DISCLAIMER-I don't own stand by me or any of the characters featured in the
movie/book Rory Scanlon along with her friends and family are mine SORRY if the TV shows or music mentioned isn't exactly from the right time- I didn't research-call me lazy I deserve it. Just use your imagination if
it bothers you that much!
**Thanks to reviewers! Keep all the reviews coming! You guys are a huge
help and I love getting to know some of you! (Nina thanks for sitting through my boyfriend story haha!) Feel free to email me with any comments
or suggestions about the story.
Ace didn't show to Chemistry today-surprise surprise. That made my day all
the more long and drab. At lunch, the girls and I discussed our plan of
action. Since my house would be deserted, Abby, Jess and Marianne were
going to tell their parents that we were going to do dinner and a movie then sleep over at my place. I could tell my friends were a little nervous about tonight, but for some reason I was confident it would be a good time.
That afternoon, I picked up Lex and Nikki at school, threw some clothes
together for them and dropped them off over at my aunt's. I needed this
vacation from them so badly-I was sick and tired of being mom, sister, daughter, friend and girlfriend (well maybe now Ex Girlfriend) and I needed
some time to be just plain Rory. I sat around the house for a little while, watching tv, listening to some music-the basic stuff. It was nice to just have a little peace and quiet and knowing that "RO-RYYY" wouldn't be squealed at anytime that afternoon.
But sometimes, being left alone with your thoughts isn't what you really
need, and I guess I had enough on my mind to keep me occupied while I watched an old episode of Andy Griffith. But for once, my thoughts didn't drift to my less than perfect family life, but rather to Ace Merrill. Why was I so intrigued by that lousy hood? It isn't like I had a thing for him or anything.although he was cute in that scruffy bad boy "I don't give a fuck" kind of way. And maybe I was drawn to him because he didn't care what people thought. But no-I'm not drawn to him-I'm not ANYTHING to him. I'm just Rory out to have a little fun on a Friday night. Seriously-a person
like me could never grow to like someone like Ace Merrill-its just not
possible.
Around five o'clock, the girls came over and interrupted my thoughts, looking as apprehensive as ever. We climbed the stairs into my room and we
started digging through my closet to find clothes for that night. "Well, I'm a little unfamiliar with how to dress for a date with a group of
hoods!" Abby scowled as she tried on a black tank top.
I rolled my eyes. "Don't think of them as hoods.think of them as."
Mair laughed. "Unconventional escorts? Ummm Lawless lovers? Delinquent
dates?"
"Partners in Crime?" Jess said mischievously. We all fell into a fit of
giggles.
When I recovered from laughing, I turned to the girls. "Listen, tonight
will be what we make of it. I mean if they turn out to be assholes then fine-you have permission to never ever let me live it down. But, by some genius stroke of luck you guys stop whining and go into this with an open mind and we have fun, then I expect all the praise and glory I deserve for
finding us some new boys." Abby shrugged. "Maybe, I don't know. But seriously-do we even know where we're going? For all we know we could end up at a skuzzy motel! Or at the
bottom of Greenfield Lake!"
Jess rolled her eyes. "Abby will you calm down! If you get all spazzy like
this to them then they'll definitely treat us like shit!"
"Besides," I added, "I'm going to drive us down to Blue Point and I won't leave my car just sitting there. I'll get Ace to let us follow him wherever
we're going-that way if things go bad we'll have a ride out of there."
Jess laughed. "Come on girls-nothing bad is going to happen and you know
it. You're just scared of having a little fun." "Guys lets just stop talking about it. All this talk is making my mind race about all the stuff that could go wrong and I definitely do not need any
help with that." Marianne said defiantly.
We continued to get ready, chatting about typical teenage girl things- clothes, music, who was going out with who. By 6:30, we were dressed and
ready to go, looking sassy but not slutty in various combinations of capris, cut off shorts, tank tops and halters. Maybe it was a little more risqué than an outfit to head over to the drive in with Andy and the boys,
but there was no harm in that-these were different kind of guys.
At 7:00 we decided to head over to the Dairy Queen in Maplewood to get something to eat. Blue Point would be too crowded at this time and the risk
factor of running into Andy was too high. Usually by 8:00 the diner had cleared out a bit so we had a better shot of heading off with the Cobras then. Dinner was uneventful, maybe a little anxious but nothing out of the ordinary. Around ten to eight we drove back into Castle Rock. We circled Blue Point once or twice, to check that Andy or any of the other people we
spent our weekends with were nowhere in sight. The third time we drove down Main Street towards the diner, we saw two cars parked across the street with a bunch of guys sitting on the hood smoking
cigarettes.
I turned to the girls and said. "Ok, that's them. You all ok?"
Jess laughed. "Bring on the boys!"
Marianne and Abby smiled weakly. "You better know what you're doing Rory-I mean sincerely if I get raped or pregnant or stabbed because of tonight-"
Marianne started.
"You won't! Calm down, we're about to pull up to them." Jess said.
I drove the car slowly up to where the boys were parked. When they caught sight of us, a few of the guys stood up and stared. Ace moved towards us.
I looked up at him flirtatiously. "Didn't think you'd show."
He grinned down at me. "I was about to say the same thing Scanlon." He looked over at the girls. Abby was shaking slightly, Marianne was avoiding
eye contact and Jess had turned on the flirt, just like I had. Ace continued. "So, do my friends and I get an introduction to the posse you've
brought along?"
"Ace-meet Abby, Marianne and Jess. Now, do we get to meet your little pack
of playmates or are we going to have to make up new names for them?" He shot me another cocky grin. "Well that all depends-what kind of names do
you have in mind?"
I bit my lip and looked at the pack of intimidating guys standing behind
Ace. I recognized two of them as Billy Tessio and Eyeball Chambers, the others I didn't know. I looked up at Ace. "Nah, I'd embarrass those fine friends of yours and I don't know them yet. Why don't you tell me who they
are and if I feel like it I'll make them up new ones later."
Ace then introduced us to Vince, Charlie, Ray and Jack. Mair and Abby
weakly smiled, while Jess started giving Eyeball her famous seductive
smile, which half the guys at Castle Rock High had fallen for.
"So then ladies, enough introductions, its time for the festivities to begin. So why don't you park that lovely little car somewhere and hop in
and the evening will start?" Ace walked towards his car.
Abby frantically started hitting my shoulder. "RORY! Make sure they know we aren't driving with them! If we have to I'm going home!" She whispered in a
frenzy.
"I'll take care of it." I whispered back. "Merrill, not so fast. See, my friends and I here haven't really gotten a feel for how trustworthy you guys are so we were thinking we'd follow you
to wherever it is you have planned."
He laughed. "Scanlon, Scanlon, Scanlon. I thought you were smarter than that. It's a nice little idea.but how will we know if you chicken out or
not? Answer is-we won't. So you guys all following us is out of the
question."
Marianne and Abby exchanged looks of panic. Jess then spoke up. "Why don't we split up? Me and Abby go with one of you guys and Mair and Rory stay in this car and drive two of you? That way you'll know we won't punk out and
we wont feel like you're trying to take advantage of the situation."
Ace looked at the guys who shrugged and nodded in consent. "Alright then. Two of you go and get in Vince's car. Eyeball-take the keys and drive mine.
Jack, you and me are gonna ride with Scanlon here."
Jess dragged a practically shaking Abby out of the car and into Vince's.
Ace sat next to me in the front and Jack climbed in the back, where Marianne had huddled herself in the opposite corner. "Where to?" I looked
over at him. "Head out towards Harlow. Just follow the guys." He said. Then he leaned over and whispered in my ear. "Vince won't touch your friends-I swear to
god. I told the guys if they messed with your friends I'd kick their asses." As he talked into my ear, I could feel my heart beating faster and
the tiny hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I looked over at him. "Thanks. And don't worry-my friends won't touch yours-I gave them a long
talk about how not to make those JDs feel violated."
Ace raised an eyebrow at me and broke into a grin. "I knew I liked you,
Scanlon."
It was going to be an interesting evening.
movie/book Rory Scanlon along with her friends and family are mine SORRY if the TV shows or music mentioned isn't exactly from the right time- I didn't research-call me lazy I deserve it. Just use your imagination if
it bothers you that much!
**Thanks to reviewers! Keep all the reviews coming! You guys are a huge
help and I love getting to know some of you! (Nina thanks for sitting through my boyfriend story haha!) Feel free to email me with any comments
or suggestions about the story.
Ace didn't show to Chemistry today-surprise surprise. That made my day all
the more long and drab. At lunch, the girls and I discussed our plan of
action. Since my house would be deserted, Abby, Jess and Marianne were
going to tell their parents that we were going to do dinner and a movie then sleep over at my place. I could tell my friends were a little nervous about tonight, but for some reason I was confident it would be a good time.
That afternoon, I picked up Lex and Nikki at school, threw some clothes
together for them and dropped them off over at my aunt's. I needed this
vacation from them so badly-I was sick and tired of being mom, sister, daughter, friend and girlfriend (well maybe now Ex Girlfriend) and I needed
some time to be just plain Rory. I sat around the house for a little while, watching tv, listening to some music-the basic stuff. It was nice to just have a little peace and quiet and knowing that "RO-RYYY" wouldn't be squealed at anytime that afternoon.
But sometimes, being left alone with your thoughts isn't what you really
need, and I guess I had enough on my mind to keep me occupied while I watched an old episode of Andy Griffith. But for once, my thoughts didn't drift to my less than perfect family life, but rather to Ace Merrill. Why was I so intrigued by that lousy hood? It isn't like I had a thing for him or anything.although he was cute in that scruffy bad boy "I don't give a fuck" kind of way. And maybe I was drawn to him because he didn't care what people thought. But no-I'm not drawn to him-I'm not ANYTHING to him. I'm just Rory out to have a little fun on a Friday night. Seriously-a person
like me could never grow to like someone like Ace Merrill-its just not
possible.
Around five o'clock, the girls came over and interrupted my thoughts, looking as apprehensive as ever. We climbed the stairs into my room and we
started digging through my closet to find clothes for that night. "Well, I'm a little unfamiliar with how to dress for a date with a group of
hoods!" Abby scowled as she tried on a black tank top.
I rolled my eyes. "Don't think of them as hoods.think of them as."
Mair laughed. "Unconventional escorts? Ummm Lawless lovers? Delinquent
dates?"
"Partners in Crime?" Jess said mischievously. We all fell into a fit of
giggles.
When I recovered from laughing, I turned to the girls. "Listen, tonight
will be what we make of it. I mean if they turn out to be assholes then fine-you have permission to never ever let me live it down. But, by some genius stroke of luck you guys stop whining and go into this with an open mind and we have fun, then I expect all the praise and glory I deserve for
finding us some new boys." Abby shrugged. "Maybe, I don't know. But seriously-do we even know where we're going? For all we know we could end up at a skuzzy motel! Or at the
bottom of Greenfield Lake!"
Jess rolled her eyes. "Abby will you calm down! If you get all spazzy like
this to them then they'll definitely treat us like shit!"
"Besides," I added, "I'm going to drive us down to Blue Point and I won't leave my car just sitting there. I'll get Ace to let us follow him wherever
we're going-that way if things go bad we'll have a ride out of there."
Jess laughed. "Come on girls-nothing bad is going to happen and you know
it. You're just scared of having a little fun." "Guys lets just stop talking about it. All this talk is making my mind race about all the stuff that could go wrong and I definitely do not need any
help with that." Marianne said defiantly.
We continued to get ready, chatting about typical teenage girl things- clothes, music, who was going out with who. By 6:30, we were dressed and
ready to go, looking sassy but not slutty in various combinations of capris, cut off shorts, tank tops and halters. Maybe it was a little more risqué than an outfit to head over to the drive in with Andy and the boys,
but there was no harm in that-these were different kind of guys.
At 7:00 we decided to head over to the Dairy Queen in Maplewood to get something to eat. Blue Point would be too crowded at this time and the risk
factor of running into Andy was too high. Usually by 8:00 the diner had cleared out a bit so we had a better shot of heading off with the Cobras then. Dinner was uneventful, maybe a little anxious but nothing out of the ordinary. Around ten to eight we drove back into Castle Rock. We circled Blue Point once or twice, to check that Andy or any of the other people we
spent our weekends with were nowhere in sight. The third time we drove down Main Street towards the diner, we saw two cars parked across the street with a bunch of guys sitting on the hood smoking
cigarettes.
I turned to the girls and said. "Ok, that's them. You all ok?"
Jess laughed. "Bring on the boys!"
Marianne and Abby smiled weakly. "You better know what you're doing Rory-I mean sincerely if I get raped or pregnant or stabbed because of tonight-"
Marianne started.
"You won't! Calm down, we're about to pull up to them." Jess said.
I drove the car slowly up to where the boys were parked. When they caught sight of us, a few of the guys stood up and stared. Ace moved towards us.
I looked up at him flirtatiously. "Didn't think you'd show."
He grinned down at me. "I was about to say the same thing Scanlon." He looked over at the girls. Abby was shaking slightly, Marianne was avoiding
eye contact and Jess had turned on the flirt, just like I had. Ace continued. "So, do my friends and I get an introduction to the posse you've
brought along?"
"Ace-meet Abby, Marianne and Jess. Now, do we get to meet your little pack
of playmates or are we going to have to make up new names for them?" He shot me another cocky grin. "Well that all depends-what kind of names do
you have in mind?"
I bit my lip and looked at the pack of intimidating guys standing behind
Ace. I recognized two of them as Billy Tessio and Eyeball Chambers, the others I didn't know. I looked up at Ace. "Nah, I'd embarrass those fine friends of yours and I don't know them yet. Why don't you tell me who they
are and if I feel like it I'll make them up new ones later."
Ace then introduced us to Vince, Charlie, Ray and Jack. Mair and Abby
weakly smiled, while Jess started giving Eyeball her famous seductive
smile, which half the guys at Castle Rock High had fallen for.
"So then ladies, enough introductions, its time for the festivities to begin. So why don't you park that lovely little car somewhere and hop in
and the evening will start?" Ace walked towards his car.
Abby frantically started hitting my shoulder. "RORY! Make sure they know we aren't driving with them! If we have to I'm going home!" She whispered in a
frenzy.
"I'll take care of it." I whispered back. "Merrill, not so fast. See, my friends and I here haven't really gotten a feel for how trustworthy you guys are so we were thinking we'd follow you
to wherever it is you have planned."
He laughed. "Scanlon, Scanlon, Scanlon. I thought you were smarter than that. It's a nice little idea.but how will we know if you chicken out or
not? Answer is-we won't. So you guys all following us is out of the
question."
Marianne and Abby exchanged looks of panic. Jess then spoke up. "Why don't we split up? Me and Abby go with one of you guys and Mair and Rory stay in this car and drive two of you? That way you'll know we won't punk out and
we wont feel like you're trying to take advantage of the situation."
Ace looked at the guys who shrugged and nodded in consent. "Alright then. Two of you go and get in Vince's car. Eyeball-take the keys and drive mine.
Jack, you and me are gonna ride with Scanlon here."
Jess dragged a practically shaking Abby out of the car and into Vince's.
Ace sat next to me in the front and Jack climbed in the back, where Marianne had huddled herself in the opposite corner. "Where to?" I looked
over at him. "Head out towards Harlow. Just follow the guys." He said. Then he leaned over and whispered in my ear. "Vince won't touch your friends-I swear to
god. I told the guys if they messed with your friends I'd kick their asses." As he talked into my ear, I could feel my heart beating faster and
the tiny hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I looked over at him. "Thanks. And don't worry-my friends won't touch yours-I gave them a long
talk about how not to make those JDs feel violated."
Ace raised an eyebrow at me and broke into a grin. "I knew I liked you,
Scanlon."
It was going to be an interesting evening.