"Oooh, I like this tie!"
Faye pressed the checkered black and white tie into Grace's face, who stuck out her tongue.
"That has to be one of the ugliest things I've ever seen," Grace said, rummaging through a pile of fifty percent off ties two days before Christmas. "Faye, honestly, I don't get it. Why do you wait so goddamn long to shop for Christmas?"
Faye sighed, examining a bright pink striped tie and adding it to her collection. "Because I can."
"But-are you going to get EVERYONE ties?" Grace asked, frowning. "Even me?"
Faye nodded and giggled at Grace's disgusted expression. "Hey! Ties are lovely and add wonderfulness to each and every outfit."
Grace folded her arms, her other shopping bags hitting her face. "Faye, we go through this EVERY year! Remember two years ago when you bought everyone socks? And last year you bought everyone mittens. Just one year can you buy different things?"
Faye shook her head. "Ties are cheap, nice, fast, and you can't go wrong with them. All I have to do is put a bow on it and give it to you. Simple as that."
"But I don't like ties!" Grace cried. "Can't you just get me a nice pair of earrings? I mean-Gordie and Teddy and Chris are different. They are guys, they wear ties-erm-sometimes. But have you EVER seen me wear a tie?"
Faye stroked her chin in thoughtfulness then looked at her best friend indifferently. "There's a first time for everything!"
Grace cried out in frustration and looked quickly through her bags. "Fine-I mean what if I gave you-uh-I dunno, cologne? You wouldn't like it!"
Faye frowned. "Grace, ties are nice and it's -arg-easy for me to shop!"
Shrugging, Grace sighed. "I can't win. Come on and pay for your damn ties before it snows like six feet."
~*~*~
After paying for Faye's ties, Grace and Faye made their way down Main Street of Castle Rock. It eventually got so bad with the snow, the two girls decided to stop at the Coffee Shop for some hot chocolates.
"Ooh, this is nice," Faye commented, taking off her gloves and looking around at the newly furnished café. "How come we don't come here more often?"
Grace shrugged as the two girls made their way to the counter. "I dunno, I suppose it just opened. It certainly looks brand new, and you know, come to think of it, I've never even heard of this place."
"Hi," Faye said once they reached the counter. "Er-two hot chocolates please."
The girl behind the counter-a girl with a bored face and choppy brown hair- looked at Faye and sighed impatiently.
"Would you like a Moca-Chocolate hot chocolate, latte chocolate, or caramel chocolate?"
Faye looked at Grace who just shrugged in return. "Um-can we just have two plain hot chocolates?"
The girl put her hands on her hips and glared at Faye. "To stay or to go?"
Faye gritted her teeth, getting annoyed at the girl. "To stay, please."
"That'll be a dollar seven."
After they paid and got their drinks, the girls made their way to a small table in the center of the shop.
"So," Grace said once they had settled. "Are you ready for the Christmas Eve dance?"
Faye shrugged. "Ah-I dunno. I hate dances and things...they are so...grrrrr."
Grace laughed and played with her straw. "I'm excited. Have you got your dress yet?"
Grinning, Faye looked at Grace. "Actually I have. For once I've got something on time."
"Uh-Faye," Grace began, and from her tone of voice Faye could tell she had something serious to say. "Er-um-I was just wondering. Listen, lately, I don't know, I've been having...suspicions."
Faye arched an eyebrow and took a sip of her drink. "And, um, what kind of suspicions are these?"
Grace fiddled with her fingers and looked at Faye. "Well, okay, um, yesterday I saw Halle and Gordie walking home together." Faye's heart stopped. "And, I trust Gordie, right, I love him, but I don't know Halle and I can't say I trust her. And I realize that-er-they are friends and I respect that. Gordie can have girls that are friends, I mean you two are so close. But-ah-I just don't know."
Faye began to get nervous. She couldn't tell Grace that Halle held feelings for Gordie, she just couldn't. "They could have just been walking home is all."
Grace shrugged. "Yeah I know that...but then they started having this snowball fight and they were laughing and blushing and then-Gordie pinned Halle on the ground and they stayed like that for a lot longer than they should have!"
"How long were you watching them for?" Faye asked. Grace rolled her eyes.
"I was also walking home, but-erm-I didn't want them to see me. I-I just didn't want to cause a scene!"
"Grace," Faye started. "Listen to me. They could have just been having fun. I really don't think Gordie is cheating on you!"
Grace looked away from Faye and stirred her drink with her straw. Then she muttered low, "I do."
~*~*~
Faye pounded Gordie's door that following day after she'd walked Grace home.
"Gordie LaChance open the damn door!" She hollered. She heard shuffling feet but insisted to pound harder. "You fucking mofo! Open the door NOW!"
Gordie opened the door looking quite harassed. "Jesus, Faye, calm down. Here come in before you blow my house down."
Faye stormed in and when Gordie shut down she glared heatedly at Gordie. "Guess what Gordie?" She asked in a falsely sweet voice that made Gordie cringe.
"What?"
"Your girlfriend thinks you are cheating on her-and guess with who? Halle Chambers, who just happens to harbor feelings for you!"
Gordie frowned. "What? Why would Grace think that? Me and Halle are just friends-wait-Halle has feelings for me in more than friendly ways? Damn, I'm just too irresistible."
"Aaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhh!" Faye cried out angrily. "Gordie! This is SERIOUS! Your GIRLFRIEND thinks you are CHEATING on her with HALLE and you know, I'm not quite sure I know the truth either!"
Gordie shook his head. "I am NOT cheating on Grace, I lo-care very much about her!"
Faye glared at him. "But you love her right?"
Gordie hesitated and opened his mouth to reply, but nothing came out. He did love Grace, right? He had told her he loved her before, many times, but looking back now, had he really meant it or was he just caught up in the moment? This was the girl he had made love to, the girl who brightened up his day. Did he love her?
"GORDIE!" Faye screeched, shaking him now by the shoulders. "What are you doing? Why were you laying on top of Halle yesterday afternoon while the two of you walked home and your *ahem* GIRLFRIEND walked by herself and happened to see the whole fucking thing!"
Gordie looked angrily at Faye. "I didn't do anything with Halle! We were just playing around, that's it, and I don't like her like that, she's just my friend even if she cares more strongly about me."
He didn't want to say he would never cheat on Grace-because he had by kissing Halle, even if that was considered cheating. He didn't mean to kiss Halle, but it was just one of those moments.
Faye crossed her arms and taped her foot impatiently on the floor. "I think you need to talk to Grace."
Gordie nodded, suddenly feeling sick. "Yeah, I think I do."
~*~*~
[Hello all, hope you all are well. Okay, well there's another chapter. I'm trying to wrap everything up but I don't want to end this story so soon! I'm thinking maybe after the Christmas Dance. Anywho, review please!! That helps so much. Actually, it just makes me feel cool. *giggles* So review!! :) Thanks to all my reviewers like usual. Kudos. Love & Strawberries The Good Girl]
Faye pressed the checkered black and white tie into Grace's face, who stuck out her tongue.
"That has to be one of the ugliest things I've ever seen," Grace said, rummaging through a pile of fifty percent off ties two days before Christmas. "Faye, honestly, I don't get it. Why do you wait so goddamn long to shop for Christmas?"
Faye sighed, examining a bright pink striped tie and adding it to her collection. "Because I can."
"But-are you going to get EVERYONE ties?" Grace asked, frowning. "Even me?"
Faye nodded and giggled at Grace's disgusted expression. "Hey! Ties are lovely and add wonderfulness to each and every outfit."
Grace folded her arms, her other shopping bags hitting her face. "Faye, we go through this EVERY year! Remember two years ago when you bought everyone socks? And last year you bought everyone mittens. Just one year can you buy different things?"
Faye shook her head. "Ties are cheap, nice, fast, and you can't go wrong with them. All I have to do is put a bow on it and give it to you. Simple as that."
"But I don't like ties!" Grace cried. "Can't you just get me a nice pair of earrings? I mean-Gordie and Teddy and Chris are different. They are guys, they wear ties-erm-sometimes. But have you EVER seen me wear a tie?"
Faye stroked her chin in thoughtfulness then looked at her best friend indifferently. "There's a first time for everything!"
Grace cried out in frustration and looked quickly through her bags. "Fine-I mean what if I gave you-uh-I dunno, cologne? You wouldn't like it!"
Faye frowned. "Grace, ties are nice and it's -arg-easy for me to shop!"
Shrugging, Grace sighed. "I can't win. Come on and pay for your damn ties before it snows like six feet."
~*~*~
After paying for Faye's ties, Grace and Faye made their way down Main Street of Castle Rock. It eventually got so bad with the snow, the two girls decided to stop at the Coffee Shop for some hot chocolates.
"Ooh, this is nice," Faye commented, taking off her gloves and looking around at the newly furnished café. "How come we don't come here more often?"
Grace shrugged as the two girls made their way to the counter. "I dunno, I suppose it just opened. It certainly looks brand new, and you know, come to think of it, I've never even heard of this place."
"Hi," Faye said once they reached the counter. "Er-two hot chocolates please."
The girl behind the counter-a girl with a bored face and choppy brown hair- looked at Faye and sighed impatiently.
"Would you like a Moca-Chocolate hot chocolate, latte chocolate, or caramel chocolate?"
Faye looked at Grace who just shrugged in return. "Um-can we just have two plain hot chocolates?"
The girl put her hands on her hips and glared at Faye. "To stay or to go?"
Faye gritted her teeth, getting annoyed at the girl. "To stay, please."
"That'll be a dollar seven."
After they paid and got their drinks, the girls made their way to a small table in the center of the shop.
"So," Grace said once they had settled. "Are you ready for the Christmas Eve dance?"
Faye shrugged. "Ah-I dunno. I hate dances and things...they are so...grrrrr."
Grace laughed and played with her straw. "I'm excited. Have you got your dress yet?"
Grinning, Faye looked at Grace. "Actually I have. For once I've got something on time."
"Uh-Faye," Grace began, and from her tone of voice Faye could tell she had something serious to say. "Er-um-I was just wondering. Listen, lately, I don't know, I've been having...suspicions."
Faye arched an eyebrow and took a sip of her drink. "And, um, what kind of suspicions are these?"
Grace fiddled with her fingers and looked at Faye. "Well, okay, um, yesterday I saw Halle and Gordie walking home together." Faye's heart stopped. "And, I trust Gordie, right, I love him, but I don't know Halle and I can't say I trust her. And I realize that-er-they are friends and I respect that. Gordie can have girls that are friends, I mean you two are so close. But-ah-I just don't know."
Faye began to get nervous. She couldn't tell Grace that Halle held feelings for Gordie, she just couldn't. "They could have just been walking home is all."
Grace shrugged. "Yeah I know that...but then they started having this snowball fight and they were laughing and blushing and then-Gordie pinned Halle on the ground and they stayed like that for a lot longer than they should have!"
"How long were you watching them for?" Faye asked. Grace rolled her eyes.
"I was also walking home, but-erm-I didn't want them to see me. I-I just didn't want to cause a scene!"
"Grace," Faye started. "Listen to me. They could have just been having fun. I really don't think Gordie is cheating on you!"
Grace looked away from Faye and stirred her drink with her straw. Then she muttered low, "I do."
~*~*~
Faye pounded Gordie's door that following day after she'd walked Grace home.
"Gordie LaChance open the damn door!" She hollered. She heard shuffling feet but insisted to pound harder. "You fucking mofo! Open the door NOW!"
Gordie opened the door looking quite harassed. "Jesus, Faye, calm down. Here come in before you blow my house down."
Faye stormed in and when Gordie shut down she glared heatedly at Gordie. "Guess what Gordie?" She asked in a falsely sweet voice that made Gordie cringe.
"What?"
"Your girlfriend thinks you are cheating on her-and guess with who? Halle Chambers, who just happens to harbor feelings for you!"
Gordie frowned. "What? Why would Grace think that? Me and Halle are just friends-wait-Halle has feelings for me in more than friendly ways? Damn, I'm just too irresistible."
"Aaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhh!" Faye cried out angrily. "Gordie! This is SERIOUS! Your GIRLFRIEND thinks you are CHEATING on her with HALLE and you know, I'm not quite sure I know the truth either!"
Gordie shook his head. "I am NOT cheating on Grace, I lo-care very much about her!"
Faye glared at him. "But you love her right?"
Gordie hesitated and opened his mouth to reply, but nothing came out. He did love Grace, right? He had told her he loved her before, many times, but looking back now, had he really meant it or was he just caught up in the moment? This was the girl he had made love to, the girl who brightened up his day. Did he love her?
"GORDIE!" Faye screeched, shaking him now by the shoulders. "What are you doing? Why were you laying on top of Halle yesterday afternoon while the two of you walked home and your *ahem* GIRLFRIEND walked by herself and happened to see the whole fucking thing!"
Gordie looked angrily at Faye. "I didn't do anything with Halle! We were just playing around, that's it, and I don't like her like that, she's just my friend even if she cares more strongly about me."
He didn't want to say he would never cheat on Grace-because he had by kissing Halle, even if that was considered cheating. He didn't mean to kiss Halle, but it was just one of those moments.
Faye crossed her arms and taped her foot impatiently on the floor. "I think you need to talk to Grace."
Gordie nodded, suddenly feeling sick. "Yeah, I think I do."
~*~*~
[Hello all, hope you all are well. Okay, well there's another chapter. I'm trying to wrap everything up but I don't want to end this story so soon! I'm thinking maybe after the Christmas Dance. Anywho, review please!! That helps so much. Actually, it just makes me feel cool. *giggles* So review!! :) Thanks to all my reviewers like usual. Kudos. Love & Strawberries The Good Girl]
