"Hey Eyeball." Flip greeted, walking into the kitchen. Eyeball nodded to her. Ace glanced up from a collection of meat, cheese, bread, mayonnaise, and other things. Flip rolled her eyes.
"Move. I'll make you a sandwich." she said, pushing Ace away. Ace looked down at her.
"Did Dad get you last night?" he asked, not moving.
"Nope." Flip replied, trying to push Ace over. He lightly poked her side. She whimpered and jumped away.
"Yeah he did. Is he here?" Ace asked.
"He left for out of town business this morning," she answered. "Eyeball, want a sandwich?"
"Sure." he answered. Flip shoved Ace away and started on the sandwiches. When they were done, she brought them both their sandwiches.
"I'm going to get dressed now, then I'm going over to Rory's house." she said. She though about that name, and came up with Rory Rider, her cousin. Ace shrugged. Flip threw a piece of cheese at the two Cobras and darted into her room.
A few minutes later she was walking down the road to Rory's house. She jumped onto the porch and knocked on the door.
"Hello Auntie Meg. Is Rory here?" Flip asked. Her aunt nodded.
"Rory, hun, Adryana is here!" she called. Rory bounded down the stairs.
"Bye, mom! See you later!" Rory said. He opened the screen door and led Flip down the stairs.
"Hey, I met these really cool guys yesterday." Flip told Rory. They started walking. Her cousin looked over at her.
"Yeah?" he asked as they walked further into Castle Rock. She nodded.
"Yep. Teddy Duchamp, Vern Tessio, Chris Chambers, and Gordie Lachance. I've already heard about Chris and Vern. Billy and Eyeball talk about them once in a while." she said as her and Rory walked along the sidewalk.
"Hey Flip!" a voice called. The two turned around.
"Hey Gordie." Flip answered, walking over to Gordie, who had just walked out of a shop. Rory followed her. "Gordie, this is my cousin, Rory Rider. Ror, this is Gordie Lachance." Rory nodded to him.
"I was just going over to the treehouse. Want to come?" Gordie asked. Flip looked over at Rory and shrugged.
"Sure." she answered. Gordie led them out of town and up onto a hill overlooking Castle Rock. He climbed up a ladder and knocked. The door was pulled upward and the three climbed up.
"Hey, guys, this is my cousin Rory," Flip said, sitting on the floor. "Rory, Chris Chambers and Teddy Duchamp." She pointed to each as she introduced them. Teddy gave a half-hearted wave, not looking up from his card game. Chris nodded in greeting. Gordie quickly joined their game.
"Hey," Chris said. "How do you know a frenchman's been in your backyard?" Teddy frowned.
"I'm French, okay?"
"Your garbage cans are empty and your dog is pregnate." Chris, Gordie and Rory laughed.
"Did I not just say I was French?" Teddy asked. Chris shrugged, ignoring him.
"I knock." he said, knocking on the table.
"Shit!" Teddy exclaimed.
"Twenty-nine."
"Twenty-two."
"Piss up a rope." Gordie threw down his cards. Chris and Teddy laughed. Rory nudged Flip.
"Does Teddy always laugh like that?" he asked. Flip nodded in response. "Oh."
"Gordie's out! Ol' Gordie just bit the bag and stepped out the door!" Teddy laughed. Gordie set back and pulled out his magazine, giving Teddy a look that plainly said, "You're retarded."
"Come on, man, deal." Chris muttered. Teddy delt the card and took a look at his hand.
"I knock." he said. Chris looked up.
"You four-eyed pile of shit!" he exclaimed.
"A pile of shit has a thousand eyes!" Flip and Teddy said at the same time. Everyone else laughed.
"What?" Flip asked.
"What's so funny? Come on, I've got thirdy, what've you got?" Teddy looked up at Chris.
"Sixteen." Chris chuckled.
"Go ahead, keep laughing. You're down to your ride, pal." Teddy muttered. Rory muttered something, and Flip gave him an odd look.
"What?" she asked. Rory shook his head. Flip rolled her eyes and pushed Rory lightly. Rory pretended to look offended and pushed Flip back. She pushed him harder. Rory shoved Flip, who fell off the bed and onto Teddy. The two of then fell on the floor while Chris and Gordie laughed.
"Jesus Rory, you didn't have to push me onto Teddy." Flip frowned. Rory shrugged.
"You know you like it," he smirked."You know you just want to stay like that all day." He raised his voice to match Flip's. "Oh, Teddy, I love you! Oh, Teddy, I just want to hold you! Oh, Teddy-" Flip jumped up and tackled him.
"Roderick Richard William Dakota Maurizo Rider!" she cried, wrestling him to the floor.
"What the hell? I only have one middle name, and it's not any of those!" Rory laughed, trying to push Flip off of him.
"I do not like Teddy!" Flip said, ignoring the pain in her side.
"Admit it. You looooooove him!" Rider crooned. Teddy jumped up off the floor and stood next to Chris.
"Do you thing we should pull them apart?" Gordie asked, watching.
"I don't know. Do you think they'll hurt each other?" Chris asked. Almost in responce, Rory made a weird shriek-like noise.
"She bit me!" he cried. Flip started laughing. The three boys stared at her.
"She laughes as crazily Teddy!" Gordie said. Flip ignored them.
"Ahh! She's gonna bite me again!" he yelled. Teddy and Chris pulled the two apart. Flip started laughing again, just as someone knocked on the door.
"That's not the secret knock!" Gordie said.
"I forget the secret knock, lemme in!" a voice pleaded.
"Vern." Gordie, Teddy, and Chris chorused. Gordie pulled up the door, and Vern climbed in. He glanced at Rory and Flip, because Chris and Teddy were still holding them apart. The two boys let the cousins go.
"Oh man! You guys aren't going to believe this! This is so boss! Wait 'till you hear this! Wait 'till you hear this! You won't believe it. It's unbelievable," Vern panted. "Lemme catch my breath. I ran all the way from my house." Chris grinned.
"I ran all the wa-ay home, just to say I'm sor-ry..." he and Teddy sang, while Gordie sang back up.
"Come on you guys, listen to me. This is boss!" The singing continued. "Alright. I don't have to tell you nothing." Chris held up his hand.
"Alright. Hold on, you guys. What is it?" he asked. Vern grinned.
"Okay. You guys won't believe this. Sincerely-"
"I ran all the wa-ay home..."
"Screw you guys. Forget it." Vern muttered. Chris stopped the other guys.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Can you guys camp out tonight? I mean, if you tell your folks we're gonna tent out in my back field?"
"Yeah, I think so. Except my dad's kind of on a mean streak, you know, he's been drinking alot lately." Chris answered.
"You've got to, man. Sincerely. You won't believe this! Can you Gordie?" Vern looked over at him.
"Yeah, probably." Gordie muttered distractedly.
"We can, too." Flip and Rory said at the same time.
"So what're you pissin' and moanin' about, Verno?" Teddy asked.
"I bet he found a dead body." Flip said. Everyone ignored her.
"You guys wanna go see a dead body?"
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SweetSongChild8888 - Dahling? Lol. Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
Lilylaylee - You are? That's boss!
Kinky Finkelstein - Thanks! Yeah, they are. That would be funny, if Chris did that!