And, the days of no power have come to an end on my street. On the bright side, I have received requests for a sequel (YOU LIKE ME! YOU REALLY LIKE ME! 3), and I would like you to know that I am working on that at the moment, sooooooo… read on, please!
CHAPTER 17: FIGHT
I could hear Chris saying, "Come on, you guys, we should really head back."
Teddy grew angry. "Oh, great, Chambers! We come all this way just for you to turn pussy at the last minute?"
I came out from behind the tree and said, "Hey, maybe one of us should just take Gordie back, ok? I mean, after that whole leech episode…"
Teddy glared at me. "Come on, Randall, you don't need to be such a wimp."
Chris shoved Teddy and said, "You don't talk to my freaking girlfriend that way, man!"
Vern shoved the two of them apart and said, "HEY! I think Chris is right; let's go back."
Teddy threw up his hands. "Oh, what a surprise! The king of the pussies wants to go home too!"
Vern brought his finger up and pointed it at Teddy. "Stop calling me that!"
Teddy cocked his head to the side. "Oh, what, pussy?"
"Stop it!"
"Pussy?"
"Shut up!"
"!" Teddy taunted.
Finally, Vern growled, "You four-eyed psycho!" and tackled Teddy to the ground. Chris and I nearly jumped on top of them trying to break it up. All of a sudden, we heard Gordie scream, "STOP IT!"
We all turned and faced Gordie, shocked. This wasn't the same Gordo we had left Castle Rock with only a couple of days ago. He stood up and said dramatically, "I'm not going back." With that, he picked up his sleeping bag and started to head off through the woods. We all stood in silence before Teddy picked up his bag, shoved Vern and said, "Idiot."
Vern scoffed, "Shut up, retard." Chris and I picked up our sleeping bags and headed off through the woods, following Gordie. Now, we were even closer. And somehow, I couldn't help but feel that danger was even closer than ever.