"Megan DuChamp! Get your ass down here!"
Megan grimaced at her mother's drunken voice. What had see done this time? She could only wonder. She heard something crash and a moan of pain. Megan's heat speeded as she bolted out of her bedroom and down the stairs. Teddy had heard the noise too and was running down the hall with her.
When Megan finally reached the landing, she paused at what she saw before her. Her mother was laid sprawled out on the ground, covered in beer and reeked of the smell. She had a beer bottle in one hand and the chair she had been sitting on minutes ago was up turned on the floor. Her mother was cursing under her breath.
"Damn chair! Fuckin' beer.." She looked up at her daughter. "Meggie, come here." Her words were slurred and Megan cautiously approached her intoxicated mother. Teddy however held her back.
"No," he said.
Megan pulled out of his grasp and went forth to her mother.
"What Mom?" she asked, making sure to not cut herself on the glass. She pulled her coat she was wearing closer to her. She had been getting ready to go out to the diner for a quick dinner with her best friend Susan Tessio, but her mother had stopped her.
"Get the fuck over here," her mother whispered. Then, without warning, she passed out on the ground. Megan ran forward to her mother.
"I fuckin' hate when she does this," she said to Teddy. He ran forward and the two cleaned up the mess. When they had finally finished and Mrs. DuChamp was passed out on the couch, Megan turned to Teddy.
"I'm going out," she said. "I'll be back later tonight. I'm meeting Susan at Blue Pointe Diner. Then we're catching a movie at the Royal Theater."
Teddy looked at his sister. "How long you gonna be out?"
Megan tucked her blonde tresses behind her ears as she snatched a cigarette from her back pocket. "I dunno. It's Friday night, Teddy."
Teddy nodded. "Yeah..I know. I'm going to go to Gina Milechy's party up on Franni Hill. I think I'm meeting Lucy there."
Megan eyed her brother suspiciously. "Lucy Chambers?"
Teddy nodded.
"Fuck no! You know her brother is Chris, and you know that if you two get together, it'll be hell."
"Lucy's old enough to know what she wants! Besides, we've been going out for months now."
"Does Chris know this?"
"I dunno. It's not his business."
Megan scowled. How was it that it was okay for Teddy to date the oldest Chambers daughter, but it was wrong for her to be friends with Chris? She gave her brother the finger before walking out the door, taking a long draw from her cigarette. She really needed to quit...
*** *** ***
"Mom, I'm going out with Chris and Trish, okay?" Gordie called from the doorway.
"Yeah, okay," came his mothers reply. Gordie rolled his eyes as he went out the door and started walking down the street with his two best friends. Sometimes his mother could get on his last good nerve...
"You okay Gordo?" Chris asked as he put his hands in his pockets. Gordie nodded. He glanced once at Trish but she was looking the other way. They hadn't mentioned their kiss to one another since the night before. They acted as if it never happened..part of Gordie was relieved. And part was hurt. He really did like Trish, but was it in that way? He didn't know.
"Where we going?" Trish asked. Her straight, dark hair was put back in a head band and Gordie couldn't help but notice that she looked very pretty like that.
"Blue Pointe Diner sound okay?" Chris asked, running a hand through his blonde hair.
"Sure, I'm starving!" Trish said bouncing on the balls of her feet. "Mmmmmmmmm I can just taste the milk shake now! With catsup!"
Gordie gagged. "Ach! Catsup?"
"You're crazy woman!" Chris said as they turned the corner of Fifth Avenue. Trish made a face.
"Shut up! It's good."
"Must be an Italian thing," Chris muttered. Gordie laughed and Trish gently pushed him.
The cold October night wind played against the teenagers faces as they made their way into the crowded Blue Pointe Diner.
*** ***
Charlotte Chambers and Vern Tessio walked down the busy Main Street hand in hand as they made their way to Blue Pointe Diner. They were happily walking just in silence enjoying one another presence.
"Vern," Charlotte said, looking into his bright blue eyes. Vern turned his head and grinned at his girlfriend. She was a year younger than him, sixteen, and he loved her. He couldn't help but smile when he looked into her blue eyes, or get butterflies in his stomach when her long, blonde, silky hair waved in the wind. He couldn't take his eyes off of her.
"I love October! It's so . . Autumn-licious."
Vern chuckled. "That's a new word Char."
"Well I just love the cold weather. And the way the leaves look, and the pumpkins, and the free candy, and the crunchy sound the leaves make, and the dead trees.."
"Dead trees?" Vern looked at his girlfriend with pure bewilderment in his eyes.
"Yes, that's what I said. Dead trees. They are perty."
"Right.."
Vern let Charlotte babble on and on about how much she loved fall and finally silenced with a sweet kiss on the lips as the couple entered into Blue Pointe Diner.
*** ***
Megan sipped her cola as she listened to her best friend, Susan Tessio, babbling about how cute Gordie LaChance was.
"Shut up Susan!" Megan finally laughed as she flicked a fry at Susan. "I know, I know you like LOVE him. But he always hangs around with that Giovanni chick."
Susan brushed a stray piece of red hair out of her creamy, pale face. Her emerald eyes studied her hamburger before she put it down on the tray. "I know. I know. But, I mean..I know I'll never have a chance with him..but I really like him, Megan. He tutored me in English before..and he used to hang out with Vern! So . .. Yeah..." Susan trailed off as she realized the chances of her dating Gordie were slim to none.
"Listen," Megan said. "I know you like the guy..But get over him! Move onto someone new, eh?"
Susan looked up at Megan and sighed. "You're right. What about you, huh? Who do you like? I think Jeremy Cawl is cute! And I know he likes you. You should go out with him."
Megan shook her head. "Eek. No....he's such a snob. I like someone else."
"Who?"
"No one."
"Who?"
"um.no one."
"Fuckin tell me!" Susan shrieked, flinging a fry at Megan's nose. Glaring at Susan, Megan sighed.
"Chris Chambers."
"Oh my. That's different," Susan said. "Ha, but look who's here! Speak of the devil!"
Megan turned behind her and her heart raced as she saw Chris enter with Gordie and Trish. She buried her face in the menu.
"Don't let him know I'm here!" she muttered. "I look like shit."
"Shut up, you do not! Well..your hair does look quite odd in that pink ribbon..I mean it IS fall..and it totally clashes with that coat you're wearing. Is that Teddy's?"
"Eh! Susan, sweetie, there's a difference between hurting and helping. And her toying with the two."
Susan blushed but looked away. She knew who Gordie was here with...Trish. And it hurt her. So, sighing, she picked up a fly and did the only thing a girl could do to get a guys attention! She flung it at the back of Gordie's head.
*** ***
second part of this in the next chapter..I'm too tired to finish right now.
Megan grimaced at her mother's drunken voice. What had see done this time? She could only wonder. She heard something crash and a moan of pain. Megan's heat speeded as she bolted out of her bedroom and down the stairs. Teddy had heard the noise too and was running down the hall with her.
When Megan finally reached the landing, she paused at what she saw before her. Her mother was laid sprawled out on the ground, covered in beer and reeked of the smell. She had a beer bottle in one hand and the chair she had been sitting on minutes ago was up turned on the floor. Her mother was cursing under her breath.
"Damn chair! Fuckin' beer.." She looked up at her daughter. "Meggie, come here." Her words were slurred and Megan cautiously approached her intoxicated mother. Teddy however held her back.
"No," he said.
Megan pulled out of his grasp and went forth to her mother.
"What Mom?" she asked, making sure to not cut herself on the glass. She pulled her coat she was wearing closer to her. She had been getting ready to go out to the diner for a quick dinner with her best friend Susan Tessio, but her mother had stopped her.
"Get the fuck over here," her mother whispered. Then, without warning, she passed out on the ground. Megan ran forward to her mother.
"I fuckin' hate when she does this," she said to Teddy. He ran forward and the two cleaned up the mess. When they had finally finished and Mrs. DuChamp was passed out on the couch, Megan turned to Teddy.
"I'm going out," she said. "I'll be back later tonight. I'm meeting Susan at Blue Pointe Diner. Then we're catching a movie at the Royal Theater."
Teddy looked at his sister. "How long you gonna be out?"
Megan tucked her blonde tresses behind her ears as she snatched a cigarette from her back pocket. "I dunno. It's Friday night, Teddy."
Teddy nodded. "Yeah..I know. I'm going to go to Gina Milechy's party up on Franni Hill. I think I'm meeting Lucy there."
Megan eyed her brother suspiciously. "Lucy Chambers?"
Teddy nodded.
"Fuck no! You know her brother is Chris, and you know that if you two get together, it'll be hell."
"Lucy's old enough to know what she wants! Besides, we've been going out for months now."
"Does Chris know this?"
"I dunno. It's not his business."
Megan scowled. How was it that it was okay for Teddy to date the oldest Chambers daughter, but it was wrong for her to be friends with Chris? She gave her brother the finger before walking out the door, taking a long draw from her cigarette. She really needed to quit...
*** *** ***
"Mom, I'm going out with Chris and Trish, okay?" Gordie called from the doorway.
"Yeah, okay," came his mothers reply. Gordie rolled his eyes as he went out the door and started walking down the street with his two best friends. Sometimes his mother could get on his last good nerve...
"You okay Gordo?" Chris asked as he put his hands in his pockets. Gordie nodded. He glanced once at Trish but she was looking the other way. They hadn't mentioned their kiss to one another since the night before. They acted as if it never happened..part of Gordie was relieved. And part was hurt. He really did like Trish, but was it in that way? He didn't know.
"Where we going?" Trish asked. Her straight, dark hair was put back in a head band and Gordie couldn't help but notice that she looked very pretty like that.
"Blue Pointe Diner sound okay?" Chris asked, running a hand through his blonde hair.
"Sure, I'm starving!" Trish said bouncing on the balls of her feet. "Mmmmmmmmm I can just taste the milk shake now! With catsup!"
Gordie gagged. "Ach! Catsup?"
"You're crazy woman!" Chris said as they turned the corner of Fifth Avenue. Trish made a face.
"Shut up! It's good."
"Must be an Italian thing," Chris muttered. Gordie laughed and Trish gently pushed him.
The cold October night wind played against the teenagers faces as they made their way into the crowded Blue Pointe Diner.
*** ***
Charlotte Chambers and Vern Tessio walked down the busy Main Street hand in hand as they made their way to Blue Pointe Diner. They were happily walking just in silence enjoying one another presence.
"Vern," Charlotte said, looking into his bright blue eyes. Vern turned his head and grinned at his girlfriend. She was a year younger than him, sixteen, and he loved her. He couldn't help but smile when he looked into her blue eyes, or get butterflies in his stomach when her long, blonde, silky hair waved in the wind. He couldn't take his eyes off of her.
"I love October! It's so . . Autumn-licious."
Vern chuckled. "That's a new word Char."
"Well I just love the cold weather. And the way the leaves look, and the pumpkins, and the free candy, and the crunchy sound the leaves make, and the dead trees.."
"Dead trees?" Vern looked at his girlfriend with pure bewilderment in his eyes.
"Yes, that's what I said. Dead trees. They are perty."
"Right.."
Vern let Charlotte babble on and on about how much she loved fall and finally silenced with a sweet kiss on the lips as the couple entered into Blue Pointe Diner.
*** ***
Megan sipped her cola as she listened to her best friend, Susan Tessio, babbling about how cute Gordie LaChance was.
"Shut up Susan!" Megan finally laughed as she flicked a fry at Susan. "I know, I know you like LOVE him. But he always hangs around with that Giovanni chick."
Susan brushed a stray piece of red hair out of her creamy, pale face. Her emerald eyes studied her hamburger before she put it down on the tray. "I know. I know. But, I mean..I know I'll never have a chance with him..but I really like him, Megan. He tutored me in English before..and he used to hang out with Vern! So . .. Yeah..." Susan trailed off as she realized the chances of her dating Gordie were slim to none.
"Listen," Megan said. "I know you like the guy..But get over him! Move onto someone new, eh?"
Susan looked up at Megan and sighed. "You're right. What about you, huh? Who do you like? I think Jeremy Cawl is cute! And I know he likes you. You should go out with him."
Megan shook her head. "Eek. No....he's such a snob. I like someone else."
"Who?"
"No one."
"Who?"
"um.no one."
"Fuckin tell me!" Susan shrieked, flinging a fry at Megan's nose. Glaring at Susan, Megan sighed.
"Chris Chambers."
"Oh my. That's different," Susan said. "Ha, but look who's here! Speak of the devil!"
Megan turned behind her and her heart raced as she saw Chris enter with Gordie and Trish. She buried her face in the menu.
"Don't let him know I'm here!" she muttered. "I look like shit."
"Shut up, you do not! Well..your hair does look quite odd in that pink ribbon..I mean it IS fall..and it totally clashes with that coat you're wearing. Is that Teddy's?"
"Eh! Susan, sweetie, there's a difference between hurting and helping. And her toying with the two."
Susan blushed but looked away. She knew who Gordie was here with...Trish. And it hurt her. So, sighing, she picked up a fly and did the only thing a girl could do to get a guys attention! She flung it at the back of Gordie's head.
*** ***
second part of this in the next chapter..I'm too tired to finish right now.