A/N: Hey- back with another chapter!!! I hope you guys like this story so
far. I know it's a little slow, but I'm just starting it. Here's another
chapter- stay in school, boy cot MTV, and act like a supermodel! :)
Chapter 3:
A clear night sky was cast above the small town. The summer nights of Castle Rock were always a sea of stars. No wind blew, no cricket chirped, all was still in the quiet neighborhood.
"What are we doing tomorrow?" Lucy asked, dropping herself onto Chris' bed with one of his numerous baseballs in hand. She scooped up his worn out mitt and began tossing the baseball in the air and catching it repeatedly.
"We?" Chris questioned with an arch eyebrow as he picked up clothes from his floor and threw them in a pile in his closet.
"You don't want to spend the summer with me?" Lucy said with an offended pout. She tossed the tattered ball up and down, without missing a catch.
"Oh yeah, because I really want to hang around my baby sister all summer. No thanks." Chris said with a strained sigh as he bent to pick up more clothes. "Did you do this?" Chris cried exhaustedly.
"I was looking for something to wear." Lucy said with her bottom lip out. She always gave Chris her best pout whenever she did something that bothered him. And it never failed.
"Why can't you just wear your own clothes like normal people?" Chris exclaimed, over frustrated. He was tired of cleaning and re-cleaning his room every time Lucy went looking for something.
"Well how would you like to wear a dress all the time?" Lucy spat.
"Luckily, I don't have to." Chris said at the foot of his bed. "Now get off my bed, you're messing it up." Chris said sternly, then gave a smile. Lucy stuck her tongue out in reply, just as the front door slammed.
"Dad!" Lucy gasped with sorrowful eyes. Her expression of panic and alarm overwhelmed Chris' own fear. They ran to Chris' bedroom door, as Chris opened the door a crack to peek out. Lucy shoved her way, on the floor to peek through the bottom.
They poked their heads out a peered around the empty house. "It's only Eyeball." Chris said with a sigh of relief. They saw Eyeball by the phone, grabbing his keys and a pack of cigarettes in hand. Another car door slammed. He raised an eyebrow and peeked out the front window, Chris and Lucy watching his every move.
"Shit." Eyeball said, a tossed his keys in the back door. He was about to make a break for the back door, when he saw Lucy and Chris staring from the doorway. He walked over quickly, as Chris came out, shutting the door in Lucy's face as she stood up. He held the knob in his hand as she tried to break free.
"Dad took a cab home, he's stumbling outside. I suggest you two hightail it out of here before he comes in." Eyeball whispered in a hurry. "I'm going to Ace's. My car is parked down the block so Dad wouldn't hear me leave." Eyeball explained, his low voice kissed with panic.
"Can you drive us to Gordie's?" Chris whispered back, his pleading eyes shinning nervously.
"The Lachance house?" Eyeball asked, thinking quickly as he bit on his thumbnail. Chris nodded in reply as Lucy fumbled with the doorknob. "If you can get out of here and down the block before I leave, then I don't know what to tell ya.." Eyeball said. Their attention fell to the front door when they heard the doorknob rumble.
Eyeball ran to the back door as Chris opened the door to his bedroom. He covered Lucy's mouth with his hand quickly. The back door and Chris' door slammed shut, just as the front door opened.
"We gotta make it to Eyeball's car before Dad sees us." Chris said, removing his hand from her mouth.
"Rich!" Their father called drunkenly. He hiccuped and grunted outside Chris' room.
"Did you have to have the room with no window?" Lucy said frantically.
"Listen, when I tell you to, make a run for Eyeball's room, and go out his side window. You'd better run like hell to Eyeball's car before he leaves you."
"Where the f-fuck is that kid." Their father yelled to himself.
"What about you?" Lucy asked childishly, her blue eyes, gleaming with sorrow.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." Chris said and gave her a kiss on her forehead. He peeked through a crack in his door.
"Rich!!! Where the fuck are these a-assholes." The father hiccuped. "Chris!!! Lucille!!! Get your asses o-out here!!!" He shouted with drunken fury. Chris shut his door.
"Hide!" He demanded, as heavy footsteps darted towards the bedrooms. He seemed to search Lucy and Eyeball's room first. Chris and Lucy hid under the bed, trying to keep their heavy breathing and pounding hearts silent. The door swung open with a hiccup.
"Where t-the fuck is e-everyone!" Their father yelled. He shut the door in disappointment, and went back into the living room.
"Run to Eyeball's room!" Chris whispered. Lucy nodded and within a flash she was climbing out of Eyeball's window.
Lucy ran outside, her heart pounding against her ribcage. She panted and darted toward Eyeball's car, glancing behind her all the way.
"I was wondering if you got out or not!" Eyeball exclaimed, his eyes full of worry. Lucy knew Eyeball would always wait for them, longer than he said. "Where's Chris?" He asked as Lucy got into the car. Her heavy breathing and glances to the house told Eyeball everything.
"Why didn't you answer me!" Their father's voice gave an ear- shattering yell.
"Chris!" Lucy exclaimed as tears welled up in his eyes.
"Answer me you piece of shit!" The voice boomed again, followed by a loud clatter.
"Eyeball, go get him!" Lucy wailed.
"Luc, going back in there is suicide." Eyeball said. "Besides, you've got to get out of here." Eyeball said, starting the car.
"Eyeball! Wait for him!" Lucy ordered as tears streamed down her face.
"I can't. he fell behind Luc." Eyeball said with a frown.
"You asshole, wait for him!" She snapped. Eyeball sighed and looked back at the house. There was a lot of muffled yelling and loud crashes and noise. A moment later, the front door swung open, catching the attention of Eyeball and Lucy.
Their tall, husky father walked outside, dragging Chris by his shirt. He slammed him against the side of the house, and threw punches at his stomach.
"No!" Lucy screamed. Eyeball snatched his hand over her mouth and laid them both down on the seat. Their father scanned his surroundings as Eyeball closed his eyes tightly.
"Do you have a death wish?" He whispered sternly.
"You're just like your fucking mother!" The voice rang again, Eyeball and Lucy glanced at the house. Their father threw Chris down the stairs, causing him to fall on the pavement path. "Fucking wench." The father mumbled as he went inside.
As soon as the door was shut, Eyeball sped in reverse. He ran out of the car and helped Chris into the back seat. He sped away into the starry night, without so much as a word to his siblings.
"You're bleeding!" Lucy exclaimed. Chris' left eyes started to swell, and his nose and lip were covered with his blood.
The scene span around Chris' dizzy mind. Taking hits from a tall, burly man like his father, cause his mind to swell with throbbing pain.
"You alright?" Eyeball asked, looking in his rearview mirror with concern.
"No he's not alright you idiot!" Lucy cried.
"Don't you yell at me Luc." Eyeball scolded. Lucy frowned and went back to Chris.
"Don't worry Chris, Gordie's gunna help us." Lucy said hopefully as Eyeball pulled up in front of the Gordie's two story house.
"I'm going to go get Gordie to help me get Chris inside. Think you can stay out here for a minute." Lucy asked.
"Come on Luc, I wanna get out of here." Eyeball whined.
"Then leave your scared sister and beaten brother. It's not like I'll be labeled, the asshole. It's no skin off my nose." Lucy said sourly.
"Alright, alright, hurry it up though." Eyeball urged impatiently, as he lit a cigarette.
"You should quit smoking Eyeball. It's bad for your health." Lucy said, stepping out of the car.
"Beat it." He replied.
Lucy tiptoed to the side of the house. She climbed the tree next to the house, and hopped onto the second story roof. She peered through the open window to Gordie's room. No sign of Gordie meant an open invitation.
"Psst. Gordie." Lucy whispered in the dark. Gordie shot awake with alarm and squinted his eyes in the moonlight.
"Lucy?" He questioned the darkness with his eyes half open,
"Gordie, Dad beat up Chris real bad." Lucy said quickly. Gordie shot out of bed, and flicked on his lamp.
"Is he alright?" Gordie asked, his eyes adjusting to the light.
"He's okay.... Just beaten up a little. He's in the car with Eyeball." Lucy explained while Gordie rubbed his eyes.
"Go down and tell Eyeball to bring Chris up. I'll be down to unlock the door in a minute."
"Thanks Gordo."
"Any time." Gordie said with a yawn as Lucy left his room. He straightened up a little bit, figuring Chris would be spending the night.
He tiptoed down the stairs. He opened the door to find Eyeball, Chris, and Lucy looking tired weary in the dark scene. He noticed Chris' bloody face and swelling eye.
"Shit." Gordie whispered.
"Can we hurry it up here." Eyeball said. Chris' arm was slung over Eyeball's shoulders. Eyeball helped Chris up the stairs to Gordie's room, and laid Chris on Gordie's bed. He pulled Lucy aside to talk to her privately.
"You need a ride somewhere?" Eyeball asked in a whisper.
"Nah, I'm gunna stay with Chris a little while longer." Lucy replied, wiping her sweaty palms on her jeans.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. Go on, I'll see you tomorrow." She said, with sparkling blue eyes.
"Alright, take care of him." Eyeball said and gave Lucy a kiss on the forehead. With that he left the Lachance residence and sped off to Ace's home.
Chapter 3:
A clear night sky was cast above the small town. The summer nights of Castle Rock were always a sea of stars. No wind blew, no cricket chirped, all was still in the quiet neighborhood.
"What are we doing tomorrow?" Lucy asked, dropping herself onto Chris' bed with one of his numerous baseballs in hand. She scooped up his worn out mitt and began tossing the baseball in the air and catching it repeatedly.
"We?" Chris questioned with an arch eyebrow as he picked up clothes from his floor and threw them in a pile in his closet.
"You don't want to spend the summer with me?" Lucy said with an offended pout. She tossed the tattered ball up and down, without missing a catch.
"Oh yeah, because I really want to hang around my baby sister all summer. No thanks." Chris said with a strained sigh as he bent to pick up more clothes. "Did you do this?" Chris cried exhaustedly.
"I was looking for something to wear." Lucy said with her bottom lip out. She always gave Chris her best pout whenever she did something that bothered him. And it never failed.
"Why can't you just wear your own clothes like normal people?" Chris exclaimed, over frustrated. He was tired of cleaning and re-cleaning his room every time Lucy went looking for something.
"Well how would you like to wear a dress all the time?" Lucy spat.
"Luckily, I don't have to." Chris said at the foot of his bed. "Now get off my bed, you're messing it up." Chris said sternly, then gave a smile. Lucy stuck her tongue out in reply, just as the front door slammed.
"Dad!" Lucy gasped with sorrowful eyes. Her expression of panic and alarm overwhelmed Chris' own fear. They ran to Chris' bedroom door, as Chris opened the door a crack to peek out. Lucy shoved her way, on the floor to peek through the bottom.
They poked their heads out a peered around the empty house. "It's only Eyeball." Chris said with a sigh of relief. They saw Eyeball by the phone, grabbing his keys and a pack of cigarettes in hand. Another car door slammed. He raised an eyebrow and peeked out the front window, Chris and Lucy watching his every move.
"Shit." Eyeball said, a tossed his keys in the back door. He was about to make a break for the back door, when he saw Lucy and Chris staring from the doorway. He walked over quickly, as Chris came out, shutting the door in Lucy's face as she stood up. He held the knob in his hand as she tried to break free.
"Dad took a cab home, he's stumbling outside. I suggest you two hightail it out of here before he comes in." Eyeball whispered in a hurry. "I'm going to Ace's. My car is parked down the block so Dad wouldn't hear me leave." Eyeball explained, his low voice kissed with panic.
"Can you drive us to Gordie's?" Chris whispered back, his pleading eyes shinning nervously.
"The Lachance house?" Eyeball asked, thinking quickly as he bit on his thumbnail. Chris nodded in reply as Lucy fumbled with the doorknob. "If you can get out of here and down the block before I leave, then I don't know what to tell ya.." Eyeball said. Their attention fell to the front door when they heard the doorknob rumble.
Eyeball ran to the back door as Chris opened the door to his bedroom. He covered Lucy's mouth with his hand quickly. The back door and Chris' door slammed shut, just as the front door opened.
"We gotta make it to Eyeball's car before Dad sees us." Chris said, removing his hand from her mouth.
"Rich!" Their father called drunkenly. He hiccuped and grunted outside Chris' room.
"Did you have to have the room with no window?" Lucy said frantically.
"Listen, when I tell you to, make a run for Eyeball's room, and go out his side window. You'd better run like hell to Eyeball's car before he leaves you."
"Where the f-fuck is that kid." Their father yelled to himself.
"What about you?" Lucy asked childishly, her blue eyes, gleaming with sorrow.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." Chris said and gave her a kiss on her forehead. He peeked through a crack in his door.
"Rich!!! Where the fuck are these a-assholes." The father hiccuped. "Chris!!! Lucille!!! Get your asses o-out here!!!" He shouted with drunken fury. Chris shut his door.
"Hide!" He demanded, as heavy footsteps darted towards the bedrooms. He seemed to search Lucy and Eyeball's room first. Chris and Lucy hid under the bed, trying to keep their heavy breathing and pounding hearts silent. The door swung open with a hiccup.
"Where t-the fuck is e-everyone!" Their father yelled. He shut the door in disappointment, and went back into the living room.
"Run to Eyeball's room!" Chris whispered. Lucy nodded and within a flash she was climbing out of Eyeball's window.
Lucy ran outside, her heart pounding against her ribcage. She panted and darted toward Eyeball's car, glancing behind her all the way.
"I was wondering if you got out or not!" Eyeball exclaimed, his eyes full of worry. Lucy knew Eyeball would always wait for them, longer than he said. "Where's Chris?" He asked as Lucy got into the car. Her heavy breathing and glances to the house told Eyeball everything.
"Why didn't you answer me!" Their father's voice gave an ear- shattering yell.
"Chris!" Lucy exclaimed as tears welled up in his eyes.
"Answer me you piece of shit!" The voice boomed again, followed by a loud clatter.
"Eyeball, go get him!" Lucy wailed.
"Luc, going back in there is suicide." Eyeball said. "Besides, you've got to get out of here." Eyeball said, starting the car.
"Eyeball! Wait for him!" Lucy ordered as tears streamed down her face.
"I can't. he fell behind Luc." Eyeball said with a frown.
"You asshole, wait for him!" She snapped. Eyeball sighed and looked back at the house. There was a lot of muffled yelling and loud crashes and noise. A moment later, the front door swung open, catching the attention of Eyeball and Lucy.
Their tall, husky father walked outside, dragging Chris by his shirt. He slammed him against the side of the house, and threw punches at his stomach.
"No!" Lucy screamed. Eyeball snatched his hand over her mouth and laid them both down on the seat. Their father scanned his surroundings as Eyeball closed his eyes tightly.
"Do you have a death wish?" He whispered sternly.
"You're just like your fucking mother!" The voice rang again, Eyeball and Lucy glanced at the house. Their father threw Chris down the stairs, causing him to fall on the pavement path. "Fucking wench." The father mumbled as he went inside.
As soon as the door was shut, Eyeball sped in reverse. He ran out of the car and helped Chris into the back seat. He sped away into the starry night, without so much as a word to his siblings.
"You're bleeding!" Lucy exclaimed. Chris' left eyes started to swell, and his nose and lip were covered with his blood.
The scene span around Chris' dizzy mind. Taking hits from a tall, burly man like his father, cause his mind to swell with throbbing pain.
"You alright?" Eyeball asked, looking in his rearview mirror with concern.
"No he's not alright you idiot!" Lucy cried.
"Don't you yell at me Luc." Eyeball scolded. Lucy frowned and went back to Chris.
"Don't worry Chris, Gordie's gunna help us." Lucy said hopefully as Eyeball pulled up in front of the Gordie's two story house.
"I'm going to go get Gordie to help me get Chris inside. Think you can stay out here for a minute." Lucy asked.
"Come on Luc, I wanna get out of here." Eyeball whined.
"Then leave your scared sister and beaten brother. It's not like I'll be labeled, the asshole. It's no skin off my nose." Lucy said sourly.
"Alright, alright, hurry it up though." Eyeball urged impatiently, as he lit a cigarette.
"You should quit smoking Eyeball. It's bad for your health." Lucy said, stepping out of the car.
"Beat it." He replied.
Lucy tiptoed to the side of the house. She climbed the tree next to the house, and hopped onto the second story roof. She peered through the open window to Gordie's room. No sign of Gordie meant an open invitation.
"Psst. Gordie." Lucy whispered in the dark. Gordie shot awake with alarm and squinted his eyes in the moonlight.
"Lucy?" He questioned the darkness with his eyes half open,
"Gordie, Dad beat up Chris real bad." Lucy said quickly. Gordie shot out of bed, and flicked on his lamp.
"Is he alright?" Gordie asked, his eyes adjusting to the light.
"He's okay.... Just beaten up a little. He's in the car with Eyeball." Lucy explained while Gordie rubbed his eyes.
"Go down and tell Eyeball to bring Chris up. I'll be down to unlock the door in a minute."
"Thanks Gordo."
"Any time." Gordie said with a yawn as Lucy left his room. He straightened up a little bit, figuring Chris would be spending the night.
He tiptoed down the stairs. He opened the door to find Eyeball, Chris, and Lucy looking tired weary in the dark scene. He noticed Chris' bloody face and swelling eye.
"Shit." Gordie whispered.
"Can we hurry it up here." Eyeball said. Chris' arm was slung over Eyeball's shoulders. Eyeball helped Chris up the stairs to Gordie's room, and laid Chris on Gordie's bed. He pulled Lucy aside to talk to her privately.
"You need a ride somewhere?" Eyeball asked in a whisper.
"Nah, I'm gunna stay with Chris a little while longer." Lucy replied, wiping her sweaty palms on her jeans.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. Go on, I'll see you tomorrow." She said, with sparkling blue eyes.
"Alright, take care of him." Eyeball said and gave Lucy a kiss on the forehead. With that he left the Lachance residence and sped off to Ace's home.