Walking on the Tracks Chapter 4
I was standing on the curb outside The Blue Point Diner waiting for Gordie,judging by the position of the sun it had just gone noon.
I soon spotted Gordie heading over to me with his eyes covered by Denny's old Yankees Cap,"hey Gordo" I smiled at him when he made his way to me,"hey man" he replied with less enthusiasm."Whats wrong man?" I asked him concerned as I noticed something was bugging him."It's nothing man I'm fine' he mumbled but I knew he was lying.
"C'mon,we better go meet Chris" I then said so we started walking.
After five minutes,an old rusty blue truck drove past us with Chris riding on the back."Right here's cool!" he told the driver and hopped off."Thanks a lot" Chris said as the driver drove off giving us a smile."Hey Chris" Gordie and I said together."Gordo! Danny!" Chris grinned throwing his arms over our shoulders as we continued walking. He too soon noted Gordie's low mood."You okay Gordie?" he asked but he received the same reply I did,"I'm fine".
"Guys I gotta show you something!" Chris said grinning, "what?" I said suspiciously,"come on!" Chris said running off,"what is it Chris?" I yelled running after him with Gordie following."This is great,you have to see this" Chris wickedly grinned after leading us down the Blue Point Diner,"what is it?" Gordie asked curiously."Yeah Chambers show us" I told Chris who then reached into his dark green bag and slowly pulled out...a gun.
"You guys wanna be the Lone Ranger or the Cisco kid?" Chris smirked as Gordie and I admired the gun shocked."Walkin' talkin' Jesus" gasped Gordie taking the gun "where'd you get this thing man?"."Took it from my old man" Chris explained while Gordie extended his arms holding the gun "it's a 45".
"I can see that" Gordie said firmly,Chris smiled and looked at the gun proudly."Is...is it loaded?" I asked him staring at it s if it would suddenly go off and shoot a passer by in the foot."Hell no what do you think I am?" Chris replied chuckling."Here Dan,you hold it!" Gordie held out the gun to me and I hesitated in taking it."C'mon man! What are you scared?" Chris said imitating Teddy. I gave him a stern glare and cautiously took the gun. It was cold and smooth between my fingers,the metal was a dark shiny black which I could see my nervous expression in.I copied Gordie by holding out like the cowboys did in the movies,"you sure it's not loaded?' I repeated to Chris,"no" Chris said hands on hip.
I sighed and pulled the trigger only for a sharp loud bullet to fly out and crash into a trash can."OH MY GOD!" Gordie screamed as Chris laughed,"let's go!" I yelled and we started to run."DANIEL DID IT!" Chris shouted back loudly bumping into another trash can "DAN TAYLOR IS SHOOTING UP CASTLE ROCK!"."SHUT UP!" I yelled back at him angrily.
We passed by a corner to catch our breath as that idiot Chambers was pissing himself with laughter at my horror."Ah man you should have seen your face!" he said to me grinning widely "that was really fine!".
"You shit sucker! You knew it was loaded didn't you?!" I shoved the gun back to Chris,my hands shaking with rage and shock."I'm gonna get into some deep shit now,that ditzy waitress saw me!"."Shit Dan,she thought it was fire crackers!" Chris tried to reassure me."Chris that was a mean trick" Gordie said looking at Chris as if he were a child,"I didn't know it was loaded!" Chris defended himself but I sighed deeply."Honest" he said.
"You swear?" I asked him crossing my arms,"yeah" Chris replied with a sigh,"on your mother's life?" Gordie added and Chris nodded with exaggeration."Even if she rots in hell because you lied?" I pushed him further."Yeah I swear Dan!".
I held up my pinky finger.
Chris smiled slightly with another swear."Pinky swear" he said crossing his heart with his pinky before kissing it and holding it patted my shoulder and we carried on walking.
I was still worried about the gun.
Just then two a door near us opened and out stepped two of the most meanest,spiteful, cruelest guys in Merril and Richard "Eyeball" Chambers. I swallowed and bit my lip at the sight of them.I'll admit it these guys fucking scared the shit out of me.
"Hey girls where you going?" Eyeball taunted as we passed was Chris's bully for an older brother and earned his ridiculous nickname due to his right eye being bruised and wonkier than the ignored them until that son of a bitch Ace swiped Gordie's hat off his head causing us to stop.
"Hey man my brother gave me that!" Gordie snapped at him,"and now you're giving it to me" I still remember that voice Ace and full of venom."Give it to me!" Gordie yelled trying to grab his beloved cap back as Ace cruelly helped it above was a painful looked ready to burst into tears at the thought of losing the one thing he had left of his brother.
"Ace for once in your life stop being a dick!" I snapped firmly,"oh Taylor" Ace smirked giving me a spine chilling look "long time no see pal and oh...say hi to your sister for me".I pressed my lips together and clenched my fists to prevent myself from ripping these bastard's head off."You're a real asshole you know that?" Chris spat giving Ace a look of hate.
"Ooh" Ace handed the hat to Eyeball who grinned like a moron and placed it on his greasy hair,"your brother's not a polite one Eyeball!"."Now Christopher! I know you didn't mean to insult my friend" Eyeball said slowly."I know he didn't mean to insult me which is why I'm gonna give him the chance to take it back" Ace whispered,his voice dripping with poison.
Suddenly he had Chris shoved on the hard floor with his ear pressed up close to Chris's ear."Take it back kid" he sneered as Chris struggled to be released."You bastard get the hell off me" Chris gasped,"get the fuck off him Merril!" I snapped trying to drag him off but it was no use."Stop! Cut it out man!" Gordie yelled at Ace who was now holding a lit cigarette but dangerously close to Chris's eye."Take...it...back".
"You piece of shi...okay I take it back I take it back!" Chris gasped squeezing his eyes shut,Ace had a vile smirk of victory on his face as he dragged Chris up and shoved him next to us."There now I feel a whole lot better about this" he said coldly "how about you?".We remained silent."Good" Ace patted Gordie's pale face and turned away,"see you later girls" Eyeball waved pettily and followed him.
Chris and I sighed and began walking away but Gordie stayed where he was,"come on man" I said placing my hand in his thin shoulder,"just forget them" Chris swallowed a large lump in his throat and joined gave him a slight kick up the ass and soon received one back.
"Well why do we even need a pistol for anyway?" Vern asked Chris stepping onto the dusty brown tracks,"it's spooky sleeping out night in the woods" Chris answered walking next to him "we might see a bear"."Or a huge flesh eating monster!" Teddy snickered grabbing Vern's hunched shoulders,"back off Teddy!" Vern barked but you could tell he was frightened by the all chuckled under our breath."I brought a comb!" Vern piped cheerfully,"why would we need that?!" Chris laughed,"for the tv!" Vern said "we want to look good huh?".
"Wow Vern! That's a lot of thinking" Gordie sarcastically remarked."Thanks" smiled the gullible Vern,Teddy raised his fist as if to hit him causing Vern to jump back,"two for flinching" Teddy smirked and thumped his shoulder twice.
We all stopped at the end of Castle Rock and stared at the never ending train track which would lead us to the body of Ray Brower."Geez,how far d'you think its gonna be?" Teddy asked,the wind whipping through his sandy hair,"if we follow the tracks all the way to Harlow..." Chris started."Should be about twenty miles" I finished,"sounds right to you Gordie?" Chris asked putting is hands on his hips,"yeah" Gordie replied looking ahead "yeah it might even be thirty".
"I think maybe we should hitchike" Vern said biting his lip,we all stared round at him then started to head down shaking our heads."No way that sucks!" Teddy scoffed,"how? we could go down the church,head up the Back Harlow Road so we'll be there by sundown!" Vern tried to tell us."That's pussy" Teddy said back annoyed,"hey it's a long way" Vern quietly said shrugging."Did your mother have any kids that lived?" Teddy asked stopping in front of a confused Vern,"what'd you mean?" Vern replied causing Teddy to shake his head and continue walking.