stand by me

chapter twenty-six

^^^listen to the song while you read^^^

"I hate this shortcut!" Vern complained. It was pretty terrible. There was sloshy mud everywhere. "I hate this shortcut!" Teddy mocked. Vern got mad and swiped his hand in front of Teddy's face. He flinched, which was a first. "You flinched! Two for flinching!" Vern taunted. Teddy hit him twice. "B- but you flinched!" Vern said confused. "I know. Two for flinching," Teddy replied. What a sore loser!
Not long later, we sloshed up to a pond. "How are we supposed to get across this?" Vern asked, confused again. "We'll use your as a raft!" Teddy said. "Haha very funny!" Vern said sarcastically.
Chris picked up a stick and stuck it in the pond. "Hey it's not that deep, I think we can walk across!" He said hopefully.
We all walked in. Then fell into the water. Ugh! Just perfect!
"I told you we should've stuck to the tracks!" Vern whined. "Is it just me, or are you the worlds biggest pussy?!" Teddy asked. "I suppose this is fun for you?" Vern asked. "No, but this is!" Teddy dunked his head under the mucky water. "Come on Teddy! Act your age!" Chris reminded. "This is my age! I'm in the prime of my youth and I'll only be young once!" Teddy told him. "Yeah but you're gonna be stupid for the rest of you life!" I joked. "Ohh Y/L! You just signed your own death warrant!" He dunked me under the water. "You die Y/L!" He yelled. Chris hopped over to us. We were piling and splashing, and just having a fun time.
"Hey! Where'd you think you're going!" Chris said to Gordie. Gordie was walking out of the pond. "Yeah, Lachance!" Teddy said. "Come on you guys!" Gordie said annoyed. We all piled on top of him.
"Sleeper hold! Sleeper hold! Nobody get outta the sleeper hold!" Vern yelled. "Hey Vern! There's something on your neck!" Gordie warned. "Haha! Not falling for that one!" He yelled. "No Vern! There is something on your neck!" I warned him again. "It's a leech! LEECHES!!" Teddy screamed. We sprinted out of the water and took our clothes off.
At the time, I wasn't even thinking about the fact that I was surrounded by young boys. I just wanted them off. "Get em off!!" We all yelled. We slapped them off of each other.
By the time we had gotten them all off, I was looking around for more on me. I felt eyes on me. I looked up to see every boy staring at me. Everyone accept Gordie. I ran behind a tree. "Jesus fuck!" I whispered, putting my clothes back on.
When I walked back out, something else had turned the boys attention, which I was grateful for They were huddled over Gordie, who was on the ground. "Maybe he's dead!" Vern suggested. "Hey! What the fuck happened!" I asked. "Gordie had a leech hanging from his balls!" Teddy said looking back at me. "Oh! You're dressed now! I liked it better before!" He smirked. I gave him my middle finger. "Shut up Teddy!" Chris said. "Oooh! Chambers and Y/L!" He joked. I rolled my eyes. "Gosh I've never met anyone who fainted before!" Vern said. "Maybe he made a bad mistake and looked at your face!" Teddy shot back. "God Teddy! Shut up!" I told him. He rolled his eyes and gave me a glare.
They turned back to Gordie. "You okay Gordo?" Chris asked. "Yeah," He said quietly as he stood up.
The boys got dressed.