Halle Chambers waited impatiently out front of the school. She almost
everyday got a ride home with Chris, but she couldn't find him anywhere. It
was Thursday evening and she had been waiting for him for almost an hour
and a half after school. She had had to stay after for a project and Chris
promised he would pick her up at four thirty. It was now almost six and she
was getting seriously pissed off.
She hated waiting for him but he was like her best friend so she took out a paperback from her bag and began catching up on summer assignments.
"Halle?"
She looked up and saw Gordie standing there, his bag leaning off of one shoulder and his car keys dangling in his right hand. She grinned a little.
"Hey, Gordie."
"Do you need a ride home or something?" He asked. Honestly, he was only asking to be nice. He didn't really like Halle. She was bitchy and skeptical, cynical and sarcastic. He preferred sweet, gentle girls. Not Halle. But he put up with her since she was Chris's sister.
Halle noticed the tone of voice and cast her eyes down, putting her book away. "Um, I'm just waiting for Chris. He was supposed to be here at four thirty. It's now approaching six, so I dunno where he is. I hope he's okay." Her blue eyes were worried and full of compassion, very rare.
Gordie noticed how much she cared about her brother and shuffled his feel a bit, looking anywhere but at her. "He's probably okay. You gonna wait here until he comes?"
Halle was now getting pissed off at his obvious repugnance for her.
"I guess."
Gordie sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "I'll give you a ride home, come on."
Halle glared at him. "I'll just fucking walk home, if it's that big of a problem."
Gordie regretted his previous obviousness. "Sorry, I'm just ...not having a good day?" he tried.
"Sure." Halle pulled on her sweater and grabbed her bag. Gordie looked at her. She wasn't really bad looking, on the contrary she was thin and average height. She had dark hair, unlike the rest of the Chambers and stormy blue eyes, just like the rest of the Chambers. Gordie realized she was actually very pretty, but had this mysterious demeanor about her.
Gordie tried again. "Come on, it's dusk and it's not safe walking home alone."
Halle shrugged. "Fine." She replied.
They walked to his car together and spoke not one word to each other the whole ride there.
Finally reaching Halle's house, she quickly muttered thanks and ran off into her home. Gordie felt bad for being so mean to her, but the girl was mean so he left it alone.
**
Faye and Chris sat on the LaChance porch, laughing away in a happy conversation.
"You know, I dunno why we never hung out before," Chris said. "You're funny."
Faye once again blushed. "Yeah, well.." She didn't know what to say. Chris was really rather nice but she had just met him.
The sound of a car pulling up made the pair turn their heads at Gordie, who was climbing out of his small station wagon.
He eyed Chris and Faye suspiciously. "What are you two doing here?"
Faye laughed. "I came over here looking for you Gordon!" Gordie glared at his full name which Faye teased him about.
"Well I just got done some extra work at school and I just drove Halle home, Chris." Chris slapped his forehead.
"Shit! I forgot all about that! I was supposed to pick her up...aw man she's gonna freaking kill me. Sorry guys, I gotta go. I'll talk to ya's tomorrow." He waved and grinned a worried grin, then ran off to try and console with Halle's flailing temper.
Gordie turned his eyes onto Faye, who was grinning from ear to ear, watching Chris run.
Gordie giggled. "Hahahahaha."
"What?" Faye asked in annoyance.
"You have a crush," Gordie sang in a sing-song voice, absolutely satisfied with Faye's pink face.
"I do not! Damn you Gordon LaChance and your excessive giggling," she snapped. "I don't even KNOW him, hardly."
Gordie shook his head. "Whatever dude."
Faye scoffed. "I am NOT a dude."
"Oh, whatever Faye. You never cared before when I called you a 'dude.'"
Faye narrowed her eyes. "Well, what were YOU doing alone in a car with Halle Chambers? Huh, huh?" She poked him in the nose.
"Hey!! Ow, ow!" Gordie rubbed his now reddening nose and frowned. "I was being NICE. That's it."
"You have a girlfriend, Gordie."
"I know, Faye. It wasn't a big deal!! Honestly," Gordie defended himself.
"Pshh, whatever. Halle's like the biggest slut in Castle Rock. She's so easy, it's not even funny. Almost all the guys have been with her."
Gordie knew how Halle was labeled at school. He didn't need Faye's explanation.
"Shut up before I tell Chambers you love him."
"Oh, but I don't."
Gordie just shook his head. "You're hopeless woman!"
"I am NOT a woman! Wait-that came out wrong...ugh you know what I mean!"
All that could be heard that night was Gordie LaChance's excessive giggling.
She hated waiting for him but he was like her best friend so she took out a paperback from her bag and began catching up on summer assignments.
"Halle?"
She looked up and saw Gordie standing there, his bag leaning off of one shoulder and his car keys dangling in his right hand. She grinned a little.
"Hey, Gordie."
"Do you need a ride home or something?" He asked. Honestly, he was only asking to be nice. He didn't really like Halle. She was bitchy and skeptical, cynical and sarcastic. He preferred sweet, gentle girls. Not Halle. But he put up with her since she was Chris's sister.
Halle noticed the tone of voice and cast her eyes down, putting her book away. "Um, I'm just waiting for Chris. He was supposed to be here at four thirty. It's now approaching six, so I dunno where he is. I hope he's okay." Her blue eyes were worried and full of compassion, very rare.
Gordie noticed how much she cared about her brother and shuffled his feel a bit, looking anywhere but at her. "He's probably okay. You gonna wait here until he comes?"
Halle was now getting pissed off at his obvious repugnance for her.
"I guess."
Gordie sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "I'll give you a ride home, come on."
Halle glared at him. "I'll just fucking walk home, if it's that big of a problem."
Gordie regretted his previous obviousness. "Sorry, I'm just ...not having a good day?" he tried.
"Sure." Halle pulled on her sweater and grabbed her bag. Gordie looked at her. She wasn't really bad looking, on the contrary she was thin and average height. She had dark hair, unlike the rest of the Chambers and stormy blue eyes, just like the rest of the Chambers. Gordie realized she was actually very pretty, but had this mysterious demeanor about her.
Gordie tried again. "Come on, it's dusk and it's not safe walking home alone."
Halle shrugged. "Fine." She replied.
They walked to his car together and spoke not one word to each other the whole ride there.
Finally reaching Halle's house, she quickly muttered thanks and ran off into her home. Gordie felt bad for being so mean to her, but the girl was mean so he left it alone.
**
Faye and Chris sat on the LaChance porch, laughing away in a happy conversation.
"You know, I dunno why we never hung out before," Chris said. "You're funny."
Faye once again blushed. "Yeah, well.." She didn't know what to say. Chris was really rather nice but she had just met him.
The sound of a car pulling up made the pair turn their heads at Gordie, who was climbing out of his small station wagon.
He eyed Chris and Faye suspiciously. "What are you two doing here?"
Faye laughed. "I came over here looking for you Gordon!" Gordie glared at his full name which Faye teased him about.
"Well I just got done some extra work at school and I just drove Halle home, Chris." Chris slapped his forehead.
"Shit! I forgot all about that! I was supposed to pick her up...aw man she's gonna freaking kill me. Sorry guys, I gotta go. I'll talk to ya's tomorrow." He waved and grinned a worried grin, then ran off to try and console with Halle's flailing temper.
Gordie turned his eyes onto Faye, who was grinning from ear to ear, watching Chris run.
Gordie giggled. "Hahahahaha."
"What?" Faye asked in annoyance.
"You have a crush," Gordie sang in a sing-song voice, absolutely satisfied with Faye's pink face.
"I do not! Damn you Gordon LaChance and your excessive giggling," she snapped. "I don't even KNOW him, hardly."
Gordie shook his head. "Whatever dude."
Faye scoffed. "I am NOT a dude."
"Oh, whatever Faye. You never cared before when I called you a 'dude.'"
Faye narrowed her eyes. "Well, what were YOU doing alone in a car with Halle Chambers? Huh, huh?" She poked him in the nose.
"Hey!! Ow, ow!" Gordie rubbed his now reddening nose and frowned. "I was being NICE. That's it."
"You have a girlfriend, Gordie."
"I know, Faye. It wasn't a big deal!! Honestly," Gordie defended himself.
"Pshh, whatever. Halle's like the biggest slut in Castle Rock. She's so easy, it's not even funny. Almost all the guys have been with her."
Gordie knew how Halle was labeled at school. He didn't need Faye's explanation.
"Shut up before I tell Chambers you love him."
"Oh, but I don't."
Gordie just shook his head. "You're hopeless woman!"
"I am NOT a woman! Wait-that came out wrong...ugh you know what I mean!"
All that could be heard that night was Gordie LaChance's excessive giggling.
