Disclaimer: Sorry but I forgot to put it on chapter one. I don't own Stand By Me. It rightfully belongs to the directors and all of them. And Stephen King owns "The Body" which is where Stand By Me came from. The only character that I own is Jesse and later on Sarah. On with the chapter.

We walked through the woods. No one spoke the first 10 minutes. But after that we were laughing and carrying on. We didn't know where we were going. We didn't even know why we were in the woods besides the fact that we were bored stiff. "What time is it?" Gordie asked. "Midnight." Jesse said as we walked down the tracks. We had no idea where we were headed but we just felt like walking I guess.

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Eyeball's P.O.V.

I swear that if I see any of them jerks messing with my sister then I'm gonna kill 'em all. She had gone with Chris to their tree house and I couldn't stop her. She was a stubborn person and once she had her mind made up, well that was it. It was midnight and I was hanging out with Ace, Charlie, and Billy. I didn't know if my sister was home or if she was wondering around town. I worried about her but I didn't let it show. Being a tough guy required that you didn't show your feelings. Like if you were scared or worried or something. "Let's go get the girls and go boost a car or something." Billy suggested. We all nodded and went to pick up the girls. We boosted some old guy's car, put some miles on it and ditched it by the river. Ace drove. Then we all went home. When I got home I guess I was expecting Chris and Jesse to be sitting on the couch watching the tube but when I got there they weren't home.

"Where's Jesse?" I asked my dad. I didn't really care where Chris was. He knew this place like a book he'd read everyday of his life.

"How the hell should I know?" He replied as he got himself another beer.

"Well damn! She's your daughter and the only one you got. You should at least try to find out where she's. You might not love her but I do!" I said as I walked out the door.

I turned around before I shut the door. "And she's a damn good one too."

He looked at me like I slapped him in the face.

I walked out the door and broke off at a run to Ace's house. I needed to find my sister. NOW!

When I got to his house, I knocked on the door.

"What do you want?" He asked me.

"Grab the car. I gotta find my sister. She's gone and it's 1 in the morning." I said practically shouting.

He sighed. "Fine."

Now I'm not sure why he said "Fine." but at that moment I didn't care. I was hell bent on finding my sister.

We got in the car and took off towards Harlow. I was willing to bet my life that's where they were going because the boys had went there to find the dead body of Ray Brower one time. And they were probably going to show Jesse where they found him.

As it turned out I was wrong. They weren't headed towards Harlow. They were headed in the opposite direction. Towards the roughest town in Oregon. Jamerson. That was the roughest town and they were headed straight for it. But we didn't know it.

Once we got to Harlow, we turned and headed towards Jamerson. By then it was 2:34. We went back by my house to see if she was home yet.

"Is Jesse back yet?" I asked.

"No." Came the drunken reply.

I ran back out of the house and without even opening the door, jumped into the car. And we were off like racehorses.

"You think they're in Jamerson?" I asked nervously.

"I don't know. But I hope not." He said.

I looked over at him. He usually didn't give a shit about anybody, not even his own mom. There was something more than her being my sister.

"You like her, don't you?" I said in a low voice.

"What?" He asked.

"You like Jesse. You do. That's the only reason that you agreed to come with me. It's because you like her." I said finally putting 2 and 2 together.

"Look, yeah I do like her. And yeah that's the only reason that I agreed to come with you. But Eyeball, I ain't ever felt so sure about a girl. I feel so sure about her. Eyeball, I know she's your sister, but man get over it." Ace said this last part in a stern voice.

"You're........." His voice trailed off as we entered Jamerson.

Jesse's P.O.V.

We walked through the woods and we arrived in Jamerson. All I knew about this place was that it was the roughest town in Oregon. What does that tell ya?

When we got there it was 3:23 a.m. We walked around the block deciding what to do when a car pulled up beside us. It was Ace and Eyeball.

"What are you two doing all the way over here in Jamerson?" I asked heatedly.

"Looking for you." Eyeball said.

"Well I didn't need you to come looking for me." I said.

"Jesse," Ace said. "I know your probably mad at us for coming and looking for you but y'all are in the roughest town and we need to get you out of here now." He said gently.

"Yeah. That's the reason that me and Ace drove all this way to look for..." He trailed off and looked behind me. His eyes got wide.

I turned around and there was a group of hoods. Only three but still. The middle one, obviously the leader, grabbed me and took me to the alley. He shouted for the others to go and make sure that the police didn't come. By now I was screaming and kicking. I knew what he was going to do. He shoved me up against a wall of a building and tried to rip my shirt. But here came Eyeball, Ace, Chris, Gordie, Teddy, and Vern came running full speed down the alley. Eyeball and Chris up front. Eyeball jumped on the guy's back and took him down. I immediately fell into a sitting position and Chris pulled me up and told me to run. I ran. Once we were all in the car, Chris and Eyeball outran the guy and jumped into the car. Eyeball driving.

Ace was in the back with me trying to calm me down. Chris was on the other side of me. Teddy and Vern were up front with Eyeball.

"Calm down." He said gently. "Calm down."

I buried my head in his shirt and he put his head on top of mine stroking my hair.

"Calm down, baby. Calm down."

Him not being my boyfriend I would've decked him for saying that if I wasn't so upset. I let it go this time.

"We gotta take her to the hospital, Eyeball. She could be hurt from where he slammed her up against that brick wall."

"Yeah. I guess you're right, Ace. Check her for any thing broken and fell her back for bruises." Eyeball said.

"Ok I'm gonna check you for broken bones and then I gotta check your back for bruises ok? I'll try to be gentle." He whispered in my ear.

"Ok." came my soft reply.

Ace's P.O.V.

I ran my hand over her arms and legs to check for broken bones. She had none. I checked her back for bruises. The bottom of her back was fine. But when I got to the middle she winced and started to cry again.

"What's wrong?" Eyeball asked.

"She's got a bruise or something on her back. Vern, look in the dash and hand me that flashlight." I said.

He looked in the dash and handed me the flashlight.

"Thanks." I said to him. To Jesse I whispered, "Ok I gotta lift your shirt up to look and see how big this bruise is on your back."

She nodded. I pulled the back of her shirt up and turned on the flashlight.

"OH SHIT!" I practically shouted.

On her back, she had a bruise that went up from the middle of her back all the way up to her shoulders. And covered almost the width of her back.