Chapter 6 TRAIN

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Then vern and teddy and Andrew sang lollipop

Me and Lisa walked together

Hey, are you worried about ace if he found you? I asked her

Yeah she said

So are you excited for junior high? I asked

Yeah, kinda

Ever since Mom died, daddy has been drinking more, Ace became an asshole to me, and little Audrey was getting into fights at preschool

Whoa, I'm sorry for that I said

Yeah

Can I ask you something? I asked

Do you think poetry is a waste of time? I asked

No, it's actually beautiful she said to me with a smile

Come you guys let's get moving

Yeah, or the kid won't even be dead anymore

Carol and Anna passed out on Gordie and Chris arms

Then Chris passed Carol to teddy and put Lisa on his back

You guys know when the next train is due?

We could go down to the route 136 bridge

What are you, crazy?

That's 5 miles downriver

You walking 5 miles downriver and back

Could take till dark

We cross here, we'll get there in ten minutes

Yeah, but if a train comes, there's nowheres to go

You just jump

Teddy, it's 100 feet

Yeah, teddy

Look, you guys can go around

Me and the girls are crossing here, and while you guys drag your candy asses halfway across the state, I'll be waiting for you on the other side, relaxing with my thoughts and my sisters

Do you use your left or right hand for that?

You wish

Then Lisa got off of Chris's back

And he picked up Carol

Then we started to walk the tracks

Hey Andrew, do you think your parents are worried about you?

Probably not

Chrissy was walking by teddy

Lisa was walking by Chris

Charlotte was walking by my brother

Then vern was crawling

Dude do you have to crawl I said while walking

Shut up Claire

Then I walked across from him

I lost the comb

Forget it, vern

Then I was walking untill I heard

TRAIN

Shit I said

Move it, man

Then Gordie passed Anna to me

Me and Chrissy were holding hands and running

Then Lisa held on to Chris hand

Go, man

Come on Gordie, vern, Charlotte, Olivia

Go

Go faster

Fuck were going to die Abigail said

I'm trying

Run, run

Then we made it

Come on, run, run, man

Move you ass, man

Run, run

Run god damn it

Then they fell

Holy shit I said

Are they dead? Chrissy asked

Are you guys ok?

Yeah

Hey, at least now we know when the next train was due

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