Thanks for reviewing Pureblood Princess-A, Vedgirl1201, and HellGirlAngel! And to answer Vedgirl's question, the girl will be fluffy at first but then she'll become angsty. And if you meant in terms of fat? Well, you shall see!
A/N: The first paragraph at the beginning of the chapter was Vern's cousin's POV in later years. Just so you know and weren't thinking 'this is girl is psycho!' And I hope the characters don't seem OOC!
Billy Tessio waited very impatiently for his 14 year old cousin to get off the train. The train had already arrived, what was taking her so long? To pass time, Billy had brought Charlie Hogan and Vince Desjardins with him, but they weren't doing their job of helping to keep him entertained. They stared at girls passing them in both directions and debated on which was the prettiest. Billy sighed in frustration as people began to board the train. That meant that everybody had gotten off already. Where the hell was she? Mom had to make me come get her, I just couldn't fuck off the job and go see Connie! Lord, I'm going to die if I have to wait a second longer for that fat-ass fucker!
"Hey man, did you see that one?" Charlie asked Vince, nodding at a tall, skinny blonde girl who looked a little older than them.
"That one's a nice broad. Whoa! Look over there! Now that's a good looking chick!" Vince exclaimed, pointing at a girl who was nearing them.
Billy rolled his eyes but couldn't help but look at where Vince was pointing. His jaw nearly fell to the ground. The girl caught sight of Billy and ran towards him. She stopped right in front of him, dropped her suitcases, and gave him a hug around the waist. The two other boys watched with wide eyes.
"Billy! Oh my god, it's so great to see you!" the girl squealed with excitement.
"A-Abbie?" Billy said with disbelief.
"Yes silly, it's me!" Abbie replied. Abbie Tessio had lost much weight. She had gone from being "close to three hundred pounds" to around one hundred and twenty five, making her stomach more toned, but she looked so much thinner and healthier. She had eyes that had a mix of brown and dark green, and her light brown hair with natural blonde highlights hung around her chest, which was now the largest thing she had. She wore semi-tight dark blue jeans and a somewhat baggy army green t-shirt with rather small keds. Abbie broke away from Billy and looked over Charlie and Vince.
"I'm guessing these are your friends that are part of that gang, what was it? The Cobras? Oh yeah, that's it," she said, seeing the tattoo on Vince's left arm. "So," she said casually, pointing at Charlie, "You must be Ace Merrill."
Charlie grinned. "For you, I can be anything!"
Vince hit him on the arm. "This is not Ace. That's Charlie Hogan, who wishes he was Ace."
Abbie laughed. "And who are you?"
Vince smirked. "Ace, of course."
Abbie looked him up and down.
"You're not Ace Merrill. Ace Merrill looks scarier than you," she decided.
"I'm scary!" Vince claimed.
"I bet you are," Abbie said sarcastically, "I bet you scare the living shit out of all the lovely, happy-go-lucky townspeople!"
"Watch what you say to a Cobra!" Billy hissed, "We can come after you, you know!"
"Well, that makes me feel very safe in your house, Billy Tessio! And where is Vern?"
"That little fuck-head? He's waiting for you at home," Billy replied.
"Well then what the hell are we standing around this place for? I know that you three would rather be hanging with the rest of the Cobras or giving some sweet loving to a girl, and I would rather be hanging with Vern! Let's go dipshits!" Abbie called, picking up her two leather suitcases and skipping out to Billy's car, followed by the three older boys, who seemed slightly confused by her behavior. Abbie seated herself in the backseat. Vince slid in next to her, Charlie sat in the passenger seat, and Billy drove. The three boys talked, but Abbie didn't feel like it. She hummed quietly to herself and looked out as she sped through different parts of Castle Rock. It looked much different than California, would she be able to stand it here? Billy soon pulled up to the front of the two-story house, and let Abbie out.
"I'll talk to you later, ok?" Billy said.
"Sure," Abbie responded.
With that, Billy sped off down the road, and she thought she could hear the laughs of Charlie and Vince. She rolled her eyes, picked up her suitcases, and entered the house. It looked exactly as it did the last time she was here, with many knick knacks hanging around and nice, neat furniture. Her aunt was waiting for her at the door.
"Oh Abbie! How have you been dear?" her Aunt Fay asked while almost squeezing her to death.
"Fine, I've been great, Aunt Fay!" she exclaimed. She really loved her aunt, she was almost like a second mother sometimes.
"Oh honey, it's so great to see you! I'll tell you what, go put your things in your room and organize it the way you want. Then I want you and Vern to come down and we'll all have a nice meal! How does that sound?"
"Sounds great!" Abbie said as she started up the stairs.
"Second door to the right, next to Vern's room! He's waiting for you in yours!" Aunt Fay called as Abbie reached the second floor.
She pushed open the door to reveal Vern right in front of her.
"Oh. My. God. Veeeeeern!" Abbie screamed as she brought him to the floor in a huge hug.
"Abbie….you look so different!" Vern said in awe, ignoring the pain in his ribs where his cousin still laid.
"So do you! You look thinner too! I guess the Tessios get slimmer as we go on!" Abbie said as she rolled off of Vern and stood up.
Vern gave a small laugh and then reached out his hand for her to take. She pulled him up and they stared at each other. It never occurred to Abbie how much Vern had grown up since the last time she saw him, which was when they were ten. Looking at this different Vern made her feel old, and she knew that the years were passing by fast.
"Uhh….Vern?"
Abbie gave her head a few small shakes to get herself out of her daze and looked towards where the voice was coming from. Her eyes got wide and she felt her heart rate quicken. Over on the bed, which was white and had real-looking dark blue flowers on it, was a boy with dirty blonde hair and ocean colored eyes. His skin was very tan from the sun, and he looked tall with a normal figure. The boy wore jeans that were patched and ripped in different places and a plain white t-shirt, he had his shoes off. He was sitting casually, his head leaning up against the head board on the bed, his arms crossed, legs stretched out and feet crossed. His eyes were playful, and he was wearing a suggestive smirk.
"Who are you?" Abbie asked, looking the boy up and down.
"I'm Christopher Chambers. And you must be Abbie. Jesus Christ, Vern talks about you all the time!" Chris responded.
Abbie walked over to the bed and took Chris' outstretched hand and shook it.
"Nice to meet you, Christopher."
"Call me Chris."
"No problem. So, Vern talks about me all the time, eh?" she asked, casting Vern a look with a smile.
"Yep. He said you were close to three hundred pounds!"
The color drained out of Abbie's face.
"He WHAT?" she yelled, stomping over to Vern. "You think I'm close to three hundred pounds? And you tell your friends? Do I even know you?"
Vern cowered.
"Don't take it too bad, Abbie. Vern's a really good guy. He's wrong though. You look nice," Chris said with a laugh.
Abbie turned back to Chris and sat on the bed. "Thanks."
After a few minutes of silence, Vern came over and seated himself next to her.
"I'm sorry," Vern said, and his eyes were full of pleading.
"It's alright, Vern," Abbie replied.
He let out a big sigh.
"Good! Now, what do you want to do?"
"Well, your mom wants me to unpack and then wants us to come to dinner," Abbie told him.
Vern rolled his eyes and Chris snorted.
"She loves cooking, I swear to God!" Vern said to no one in particular.
"Yeah, and she makes everybody eat what she cooks. All of it. Can you say gag fest?" Chris whispered to her. She giggled.
"Well, let's get you unpacked, shall we?" Chris said like it was a huge mission that had to be completed.
So Abbie, Vern, and Chris put the clothes away, helped arrange the bathroom(although Abbie made sure they didn't get their hands on something they didn't need), and put different things of Abbie's up on the walls. Two hours later they were done, and they all trouped down the stairs to the smell of Fay Tessio's cooking.
"Well hello! Just in time!" Aunt Fay called, "Christopher, sweetheart, are you staying for dinner?"
Chris looked down at his feet.
"No Ma'am. I have to get back home…..err….Deborah needs me," he replied with an odd sound to his voice.
"Alright then dear, see you soon!" Aunt Fay said cheerfully.
Chris looked at Vern and Abbie.
"Well, I guess I'll see you guys around."
"Definitely," Abbie responded.
Chris smiled and said, "Great. See you tomorrow then."
And with that, the boy exited the house. Abbie stared after him. He was such a good kid, and nice-looking too. Abbie was excited about seeing Chris tomorrow, he had made a very good impression. She was going to need friends desperately in Castle Rock for this year, and letting him be her first friend would not be a bad idea.
"Alright you two, dinner time!" Aunt Fay ordered, gesturing towards the wooden table with three places set.
"Where's dad? And Billy?" Vern asked.
"Dad has to stay late at the arsenal. Billy said that he wouldn't be able to make it for dinner. I want a full excuse when that boy gets home, it's his cousin's first night here!" Aunt Fay said, and made a tutting noise.
Vern and Abbie sat down and the table and ate their dinner with Aunt Fay, and it wasn't bad at all! The three of them talked about Castle Rock and what was to do here, although Aunt Fay kept mentioning schoolwork. They then moved on to the subject of friends, and this conversation interested Abbie the most.
"So Abbie, what did you think of Christopher?" Aunt Fay questioned.
"He was great. Very nice and very funny," Abbie replied.
"You know," Aunt Fay said with a sparkle in her eyes, "He comes from an awful family, but he's pretty sweet. I think he's just a darling young man."
"Mom! It's Abbie's first night and you're already shoving guys down her throat!" Vern cried, "And besides, she's not going to be with Chris."
Abbie gave him a confused look but with a smirk.
"Then who? Do I have to grab another one of your friends? Is Chris to precious for me to taint him with my ways?"
Aunt Fay laughed.
"Oh well, dear. If you don't find Christopher suitable, there's always Gordon Lachance. He's a very charming boy as well," Aunt Fay commented.
"Moooooooooom!" Vern groaned.
"Gordon? I think you told me about him, Vern," Abbie said, looking thoughtful, "You didn't even mention Chris before. I think you talked about another boy though. What's his name?"
"Teddy Duchamp," Vern said, casting his mom a look.
Aunt Fay rolled her eyes.
"That one is a little menace! He's crazy!"
"Well," Abbie said, "He must be perfect for me then. I bet we'll become great friends."
Aunt Fay sighed. "I don't know what I'm going to do with you, Abbie! Alright, if you two are done, you may go upstairs."
Vern and Abbie put their plates up by the sink and went upstairs. They talked for awhile, until it was ten. Vern was about to exit Abbie's room, but then he poked his head back inside.
"I'm glad you're here," Vern told her.
"Thanks, me too!"
Vern gave her a smile and left. Abbie changed into her pajamas and then went to bed an hour later.
