Hey guys, here's Chapter 2!
No way…
It couldn't be him…!
But it was…
His name? Ace Merrill.
He had short blond hair, blue eyes, and a handsome face. He was the "bad boy" of Castle Rock. And he was the leader of a gang called the Cobras. He wore a black shirt, a pair of black Levis, and black shoes. He looked pretty cool.
The guy with Ace was Richard Chambers, Chris Chambers' brother. But everyone called him Eyeball.
The Chambers family was seen by everyone in Castle Rock as a bad family. The dad was an alcoholic. The mom was a streetwalker. The older brother was a rapist. Eyeball was a juvenile delinquent. And then there was Chris. He was seen as a thief ever since the milk money incident at school. Everyone would hide their purses and their wallets as though they thought he would steal them. All those idiots knew was his last name. They judged him because they didn't know.
But his friends saw him differently, especially Gordie.
And Chris knew that deep down, he was a good kid.
"Hey, Eyeball," Abigail spoke up.
Eyeball looked over at Abigail and said,
"You know my name?"
"Of course; you're famous, or something like that," Abigail replied.
Eyeball blinked, a little confused. Was he really that famous?
Abigail then turned to Fredricka.
"Fredricka, take a look at me. People think I'm stuck up. They hit me and insult me. They judge me because they don't know me very well. Except you. You believe I'm nice, right?"
Fredricka nodded. "Of course I believe you. We're friends."
With that the two smiled, then reached across the table and hugged each other.
As Eyeball watched, he sensed tears coming into his eyes.
"That's beautiful," he thought."I wish I had learned to express love at an early age. But I never got the chance."
He was answered by a whack across the back of the head. Luckily the girls didn't see it; they were too busy chatting in whispers.
He turned to see Ace.
"Eyeball," said Ace, "are you showing your feelings?"
Eyeball felt that he was in a tough bind. Should he tell the truth?
"Yes I am, Ace," he snapped. "Is that a crime?"
Ace was a little taken aback.
"Uh…no. At least, I don't think so. Sorry about the…"
"It's ok," said Eyeball, smiling.
Then Ace turned to Abigail.
"Hey Abigail."
Abigail glanced up. "Yeah?"
"Is it a crime to show your feelings?"
Abigail thought for a moment.
"I believe that showing your feelings is a good idea, Ace."
As she turned back to Fredricka, Ace looked at Abigail for the first time.
"Hey, she has blue eyes," he thought. "Like me."
She wore a green turtleneck, black Levis, white socks and black shoes with Velcro. Over the turtleneck, she wore a royal blue coat with blue snaps and pockets that were blue on the outside and gray on the inside.
According to Ace, she was beautiful…
He was the town bully, the guy that the girls liked.
He had heard about bullies and what they were supposedly like when in school.
Then he remembered something Abigail had told him and the Cobras once…
"Bullies are the worst kind of people. They are the worst nightmares. I've ran into them in school, too."
"Really?" said Ace. He was shocked.
So was Eyeball.
"Abigail, you run into bullies…at school?" he said.
"Why would they pick on you? You're a girl," said Ace.
Ace blinked. Why would a bully pick on Abigail? He thought for a moment. It wasn't because of her looks; she was very beautiful.
Then he knew.
"It's because I'm known as a genius. They're jealous."
Then Ace remembered that day…
One day when Ace, Eyeball, Vince, Billy, Fuzzy and Charlie were out walking, they found something on the ground. Ace picked it up. It was Abigail's royal blue coat - the only one she had.
"Looks like Abigail forgot her jacket," said Ace. They started walking, but then he and the others stopped and took a closer look at the jacket. There was a coat of rust along the collar. They looked at the ground; there was a line of the rust along the field. They looked up…and there was Abigail. She was lying on her side. They ran towards her, and Ace rolled her onto her back. She looked almost cut up and bruised. Ace picked her up.
"Abigail…" said Ace, swallowing a lump in his throat. The others didn't look so good. The sight of all that blood was enough to make them want to faint.
"Hey…" Abigail said. But she didn't sound so good.
She then told them the whole story. She had been looking for treasure to give each of them when some guys walked up. They then tackled her to the ground and began hitting her, calling her every cruel name under the sun, and pulling her hair. One of them had two rings on his hand - that was what had cut Abigail up so badly.
Then Ace looked at Abigail as she looked now. She looked okay for the most part, but Ace was a little worried.
He had heard stories about a rapist that kidnapped girls, and after raping them he would murder them. Their bodies were usually found in an alleyway or a dumpster.
He knew Abigail, as well as Fredricka, wasn't safe.
He had to do something. Then he smirked as an idea popped into his head…