𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘭

Chapter One

A/N This is told by Gordie, just like  in the movie. All curse words are censored, just out habit, no real reason why.

Gordie POV

I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the summer of 1959. A long time ago....but only if you measure in terms of years. I was living in a small town in Oregon call Castle Rock. There were only 1,281 people, but to me it was the entire world.

I grabbed a magazine from the store then made my way to the tree house. I went up the ladder to the tree house, and then I knocked. I was let in by three members of the group. They were all sitting around a table, having a cigarette. Adelaide's hip flask was on the table, and she took a swig of something that was presumably a cheap gin, and handed it over to Chris, in exchange for his cigarette. They shared a whole lot of stuff, and it was pretty common for them. He took a swig the cheap gin, while she puffed the cigarette. Then he said,

"How do you know a Frenchman has been in your back yard?"

Teddy Duchamp responded with,

"Hey, I'm French, okay?"

"Your trashcans are empty and your dog's pregnant."

We all started laughing at the stupid joke, but Teddy wasn't, and he said,

"Didn't I just say I was French?"

They continued their game, with Chris saying,

"I knock."

"Sh*t."

Adelaide gave Chris back his cigarette, and lit one of her own so that she wouldn't have to share. She also took back her hip flask and attached it to her jeans.

"Twenty-Nine," Chris started out.

"Twenty-Two," Teddy replied.

"Twenty-Four," was Adelaide's answer.

I had such sh*t cards, and said,

"Piss up a rope!"

The gang started laughing at me, as I grabbed a magazine.

"Gordie's out. Oh Gordie just bit the bag and stepped out the door!" was Teddy's response. While he was still laughing, Chris said,

"Come on man, deal."

Teddy Duchamp was the craziest guy we hung around with. He didn't have much of a chance in life. His dad was given fits of a rage. One time he held Teddy's ear to a stove and almost burned it off.

Teddy hit the table and said,

"I knock."

Chris and Adelaide looked at him in disbelief and then she said,

"There is no way in hell!"

And Chris said,

"Yeah you four-eyed pile of s*it."

"That pile of sh*t has a thousand eyes!"

Adelaide, Chris and I looked at each other, and started dying of laughter at his stupid f*cking reply, and he responded with,

"What? What's so funny? Come on, I've got thirty, what have you got?"

Still laughing, Chris said,

"Sixteen."

While Adelaide said,

"Fourteen."