I Sat In My Room Reading One Of The Adult Books I Took From My Dad's Office. He Didn't Seemed To Care. He Only Cared About Alcohol. I Was Then Interrupted By Footsteps Coming Upstairs. I Then Put Down My Book As The Doorknob Turned. I Then Came Face To Face With A Short Dirty-Blonde Hairt, Blue-Eyed Boy. Chris Chambers, One Of My Friends.

"Hey Ren", Chris Said

"Sup Chris", I Said

"Your Dad Let Me In", Chris Explained, "He Was Seemed Angry This Time"

"He's Probably Drunk Again", I Said, "You Know My Dad Is"

"By The Way", Chris Said, "We Were Supposed To Meet At The TreeHouse"

"Oh, Shit!", I Screamed Getting Out Of My Chair, "I Forgot"

I Ran To My Closet To Get My Black Boots And Then Fixing The Buttons On My Plaid Shirt. I Quickly Slipped On My Boots And Raced Out The Door. All The While, Chris Was Laughing.

"Shut Up, Chambers", I Said Smiling And Punching Him In The Shoulder.

Chris Just Kept Laughing As We Went Out The Front Door And Onto The Sidewalk. The Way To The Old Tree House. Nearing The Tree House, I Could See My Other Friend. Teddy Duchamp. Me And Chris Climbed The Ladder And I Could Hear Teddy Laughing About Something.

"Ren And Chris Sitting In A Tree", Teddy Chanted, "K-I-S-S-I-N-G"

"We're Not Dating", Chris And I Said

"Sure", Teddy Said Rolling His Eyes

It Was True. Chris And I Are Just Friends. We've Been Through Everything Together. Like When My Mom Died Of Drugs, Chris Was The One Who Comforted Me While I Cried. This Was The Reason Why My Dad Drank.

Chris And His Parents Both Drank And His Stupid Older Brother, Ace, Picked On Us All The Time.

There Were Five Quick Knocks FolFollowed By Two Long Ones Coming From Teddy. It Was Our Secret Knock. Up Climbed, Gordie Lachance And His Magazine. He Sat Between Teddy And Me, And Started Playing The Stupid Card Game With Me.

As Me And Teddy Played, There Were A Few Knocks On The Trap Door.

"That's Not The Secret Knock", Gordie Said Looking Up From His Magazine.

"Well, I Forgot The Secret Knock", The Voice Called, "Come On Guys Let Me In!

"Vern", We All Said In Unison

We Let Vern Climb Up Through The Trap Door And He Was Clearly Out Of Breath.

"Your Not Going To Believe This", Vern Started, "This Is So Boss. Just Give Me A Minute, I Ran All The Way From, My House"

The Rest Of Us All Smirked And Looked At Each Other.

"I Ran All The Hooommme!", We Broke Out Singing

"Just To Say Im Sorry. Sorry Ooh", We Sang, "Why Can't I Say It?"

We Then Stopped On Chris's Cue And Listened To What Vern Had To Say.

"Okay, So I Was", He Started

We Them Cut Him Off With Our Absurd And Off-Key Singing.

"Forget It", Vern Said

"What Is It?", Chris Asked Him, Taking A Drag From His Cigarette

"Do You Guys Want To Go See A Dead Body?", Vern Asked