1I opened my eyes and groaned. There was a perfect blue sky above me, with fluffy clouds and not a hint of ugliness anywhere. I tried to sit up. I couldn't move. I've died, I thought frantically. I've died and this is heaven! Ohcraaapppp. Wait, this doesn't make sense. How didIdie?I forced myself into a sitting position and looked around. I was at the edge of some sort of town. There was a chain bridge in front of me and a sign.

I struggled to my feet and walked over to the sign. It was a big one, one of those signs you see when you enter a town.I read whattown this was andnearly passed out again. That couldn't be right, that town was fictional, or at least I thought it was. What the hell am I doing here? I touched the sign to make sure it was real, and yes, sure enough, I touched the rough wood. I traced the letters with my fingers. They were painted in black and indented into the wood. C-A-S-T-L-E R-O-C-K. But it wasn't possible.

I walked across the bridge into the town. It was all so...perfect. There were white house on either side of the road and flowers blooming everywhere. Then I saw a convenience store and walked over to the glass. I stood and started at myself. There I was, Jayna Drake, wearing a fitted dark blue flared jeans. My red shirt was one that was totally in at the moment, you know, those long ones that fit very well.Kind of like a wife-beater shirt.My dark brown hair fell over my shoulders and I gasped. It was perfectly straight. I always straighten my hair as it's naturally wavy but not now. It just went straight.

Then I realized that the people in the store were watching me. Not staring at me, but looking at me with what seemed like disgust. Notorious for being an asshole, I just smiled and flipped them off. That really got the shock to appear on their faces. My smile broadened. I was about to book it out of there when a couple of boys inside started laughing at what I did. I squinted to see who there were but then the manager of the store came out and started cussing me off, so I ran away laughing.

I was a while before I realized that I was walking down a dirt path. I looked up at the nearest house and it looked very familiar. There was a big white house, with a porch that stretched all along the first floor. The porch was held up by wooden mesh. The front lawn was quite green, save for some yellow patches here and there. The driveway was paved and there was an old car sitting there. Well, old by my standards. Considering what I'd seen today, it must have been pretty new, that car. Shit, we really weren't in Kansas any more, Toto.

I figured, fuck it, if it's really the house I think it is, then I'll go in and say hi to old Verno. So I started towards the front door. It was really strange, walking up to Vern Tessio's house like this. I wondered if I really was in the movie and if I was, I must look really strange right now. A girl wearing, what would look like, a boy's clothing at the time, with dark long black hair and a light brown complexion.

I got to the front step and glanced around, wondering if maybe Vern was home. What do I say when I knock on the door? What if Vern answers? What the hell do I do then? I suddenly found myself face to face with the front door. I stared at the peeling white paint and kept thinking about what I should say. I raised my hand and was about to knock when the door swung open and there stood two boys, about the ages of 17 or 18. They stopped dead when they saw me, my hand still raised to knock on a door that was no longer there. Welooked at each other for what seemed like an eternity. They both wore pegged jeans and that were pulled down over black motorcycle boots shoes. The one with black hair wore a white shirt and the blonde one, who seemed scrawnier, had on a sleeveless grey. He had a very worried expression on his face, like he wanted more than anything to be elsewhere.

"Hi," I said, in a very high pitched voice. I cleared my throat and said in my normal voice, "Hi, my name's Jayna. I'm a friend of Vern's. Is he in?"

The boys just stared at me. They were quite tall too. I was an average 5'6 for a 16 year old but they stood at least 4 inches taller than me. I smiled up at them. Then the black haired one smiled back.

"Hey, uh, Jayna did you say? I'm Billy, Vern's brother and that's my friend Charlie Hogan. You probably seen us around town," He said with a backwards glance at Charlie.

Holy shit, it was real! Without even thinking, I reached out and touched Billy Tessio's face, just to see if it was real. Yep, it was. He gave me a strange look but smiled and took my hand in his. "Easy, baby," he said. Charlie laughed. I yanked my hand away. These guys were cobras! They were the enemy of the four boys this movie was about.

"Ugh, gross. Don't touch me, you filthy douche bag," I said and took a step backwards. They looked at each other and laughed. They stepped through the door, forcing me to step back even further. I tried to make it look casual and kept walking towards the railing of the porch and jumped up to sit on it. They both leaned against the wall of the house, facing me.

Charlie stared at me. "What?" I asked.

"I ain't never saw a girl wear pants or a shirt like that," he said, sizing me up.

"Yeah, well it's all the rage where I come from," turning my attention back to Billy. "So is Vern here or not, we have to do a...project...for school together." Both boys laughed again.

"It's summer. Why would yous be doin a project during summer?" Billy asked. Shit, he was right. I should have remember that too. I've watched this movie so many times, I know the words by heart. I laughed nervously.

"Heh heh, you guys are clever. Ok, I need to talk to him about something. It's personal. So, if you don't mind..." I made a hand gesture to signify calling Vern. The boys chuckled.

"What happend, he knock you up or somethin?" Billy asked, lighting up a cigarette. He offered me one and I took it. He lit it for me.

"Yeah, stupid, that's exactly what he did. Look, I'm going to just guess that he's not here. When you next see him, tell him a girl name Jayna is looking for him. You got that, or do you want me to draw you a picture?" I said, as I slid off the rail and started to walk down the steps.

"Hey, where you goin?" asked Chalie. "Away," I grunted and kept walking. I had reached the end of the drive way when I heard footsteps hurry up from behind me. Charlie walked on one side and Billy was on the other side of me. I stopped and looked at them both. I flicked my cigarette away.

"Ok, what do you want?" Now I was getting kind of annoyed. I hate when guys are too forward.

"Well, we was goin to go hang out with our friend and wondered if you wanna go with us," said Blondie. I stared at him for a second then laughed.That meant Ace Merrill and Eyeball Chambers would be there.They looked confused so I tried to stop.

"No, no, that's ok, I have things to do. You wouldn't understand. Girl things. You know," I said, trying to make them uncomfortable. Girls talking about their periods and such always makes a guy want to leave."Plus, I have some friends here I'm looking for. So, thanks but no thanks." I stepped past them. I needed to find the tree house where the boys were in the movie.

"Well, ok, but if you change your mind, we're goin to the Mellow Tiger," called Billy. I waved my hand without turning around and started walking down the dirt path back to the town. The boys must have taken another route because I didn't hear them following me.

Then it hit me. If I was in the movie, then this was the part when Vern was under the porch. Charlie Hogan and Billy Tessio come out of the house and start talking about Ray Brower. Shit! He's at the house! He's under the porch. He heard me the whole time. I turned and ran back to the Tessio house. Ihurried over to the porch and started hissing out "Vern! Vern!" But no answer came.

Finally, I found an opening and crawled under the porch.