I could be wrong."
"Yeah he'd kick my ass anyway so, damn." He said this while snapping his fingers on cue with the word damn. He is cute, she thought, she just looked at him.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing, just nothing."
"So I got Teddy and Gordon outside waiting, I should go."
"Invite them in," she'd begged "Please, if no ones home then 'll be bored, please?!" She just stared at him her brown eyes as wide as saucers.
"Ok"
"Thank you."
He got up from the table they were sitting at and motioned to two boys to come to the door, by this time, Billy had walked downstairs, "What the hell you doing here, Chambers?"
"I invited him, Billy." She'd answered before Chris had a chance, "and Gordie and Teddy."
"Oh, whatever, if you hurt her you cocknocker, I'll kill you. Got it, Chambers?"
"Yeah I got it."
"LaChance?"
"Uh-huh, got it." He answered sounding a little frightened. "And you DuChamp? I mean it with you especially"
"Me?! Why me, what the hell did I do?" He asked half confused and sincere, half sarcastically, while Vern's brother, just glared at him."Yeah Billy, I got it."
"Good, hey Justi, if my mom asks, I'm at Ace's, 'kay."
"Yeah"
"Good girl."
"I am not a damn dog Billy!" She yelled at him.
"Sorry" He said with a hug and then he was out the door and gone within minutes.
"He isn't so bad, I guess, now Ace, he's a different story together that one."
"Anyway," Chris began "the skinny looking one, that's Gordie, I think you'll like Cara She's his girlfriend, and the crazy lookin' one over there, with the glasses is Teddy."
She looked at this skinny kid, and his curvy taller friend, as they both said in unison "Hi, nice to meet you."
[ End of Chapter 1 ]
