I won't be afraid{RE-EDITED}{COMPLETED}

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Morgan's pov
We had all followed the Ray Brower story very closely because he was a kid our age.Three days before he had gone out to pick blueberries,and nobody'd seen him since.

Vern's pov
"I think we should tell the cops."

"You don't go squawkin' to the cops after you boosted a car, you idiot! They're gonna wanna know how the hell we got way out on Back Harlow Road. Now, they know we don't got no car. It's best we just keep our mouths shut, then they can't touch us."

"Look,we could...we could make a 'nomynous call."

"They trace those calls stupid.I seen it on Highway Patrol and on Dragnet."

"Alright. I just wish we never boosted that goddamn Dodge! I wish Ace had been with us. He could've told the cops we was in his car."

"Well he wasn't!"

"We gonna tell him?"

"We're not gonna tell nobody!Nobody,never!You dig me?!"

Morgan's pov
"I know the Back Harlow Road!It comes to a dead end by the Royal River.The train-tracks are right there!Me 'n' my dad used to fish for Cossies out there!"Teddy said,"Jesus Christ,man.If they would have known you were there they would've killed you."Chris said to Vern."Could he have gotten all the way from Chamberlain to Harlow?"Gordie asked,"That's really far."I pointed out."Sure. He must have started walking on the train-tracks and just followed them the whole way."Chris said,"Yeah. Yeah, right. And then after dark the train must have come along ... el smacko!"Teddy said,i flinched a bit."Yeah..."Chris trailed off,I then gasped.i had an idea!

"Hey, you guys! I bet you anything that if we find him we'll get our pictures in the paper!"i said."yeah,yeah!we could even be on tv!"Teddy exclaimed,"sure!"Chris said."we'll be heroes!"I cheered,"I don't know if you should come Morgan."Vern said."aw come on!why not?"I asked,"it'll be a pretty long trip."Gordie pointed out."They're not wrong Morgan,and besides there's definitely going to be a lot of nasty things out there."Teddy said,"Oh come on guys!we never do anything this exciting,and besides:if I bring my camera then we'll have a good picture for if we end up in newspapers!"I whined."she's got a point guys,plus she's the one who suggested this plan."Chris said,I smiled proudly.

"What'll we tell our folks?"Vern asked,"Exactly what you said. We'll all tell our folks we're tenting out in your back field. You tell your folks you're sleeping over at Teddy's. Then we say we're goin' over to the drag races the next day. We're rock solid 'til dinner tomorrow night."Gordie replied."man that's a plan-and-a-half!"Chris whined,"But if we do find the kid's body over in South Harlow, they'll know we didn't go to the drag races. We'll get hided!"Vern said."Nobody will care, 'cause everybody's gonna be so jazzed about what we found it's not gonna make a difference!"Teddy said,"my parents will get mad and ground me...but it'll be worth it!"I exclaimed."Yeah! My dad'll hide me anyway.But hell, it's worth a hiding!"Chris exclaimed,we were all pretty excited now.

"Shit,yeah!"

"Let's do it!whaddya say?"

"Alright!"

"Gordie?"

"Sure."

"Morgan?"

"Heck yeah!"

"Vern?"

"I don't know..."

"Vern!"we all said,"come on Verno."Teddy said."Yeah come on Vern!"i said,"come on Vern!"Chris said.he then pulled Vern into a headlock and and proceeded to give him noogies,Teddy and I reached over and began to pinch Vern's cheeks."okay!alright."Vern said,Chris let go of him and we stopped pinching him."Yeah, cool. Very cool. Very, very cool. Yes!"Teddy said excitedly,we were all very excited:but Gordie didn't seem to look that excited,i on the other hand was so excited.when I got home I immediately started to pack,I needed to make it look like I was having a sleepover when In reality I wasn't.