Angel ~ Teddy Duchamp

Chapter 3

After a second of silence Teddy shouts out in excitement, "That's where the tracks come to a dead end!" "How'd he get all the way there , it's so far." Gordie says. "Must've followed the tracks. I bet if we find him we can get our pictures in the paper!" Chris says. I say silent thinking, why are they so excited to see a dead body. "You guys could tell your parents that we're having a sleepover!" Vern says. "Brooklyn, are you going to come?" Vern asks me. I think for a second longer. the boys staring at me waiting for my answer, I finally nod my head yes. "Great! Let's meet here at 11!" Vern states. We all rush down the steps and run home.

"Mom! I'm having a sleepover at a friends house tonight, I'll be back!" I call to my mom. "Ok, have fun!" I collect my sleeping bag that was in my closet and a water bottle from our kitchen. I think about if I need anything else. I run back to my room and put a dollars worth of coins in my pocket. I rush back to the tree house. Chris and Gordie are already there and Teddy and Vern are heading up. "You guys ready?" Chris asks us. We all nod our heads and head off.

After a while of walking my stomach started to rumble. "Did anyone bring food?" I ask. They all stop. It was obvious no one brought food. "I brought a comb!" Vern shouts. "What do we need a comb for?" I ask. "For when we're in the paper!" He explains. The boys roll there eyes. Vern notices and looks upset. "Good idea Vern." I say to try and make him feel better. He smiles at me. We all sit down on the track and count or money. Our plan is someone will go down to the store. Gordie opens his hand and everyone hands him there money one by one. "Ok, $1 from me, 60 cents from Teddy, $1 from Brooklyn, 90 cents from Chris and... 7 cents from Vern."  Gordie says. Everyone shoots a look at Vern. "Train coming." I say. We all hop off the tracks except for Teddy. He throws his stuff off and stands waiting for the train. "I'm gonna dodge it." He says. The boys start going crazy trying to get him off. I step onto the tracks with him. It could be fun. He looks back at me twice and eventually walks off. I follow him. "Why'd you get off?" I question. I wanted to dodge the train with him. "Didn't want you getting hurt." A blush appears on my face and I walk ahead.

After a while of walking I was getting comfortable with the boys and they were getting comfortable with me. Me, Teddy and Vern were walking side by side as Chris and Gordie fell behind. "Hey do you guys think Mighty Mouse could be Superman in a fight?" Vern asks us. "No way." I say. Teddy pretends to punch Vern. "Two for flinching!" He says and then gives him two punches to the arm.

We finally make it the junkyard. We all climb over the fence. Me and Teddy walk side by side while the rest of them ran ahead of us. "Brooklyn.." Teddy starts. I turn to look at him. "Yeah?" "Never mind, It's nothing." He says turning away. We sit down next to the rest of the boys. They talk about stupid stuff, I put my input in on some topics. "Guys, have you noticed Annette's tits are getting bigger." Teddy says. I shot him a look while all the guys laugh and nod. "Is that all you guys think about." I say giggling a little. "Yeah!" Vern says which makes me laugh even more.

"We've got to get the food, Chopper will be here soon." Vern says. We agree on flipping a coin and the odd man go's. We all flip and we all get tails. Vern starts to whine about how it's a gutcher. None of us payed attention and flipped again. Gordie got the odd coin. A tails while the rest of us got heads. Chris offered to go with him. They ran off to go get the food. Me, Teddy and Vern talked some more. I noticed Teddy scootching closer and closer to me. I started to blush. Vern noticed and started making a huge deal. "OO, Teddy's gotta a girlfriend!!" He shouted. I blushed even more. Teddy started to deny.

Soon we heard the chain unlock, it was Milo the junkyard owner and Chopper. We all gave each other worried looks and ran to the fence. Vern got over. I started having trouble getting over and Teddy helped me. I fell to the ground when I jumped off and Teddy helped me up. Soon we see Chris and and Gordie walk in. "RUN RUN RUN!" We all shout at them. They make it over just in time before Chopper could get them. The boys start teasing the dog and Milo. I bend down to let the dog sniff my hand through the fence. He was really cute. "Come on choppy kiss my ass! Bite shit!" Teddy teases the dog.

Milo runs over out of breath. "I'm gonna beat your ass kid teasing my dog like that!" He yells. "Yeah? I'd like to see you climb over the fence and get me fat ass!" Teddy shoots back. Me and the boys are laughing histarically. Then Milo started trash talking Teddy's dad. All of the laughter stopped. Teddy was fuming. "I'm gonna rip your head off and shit down your neck!" Teddy yells at Milo trying to climb the fence. We all start pulling him down trying to get him to calm down. The boys shit talk Milo a couple more before we walk off. 

Teddy was super upset. He was crying. I walked over to him and gave him a big hug. He hugged me back tightly. I started to rub his back and saying nice words about how his dad stormed the beaches in Normandy. Teddy always talked about how his dad stormed the beaches in Normandy. The boys stared not knowing what to do or how to help. I comforted him as much as I could until he calmed down. Eventually Teddy stopped crying and was back to his normal self.

The rest of the walk Teddy stayed by my side. Once we were the only ones walking together he spoke. "I'm sorry you had to comfort me and stuff." He said looking down. I smiled at him. "It's fine!" I assure him. "Let's stay here for the night." Chris says pointing to a spot in between the trees.