Chapter seven

Rain

Gordie stirred in his sleep. The sun streamed in from the opposite window making him face the other side, were Sahara should've been sleeping. Feeling around for another warm body other then Vern's, to his surprise he found none. Sighing he opened his left eye a crack, then as he found Sahara not there at all he opened both his eyes, sitting up with such force it ripped the sheets of Teddy.

"Gordie, stop hogging the sheets man or I'll freaking deck you" Teddy mumbled, rolling onto his stomach and pulling the sheet back over his shoulders.

"Sorry", Gordie slipped out of bed still fully clothed he walked out into the hall.

"Sack?" he called "Sack, where are you?" Gordie felt a pang of nerves; he was still worried about her after the fiasco last night. Walking around the house for a bit longer he decided that she was defiantly not there, and that he should go looking for her.

"Vern, Teddy get up Sacks not here, we're going to go find her!" he hollered from the bottom of the stairs.

"What do ya mean Sacks not here, where else could she be at 7:00 in the morning!" Teddy hollered back.

"After last night she could be any where"

"Oh, c'mon Lachance she's not a baby, she's sixteen year old girl"

"She's our sixteen year old girl and we have to make sure she's ok"

"Women are such high maintenance!" "Vern get up!" a body hit the ground presumably Vern's "that hurt, sincerely!"

Vern and Teddy stepped out onto the landing, both as bedraggled as the other, "She better be lying in a gutter some where, for this" cried teddy as he slid down the stair case, landing neatly at Gordie's feet.

"So what's happening?" Vern grumbled, palming his spiky brown hair and lumbering down the stairs.

"We're finding Sacky"

"Right, great, terrific it's raining!"

Gordie looked out the window sure enough the heavens hadopened up, sending down a torrent of bleak freezing rain that blew with such a gale, they could barely make it out of the drive way. In minutes Gordie who was in the lead was drowning from the rain collecting on his head, Teddy who didn't seem to mind very much was frolicking closely behind, whooping every now and again with sheer joy. Vern walked a safe distance behind, his tall frame hunched and his head bowed.

"Tell me again why we're doing this!" Vern roared over the rain.

"We're being heroes, like the man were at the beaches of Normandy, or the prince Charmings in the fairy stories, off to safe a damsel in distress!" Teddy screamed back leaping into a large puddle that saturated his ankles with water.

"I don't want to be a hero, I wanna be warm!"

"Oh Vern, c'mon where's your sense of adventure!" laughed Gordie, looking back only to see a sheet of grey.

"I never have had a sense of Adventure, ever!" Vern's voice came somewhere off in the distance.

Teddy jogged up beside Gordie, "oi Gordie, where are we going any way?"

"To Chris's house"

Chris rummaged through his draws finding only a pair of jeans and a top that had been discarded underneath his bed. Pulling on the rather dusty top, he happened to stray a glance out the window, he too found only a sheet of grey obscuring his view of the road.

"Great" he muttered pulling on his jeans.

Sahara sat down in the hall, using the wall as a leaning post. She closed her eyes for a moment relishing the feeling of Chris's hands that only moments before were caressing her skin. But what was it that she was feeling and when had this feeling occurred inside of her. Looking back it defiantly wasn't before last night then again maybe it had been stirring in her for a long time only waiting for a chance to get free. All she knew was that every time she envisioned Chris's handsome face in her mind her heart heaved with joy and she would feel light headed. A door opened at the end of the corridor, out stepped Eyeball his face set in a frown.

"Still here thought you'd only be wanting a quickie from him, this boy doesn't have a lot of stamina!" Eyeball smirked.

"You're sick."

"Not as sick as you are, lusting over that" he replied.

"He's my bestfriend"

"Oh yeh you keep telling yourself that girlie and maybe you'll believe it!" he stepped in closer, so close she could smell him, smell the rotten smell of damp smoke on his clothes.

"You don't know anything, EyeBall, so go screw Sandy s'more!"

"Na, I dumped her after last night things got to, complicated" closer he came; he stretched his right hand out onto the wall, just beside Sahara's face. Looking over she'd be lying if she said she was a little bit intimidated.

"Complicated huh, what you realized she was a fucking slut, a fallen woman what ever you call those girls nowadays!"

"Na it wasn't that" he brought his left foot closer.

"Then what was it?" Sahara spat back.

"I wanted some one else"

"Who, who could Eyeball the Great possible want that he couldn't get!"

"I want you" he whispered ruefully, planting both his feet so close their knees knocked together and he stretched out his right arm so now Sahara was completely imprisoned by his body.

"Eyeball you better walk away!"

"Why would I, why should I ?"

"Because you know and I know nothing will ever happen between us, ever!" she cautioned trying to wriggle her body down towards the ground, it didn't work Eyeball brought his knee up just beneath her crotch so she wasn't sliding any where.

He leaned his face in further, his stale breath polluting her nose and mouth "I mean it Eyeball don't!" "Chris, CHRIS!" she screamed beating at Eyeballs chest furiously.

"Get the fuck off her Eyeball, or I'll kill you, you know I will!" Chris roared, grabbing the nap of Eyeball's head and spinning him around.

Eyeball only grinned "you kill me; I'd like to see you try!"

"Fine!" Chris aimed the punch perfectly in the lower regions of Eyeballs abdomen, causing him to double over and splutter as he slumped to the ground face as red as a plum in spring.

"C'mon Sack!" Chris cried, grabbing her shaking hand. He half dragged her half carried her out of the house, fearing the footsteps that would soon be inevitable.

The rain hit them full force and for a moment Chris lost all his bearings. The breath was knocked out of him and he struggled to keep Sahara close by him.

"Chris, Chris, we gotta get out of this!" Sahara shrieked, trying to make out the faint line that was Chris.

"I know, the water's gathering pretty fast Sack we have to move fast!" grabbing her waist he pulled her out onto what looked like the road, hoping with all hope that no one had the sense to drive through this.

Sahara was drenched, her small t-shirt clung to her breasts and her flannel shorts stuck like glue to her purple thighs. Chris looked at her woefully, he wished he could give her something to cover her up with but all he had was what he was wearing and that was hardly sufficient. The first major gust of wind hit them, for a second Chris didn't even no what was happening then he felt Sahara's body on top of him and his neck cradled by the pavement.

"Jesus!" cried Sahara "This is really bad!"

"Yeh, c'mon, we're going to your house it's closest!"

Once again Sahara was heaved up and supported by Chris as they jogged down the road, rain tearing at their flesh and wind ripping at their eyes.

Gordie was now completely lost, and as the first crack of lightening came and went, so to did his hope of ever finding Chris's house.

"Hey just thinking about it y'know Gordie, we're in very real fucking trouble!" Vern screamed.

"I know, I know all we can do is stay close and pray for a miracle that Chris's house is near by!" "Where's Teddy, for god sake!"

"Here, keep your socks on man!"

"Jesus" a faint curse threaded it's way through the wind and slithered into Gordie's ear.

"You hear that?" Vern howled.

"Yeh, I did." "Chris?" "Sacky?"

Vern joined in "Chris, man you out here, Sack?"

"Hey, hey, why are we screaming their names?" Teddy asked, crossing his arms firmly around his chest as if to protect his heart from the biting wind.

"Gordie is that you?" a faint voice called back.

"Yeh Chris, we're not far away stay there, ok!"

"Ok!"

Chris breathed with relief, gulping in more water then air he and Sahara stood close together, his large body sheltering her from the rain.

Gordie, Vern and Teddy were now sprinting down the road, hope of shelter and warmth giving them new life.

"God dammit I'd never thought I 'd say this but I can't wait to get to Chris's house!" Vern laughed, his long legs carrying him to the lead of the trio.

"Yeh" Gordie grinned, although none could see through the rain.

Chris made out something black and large coming directly towards them, smiling he called "Vern, Vern over here!"

"Oh Chris man I'm so glad to see you!" Vern hunched over trying to catch is breath. "C'mon man is your house far?"

"We can't go to Chris's house" Sahara exclaimed.

"Why the heek not!" Gordie cried, just catching up to Vern.

"Because me and Eyeball had a fight!"

"Oh great!" Vern cried throwing up his arms with frustration, "Just fan-frickin-tastic!"

"He was trying to attack Sacky!" Chris yelled.

Gordie frowned, "he did what, I'll kill him!" Gordie ran passed them only to be caught by Chris, "no man, c'mon we're going back to Sacks!"

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