Grace-
We were all out in the back field at Billy's giving each other tattoo's that said Cobras on our left arms. Right now I was waiting for mine, being the last one to get it, whatever happened to ladies first?
I sighed and hopped on the table where Billy was getting his tattoo. He was squeezing on the table below him so hard his knuckles turned white. He took a long drag of his cigarette and looked over at me.
"What?" He sneered
I shrugged "I just didn't know you were such a wimp." I smiled I looked up to see him glaring at me and Eyeball chuckling.
Billy pushed my arm making me fall off and I growled looking up at him "Ass" I muttered
I stood up and sat beside Charlie who gave me a small smile; he looked down at his beer again and dropped it gently on the ground.
I nudged his arm and he looked up at me before staring at the ground.
I looked over at Ace while Eyeball was asking Billy about his girlfriend Connie.
Ace looked up and I started to listen in "She's a Catholic man; if you wanna get laid you gotta get yourself a Protestant." He smirked looking up and the sky "A Jew's good."
I frowned at this comment and turned to glare at Eyeball for bringing up the subject.
The radio stopped and a Klam broadcaster began to talk about that Ray Brower kid.
Eyeball scoffed "Why don't they just give up? Kid's dead, there never gonna find 'em."
Charlie smirked "Not where there lookin"
Billy jumped "Hey Eyeball's right, Charlie they ain't never gonna find 'em"
"Hold still your makin me fuck up the snake part!" Eyeball hissed
I looked over to Vince who chuckled "I'll tell ya how they're gonna find 'em. Ten years from now some hunter's will be up in the woods, they'll stop to take a break and end up pissin on his bones."
Charlie smiled got wider "Bet you a thousand buck they find 'em before that!" He dared
Eyeball turned to Charlie "Bet ya two thousand says they don't!" Eyeball mocked
Charlie stood up forgetting about his beer "Well asshole!"
"What's the big deal? Who cares?" Billy glared at Charlie his voice raised
"Would you two shut the fuck up? If either one of you assholes had two thousand dollars, I'd kill you both." Ace hissed
We all became silent because we all knew he would.
"Lollipop by the Chordettes" began to play and I tapped my feet to the music.
When Billy was finally done, I sat on the table and rolled up my sleeve.
"Aw, come on Gracie. I don't wanna cut you." Eyeball whined
"You don't do it I'm gonna have to have Vince do it." I smirked
Eyeball shot a glance at Vince's buck knife he kept on his belt; it was tucked away safely in a leather case buckled on a belt loop. Vince looked at me and winked. I turned my head to Eyeball who grunted and wiped off the blood from Billy's tattoo.
He started on mine and I didn't wince or bite my tongue like the others. I didn't cry or grab the table in pain because truth is I was used to it. My dad had cut me before with a knife, on my left hip there was a white scar from when I tried to run and he slashed it across my hips before I made it into Eyeball's house last year.
I waited patiently as Eyeball finished. When he was done I hopped off the table and sat on the hood of the blue car behind Charlie. We sat out there talking for a while before everyone started to head in from the heat.
After we were inside I was sitting alone on the kitchen counter, my legs dangling down I smiled. I thought of myself as a mermaid with an invisible green tail as I moved my legs up and down in the air; I moved them together as the guys sat in the other room. I looked up jumping to see Ace leaning against the wall staring at me. I stopped moving as my eyes locked with his. He silently walked forward, his hands moved to my thighs spreading them apart. He stepped closer pressing my body to his, his hips against my inner thighs. I gulped as his hands snaked around my waist. He leaned forward his lips brushing past my ear "Me and Charlie are gonna go shoot some pool, you wanna come?" His left hand went to my knee "When were done we could go back to my place" His hand drawing invisible circles on my thigh "Then we could have some real fun" He smiled tilting his head down he kissed my jawline.
Charlie walked in "Ace we going or not?"
Ace turned to glare at Charlie "Fine"
I hopped off the counter and we all headed to the pool hall. Ace had just started and Charlie looked edgy.
"What's wrong Charlie?" I asked
He bit his lip before turning to Ace "Hey Ace, I gotta tell you something but you gotta swear on your mother's good name that you won't tell anybody."
I walked over and moved closer to Charlie, everyone knew if you swore on your mothers good name you better have a damn good reason.
Ace smirked "Sure pal, you got it."
Ace stopped when Charlie started to talk about Ray Brower and how Billy and him found 'em when they took some broads up to the back Harlow road.
Ace quickly drove us to his house where the gang was hanging out at, by noon everyone in the gang knew about the kid and we all decided we were gonna get the credit.
Ace loaded his car with fishing gear and turned to Billy and Charlie, I sat on the top of the front seat, and I leaned foreward my arms wrapped around Ace's shoulders.
"Listen Ace maybe me and Charlie shouldn't go." Billy hesitated
Charlie piped in "Yeah maybe you can go without us?"
Ace scoffed "You guys are acting like my grandmother having a conniption fit. I don't see your problem? If a cop stops and asks what we're doing, were just here to take some steelhead out of the river, and look what we found." He smirked
Vince smirked "Come on were gonna be famous, we'll be on every radio and TV show in the country."
I smiled "Plus I know alot of girl who would dig a couple of boys that were hero's when they found that poor missing kid on the back Harlow road."
Charlie gripped his arms scared "I still don't think we should go..."
Ace sighed "Alright you've stated your position clearly, now I'm going to state mine. Get in the fucking car! NOW!"
Everyone scrambled into the cars and Eyeball turned to give me a look of sadness, I bit my lip knowing I had betrayed him. Billy saw and pushed Eyeball's shoulder before Ace could see, Eyeball glared at Billy and if looks could kill, Billy would be six feet under right about now. Charlie moved Billy forward and they both hopped into the front seat.
We drove for a while before Ace got bored and pulled up beside Vince; He revved his engine and smirked. We all howled and whistled challenging Vince to a race.
"No way Ace! Not this time man, No way!" Vince hollered over the cars
Billy almost hit Vince with his beer bottle that he was hanging off the side of the car.
"Go for it Vince! Go for it!" Ace smirked
They started to race going back and forth on who was first. Ace took a sip of his beer and I gulped as a big truck turned onto the road. He was headed right for us, a large pile of wood in the bed of his truck.
"Oh my God! I got 'em, I got 'em!" Vince cheered
Charlie sighed "Come on Ace fall back."
Billy chuckled "Come on don't fuck around."
The horn of the truck blared and my heart began to pound.
"Ace" I said gripping the back seat tightly.
"Jesus Christ, Ace fall back!" Charlie yelled
"Come on don't fuck around!" Billy yelled again
Ace pushed his foot harder on the gas the truck only a little bit in front of us. The horn blaring louder in my ears.
"Fall back, Fall back!" Charlie screamed
Billy began to howl in fear and I grabbed onto Ace's shoulders clutching his shirt, I buried my head on his shoulder and shut my eyes tight.
I felt the car jump and looked back, the lumber from the tuck spilled onto the road as the driver pulled off to the side. My breath was caught in my throat; Ace hit the gas and pulled in front of Vince.
"SHIT!" Vince yelled
I could barely hear Eyeball as we sped up just the last line he said "You let 'em beat ya, you cock knocker!" Then he laughed as we started to the entrance of the back Harlow road.
"Jesus, Ace are you insane?" I laughed thinking of how scared we were
He took a swig of his beer "I won"
In silence we went into the back Harlow road, we all waited until Eyeball motioned for us to follow a few feet ahead as he and Ace headed down a dirt path. The trees began to rustle with the wind as the sky got darker the sun already gone as the night began.
Charlie and Billy were first, and I stayed back with Vince.
Charlie stormed down the path "Vern! You little son-of-a-whore! You was under the porch weren't ya?"
Billy pulled his belt off and pointed it to his little brother " You key-hole peeping bum! I ought to beat the living shit out of you!"
I ran down seeing Gordie Lachance, Teddy Duchamp, Chris and Vern all around the dead body of Ray Brower. I gulped this was the second dead body I had seen, the first being my mother.
Vern ran off ditching his friends, Teddy and Chris stood there scared.
"You guys have two choices, you can leave quietly and we take the body or you stay, we beat the shit out of you and we take the body." Ace told them calmly
"Besides me and Billy found 'em first." Charlie hissed
Teddy laughed pushing his glasses up "Yeah, Vern told us how you found 'em." His voice changed to a childlike scared voice "oh Billy I wish we never have boosted that car... oh Billy I think I just turned my fruity looms into a fudge factory."
Charlie gritted his teeth "Alright your ass is grass!"
Ace held up his hand telling Charlie not to move. "Alright Chambers, you little faggot what do you say?"
Chris looked to Eyeball who just blew out a cloud of smoke, he turned back to Ace "I say why don't you go home and fuck your mother some more." He hissed
Ace pulled out his knife and pointed it and Chris "Your dead" We all knew one thing, never insult Ace's mom.
He walked forward and I looked to Eyeball "Do something" I whispered
"Ace..." Eyeball tried but Ace wasn't listening.
"Come on Chris" Teddy tried to push Chris away
"They're not taking him" Chris told him
"He's got a knife man" Teddy tried
"They're not taking him" Chris told him again
Teddy ran away leaving Chris by himself. Ace was in front of Chris now.
"You're gonna have to kill me Ace" Chris gulped
"No problem" Ace held the blade to his throat.