Chapter 4-On the way to the tree house-
"You guys wanna go to the tree house?" Chris whispers to Teddy and Vern, secretly hoping that they will say no.
Teddy looks up. "Nah, it looks like it's going to start pouring any second. Besides, my house is right around the corner. I'm just going to go home."
"Well what am I supposed to do? I can't go home, Billy will kill me!" Vern says with a terrified look on his face.
"Come to my house, dipshit. You can sleep over" replies Teddy.
Vern ignores the insult and smiles at Teddy. "Hey! Thanks man!"
"We better get going you guys. Are you going to Gordie's after the tree house, Chris?" Teddy asks knowing what's waiting for Chris, if he ever went home he'd have to face Eyeball, maybe Ace as well.
"No, he can't, my Old man's really upset. It's the anniversary of Denny's death." Gordie glances at his feet. "And my mom. well you know, she's really messed up."
"Well, where you gonna sleep then?" asks Vern, knowing that Chris's house is out of the question for obvious reasons.
Chris and Gordie shrug. "We'll figure out something."
"Ok bye you guys." Teddy and Vern say as they run off to Teddy's house.
There was silence for about 3 minutes
"Are you ok Stacey?" Gordie being the first, for once, to break the silence, he noticed she hasn't said one word since they had left Vern's. She only nods her head.
"Where are we going?" Stephanie is still holding hands with Chris, but they haven't realized it yet.
"It's a place where we always go, a surprise." Chris answers with a sly smile.
Right when they get to the bottom of the tree house, it starts pouring
"Come'on, lets hurry up inside before we get soaked." Gordie shouts. He has Stacey go up the ladder first.
"Go ahead Gordie." Stephanie let's Gordie go after Stacey.
Once Gordie gets halfway up Chris says, "Hey Stephanie? Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah go ahead, but hurry up, its starting to rain harder."
He slightly smiles, "Have you ever liked someone, knowing you can't be with them?" He gets red in the cheeks not believing he asked her this. He realizes he was looking at the ground, so he looks up. Stephanie is staring at him with an adoring smile. She bends in and kisses him lightly on the lips.
In the tree house "Stacey, are you sure your okay? You aren't acting like yourself." Gordie walks over and sits next to her. Stacey has her head in her lap, so he puts his hand on her shoulder. She looks up; Gordie can see tears streaming onto her rosy cheeks.
"I just wish.sob.that he.sob." She lets her head sag back down.
"Shh.." Gordie takes his finger under Stacey's chin so her head pulls back up. "It's going to be Ok." As he says this, he's gazing into her dark hazel eyes. Gordie gently kisses her. He pulls back to wipe the tears off her face she smiles lovingly at him.
"You guys wanna go to the tree house?" Chris whispers to Teddy and Vern, secretly hoping that they will say no.
Teddy looks up. "Nah, it looks like it's going to start pouring any second. Besides, my house is right around the corner. I'm just going to go home."
"Well what am I supposed to do? I can't go home, Billy will kill me!" Vern says with a terrified look on his face.
"Come to my house, dipshit. You can sleep over" replies Teddy.
Vern ignores the insult and smiles at Teddy. "Hey! Thanks man!"
"We better get going you guys. Are you going to Gordie's after the tree house, Chris?" Teddy asks knowing what's waiting for Chris, if he ever went home he'd have to face Eyeball, maybe Ace as well.
"No, he can't, my Old man's really upset. It's the anniversary of Denny's death." Gordie glances at his feet. "And my mom. well you know, she's really messed up."
"Well, where you gonna sleep then?" asks Vern, knowing that Chris's house is out of the question for obvious reasons.
Chris and Gordie shrug. "We'll figure out something."
"Ok bye you guys." Teddy and Vern say as they run off to Teddy's house.
There was silence for about 3 minutes
"Are you ok Stacey?" Gordie being the first, for once, to break the silence, he noticed she hasn't said one word since they had left Vern's. She only nods her head.
"Where are we going?" Stephanie is still holding hands with Chris, but they haven't realized it yet.
"It's a place where we always go, a surprise." Chris answers with a sly smile.
Right when they get to the bottom of the tree house, it starts pouring
"Come'on, lets hurry up inside before we get soaked." Gordie shouts. He has Stacey go up the ladder first.
"Go ahead Gordie." Stephanie let's Gordie go after Stacey.
Once Gordie gets halfway up Chris says, "Hey Stephanie? Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah go ahead, but hurry up, its starting to rain harder."
He slightly smiles, "Have you ever liked someone, knowing you can't be with them?" He gets red in the cheeks not believing he asked her this. He realizes he was looking at the ground, so he looks up. Stephanie is staring at him with an adoring smile. She bends in and kisses him lightly on the lips.
In the tree house "Stacey, are you sure your okay? You aren't acting like yourself." Gordie walks over and sits next to her. Stacey has her head in her lap, so he puts his hand on her shoulder. She looks up; Gordie can see tears streaming onto her rosy cheeks.
"I just wish.sob.that he.sob." She lets her head sag back down.
"Shh.." Gordie takes his finger under Stacey's chin so her head pulls back up. "It's going to be Ok." As he says this, he's gazing into her dark hazel eyes. Gordie gently kisses her. He pulls back to wipe the tears off her face she smiles lovingly at him.
