A/N: ALL MY PEOPLE! HOW ARE YALL? I APOLOGIZE SO MUCH, 3 MONTHS! I hope you guys will still read. Basically, this is the worst chapter of the story, in my opinion and it's just a little filler for the Cobras to bring us to a close with the ending scene (which is next chapter). I probably won't have the next chapter out until like…..June 1st or something like that. I'm sorry guys, I've got exams to cram for! EEK But anyway, enjoy!
Disclaimer: Jane and added dialogue to other people only thing I own.
The minute Jane's eyes flew open, her hands traveled to her temples. Instantly, a migraine erupted inside her head. What a perfect way to start the day! But after dressing in a very short, seductive skirt and tank top…….she realized she had no one to wear it for. Her parents were rather aloof when it came to Jane, but not with Andrica. Andrica. God, sometimes she loathed that kid with all of her might. Yet, thinking about it, Andy was the only person she could really turn to now. But no, she had to be out on her silly little camping trip with her boys. Lucky little brat, she still had real friends. Including a Lachance. The only person to go to was Ace……or was it?
Suddenly, Eyeball Chambers popped into her mind. Honestly, she had never given Eyeball that much thought. She just hung around with him constantly because he was Ace's best friend. But the more she began to hang around with him, the more he was starting to grow on her. Jane couldn't place it, but there was certainly something that separated Eyeball from the rest of the Cobras. Was it because Eyeball had an eye problem? Was it because he was the only one of them that could look decent in a white t-shirt? No….she was thinking too small.
But then thinking about the words "problem", "white t-shirt", and "small", surprisingly Christopher Chambers flashed into her mind. Why, she had no idea, she barely knew the kid. But somehow, with the way Andy would sometimes describe him to her, she knew Chris's personality traits. And suddenly Jane realized: Eyeball was getting a little bit more like Chris. Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, tiny baby steps towards it, of course, but steps nonetheless. It was because he was the only one of the Cobras who began to show even a little bit of concern for her and her feelings. He was starting to question her about it too.
Maybe she could go find Eyeball and hang out. Alone.
Jane spotted him fishing on the Castle Rock Bridge by himself. She stepped timidly towards him.
"Hi," she greeted.
Eyeball whipped his head around, and since his mind is so small that he cannot multi-task, he almost dropped the fishing pole into the river.
"Shit!" he exclaimed, grabbing it just in time.
"Umm, what's going on?" Jane asked awkwardly, stepping next to him.
"What does it look like? I'm fishin'. And waiting for Billy to get here, that fucker takes forever. And he's been actin' like a bigger freak than usual lately. Do you know what's up with that?" Eyeball questioned conversationally.
"No," Jane answered, and then looked down at the river.
Sure, Billy was acting a little weirder than usual, but so was Eyeball right now. But then she remembered: she had screamed her head off at him after he had driven her away from Ace and the rest of the Cobras. After he had mocked Denny. The fire in her struck up again, but only for a second. She recalled that what she said to him was a lot worse than what he said to her.
"Eyeball, I'm sorry. About yesterday. I….I didn't mean to go off on you like that. It's just…just," Jane struggled, "You know how I felt and still feel about Denny. I just don't want to see him get mocked like that. It ain't right, you know? But I hammered you harder than I really meant to. And I'm really sorry for that."
After a moment's hesitation, Eyeball responded with an "oh" and turned away.
Was that it? After she thoroughly apologized?
"Look Eyeball, I apologized. If you still wanna be sore about it and be a goddam girl be my guest-"
"Do you know why I made fun of Denny? Do you?" Eyeball demanded, his voice an odd mixture of anger and pain, "I was fucking jealous. It's 'cuz Denny was this perfect guy, you know right? And he did every goddam thing perfectly, like all perfect guys do. And he had this perfect reputation and perfect family, like all of those fucking perfect guys do, right? I actually understood I couldn't be perfect 'cause of my family 'cause of ol' Denny. It's just….no one could ever look at me the way they looked at that guy, you know? Everyone loved him, and fuck, no one loves me. Denny just had this pretty boss life, and I don't have shit. When I said sumthin like, "He's the perfect dream guy" or whatever, it's 'cuz I can't be a dream guy to anyone, 'cause no one wants me around like they did him, you know?"
Jane gave a very shaky and unsteady sigh. Denny was going rough on everyone, even people who were his polar opposites. And it was at this moment, that for the first time in history, someone felt sorry for Eyeball Chambers. But it was more than just feeling sorry. Jane suddenly felt this deep admiration for him….a place for him somewhere in her heart.
Jane did the only thing she could do. She kissed him. He kissed her back. She kissed him back. It was a war between the tongues. Her hands sank deep into the back pockets of his jeans, and he pulled her in closer by her waist. God, she was in pure ecstasy! Even Ace Merrill couldn't compare with Eyeball.
"Hey Eyeball, hey Jane," Billy Tessio greeted casually, who randomly appeared right next to them, his pole already in the water.
Jane broke away quickly, though Eyeball was left lingering for a moment.
"Hey Billy, what's up?"
"Umm…..uhhh…….."
Jane tilted her head and asked, "Billy, what's the matter?"
"Hey Eyeball?"
"Yeah?"
"You know that Brower kid?"
"Yeah."
"Well I'm could tell you something about him, but you gotta swear on your mother's good name you're not gonna tell nobody."
Jane sat impatiently in the back of Ace's car, while Eyeball, Vince, Fuzzy, and Jack were waiting around Eyeball's car. This was so stupid. They were going to go get a dead twelve year old's body, bring it back to Castle Rock, and get paid a fortune. Well, the story went like this. At around the same time Billy was telling the whole thing to Eyeball and Jane, Charlie just happened to be telling the same thing to Ace at Irvy's Billiard Hall. And let's just say Ace and Eyeball don't really have too much respect for their mothers. And here they were, getting ready to go. Good thing Charlie and Billy knew where the body was. Yeah, right. The only reason they were doing this was so they could make a fortune. Oh, correction. So Ace could make a fortune. What an asshole.
Speaking of the asshole, he came out of his house carrying fishing gear, Charlie and Billy following at his heels like dogs on leashes. But soon, Charlie and Billy began to pull back on the leashes a little.
"Hey, listen Ace. Maybe me 'n Charlie shouldn't go," Billy suggested.
"Yeah. Maybe you can go without us," Charlie agreed.
Ace put the fishing gear in the back with Jane, and then turned around to face the two, leaning back on his car casually.
"You guys are actin' like my grandmother havin' a conniption fit," Ace declared, "I don't see your problem. We go up with a whole bunch of fishing gear, and if a cop asks us what were doin'----- we're just here to take a couple of Steelhead out of the river, and look what we found!"
"Yeah man, we're gonna be famous!" Vince egged on, "We'll be on every famous radio and TV show in the country!"
"For finding a dead body?" Jane cut in, "Good fucking luck."
Ace whipped his head around. He didn't do anything physically to her…..but his eyes were beginning to make her feel uncomfortable. They were cold, ice eyes, even though Jane could see why they should be red instead. He was such a scary looking person.
"I still don't think we should go," Billy said.
"Ok, ok," Ace started calmly, "You've stated your position clearly. And now I'm gonna state mine: get in the fucking car. NOW!"
Billy and Charlie looked at each other, terrified, and then jumped into the car. The other Cobras excitedly got in their car. As Ace started up the engine, Jane leaned forward.
"You know, Sexy isn't driving anymore."
Ace didn't respond, but sped towards the Castle Rock Bridge.
The two cars were now speeding down a two-lane highway side by side, trying to beat each other in a game called chicken. Vince versus Ace. Vince was the chicken, without a doubt, but he was still determined.
"No way Ace, not this time man, no way!"
"Go for it Vince, go for it!" Ace taunted.
Suddenly, the whole group spotted an oncoming truck coming down in Ace's lane, carrying lumber.
"I got him, I got him!" Vince exclaimed.
Charlie looked nervously at the truck, but then smiled.
"Fall back, Ace."
"Yeah don't fuck around man," Billy agreed.
But Ace didn't stop. And neither did the truck. Jane felt as if this was in slow motion and on the way to a slow and painful death.
"Jesus Christ Ace, fall back!" Charlie shouted.
"Ace, come on!" Jane screamed, "Fuck give me the fucking wheel!"
Jane made a great grab for it but Ace hit her in the face, pushing her backwards into her own seat. And soon, the truck swerved to the side of the road, falling sideways with all of the lumber falling out of place. Ace quickly sped up and pulled in front of Vince. Jane was positively shaking, Billy and Charlie just stared, and the group in Eyeball's car were freaking out.
"I won," Ace said calmly, even almost to himself.
"You won? You won what? You could have lost me and Charlie and Billy our lives, you fucking idiot!" Jane yelled.
"But I didn't. I won. Ace Merrill never loses."
Jane looked over in the next car at Eyeball, who was laughing obnoxiously and saying something about Vince being a cock-knocker. Whatever the hell that was.
"You never lose?" Jane muttered under her breath, "Oh I wish I could tell you how wrong you are. You lost me."
