Disclaimer: I do not own anything! I merely borrow the wonderful characters Chris and Gordie , ( other less worthy ones as well) , from the glorious film directed by Rob Reiner. A film that was based off the novella , The Body , written by the great Stephen King! He whose fame shall never fade from this earth!


Never leave you

" I still think your over reacting man. I mean , I know this place sucks , but we can stick it out until we finish high school , right?" , Chris asked Gordie in the growing sunlight of the tree house.

They'd been talking over an ersatz breakfast of junk food and dry cereal about Gordie's almost frantic desire to get out of Castle Rock , to get out quick.

" No I'm not , we cant keep this thing, … us ( he'd dreamt of saying that word for so long that he paused to savor the sound of it) , a secret for long , no matter how careful we are.", Gordie lowered his voice and spoke gravely , " Remember the Cassy brothers?" he asked.

Of course he remembered , how could he not , it was the only thing anyone in Castle Rock talked about for weeks.


It happened about two years ago. The Cassy " brothers" were anything but blood relatives , they were a couple of "fags" or "queers" , as the good people of Castle Rock referred to them , who made the mistake of staying in town. Robert and Doug " Cassy" moved to Castle Rock during the Summer , they managed to keep their love a secret for about four months. When they moved to town they rented a house outside of town , as a result of its proximity to the railroad station they got it cheap. They were no idiots , they knew what would happen to them if the God fearing townspeople found out about their relationship , so they fabricated a story in which they were stepbrothers who'd grownup together and were very close. Robert Cassy even managed to snag a " girlfriend" for a while , for extra camouflage. And they got on well enough , until someone witnessed them engaging in acts that went beyond the bounds of brothers love.

So on October 31st of that year , a mob of armed men , masked with children's Halloween costumes , and armed with guns , torches , and hatred , made their way to the Cassy house. They burned it to the ground , yelling for the queers to come out. The two were able to escape the burning house and were chased through the woods like animals . The spectacle was truly horrifying , all them men had on some form of mask , some had plastic faces meant for children , others had sacks with eye holes cut into them. Among them were Joe Allan , chief of police , Robert Gray , science teacher , and Reverend Simmons , reverend. Doug was caught , the mob hung him from an oak on a impromptu noose of barbed wire. Robert , seeing the hanging apparently went mad and lost the will to live. As his lover hanged , gasping his last breaths , Robert charged into the heart of the mob like one possessed , striking forcefully and at random. Doug was shot by the good Reverend Simmons's .45. It was a major story , although none of the members of the mob were ever identified. And many a sermon was preached on the swiftness of God's judgment on the wicked.


"Yeah , I remember." , Chris admitted.

" That's why we have to get out , if anyone found out…" , they both , as if by unspoken mental understanding decided to lean in closer and speak lower than they already were ,

" He'd Kill you Chris!" ,

And that was Gordie's greatest fear , losing the only one in the world who loved him and who he loved. If their being together endangered Chris's life well then maybe..

" or we could just stop seeing each other…" ,

" No!" , Chris almost yelled.

They both knew that wasn't an option , if they were caught together they may very well die , but if they stayed apart , they were worse off. Chris regained his composure and whispered ,

" No , I love you , man." ,

" And I love you." Gordie said and pulled Chris into an embrace.

" We have to be ready , just in case , and we have to be careful , very careful." he said

, " I know Gordie , I know." ,

" Well I got to be getting back ," Gordie said obviously not wanting to tear himself away , " I told my mom I would be back in the morning , I'll make up a reason and e back in a few minuets , ok?".

"Ok" Chris said ,

but as Gordie turned to go he pulled him into a forceful , passionate kiss. Neither of them wanted to be alone , not again , not after last night. Gordie kissed back with just as much fire , knowing that that passion would have to fill the void left when they were alone again. Gordie pulled away and went out of the tree house , running. Chris sat and waited , thinking about all that Gordie had said. And he was right , if his dad found out about him and Gordie he may very well be beaten to death , and this meant something unimaginably horrible to Chris , it meant separation from Gordie. If , somehow , God forbid , Gordie was killed , Chris was sure he wouldn't go on living , he'd follow him to the grave. But, if in the more likely scenario , Chris died that meant that he would be severed from the only thing in the world he loved. He'd heard in church about how great heaven was supposed to be , gold streets , pearl gates , the works. But as far as Chris Chambers was concerned , without Gordie it might as well be Hell. Suddenly Chris was very worried that he'd be separated from Gordie , in this life or the next. He couldn't imagine being without his slender , chestnut-haired angel. He was still trapped by all these worrying thoughts when Gordie opened up the hatch door and came in the tree house.

" I told my folks I was playing ball with Vern and some other guys , I'm safe till dinner."

With " Dinner" ,still on his lips Grodie was pulled into a strong , almost savagely possessive hug.

" Don't leave me Gordie. Don't leave me , please." Chris pleaded in hushed tones. And Gordie knew what he meant , he'd been having the same worries and fears.

" I won't man , never. I'm here , I'll never leave you." he reassured him , " I'll never leave you."

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I got to use the word "Ersatz"!