Megan and Susan's laughter filled the diner as they watched Gordie look around frantically for the thing that hit him in the head. His eyes traveled to their seat, and with Chris and Trish behind him, he made his way angrily to their table.

"What the hell was that DuChamp, Tessio?" Gordie asked angrily. Susan looked up at him and couldn't help but laugh harder. "Shut the hell up!" Gordie glared at the girls. By now, Megan had tears running down her eyes.

Gordie glared at Susan. She was Vern Tessio's younger sister..he knew who she was. When she was fourteen and Gordie was fifteen, the two had been best friends. He told her everything..but after a fight with Vern the two stopped being friends. It had torn Gordie apart...he had thought he loved Susan. But now, watching her laugh so hard at him, pained him more than ever.

"I-sorry," she gasped out. Megan just shook her head controlling herself.

"What do you say, DuChamp?" Gordie growled. Megan looked up at him and tucked a stray piece of her blonde hair behind her ear.

"Huh?"

She stole a small glance at Chris who was watching her indifferently. She caught his eye for a moment before returning back to Gordie.

"I said, what do you have to say, DuChamp?"

Megan rolled her eyes. "Fuck off Gordie..go..um I dunno mourn over your dead brother some more."

She hadn't meant to say it. She really hadn't. As soon as it had escaped her lips, she felt awful. She wished she could have died. She WANTED to die. Why was she so cruel to him? She immediately looked down.

"I---I'm sorry, Gordie, I didn't mean-" She stuttered.

"Shut the hell up!" Trish had moved toward the front of the group. "Who the fuck do you think you are, Megan? Honestly! You've got a lot of nerve saying that to him! Ha! And what, with your mother a drunken wench.." Trish trailed off. The words had stung Megan.

She stood up, ready to leap on Trish. Who did she think she was? Megan turned to Gordie just as Susan stood up too.

"I'm so sorry Gordie. I didn't mean to say that. I don't know what possessed me to."

Gordie just stared hard at her. He wanted to kill this girl before him.

"Fuck off Megan."

Megan's eyes darted to the speaker. Chris. Her heart had been shattered. Only several nights ago, Chris and her had talked and understood each other. And now...he had told her off. She felt tears well up in her eyes, and she looked down to the ground.

"Watch it Chambers," Susan said, coming up to him. "Watch your filthy fucking tongue!"

"Don't talk to him like that!" Trish shrieked. By now, most of the restaurant was watching. But no one seemed to care enough to break the fight up. Castle Rock was boring, and anything was entertainment, whether it be friends biting each other's heads off.

"Shut up!" Susan shrilled. Trish was much taller than Susan's five feet. Susan was tiny for her age, five foot and sixteen. She hadn't always been small. When she was younger just like her brother, she was chubby. But once she had entered high school and had been teased and tormented, she took it upon herself to lose weight. And did it pay off! She felt like a new woman. Her flaming red, straight hair just at her shoulders glistened in the sunlight when she walked, her blue eyes sparkled all the time. And her creamy white complexion matched with her perfect smile made her look like something out of a painting..she had a mysterious beauty around her. But no, she never had guys fawning over her. She was usually the one in the corner of a party..she had only had a few boyfriends. Megan usually got the guys. She was pretty, but nothing compared to Susan. And she was outgoing and funny and popular and yes, a bitch..she was popular for her attitude. Susan however was always in her shadow. She didn't mind very much.

But right now her awe beauty was flaming with hate. Before she knew it, Susan was on the ground. Trish had punched her square in the jaw.

Just then, Vern and Charlotte had entered the diner, and came to see what the commotion was. When Vern saw his younger sister laying on the floor clenching her jaw, he glared furiously at Gordie.

"Control your damn girlfriend LaChance!" He yelled. He was shaking. Charlotte was staring wide eyed at Susan, surprised that her best friend, Trish, could do such a thing.

Chris and Gordie stood dumb struck at what Trish had just done. Megan, however, pounced on Trish, pulling and yanking her dark locks out. Trish screamed, toppled backward over a chair. By now, the whole diner was chanting and yelling at the fight, cheering them all on. Even the owners were peering over interestedly.

Gordie, absolutely furious for what Megan had just done, punched whoever was in a three foot radius of him, which just happened to be Vern. Vern, completely taken aback, managed a few blows to Gordie before the two of them were rolling on the floor fighting each other. Charlotte, completely upset by everything just stared in awe at everyone around her.

Susan and Chris stood watching everything that was going on. Food was flying everywhere, people were screaming and yelling. When Chris had seen enough, he wasn't one for violence, he yanked Megan off of Trish and pulled her out of the restaurant. Susan was about to call out to Megan, telling her to wait for her when she felt someone pulling her. She looked up into the disturbing eyes of Gordie. Why was he holding on to her? He quickly pulled her out of the restaurant too.

The only people left were Vern and Charlotte. They were completely intrigued about what had just happened. Sighing, the two of them just shook their heads and began to clean up the mess. They were both very annoyed that they were stuck cleaning it up.

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