Chapter 2:
"Don't you know who that was?" Chris started. "That was Tom Banks. He's a rich bitch from up on the View."
"Hey, he's my friend!" Lucy defended with cold eyes.
"That douche? Please Luc, I thought you were smarter than that." Chris said harshly.
"Cool it Chris, what the hell is up your ass?" Teddy exclaimed.
"Shut up Teddy." Gordie said, and their eyes met. Gordie knew that if Chris was angry, Teddy wasn't helping.
"Just because Tom is rich I can't date him?" Lucy questioned, her steamy temper rising.
"Damnit Luc! What the hell are you thinking? Why on earth would someone like Tom Banks want to hang around one of us?" Chris' cheeks flushed with anger.
"He doesn't want to hang around one of us, he wants to hang around me! What the hell is wrong with me, Chris?" Lucy yelled as the five walked speedily out of the small woods at the end of town.
"Lucy, we're worthless hoods! Tom is a rich asshole and the only reason a rich asshole would want to hang around with a hood like you is because he thinks you'll be the next High School harlot!" Silence fell between Chris' friends. Not one of them dared to speak. Except for Lucy, that is.
"High School harlot? I'm hardly on my way to becoming the next harlot, Chris. Maybe he likes me. Maybe he thinks I'm pretty and fun and worth something. And maybe you're just too full of pride to see it!" Lucy shouted.
"Full of pride? What could I possibly be proud of?"
"You take pride in being known as nothing! You accept your own identity! No one sees us as nothing Chris, just you!" Lucy screamed with a stomp of her foot and charged ahead of everyone, walking angrily with speed.
An eerie silence fell upon Chris. His angered heart and racing thoughts kept his mouth from talking. For once, Teddy and Vern had nothing to say. They all awaited Gordie's queue to speak.
"Can you believe her? Argh! She's such a stubborn bastard! She thinks just because someone's nice to her, that they don't have other intentions!" Chris rambled with intense rage.
"Well Chris, maybe Tom isn't like his sister. Maybe he's a nice guy." Gordie said calmly. He knew that Chris could be somewhat unreasonable when it came to Lucy. But she was his family. The only person who ever cared for him and he didn't want to lose her to some boyfriend.
"What are you, taking her side? You know what his sister did to me last year!" Chris said strenuously.
"Maybe he's not like his sister. I mean, you and Eyeball aren't exactly twins." Gordie spoke easily. He was cautious with every word. Sure Chris was always the sensible one, but when it came to Lucy, he was hot- tempered and rash.
"I guess you're right." Chris sighed, the continued. "But that doesn't change the fact that he could hurt her." With his head hung low, Chris dragged his feet along the pavement.
"Everything can hurt her man." Teddy paused. "Look, she could trip on a pebble and stumble in front of a racing truck, and BAM." Teddy said with a hand on Chris' shoulder.
"That's real comforting." Gordie said with a glare in Teddy's direction.
"Yes, thank you for that." Chris boomed sarcastically.
"Any time man." Teddy replied arrogantly. The sun beamed into Teddy's lenses and a glare on his glasses made it hard to see his eyes.
"So anyway, are you going to stop getting on Lucy's case?" Vern questioned.
"Sure." Chris smiled. "When Eyeball pays for child support." He said with a roll of his eyes. "Gordo, go over there and see how much she hates me this time, will ya?"
"Oh don't you worry, I'll tell you all the mean things she says about you." Gordie smiled.
"Oh thanks, you know that really helps." Chris said with a huff.
Gordie jogged ahead to catch up with Lucy's speedy walk. Her arms were folded across her chest and her nose was scrunched with anger. Her blue eyes glistened with the sun's rays on the hot summer afternoon.
"Hey," Gordie called, catching his breath.
"Chris is such an asshole!" Lucy barked instantly.
"Great language, that's real nice."
"Screw you." Lucy replied hatefully. She wasn't in any mood for Gordie's teasing.
"Aren't we feeling lovely?" Gordie continued with a grin.
"Shut up Lachance. I know Chris sent you over here to talk to me." A shadowy wave washed over them as they walked under some oak trees.
"N-Not exactly." Gordie said meekly. His big doe eyes glimmering with the peeking sun.
"Mm hm." Lucy rolled her eyes. "He's always in my life Gordie. Like every time I get a breath of fresh air, he has to come and sterilize it, and then it's not fresh air anymore!"
"You're angry so I'll let that horrible analogy slide." Gordie replied, picking a leaf from the blossomed trees. He tore it up in his hands.
"He acts like my father!" Lucy wailed.
"No, he doesn't." Gordie said shortly. "You're father is an asshole. Chris is not an asshole."
"Hey. My father's all right." She defended as Gordie rolled his eyes restlessly. "Oh like yours is any better?"
"Screw you." Gordie, said protectively. Sure his dad wasn't perfect and couldn't give two shits about his son. Never the less, he meant something to Gordie. Not that he knew exactly what his dad meant to him, but he knew it was something.
"Sorry." Lucy's voice was small, barely louder than a whisper. "Chris is way out of line." Lucy quickly changed the subject.
"He's just protective."
"More like smothering. He doesn't even know Tom." Lucy said, dropping her hands to her sides.
"Yeah but he knows his sister."
"What has that got to do with anything?"
"Well it contributes to his View status."
"Huh?" Lucy questioned with a raised brow.
"You see, last year, Chris sort of kept to himself when it came to girls. But Tom's sister Melissa changed everything. She was paired with Chris on a science project. As you know, the Banks are usually very popular people. And as you also may know, you Chambers are. well."
"Not. I hear ya." Lucy said solemnly with her head hung low.
"Anyway, everything seemed to be going okay. They were getting along, and Chris started to like her, like really like her. You know how he is with that stuff."
"Yeah." Lucy agreed with a smile. She had always described Chris as a hopeless romantic. A boy who was in love, with love, but had no outlet. "Go on."
"Anyway, so he liked her, and took a chance and asked her to do something. Like a date, I guess. She said yes, and it seemed everything was going well. Anyway, to make a long story short. She used him, to get to Eyeball, to get to Ace. Then when everything failed with Ace, Eyeball rejected her as well, and she went back to Chris."
"Ouch." Lucy said, her blue eyes sparkled with worry.
"That's not all of it. Well, you know how gullible and forgiving Chris is. He let her have another chance, and she used him to get to me. Turns out her grades in English were slipping and we happened to have the same teacher. She thought I'd help her out. "
"But you didn't, right?" Lucy asked childishly. Her nieve eyes seemed more curious with the question.
"Yes I did, I let her cheat off a couple of my tests and wrote some papers for her. Of course I didn't help her you nitwit. She totally screwed Chris over and up, there was no way I was helping her. She messed with his feelings. And Chris doesn't want that to happen to you. Like sister, like brother I guess." Gordie shrugged.
"What a bitch!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Ya think? You see why he was being a dick? He's just looking out for you kiddo." Gordie smiled, and ruffled Lucy's hair. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Why are you wearing Chris' clothes?" Gordie asked with a puzzled face as Lucy started to laugh.
"I knew we were coming to the lake, and I sure as hell wasn't going to wear a dress. So I threw this on. Besides, his clothes are really comfortable; I wear them all the time, same with Eyeball. But Chris just thinks I'm weird for doing so, however Eyeball throws a fit." Lucy shrugged. "So if you ever see Chris in any of Eyeball's stuff. It's because I've worn everything he owns." Lucy smiled, as her blue eyes gleamed. Her wheat colored hair, tossed into a messy ponytail, stuck out all over.
"Ah okay." Gordie replied, his eyes squinting from the new sunlight. Lucy stood under leafy shade, while Gordie's eyes were exposed to the sun. He tried blocking the sunlight with a shadowy hand. "You're very weird, you know that?" He said suddenly.
"Yeah, but so is everybody else." Lucy defended with a wistful voice. Gordie fell silent for a moment. For once, Lucy wasn't so childish.
"That's what Chris says." Gordie said hesitantly.
"What? You thought only we were weird? This just in Lachance, everybody's weird. Some are just better at hiding it." Lucy smiled, as the two waited for the group to catch up.
Chris came over shyly and stood next to Gordie. The sun blinded his vision as well. He slung an arm over Lucy's shoulder, his eyes squinting from the beckoning sunlight.
"Still mad?" Chris asked, sticking out his lower lip with a pout.
"Yes. Still controlling?"
"Why of course my dear sister." Chris said with a smile as the group of five walked the hot summer sidewalks of Castle Rock.
A/N: Hope you guys are liking the story so far. More to come soon! Leave a review- thanks bunches!!!! -Sophia
"Don't you know who that was?" Chris started. "That was Tom Banks. He's a rich bitch from up on the View."
"Hey, he's my friend!" Lucy defended with cold eyes.
"That douche? Please Luc, I thought you were smarter than that." Chris said harshly.
"Cool it Chris, what the hell is up your ass?" Teddy exclaimed.
"Shut up Teddy." Gordie said, and their eyes met. Gordie knew that if Chris was angry, Teddy wasn't helping.
"Just because Tom is rich I can't date him?" Lucy questioned, her steamy temper rising.
"Damnit Luc! What the hell are you thinking? Why on earth would someone like Tom Banks want to hang around one of us?" Chris' cheeks flushed with anger.
"He doesn't want to hang around one of us, he wants to hang around me! What the hell is wrong with me, Chris?" Lucy yelled as the five walked speedily out of the small woods at the end of town.
"Lucy, we're worthless hoods! Tom is a rich asshole and the only reason a rich asshole would want to hang around with a hood like you is because he thinks you'll be the next High School harlot!" Silence fell between Chris' friends. Not one of them dared to speak. Except for Lucy, that is.
"High School harlot? I'm hardly on my way to becoming the next harlot, Chris. Maybe he likes me. Maybe he thinks I'm pretty and fun and worth something. And maybe you're just too full of pride to see it!" Lucy shouted.
"Full of pride? What could I possibly be proud of?"
"You take pride in being known as nothing! You accept your own identity! No one sees us as nothing Chris, just you!" Lucy screamed with a stomp of her foot and charged ahead of everyone, walking angrily with speed.
An eerie silence fell upon Chris. His angered heart and racing thoughts kept his mouth from talking. For once, Teddy and Vern had nothing to say. They all awaited Gordie's queue to speak.
"Can you believe her? Argh! She's such a stubborn bastard! She thinks just because someone's nice to her, that they don't have other intentions!" Chris rambled with intense rage.
"Well Chris, maybe Tom isn't like his sister. Maybe he's a nice guy." Gordie said calmly. He knew that Chris could be somewhat unreasonable when it came to Lucy. But she was his family. The only person who ever cared for him and he didn't want to lose her to some boyfriend.
"What are you, taking her side? You know what his sister did to me last year!" Chris said strenuously.
"Maybe he's not like his sister. I mean, you and Eyeball aren't exactly twins." Gordie spoke easily. He was cautious with every word. Sure Chris was always the sensible one, but when it came to Lucy, he was hot- tempered and rash.
"I guess you're right." Chris sighed, the continued. "But that doesn't change the fact that he could hurt her." With his head hung low, Chris dragged his feet along the pavement.
"Everything can hurt her man." Teddy paused. "Look, she could trip on a pebble and stumble in front of a racing truck, and BAM." Teddy said with a hand on Chris' shoulder.
"That's real comforting." Gordie said with a glare in Teddy's direction.
"Yes, thank you for that." Chris boomed sarcastically.
"Any time man." Teddy replied arrogantly. The sun beamed into Teddy's lenses and a glare on his glasses made it hard to see his eyes.
"So anyway, are you going to stop getting on Lucy's case?" Vern questioned.
"Sure." Chris smiled. "When Eyeball pays for child support." He said with a roll of his eyes. "Gordo, go over there and see how much she hates me this time, will ya?"
"Oh don't you worry, I'll tell you all the mean things she says about you." Gordie smiled.
"Oh thanks, you know that really helps." Chris said with a huff.
Gordie jogged ahead to catch up with Lucy's speedy walk. Her arms were folded across her chest and her nose was scrunched with anger. Her blue eyes glistened with the sun's rays on the hot summer afternoon.
"Hey," Gordie called, catching his breath.
"Chris is such an asshole!" Lucy barked instantly.
"Great language, that's real nice."
"Screw you." Lucy replied hatefully. She wasn't in any mood for Gordie's teasing.
"Aren't we feeling lovely?" Gordie continued with a grin.
"Shut up Lachance. I know Chris sent you over here to talk to me." A shadowy wave washed over them as they walked under some oak trees.
"N-Not exactly." Gordie said meekly. His big doe eyes glimmering with the peeking sun.
"Mm hm." Lucy rolled her eyes. "He's always in my life Gordie. Like every time I get a breath of fresh air, he has to come and sterilize it, and then it's not fresh air anymore!"
"You're angry so I'll let that horrible analogy slide." Gordie replied, picking a leaf from the blossomed trees. He tore it up in his hands.
"He acts like my father!" Lucy wailed.
"No, he doesn't." Gordie said shortly. "You're father is an asshole. Chris is not an asshole."
"Hey. My father's all right." She defended as Gordie rolled his eyes restlessly. "Oh like yours is any better?"
"Screw you." Gordie, said protectively. Sure his dad wasn't perfect and couldn't give two shits about his son. Never the less, he meant something to Gordie. Not that he knew exactly what his dad meant to him, but he knew it was something.
"Sorry." Lucy's voice was small, barely louder than a whisper. "Chris is way out of line." Lucy quickly changed the subject.
"He's just protective."
"More like smothering. He doesn't even know Tom." Lucy said, dropping her hands to her sides.
"Yeah but he knows his sister."
"What has that got to do with anything?"
"Well it contributes to his View status."
"Huh?" Lucy questioned with a raised brow.
"You see, last year, Chris sort of kept to himself when it came to girls. But Tom's sister Melissa changed everything. She was paired with Chris on a science project. As you know, the Banks are usually very popular people. And as you also may know, you Chambers are. well."
"Not. I hear ya." Lucy said solemnly with her head hung low.
"Anyway, everything seemed to be going okay. They were getting along, and Chris started to like her, like really like her. You know how he is with that stuff."
"Yeah." Lucy agreed with a smile. She had always described Chris as a hopeless romantic. A boy who was in love, with love, but had no outlet. "Go on."
"Anyway, so he liked her, and took a chance and asked her to do something. Like a date, I guess. She said yes, and it seemed everything was going well. Anyway, to make a long story short. She used him, to get to Eyeball, to get to Ace. Then when everything failed with Ace, Eyeball rejected her as well, and she went back to Chris."
"Ouch." Lucy said, her blue eyes sparkled with worry.
"That's not all of it. Well, you know how gullible and forgiving Chris is. He let her have another chance, and she used him to get to me. Turns out her grades in English were slipping and we happened to have the same teacher. She thought I'd help her out. "
"But you didn't, right?" Lucy asked childishly. Her nieve eyes seemed more curious with the question.
"Yes I did, I let her cheat off a couple of my tests and wrote some papers for her. Of course I didn't help her you nitwit. She totally screwed Chris over and up, there was no way I was helping her. She messed with his feelings. And Chris doesn't want that to happen to you. Like sister, like brother I guess." Gordie shrugged.
"What a bitch!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Ya think? You see why he was being a dick? He's just looking out for you kiddo." Gordie smiled, and ruffled Lucy's hair. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Why are you wearing Chris' clothes?" Gordie asked with a puzzled face as Lucy started to laugh.
"I knew we were coming to the lake, and I sure as hell wasn't going to wear a dress. So I threw this on. Besides, his clothes are really comfortable; I wear them all the time, same with Eyeball. But Chris just thinks I'm weird for doing so, however Eyeball throws a fit." Lucy shrugged. "So if you ever see Chris in any of Eyeball's stuff. It's because I've worn everything he owns." Lucy smiled, as her blue eyes gleamed. Her wheat colored hair, tossed into a messy ponytail, stuck out all over.
"Ah okay." Gordie replied, his eyes squinting from the new sunlight. Lucy stood under leafy shade, while Gordie's eyes were exposed to the sun. He tried blocking the sunlight with a shadowy hand. "You're very weird, you know that?" He said suddenly.
"Yeah, but so is everybody else." Lucy defended with a wistful voice. Gordie fell silent for a moment. For once, Lucy wasn't so childish.
"That's what Chris says." Gordie said hesitantly.
"What? You thought only we were weird? This just in Lachance, everybody's weird. Some are just better at hiding it." Lucy smiled, as the two waited for the group to catch up.
Chris came over shyly and stood next to Gordie. The sun blinded his vision as well. He slung an arm over Lucy's shoulder, his eyes squinting from the beckoning sunlight.
"Still mad?" Chris asked, sticking out his lower lip with a pout.
"Yes. Still controlling?"
"Why of course my dear sister." Chris said with a smile as the group of five walked the hot summer sidewalks of Castle Rock.
A/N: Hope you guys are liking the story so far. More to come soon! Leave a review- thanks bunches!!!! -Sophia