"Well, what do you know?" I said grinning. I turned and started back down the steps, making my way over to the tent.
The rest of the guys followed me over to the tent.
"Hey, wait for me you guys!" One of them said, it sounded like Billy's brother, but I wasn't sure.
Chris crawled out of the tent first and Audrey was right behind him.
"Audrey?"
"What now? You gave me permission to hang out with them!"
"I said you could hang out with them, not spend the night with them!" I shouted.
Audrey and Chris fell over laughing.
"Ace, that didn't sound right!" Audrey said still laughing.
I grabbed her arm, and pulled her to her feet.
"Go, home." I said sternly.
She looked at Chris.
"Bye guys." Audrey said and started walking toward the house.
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Audrey's POV-I was walking home, when Eyeball ran up beside me.
"Hi." I said dully.
"Hey." He said cheerfully. "You know Ace is just trying to watch out for you."
"It was more fun in Tulsa. At least there I could hang out with my friends." I looked up at Eyeball. We were close enough that we could have kissed, and we did.
Eyeball pulled away. "Audrey, I'm sorry. I can't do this with you."
I looked down at the ground as the tears filled my eyes.
Eyeball placed his hand under my chin and forced me to look up at him.
"Audrey, I like you but I cant. You're Ace's sister."
"So what?" I asked as the tears started falling down my face.
"Audrey please, don't cry." Eyeball said, wiping me tears away.
"What's going on here?"
I turned around and Eyeball moved over beside me.
"We were talking." I said.
"Since when does talking involve touching and kissing?" Ace asked coldly.
"Since someone around here is finally being nice to me, because you're sure as hell not." I said and started walking home.
"Audrey wait!" Ace shouted, but I didn't stop. I continued walking.
I heard running and a couple of minutes later, Ace was walking beside me.
"Audrey I'm sorry." Ace said. I didn't look at him, or even acknowledge he'd said anything.
"Please forgive me?"
I stopped walking and Ace stepped up beside me.
"Audrey, I didn't mean to upset you. But I'm your brother, I'm suppose to protect you."
"Protect me? Protect me from what? I was just hanging out with my friends!" I screamed as the tears rolled down my face.
Ace pulled me to him and held me until I stopped crying.
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Ace's POV-When we got home Audrey was asleep so I carried her up to her room.
I placed her on the bed and covered her up with a blanket that was thrown at the end of the bed.
I went back downstairs to hang with the guys.
"You know, Ace, you've been trying to protect her from her friends and you're the one that really hurt her. I don't like the little dorks but Chris and his friends would never do anything to hurt her." Eyeball said.
"No shit asshole." I said.
There was a knock at the door, so I got up to answer it.
"Is Audrey home?" A young girl with golden blonde hair and blue eyes asked.
"Yeah, she's asleep up in her room. You can go up there or I can tell her you stopped by."
"I don't want to wake her up, so just tell her Katie stopped by."
"Sure." I said and she left. I went back into the living room where Eyeball and Billy were watching some cop show.
"What is this?" I asked, annoyed with the show.
"Don't know." Eyeball said not moving his view from the TV.
"How the hell can you watch something and not know what the fuck you're watching?" I asked.
"How should I know?" Eyeball asked.
I glared at him, but didn't say anything.
"Ace?" Audrey asked walking into the room.
"What?" I snapped.
"Where's the aspirin?"
"Bathroom cabinet, I guess." I told her.
She left the living room and headed toward the bathroom.
She came back a few minutes later.
"One of your friends stopped boy." I told her.
"Which one?" Audrey asked.
"I don't know." I told her.
"Wasn't Chris, Gordie, Teddy, or Vern was it?"
"No." I said.
"Then who was it?"
"I told you I don't know, " I said getting annoyed with my sister. "It was some girl I'd never seen you hanging around with before."
"Ace, I hang around with a lot of people you don't know about." She said opening the door.
"Where're you going?"
"Out." She said and walked out the door.
"Just great." I muttered and went back to watching TV.
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Audrey's POV-When I got outside, I started laughing at Ace. He knew most of my friends, so I don't know why he fell for that line.
"Hey Audrey."
"Hi Gordie."
"What's up?" Gordie asked.
"Going over to Katie's house, wanna go?" I asked him.
"Sure." Gordie agreed.
We walked to Katie's house.
When we got there, I knocked on the door and Katie stepped out on the porch.
"Hey, guys what's up?" Katie asked.
"Nothing really." Gordie answered blushing.
"Had to get out of the house. Ace is driving me crazy." I told Katie.
"Tell me about it, my grandma is coming to visit and my mom has gone on a baking and cleaning spree." Katie said.
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We walked around Castle Rock for a little while and we ran into Teddy.
"Hiya troops!" Teddy shouted when he saw us.
"Hey Teddy." I said.
"Hey." Gordie responded.
"Hi." Katie said.
"I have a great idea!" Teddy said all of a sudden.
"What is it?" I asked.
"You'll see. Come on!" Teddy said and we all started running trying to keep up with Teddy.
TBC…A/N: Yippy! Another chapter up! This is really cool! I have so many cool reviewers reading my story! This is awesome!! I'll get to the review responses in a minute, but Thank you so much for everyone who's reviewed the story. I've decided to make this story a tribute for River Phoenix, a great actor who's life was ended entirely too short. Thanks again.
Viciouskittie: Thank you so much! I'm really glad you like the story. And here's your update. Oh, keep up the good work on your story. It's really cool.
Can't think of a name: Chris must have a reason for it. I mean look on the bright side, they're bigger fish in the pond…lol If you have any ideas for pranks let me know. I'm not that great with coming up with pranks.
Blackdres: Thank you. I really like the Outsiders and Stand By me also. Thanx for reviewing.
Lifegoeson-unfortunately: I like Johnny and Eyeball too, but I like Dallas and Chris the best…lol Troublemaker and peacemaker. Nice combo. Don you think? The song thing, I just do that sometimes and since Audrey is based off of me, I just have her do some things that I'd normally do. Shhh! Don't spoil my secret about Eyeball…lol Thanks for reviewing.
Rebelgirl23: What do you mean that wasnt cool? It was funny. Ok, and the story you kinda lost, what was it about? Put it on the computer and you might not loose it. Yep, I know it's great…lol …j/k So anywho, here's your chap! You should really do something with Ace and the guys. Ace isn't really a hard character to write, you just have to make him really tough like Dal. Well, see ya cuz.
Ahelpless-pyro911: Thanks for reviewing. I'm sorry I'm trying to update but I have stuff to do with CAP, like 2 weeks ago I was studying for my Airman Test and this past Saturday we were flying in the gliders and planes all day. I got there at 9:15am and didn't get home until almost 7:00pm. But anyway thanks for reading and reviewing. I'm glad you liked it.
Steve's-girl-13: Hey thanks for the review! Stand By Me and The Outsiders both are really cool. Glad you liked the story.
Time is a waste of life: Hey, thanks for the review. What do you mean your opinion doesn't count? Of course it does!! I agree that Chris and Eyeball should be more involved and I'm also trying to find a good time to bring The Outsiders in.