AN: sorry you guys-we havent wrote in forever! We have been soo busy its unbelievable! Well heres chapter 7! Hope you guys like it-R&R

Chapter 7:

Stacey and Gordie are walking down the street, holding hands. They had just stopped at the Dairy Bar for an ice cream. It was a sunny day and the sky was blue. There were hardly any cars on the road. Lagging way behind are Chris and Stephanie, he is carrying her on his back and she is holding onto his neck lightly while scrambling to eat her ice cream before it melts.

"Gordie."

"Hmm?"

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" Stacey asks, swinging their hands back and forth.

Gordie laughs. "You are so random sometimes, I swear."

"Answer the question, Lachance." Stacey grins, taking a lick of her chocolate and vanilla swirl.

"A writer." Gordie says. He smiles. He had never told anyone, except for Chris and his late brother Denny, about his dream to be a writer. But somehow he felt like Stacey understod him, and he had no problem telling her.

Stacey stops and looks straight at Gordie. "You've got to be kidding me."

Gordie, taking this the wrong way, feels like he had just been kicked in the stomach. "Um no. I want to be a writer."

Stacey picks up on his sudden change in behavior and laughs. "No, I think that's great! The reason I said that was because I want to be a writer too!"

Gordie laughs too. Then he's serious again. They walk a few more steps and Gordie says, "It's hard isn't it? I mean no one really appreciates my stories. The only person who even reads them and gives a crap is Chris."

"Yeah, I know what you mean. My family reads my stuff, but they don't seem to care it's like, Nice job sweetie. Whatever." She says, mimicking her mom's voice. Then she laughs at herself.

Gordie snickers. "You are too cool, Stacey O'Leary."

"You are so heavy, what do you eat woman?" Chris jokes as he pretends to stumble from the weight of Stephanie on his back.

"Hey! You're the one buying me even more food. And besides, I didn't ask to ride on your back, mister."

"No, that's true. You didn't ask. You just jumped on!" Chris laughs. "Hey you two! Wait up!" He yells to Gordie and Stacey, who are getting farther and farther away.

The two stop and wait for Chris and Stephanie to catch up.

"Hey! I gotta great idea!" Chris exclaimes not a second after he takes a step next to Gordie.

"I know what your thinkin buddy." Gordie and Chris both give sly smiles.

"Um, yeah, we gotta go." Stacey turns around and starts to walk away. She quickly jumps back around and screams, "Gotcha! Ohh I gotcha guys goood!"

"Yeah, we know what your talking about too, just you say it first." Stephanie has wandering eyes.

"Follow us!" says Chris as he starts to walk away.

Chris leads them through the woods.

"Where are we going?" Stacey asks while looking around trying to act casual.

"Your mom's house." Stephanie acts serious.

"Shut-up."

"Well, here we are." Gordie takes a step in front of a semi-big lake.

"Random body of water!" Stephanie and Stacey shout at the same time.

The two boys start cracking up, "We knew you guys would like it." Chris remarks.

"Stop your blabbering and lets get in!" The girls are running towards the lake.

"Hey man, before you go I need to talk to you." Chris puts his hand on Gordies shoulder.