Flip ran through her house, headed to her room. She threw open the door and looked around for a sleeping bag. She found one under her bed. Pulling it out, she put it on her bed and went to look in her closet. She found a smallish backpack and brought both the bedroll and the backpack into the front room. She dashed into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of coke, a half eaten Snickers bar that she thought was Eyeball's, a box of matches, a peice of paper, and a pencil. On the paper she wrote: Ace, spending the weekend at Rory's. She shoved the rest into her bag and grabbed the bedroll. She closed the front door and headed to Rory's house.

"Hey." Rory greeted, walking out of his house. Flip waved to him as they both headed down the road into the main part of Castle Rock. As they walked down the street, she stopped when she heard someone say, "Hey girls, where you goin'?"

"Flip, come-" Rory glared at Flip as she cut him off.

"SHHHH!" Flip looked around the corner. "That's my brother and Eyeball. If they see us, I'm not gonna be able to go."

"Eyeball? Eyeball Chambers? I think you like him. You're always talking about him and how boss Ace is. Wow, you like Teddy and Eyeball. You're crazy. Everyday you like someone else. You go through guys like you do food." Flip stared at her cousin.

"No, I don't like Teddy and I don't like Eyeball. I do NOT like someone new everyday. Are you calling me fat?" she asked.

"Jesus, you're weird." Rory sighed.

"Thank you." Flip replied.

"See you later, girls." Eyeball said from somewhere around the corner. Flip smiled.

"See! You do like him!" Rory said.

"Do not. I just like the way he talks." Flip retorted, praying that Ace and Eyeball wouldn't come around the corner. She checked, just to be sure. "'Kay, they're gone. Went into somewhere." She and Rory walked around the corner. After a few minutes of arguing and debating on wether or not Flip liked Eyeball, they reached the train tracks.

"I brought the comb." they heard Vern say. Flip grinned.

"Well, you see, that's a problem. I have too much hair for a comb. Good thing I brought a brush though, eh?" she stated.

"Yeah, but what do we need a comb or a brush for?" Chris asked.

"Well, if we get on TV we wanna look good, don't we?" Vern and Flip asked.

"That's a lot of thinkin', you two." Gordie said.

"Yes, a little TOO much thinking for Flip." Rory snickered. Flip punched him on the arm. Teddy faked a punch to Vern's face. Vern flinched.

"Two for flinching." He punched Vern twice on the arm. "How far do you think it's gonna be?"

"If we follow the tracks all the way to Harlow, it'd be about 20 miles," Chris replied. "Sound about right to you Gordie?"

"Yeah. Might even be 30." Gordie answered.

"Gee man, we should just hitckhike." Vern sighed.

"No way. That sucks." Teddy said.

"Why not? We could go out to Route 7 to the Shiloh Church then down the Back Harlow Road. We'll be there by sundown."

"That's pussy." Flip and Teddy replied.

"Hey, it's a long ways." Vern said back.

"Baby." Flip muttered. Teddy stopped walking and stared at Vern.

"Did your mother ever have any kids that lived?" he asked.

"No." Rory answered.

"What do you mean?" Vern asked. Teddy rolled his eyes and walked away.

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Yay! Done chapter. No, I have not forgotten about this story. I just have a crapload of writer's block, but I'm slowly getting over it. Huzzah!