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Ten things you probably didn't know about Randy Adderson:
1. He'd owed Bob over four hundred dollars from two years of poker games that would never be paid back.
2. His favourite colour was green. Like the trees and fields he loved to drive past in the country. He never got out of the car though. The grass surely wouldn't be as green as he liked to imagine.
3. He was adopted, a fact he'd found out about aged six.
4. Cherry was his next door neighbour. He'd been in love with her since the first grade. He'd just never asked her out. Guys like him just didn't get girls like Cherry. Then, a year ago, he'd finally plucked up the courage to ask her out. Bob had got there a split second before him and Randy had made do with Marcia. Bob had told him he'd break it off if it really bother Randy. Randy had been touched but he'd assured Bob he felt nothing more than a mild friendship between him and Cherry.
5. He'd lied through his teeth.
6. His favourite film was Gone with the Wind. He'd seen it as a kid and ever since then he watched it whenever he could. But he was terrified of reading the book. He was frightened that the book would ruin the movie for him. Or maybe it would overshadow the movie. Either way, he would never read the book.
7. He used to sneak out of his house at night and drive up to the creek with Bob. They'd kill the engine and lie in the grass, watching the stars and drinking booze. It had been Randy's favourite activity. Watching the stars. But they hadn't done it in months. Bob had promised they would at the weekend. Then he'd died. Just another thing Randy could forget about doing with his best buddy.
8. Strangely enough, he couldn't stand chocolate cake. It tasted bland to him and the smell made him want to wretch. He'd had it once at a birthday party when he was four and he'd despised it ever since.
9. He'd known Bob Sheldon since kinder-garden. Bob had eaten a glue stick and Randy had giggled. Then Bob had shoved a pop stick up Randy's nose. It was a mutual friendship.
10. Sometimes when he was talking with one of his buddies, he'd turn to say something to Bob and remember he wasn't there. He'd stand dumbstruck for a minute and then snap out of it. He missed his friend.
Okay, time for a vote. Next chapter, who's it gonna be?
A) Cherry Valance
B) Steve Randle
C) Curly Shephard
D) Two-Bit Matthews
Any criticisms? Any compliments? I know the Tim Shephard chapter wasn't that good but please bear with me.