The Real me is a southern girl……
Started Wednesday July 27, 2005
Disclaimer:
Woe is me, Woe is me, For I own nothing that you see :bows:
Author's Note:
Hey everyone! This is my first song-fic, and my first Stand-By-Me fic that I plan to make successful. I mostly write Harry-Potter fics, but Stand-By-Me stories are what got be addicted to So, I hope you enjoy this! I know Everyone's pretty sick of 'the new girl' fic's, so I tried to make this as un-new-girlish as possible, that's kind of hard, but I'll try my best. R&R please! Thankies!
Teddy jumped up and down in front of Chris, Giggling like a mad man.
"I can't believe it! She's coming! She's coming!" He yelped.
Chris smiled and put a hand on his shoulders to calm him down, "God, Calm down! Teddy man, she'll be here when she gets here!"
"But we haven't seen her for sooooooooo long!"
Chris grinned. He knew Teddy's real reason. When They were all twelve, He had had a crush on her. And now, he thought that since he was 'hot', she would like him. True, He did look better, be bad buffed up a bit, gotten these new things called, 'contacts' that acted like glasses, but you couldn't see them, and his thin hair looked better than ever. All in all, Chris had to admit, Teddy looked good.
Teddy turned around and looked at the train tracks again. He walked over to them, leaning out as far as possible and looked to the left. He shook his head and walked back to Chris.
"you know Chris, You MUST be excited to see her too. She was the only female member of our group. When she left it was like…. Disorganized. Everything went haywire with us. Besides, you two and Gordie got really close, didn't you? Treated her like a sister?"
Chris nodded and grinned when he heard a loud train whistle blow, not too far away. Moments later, a large black engine came into view, and Teddy jumped and yelled for joy.
"Chris! Is she here yet?" Gordie called, running up to the two from the parking lot.
Chris shook his head as he stared intently at the arriving passengers. Then he saw her.
She had stepped of the train in brown sandals, one flying off her foot as she came down. She scurried over to it and slipped it on. She looked over at Chris and grinned. He loved the way she grinned. Not in a romantic way or anything, just… it could always make HIM smile. She was wearing light blue blue jeans, that were flared at the bottom, and a green tee-shirt with a large roller skate on them. Chris ran up to her and engulfed her in a hug.
"Oh God Melly! I've missed you so much!" He cried, kissing her forehead. Now when she said, "Me too!" Her face was being smothered by Chris's shirt, so it came out as "He woo." She clinged to him for a few moments, then reluctantly let go. He gave her one more hug before letting Teddy take over.
Then Teddy grabbed her, swinging her around. "Mellllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyy!" He yelped, holding her tight.
When she stopped spinning she stepped back and looked at him, "Teddy! You've changed!" She yelled, grabbing him in a second hug. "Where's your glasses? Where's the scrawny little Teddy I used to know?" She joked, pinching his cheek. She gave him a small kiss before moving onto Gordie.
"Gordie!" She cried, jumping into his arms. He too spun her around, but only for a moment. "Oh my god, Gordie, I've missed you so much." She whispered, nestling into his shoulder as he picked her up. After a few moments, Vern ran onto the scene, "She here yet-Melly!"
Melly pulled her head up and hopped out of Gordie's arms and into Vern's. "Vern! How are you! Looky here! My little baby grew up!" She laughed, Pulling into a hug. Chris grinned, remembering Vern and Melissa's odd relationship. Melly was like a mother to Vern, always looking out for him, telling him what to do and what not to do, and Vern was just the same. He'd actually do what she told him to do, and refrain from doing what she didn't want him to do. He always looked at her when he wanted pity, or a hug, or anything of the sort. Melly said she just wanted practice for when she grew up, but everyone knew that she had a soft spot for Vern.
Chris and Gordie started grabbing her luggage off of the cart and Vern let go of her so he could grab her train bag. Teddy looked around and grinned, "Hey! They got it all! What am I supposed to carry?"
She looked at him oddly before realizing what he was trying at. But before she could say no, he had swooped her up into his arms, and started carrying her out to the car, bridal style.
She groaned and looked up at Teddy. "But people can see up my skirt!" She whined.
He laughed, looking down at her, "But you're not wearing a skirt."
She shrugged, "It was worth a try," she said, leaning her head up against him.
He put her down into the back seat of the car, and climbed in the driver's seat. Vern climbed in front of her, and Chris and Gordie squished in beside her.
"But Chrissssss I wanna sit by Meeeeeeellllly! Its not fairrrrrrrrr!" Gordie whined playfully, while Teddy pulled out of the parking lot.
Melly rolled her eyes and laughed, switching seats with Chris so that she sat in the middle of the two.
"So, Melly, What have you been doing these last four years?" Chris asked, grinning at her, "You've certainly changed yourself. No more old lady dresses I see."
Melly laughed and slapped Chris's arm playfully. "Oh be quiet you. Well, after I moved, got situated, I ate a snack, then I set up my computer, then made sure that my bed would hold up okay in the storage area, because you know, Its really old and all,
"Melly! Not that Detailed! Just major things. Not everything from 'I dropped a crumb on the floor at about 2:07' to 'I had to open a new soap container at 10:26 for my bath' you silly girl!" Gordie whined, laying his head on her lap and dangling his feet out of the car.
Melly looked down at him and raised her eyebrow, "And you think you have a right to put your head there because…"
He gave her a 'but I missed you!' face and grinned as she sighed and leaned against Chris.
"So, nothing really major happened… I guess… Except for my mom get re-married…
Gordie jumped up, "Lilykins got re-married! And she didn't call us or mail us or anything! How dare she!" Gordie said, looking appalled. Melly laughed. She had always thought the relationship her mother and Gordie had was quite funny. Gordie was always over at her house, so her mother just treated him like a son, always complaining that he needed too clean his room and such. Really. Gordie had actually had a room at Melissa's house. Downstairs in the basement, there was a small 'rec room'. There was bed, a dresser, and a bathroom down there that everyone referred to as 'Gordie's Room.'
Chris smiled at Melissa. She had really changed. Her light brown hair had streaks in it because of the southern sun, and freckles lined her small blonde nose. She was darker than them all, (her skin) and her voice was thicker and sweet-sounding.
She and Gordie continued on about her mom and her new husband, 'Brian'.
"Oh yeah, And she's pregnant." She added slyly.
Gordie looked appalled, "I thought I told her to use protection in my last letter! What does that woman think she's doing! She's got you too look after!" He ranted, sitting up straight.
Melly ginned wickedly, and looked over at Chris. "Why are you so quiet? Heck, Vern's being quiet! What did ya'll do to him?" She asked, leaning up to wrap her arms around Vern's neck.
Teddy gave her a funny look in his rear view mirror, "ya'll? Where'd you get that from? That's a funny word! Ya'll. Ya'll. Ya'll." He giggled.
She rolled her eyes and leaned back, mumbling something about culture. Chris laughed and poked her tummy, knowing that'd get her to smile. God he was obsessed with that smile. She giggled and grabbed his hands as they pulled into Melissa's aunt's driveway.
She giggled as she climbed over Chris and stepped out, "oh yeah guys! I forgot to tell you… wait...Maybe I should wait…" She smiled and ran into the house, calling for her Aunt.
The four of them grabbed her luggage and followed her into the house, and up the stair case.
They heard a loud shriek and saw Melissa run into the arms of a woman, not much taller than Melly herself. She had short blonde hair, and was wearing a lime green summer dress. "My Melly! How was you're train ride! Are you hungry? I was about to make lunch. Oh! There they are!" She laughed as she saw the familiar boys walk up her staircase.
"Now Chris, where were you this morning? I had your lunch all packed and everything."
Chris grinned, "I was picking up my Melly here of course."
Melissa raised her eyebrows and looked at her aunt for an explanation.
"Oh Melly, Chris can't resist my lunches. He just loves them. Makes me get up every morning just to pack 'em for him!"
Melly walked over to Chris and thwaped his head playfully, "Now Chris, You are right old enough to be making your own sandwiches."
He rolled his eyes and shifted the luggage in his hands, looking at her pleadingly.
"Oh, right. My room. Now where am I staying Lola?"
She opened a door behind her and told them all to come downstairs for lunch as soon as she had unpacked.
They all dropped her luggage inside her bedroom door and collapsed on her bed. She frowned at them all then saw an un-inhabited spot at the bottom of her bed. She started to lay down, but before she could, Gordie moved and took up the spot. She grinned and jumped on top of them all.
Vern rolled his eyes. "God Melly, get your big butt off of me." He said, trying to push her off, but she stood her ground.
He finally gave up and she laid back. With her butt on Vern's stomach, her head in Chris's lap, her back over Gordie's legs, and her legs and feet on Teddy, she sighed and tried to go to sleep. Chris pinched her cheeks, "No, no, no, Smelly Melly. Come on now. Start unpacking."
"But I'm really comfortable." She whined as Chris helped her stand up beside the bed.
She groaned and pulled a suitcase up on the bed beside Teddy, opening it and pulling out random articles of clothing. Teddy laughed and pulled out a pair of pink lacy underwear as she took her toothbrush and toothpaste to her bathroom.
Giggling, he raised them up. "Looky here! Melly's got pink panties!"
Vern squealed and covered his eyes. "Put my mother's underwear down you pervert!"
Chuckling, Teddy threw them at Chris, who in turn looked at them for a moment and pulled them over Gordie's head. "Look! Gordie's got a new hat!"
Melissa came back in shoved the rest of her clothing in the open suitcase into the dresser. She turned around, about to open up the next suitcase, when she noticed the underwear on Gordie's head. He innocently pointed at Chris, Who pointed at Vern, Who pointed at Teddy, Who pointed at her.
"Me? Now why in the world would I give you four permission to goggle my underwear?" She said, snatching them off of Gordie's head. She threw them into her underwear drawer and finished unpacking.
"At least we know where her underwear drawer is now." Gordie teased, blocking the large object that she threw at him.
Ten minutes later, they all found themselves downstairs, munching on a wonderful lunch.
Chris grinned as he saw Melissa finishing her sandwich off, when he had only taken a couple of bites. "See, I TOLD you they were good."
She groaned, then brightened, "But you see, I LIVE HERE! I get to eat like this every DAY!" She said, cackling manically.
Chris frowned and looked at Lola, "But I get to live here too, right?"
She rolled her eyes, "Depends, have you and Gordie cleaned your rooms?"
Melly groaned again, "oh no, don't tell me they have rooms here TOO!" She said, rubbing her temples.
But they all ignored her, and Chris and Gordie started going off in a rant as of why their rooms still looked like hell.
"Well you see…
"We were outside…
"And these giant…
"Pig! That's it! A giant pig!
"Yeah! He came out too!
"And then he followed us inside…"
Then they noticed she wasn't in the room anymore. So they just shrugged and kept eating.
The Gordie looked up, "This means sleepovers every night!" He yelled glee fully at Chris and Melissa. Chris's eyes brightened and he grabbed Melly in a hug, yelling, 'Yay for sleepovers!' over and over.
Suddenly, Teddy spoke up. "Has she met Macie and everybody yet?"
Chris shook his head then looked up, "Oh no! Macie! We told her we'd bring her straight over! Everyone's there! Damnit! We gotta go!"
Melissa found herself being dragged out to the car, and tried to grab another sandwich, but failed.
"Where are we going again?" She asked when they were all in the car.
"Macie's house."
"And who's Macie?"
Chris grinned, "Macie's a friend of ours. And then there's Abby, Lissy, Noelle, Kiwi, and Daniel."
Melissa was silent for a moment, repeating all of the names mentally. She finally nodded and leaned back against Chris, who rode in the middle this time.
They arrived at the house in a matter of minutes, and they all hopped out and suddenly, Chris picked Melly up by her feet and swung her over his shoulder.
"CHRIS CHAMBERS! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING! YOU PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW! CHRIS! WHAT THE-----AHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Chris chuckled. He had put her down! Honest! He did!
Vern knocked on the door and it immediately opened, to a group of giggling girls. He rolled his eyes and walked on through, followed by Teddy, Gordie and Chris… Who took a little while because Melly was trying to behead him for dropping her.
He saw the door way was now empty and ran for it, but Melissa turned out to be a fast runner, and chased after him into the house.
"CHRIS CHAMBERS YOU WILL NOT LIVE TO BE SEVENTEEN!" She screamed as she chased him into the living room, where everyone else seemed to be. He ran into the kitchen, and she started off, but Gordie grabbed her by the waist and pulled her into his lap, holding her down. She struggled for a moment, but soon gave up. "CHRIS! SLEEP WITH YOUR EYES OPEN!" She finished, slumping against Gordie.
She looked around the room and noticed everyone staring at her, "oh, Hi." She smiled sheepishly. As everyone started talking again, she situated herself in Gordie's lap, her back now against the arm rest.
Chris had eased back into the room, looking wearily at Melly, but she just stuck her tongue out at him. He grinned and sat beside her and Gordie, patting her feet that she set on his lap. He looked around the room, and frowned. "Hey Kiwi! Where's Lissy?" He asked a boy sitting on the couch opposite him. He had shaggy brown hair and blue eyes. He was smiling evilly when he looked over at Chris, "She's not well."
Chris laughed, "What, mentally or physically."
"Well, you know I've always believed that there's something wrong with her head, but this time it's physical."
Chris snapped, "Aw, snap. We were hoping Melly here would finally have someone to share a room with in the asylum!"
She thwaped Chris's head, "I prefer to call it the Funny Farm."
He snorted, "Right .Excuse me Kiwi, the 'Funny Farm.'"
The boy laughed and nodded, turning to Melly.
"So, you moved here from…"
She shook her head, "Not moved, just visiting for the summer. I used to live here until I was twelve, then we moved to Georgia after my parents got divorced."
"Oh cool. You used to be friends with Chris and Gordie I'm guessing?"
She nodded, "And Teddy and Vern."
At the mention of his name, Teddy walked over and sat down on Melissa. "What about me?" He said grinning.
"Oh nothing. Just that you have a big butt." She teased, pinching his arm. "And that you're going to break your favorite person's legs if you don't get off her soon."
He shrugged and scooted farther back on the couch so that his weight wasn't totally crushing her. Just a little.
She continued talking to Kiwi, "So, Lissy's your sister?" she asked.
"Yeah, she's 16, just a year younger than me." He said, nodding.
She shifted her legs and draped her arms over Teddy's legs. "Cool. So, is Kiwi your real name?"
He shook his head, "Nah. It's Kevin. Lissy just couldn't ever say Kevin when she was a baby, and so she heard the word, 'Kiwi' and started calling me that instead."
She grinned, "Fun. It's a pretty cool name though. Kiwi." She said thoughtfully. "So, are you two the only siblings in this group?"
"Nah, there's Daniel, Noelle, and Macie. This is their house."
She nodded and looked around, "Now which ones are they?"
"Well, Daniel's over there talking too Abby, and Macie and Noelle are talking to Vern and Gordie. Noelle's the one with black hair."
She turned her head too look at who her 'seat' was talking too. Gordie had his head turned to the group beside him. Vern was sitting beside the couch on a stool, with a dark haired girl beside him, and a blonde in front of him. She turned back around and looked over near the kitchen door where Daniel and Abby were supposedly talking. She found their lips glued together instead. Kiwi laughed at the look of distaste on her face.
Chris snorted, "Yeah, it is a bit nasty, isn't it. Even more so when you've practically grown up with both of them."
Melly shuddered and turned to Chris and Teddy, "You're not gonna do that to me are you? Find a girl and start kissing her in front of me?"
Gordie turned his head to them once he found out what the subject was about. "What do you mean?"
She pointed at Daniel and Abby by the kitchen door, and he nodded.
"Oh. Well, I highly doubt that we'll be getting girlfriends this summer. But you never know. Do you?" He said, chuckling.
Kiwi grinned, "Yeah. Gordie getting a girlfriend is highly out of the question."
Gordie rolled his eyes and looked at Teddy and Chris for support, but they just shrugged.
Macie, Noelle, and Vern all walked over in-between the two couches and sat down on the carpet.
Vern looked up at Chris and Teddy, "So, what are we all talking about?"
"The fact that Gordie getting a girlfriend is impossible.
Vern grinned, "Ah, I love this topic."
Noelle looked over at Gordie, "Gordie? Girl-less? Really? When did this happen?" She teased, pinching his leg.
He groaned and buried his head on Melissa's shoulder, who in turn patted his head. "There, there Gordie. No need to be sad!"
Macie laughed, looking up at Melissa. "So, you're the one these four couldn't stop talking about for the last two weeks."
She grinned and looked over at Chris and Teddy, "What can I say? They love me too much."
Gordie wrapped his arms around her and sniffed, "We missed her sooooooo much." He said, trying to cry.
Kiwi, Macie, and Noelle laughed as all four guys started to cling to Melissa, pretending to sob.
AT everyone's sudden outburst, Daniel and Abby let go of each other and sat down on the couch beside Kiwi, looking around at everyone and trying to figure out what they were laughing at.
Melissa patted each boy's head and pried them off of her, finally settling back in Gordie's lap. Teddy frowned,
"How come she's always in you're lap? You can't hog her!" Teddy cried pulling Melissa onto his lap.
"Grr you Teddy. I was comfortable." Melly whined, leaning against Teddy's chest.
Noelle snickered at the look on Gordie's face.
Gordie kicked at Teddy's feet. "But she was warm!"
Daniel shook his head, "I am so confused. What in the world is going on?"
Chris grinned, "Well, if you had pulled your tongue out of Abby's mouth for a mere minute, you might understand things sometime."
Daniel blushed, but Abby spoke up, grinning, "Oh shut it you Chris. You're just jealous 'cause he got me first." She teased.
Chris smiled, "Yeah. You're just sooooooo hot Abby. I can't help but want you."
Abby nodded, content, and slumped back against the couch.
Melissa giggled at their randomness, and reached up to scratch her head.
'Funny' She thought, 'I can't feel myself scratching my head.'
Then she patted her head, moving forward, her hand suddenly met open air, and dropped down to another head.
'Oh. There we go.'
Teddy frowned, "Melly, I know my hair looks really great and all, but why did you just pat my head?"
She giggled again, " I thought it was my head."
"You pat your own head?"
"No, I initially intended to scratch it. But then I couldn't feel myself scratching it. So I patted it too see what would happen."
Teddy nodded, "completely understandable."
Suddenly Chris yelled, "My turn!" and pulled Melly into his lap.
"Chris!" Melissa yelled, grinning, giving him a hug, "I haven't sat in your lap all day! That's funny!"
The group talked, laughed, and made fun of each other for the late into the night, but around one or so in the morning, Gordie glanced over at Chris and Melissa, who had been quiet for the last ten minutes.
Melly was asleep, Chris's arm's wrapped around her, who was asleep also. Gordie thought it was a bit disturbing, but as soon as the girls noticed it, they thought it was 'just the sweetest thing' Gordie nudged Chris awake and told him that it was time too leave. They didn't want to wake Melissa, so Gordie helped Chris up and Chris carried her to the car, while Gordie pulled Teddy and Vern into the car shortly after.
Even after they had dropped Teddy and Vern off, Chris was still holding Melissa as tight as ever.
He carried her up to her room, tucked her in, and walked downstairs to his and Gordie's 'bedroom'.
Gordie looked at Chris as he lay on his bed, "Teddy's gonna kill you, you know."
Chris knew what he was talking about, "I know. I can't help it though."
Gordie nodded, "I know. Just… be careful okay?"
"You know I will Gordie, You know I will."
So! Did everyone like it? Or anyone? Okay now, I started and finished my first chapter in the same day! Yay for me! Anyhoo, After you all finish reading this one, I'd like for EVERYONE to go and check out my best friend in the entire world's profile and read her story, called, 'May Angels Lead you in.' Her name is Brittany, and her screen-name is A Sinner Has A Prayer. She is the BEST FRIEND anyone could have, through thick or thin. (It's also on my favorites list if you can't find it.) Well, Happy reading and I'll probobly write a chapter each day .If I have time! Can't wait to post this and see what everyone thinks! R&R please!
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