StormShadow21: I think Chris has a mom and a dad. In the movie they only
talk about the father who is very abusive and mentally scars him for life
(and physically too) As for his siblings, I've never read the book The
Body, though I really want to. I can't find a copy of it anywhere. But
anyways, :) what was I talking about? Oh yehh, okay *ahem.*In the book
though, I heard he had younger siblings, Eyeball and an older brother who
was older than Eyeball. However on fanfiction, a lot of authors create
their own homelife for him save for the Drunken Father. Vern I guess has a
nice homelife save for his bitchy but *hot* brother Billy. I have this
thing for the guys of stand by me's older brothers. Eyeball is just dead
sexy! I'm sorry and so is Billy. Ace is ugly though *gack* sorry I'm
rambling. Yeh, so um Gordie's homelife that's the easiest one to remember.
His father is constantly comparing him to his late brother Denny and his
mother just doesn't bother with him. She constantly mourns over Denny. It's
pretty sad and depressing. Teddy's homelife is screwed up as well. His
dad's a pyscho and who knows about his mom. Most authors on ff.net just do
their own thing. :) I hope his helped you. If it didn't, I'm terribly sorry
you had to endure that long paragraph that probably bored you because I'm
getting bored writing it. And it's long so you probably saw it and thought
"Oh wow this is going to help me so much and I will forever be in debt to
The Good Girl" and you've found it full of helpless facts that mean nothing
to you. So i'm crossing my fingers that it helped you. If it didn't, just
make me feel good and say it did. Nonetheless, thanks for all your reviews,
I hope you stick with this story. Your reviews are funny. :)
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"Can I please be excused now?" Faye begged her mother at the dinner table. She resented
family dinners more than anything. It was the one time all of her four brothers were together
and one time and they used it purely solely to torture Faye.
Her mother, however, was not about to have the girl excuse herself. "No! You are to eat
dinner with the rest of your family. Now eat your peas."
Faye made a face but stuck her fork in her mouth nonetheless. Gabe took this opportunity to
speak up and make fun of Faye.
"Mom, guess what," he said innocently. The other boys perked their heads up in attention.
Faye, however, looked across the table at him and narrowed her eyes in suspicion. What did
he have to say? "Faye's got a boyfriend!"
Faye's chinks burned pink as her brothers snickered and Mrs. Berry looked alarmed at her
daughter.
"I do not!" Faye sad hotly, becoming thoroughly pissed off with her siblings. Why must they
act so immature? Did guys ever mature? It was enough to hear the constant babbling of
Gordie and Grace about her crush on Chris, but now her brothers? When would it all end?
What would happen when one of the dumbo would's let something slip and Chris would find
out? Would Faye ever stop being humiliated? No, probably not.
"Faye," Mrs. Berry said exasperatedly. "If you have a boyfriend, why didn't you tell me?"
Faye glared at Gabe as he and Johnny began making kissing noises. Brian and Billy laughed
and shook their heads. She couldn't believe the two of them were enjoying this! What an
outrage! Of course she knew perfectly well why Gabe and Johnny thought this was so funny.
They were immature assholes. But Brian and Billy? They were the nice brothers!
"Mom!" Faye cried, feeling completely helpless. "I don't have a boyfriend!"
Johnny shook his head however, and took a sip of his drink. "Mom, she does. And guess who it
is! Oh man, you won't believe this. It's Chris Chambers!"
Now Mrs. Berry looked up and anger and her face was in a fluster. Faye's cheeks were still
pink and she kicked Johnny hard under the table so he gave a yelp of pain.
"Don't tell me it's Chris Chambers!" Mrs. Berry shrieked, horrified.
Faye looked angrily at her mother. "First of all," she said. "He's not my boyfriend. I don't have
a boyfriend! Second of all, even if it was, what's the problem? He's my friend and an awesome
person who wouldn't hurt a fly!"
Mrs. Berry shook her head and adjusted her large glasses. She pursed her red lip stick lips and
shook her head again.
"Uh uh," she said simply. "No. It is bad enough they even let him into your high school. Such
a person shouldn't be allowed. But now you've actually befriended the piece of trash?"
Faye was furious at her mother. How dare she talk about Chris that way! She knew nothing of
him. He was intelligent, clean, funny, and nice. He had a job at the corner store and he took
care of his siblings. Honestly, Faye didn't see the problem with him. He was brave and strong
and had been through so much. He amazed Faye, so then how did everyone else hate him so?
"Don't talk about him like that!" Faye yelled. Her brothers looked up alarmed. Gabe and
Johnny hadn't meant for this to go that far. On the contrary, Gabe was cool with Chris and
didn't mind him. The two had a class together in fact, and Gabe found that Chris was very
down to earth. He was simply teasing his sister. But his mother had said some foul things and
the boys all looked at her uneasily. Faye was a very headstrong person. "You don't know him!
None of you do! Don't you DARE judge him before you've known what he goes through!"
Mrs. Berry looked angrily at her daughter. "Don't raise your voice at me! And I can judge
whomever I want. If I don't want my daughter associating with trailer trash, I have a right in
doing so. Faye, don't you see? Those are the kinds of guys who are going to impregnate
you..."
Faye scoffed. "Oh Mother, don't be ridiculous. Impregnate? Honestly, he's not even my
boyfriend! Stop assuming things."
Mrs. Berry shook her head. "I don't care. You are not to talk to him again. Do you hear me?"
Faye glared at her mother with angry tears in her eyes. "You can't make me."
"I'm your mother. I can make you jump off of a bridge if I wanted to."
"You're insane. I'm not going to stop talking to the one person who understands me the best.
You can't make me. It's that simple." With that, Faye jumped out of her chair and without a
glance back, slammed the patio door and ran off into the evening.
* * *
~*~*~ Chris lay on his porch reading a book he had found earlier that day under his bed. He
had
nothing better to that evening and for once his mother had actually taken to Dani. They were
out food shopping while Halle, Geri and he were left home to entertain themselves.
Turning the next page with much anticipation, Chris couldn't believe he was actually enjoying
the novel. It was called 'The Good Earth' by Pearl S. Buck. It was about this Chinese farmer
Wang-Lung and his wife O-Lan trying to survive pre-revolutionary China while struggling to
feed their family. He was fascinated by the relationship the farmer and his wife had.
The front door swung open and Halle stepped onto the porch and grinned at her brother. He
looked so innocent and carefree there, just lying down enjoying his youth. Sighing, she
plopped down beside him on the rocking bench.
"Chris," she whined, laying her head back on the bench. "I'm bored."
Chris chuckled and turned the next page. "I'm not. Leave me alone."
Halle rolled her eyes and began to rock them with her feet. "Talk to me, Chris."
Chris put his book down and looked up to his sister. He sighed and studied her. She had seen
too much for her years, like him. Her dark hair was pulled into a low ponytail and flowed over
her right shoulder. She was dressed in her pajamas and looked even perhaps more innocent
than he.
"What's new in your life, Halle?"
Halle smiled. "A lot!" she giggled and he laughed. He hadn't heard Halle giggle like that for a
long time.
"Well...enlighten me."
She smiled then and continued on. "I think I like someone, Chris. And you know him. He's this
great guy-really funny and smart and he can see me for me! He doesn't talk to me just so he
can bed me. It's different this time."
Chris smiled. "That's awesome Hales."
Halle nodded and a tainted look fell on her lovely features. "Except-he's sort of off-limits, one
might say."
Chris narrowed his eyes. "How?"
She sighed in frustration. "He's taken-I know, I know, don't give me that look. But when we
talk-it's like it could go on and on forever. He calls me now too, and I love it. Except, I'm
scared. I'm really afraid of getting hurt. I'm falling for him, Chris, I know I am. But he-he's
just my friend."
Chris sighed. He knew his sister's predicament. "You need to tell him. Who's the lucky guy
anyway?"
Halle sat up suddenly. "Uh-I gotta go do that thing."
"Halle, what thing? Come on tell me!"
"No-"
"Yes!"
"No!
"Pretty please?" Chris tried the guilt trip.
"NO!"
Should have known-that didn't work with Halle. Giving up, he shrugged. "Just don't get hurt."
Halle sighed. "I think it's too late."
* * *
* * *
"Can I please be excused now?" Faye begged her mother at the dinner table. She resented
family dinners more than anything. It was the one time all of her four brothers were together
and one time and they used it purely solely to torture Faye.
Her mother, however, was not about to have the girl excuse herself. "No! You are to eat
dinner with the rest of your family. Now eat your peas."
Faye made a face but stuck her fork in her mouth nonetheless. Gabe took this opportunity to
speak up and make fun of Faye.
"Mom, guess what," he said innocently. The other boys perked their heads up in attention.
Faye, however, looked across the table at him and narrowed her eyes in suspicion. What did
he have to say? "Faye's got a boyfriend!"
Faye's chinks burned pink as her brothers snickered and Mrs. Berry looked alarmed at her
daughter.
"I do not!" Faye sad hotly, becoming thoroughly pissed off with her siblings. Why must they
act so immature? Did guys ever mature? It was enough to hear the constant babbling of
Gordie and Grace about her crush on Chris, but now her brothers? When would it all end?
What would happen when one of the dumbo would's let something slip and Chris would find
out? Would Faye ever stop being humiliated? No, probably not.
"Faye," Mrs. Berry said exasperatedly. "If you have a boyfriend, why didn't you tell me?"
Faye glared at Gabe as he and Johnny began making kissing noises. Brian and Billy laughed
and shook their heads. She couldn't believe the two of them were enjoying this! What an
outrage! Of course she knew perfectly well why Gabe and Johnny thought this was so funny.
They were immature assholes. But Brian and Billy? They were the nice brothers!
"Mom!" Faye cried, feeling completely helpless. "I don't have a boyfriend!"
Johnny shook his head however, and took a sip of his drink. "Mom, she does. And guess who it
is! Oh man, you won't believe this. It's Chris Chambers!"
Now Mrs. Berry looked up and anger and her face was in a fluster. Faye's cheeks were still
pink and she kicked Johnny hard under the table so he gave a yelp of pain.
"Don't tell me it's Chris Chambers!" Mrs. Berry shrieked, horrified.
Faye looked angrily at her mother. "First of all," she said. "He's not my boyfriend. I don't have
a boyfriend! Second of all, even if it was, what's the problem? He's my friend and an awesome
person who wouldn't hurt a fly!"
Mrs. Berry shook her head and adjusted her large glasses. She pursed her red lip stick lips and
shook her head again.
"Uh uh," she said simply. "No. It is bad enough they even let him into your high school. Such
a person shouldn't be allowed. But now you've actually befriended the piece of trash?"
Faye was furious at her mother. How dare she talk about Chris that way! She knew nothing of
him. He was intelligent, clean, funny, and nice. He had a job at the corner store and he took
care of his siblings. Honestly, Faye didn't see the problem with him. He was brave and strong
and had been through so much. He amazed Faye, so then how did everyone else hate him so?
"Don't talk about him like that!" Faye yelled. Her brothers looked up alarmed. Gabe and
Johnny hadn't meant for this to go that far. On the contrary, Gabe was cool with Chris and
didn't mind him. The two had a class together in fact, and Gabe found that Chris was very
down to earth. He was simply teasing his sister. But his mother had said some foul things and
the boys all looked at her uneasily. Faye was a very headstrong person. "You don't know him!
None of you do! Don't you DARE judge him before you've known what he goes through!"
Mrs. Berry looked angrily at her daughter. "Don't raise your voice at me! And I can judge
whomever I want. If I don't want my daughter associating with trailer trash, I have a right in
doing so. Faye, don't you see? Those are the kinds of guys who are going to impregnate
you..."
Faye scoffed. "Oh Mother, don't be ridiculous. Impregnate? Honestly, he's not even my
boyfriend! Stop assuming things."
Mrs. Berry shook her head. "I don't care. You are not to talk to him again. Do you hear me?"
Faye glared at her mother with angry tears in her eyes. "You can't make me."
"I'm your mother. I can make you jump off of a bridge if I wanted to."
"You're insane. I'm not going to stop talking to the one person who understands me the best.
You can't make me. It's that simple." With that, Faye jumped out of her chair and without a
glance back, slammed the patio door and ran off into the evening.
* * *
~*~*~ Chris lay on his porch reading a book he had found earlier that day under his bed. He
had
nothing better to that evening and for once his mother had actually taken to Dani. They were
out food shopping while Halle, Geri and he were left home to entertain themselves.
Turning the next page with much anticipation, Chris couldn't believe he was actually enjoying
the novel. It was called 'The Good Earth' by Pearl S. Buck. It was about this Chinese farmer
Wang-Lung and his wife O-Lan trying to survive pre-revolutionary China while struggling to
feed their family. He was fascinated by the relationship the farmer and his wife had.
The front door swung open and Halle stepped onto the porch and grinned at her brother. He
looked so innocent and carefree there, just lying down enjoying his youth. Sighing, she
plopped down beside him on the rocking bench.
"Chris," she whined, laying her head back on the bench. "I'm bored."
Chris chuckled and turned the next page. "I'm not. Leave me alone."
Halle rolled her eyes and began to rock them with her feet. "Talk to me, Chris."
Chris put his book down and looked up to his sister. He sighed and studied her. She had seen
too much for her years, like him. Her dark hair was pulled into a low ponytail and flowed over
her right shoulder. She was dressed in her pajamas and looked even perhaps more innocent
than he.
"What's new in your life, Halle?"
Halle smiled. "A lot!" she giggled and he laughed. He hadn't heard Halle giggle like that for a
long time.
"Well...enlighten me."
She smiled then and continued on. "I think I like someone, Chris. And you know him. He's this
great guy-really funny and smart and he can see me for me! He doesn't talk to me just so he
can bed me. It's different this time."
Chris smiled. "That's awesome Hales."
Halle nodded and a tainted look fell on her lovely features. "Except-he's sort of off-limits, one
might say."
Chris narrowed his eyes. "How?"
She sighed in frustration. "He's taken-I know, I know, don't give me that look. But when we
talk-it's like it could go on and on forever. He calls me now too, and I love it. Except, I'm
scared. I'm really afraid of getting hurt. I'm falling for him, Chris, I know I am. But he-he's
just my friend."
Chris sighed. He knew his sister's predicament. "You need to tell him. Who's the lucky guy
anyway?"
Halle sat up suddenly. "Uh-I gotta go do that thing."
"Halle, what thing? Come on tell me!"
"No-"
"Yes!"
"No!
"Pretty please?" Chris tried the guilt trip.
"NO!"
Should have known-that didn't work with Halle. Giving up, he shrugged. "Just don't get hurt."
Halle sighed. "I think it's too late."
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