Not Blood Brothers; Forever Together In Blood | Stranger Things and IT Crossover

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No ones POV:

"Look, Eddie, I'm sorry for what I said about your plan" Stan apologizes.

A couple of days have passed. Eddie hasn't spoken to Stan, still upset about what he said.

"If I were your dad, I'd want us to save me too. We can go tonight if that's okay with you?" Eddie lifts his head and looks at Stan, tears brimming his eyes. "Stan, stop pitying me. I know you don't want to go, we don't have to. We can leave back for Derry tomorr-" "No, Eddie! I mean it, you noticed I was uncomfortable the first day we met and you helped out. You made it less awkward for me."

Eddie sighs, "fine, but if you wanna back out, just let me know." Stan smiles. "Guys! Come down here!" Eddie calls to the rest of the losers from the basement, who are in the kitchen getting food. "Yes, Eddie?" Richie asks, walking down the stairs.

Before Eddie can get another word out, tears start streaming down his face. Richie runs over to Eddie and scoops him in his arms. "My love, is everything alright?" Richie asks, concerned. "We-" he starts sobbing uncontrollably. "Take your time, sweetheart. We have all the time in the world" Richie starts rubbing his back, humming a song.

Beverly and Bill watch from the stairs.

"W-we can go b-back to the lab ton-tonight" Eddie stutters out between sobs. "Alright, my prince, that's amazing! Is there a reason you're crying? Or is it just one of those days? Is there anything I can do to help, I'm always here if you need anything, you know that right?" Eddie nods. "Just breathe, sweetheart, in and out. Keep breathing" Eddie's breaths become more steady as he stops crying.

"Let's get ready to leave," Richie says the others. They nod their heads and slip on their shoes.

Eddies POV:

I walk over to the other side of the basement and grab the bag of guns from under the table, handing them to Richie. Beverly grabs a bat, nails hammered into the sides, that she made recently. Bill grabs a lighter out of his bag and a can of hairspray that he stole from Mikes's sister's boyfriend, Steve. "Is everyone ready?" Richie asks as he wraps his arm around my shoulder. "Yeah, we have to go get El before we leave" Beverly smiles. "She's up in my room," Mike says as he, Dustin, and Lucas come down the stairs. There's a mysterious, red-haired girl behind them.

I cling onto Richie when she steps into the room. Everyone goes quiet when they see her. "Who's she?" Stan asks with an attitude. "This is Maxine, she goes by Max! She goes to our school, she wants to help" Lucas answers.

"You told a random girl about our problems? Are you serious, Lucas?" Richie shouts. "I'm sor-" "Whatever, don't spread shit around, Maxine," Richie says, holding out the 'ine' in her name. "It's Max" she corrects. "Do not correct me, I know what I said. If you're going to be hanging with us, I'll call you whatever the fuck I want to call you. Do I make myself clear?" he asks in a stern voice, but she doesn't answer. "I said, do I make myself clear, Maxine?!" he screams, loud, scaring everyone in the room. "Y-yes" "yes what?" he asks through gritted teeth. "Yes, loud and clear, my name is Maxine now."

Richie smiles, a creepy, frightening smile, then says, "great, glad to know we're on the same track." He looks down as he turns to me, guilt flashes his eyes as he notices I'm frightened. He pulls me into a hug and rests his head on my shoulder. His breathing is shaky and he wraps his arms tighter around me. "I'm sorry" he whispers.

"No, 'Chee, i-it's not your fault-" "Yes it is, Eddie!" he interrupts, screaming again, causing me to jump. "Is everyone ready?" he asks as he steps away from me. They all nod their heads, too scared to say a word. I look down and realize he has a gun in his hand, the safety off. Everyone walks out of the house and to the van across the street. Bill starts the car when we all find somewhere to sit. Richie sits by the window in silence. He stretches his hand toward me, keeping his eyes out the window. I grab his hand and he pulls me onto him, wrapping his arms around me.