Megan smoked a cigarette as her and Chris made their way down a dark alleyway. She had to admit, she was a bit nervous about being alone with Chris Chambers in a dark alleyway, but she couldn't help but like the excitement. She wasn't used to it.

She glanced at Chris. He had grown quite tall over the summer break. Just under six feet, he had a good several inches above Megan's own five feet five inches. She clung closer to her jacket as she flicked the burnt cigarette out and blew away the last huff of smoke.

Chris glanced down at the young woman walking beside him. He didn't know Megan that well..truth be told, he didn't like her very much either. She was quite popular at Castle Rock High...she wasn't a cheer leader or a prep, or a bad girl or a 'hot girl' but she was different and frankly she didn't give a shit about what people thought about her. And that, Chris guessed, was what drew so many guys to her. Sure, she was pretty, but nothing special. She had blonde hair just like about ever other girl in Castle Rock, and she had an okay body he thought...she wasn't thin but not chubby. She was all right, he thought curiously. What did all those guys see in her? His only guess was that she gave out the persona of being a beautiful, drop dead gorgeous girl...this made him laugh. Megan DuChamp was quite the opposite.

"What the hell are you fucking staring at Chambers?" came her slightly raspy voice. She wasn't sweet or funny or nice..she was real. And down to earth. And . . cool. She was Megan. And she gave out this vibe that made him want to get to know this weird and off beat and *edgy* girl.

"Listen," he started. "I just want to apologize for what I said back there. Some shit just got to my head, you know."

Megan stared at him hard as she backed up against the wall. "Um, ya know, I don't really get what you're fucking saying." Again her foul mouth made him want to smile but anger flared inside of him.

"You fuckin' should have kept your damn mouth shut about Denny!" Chris found him shouting. He was severely pissed off. What did this girl have against him? Against Gordie? Against Denny?

She looked down at the ground, and Chris was surprised to see her eyes well up in tears. He didn't feel bad for her..she was too much of a bitch. But still...what was this?

"I said I was sorry," came her low whisper. Her voice was raspy..he guessed from all those cigarettes she smoked...but somehow kind. It was strange....Megan DuChamp gave off so many friggin vibes it made Chris' head hurt.

"I know...but still."

"Well, well, well, look who it is!"

Megan and Chris both looked up. Megan's heart raced faster. It was Bonnie Timmons. The most popular, gorgeous girl in Castle Rock. Megan glared at the girl with her long, flowing blonde hair, her five six frame, her tiny waist, her long legs...she was every girl's nightmare, and ever boy's fantasy.

"Fuck off," Chris muttered. He hated the girl. She was such a bitch. Even more than Megan.

"Oooo watch it Chambers, your dad might hit you some more!" Spat Bonnie. Megan's hate for the girl grew more and more.

"Fuck you, Bonnie. Go get fucked some more, huh? I hear you really like it when your father does it to you," Megan said angrily.

Bonnie's eyes narrowed. "Shut up you dirty whore. You wouldn't want that drunken mother of yours making you have fuck drunken guys on the weekends."

Those words hit Megan hard. She was paralyzed. The tears were gone now. Only a hollow feeling inside her where her heart should have been.

"How---what---" Megan couldn't speak. Her mind had forgotten how to process. She thought no one knew..her mother had told her it was to help pay the bills..she was ashamed, she tried killing herself many times before, but . . Mrs. DuChamp kept reassuring her that it was all for her and Teddy. If they wanted to live..they needed extra money.

"Oh, I know all about you DuChamp. Remember when I went out with Teddy? Yeah, well guess what sweets, hate to burst your bubble, but he told me everything. Everything. Looks like your not his favorite girl anymore," Bonnie said slow and cruel. Hate was dripping off of every word.

Megan stared at this girl before her. If she had enough strength, she would have killed her. Without thinking, Megan burst into tears and ran off past Bonnie, leaving Bonnie with a satisfied, yet somewhat guilty grin.

Chris stared at Bonnie with more hate than he had ever felt in his life. He wanted to kill her himself. But, settling on a glare, he rushed after Megan.

Bonnie stood there, alone in the alleyway, feeling like dirt..yet seeing Megan DuChamp run off into the dark tears gushing out of her eyes, made her feel good.

Anyway to hurt someone who was close to Chris was good. It was just one more way of Bonnie herself getting to know Chris...after all, she had liked him forever.

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