You were always there for me - Eddie Kaspbrak

June 8, 1989

"Just please go without me!" I pleaded to my twin brother, Bill. He was trying to get me out of my room so we could go to school. I didn't want to go. I hated leaving the house. Ever since my little brother, Georgie had gone missing all I wanted to do was stay in my room. I would get anxiety attacks sometimes when I knew I had to leave. School definitely didn't help.

"Y/n, please. You've m-m-missed so much school th-this year. We o-only have a week l-left." Bill said from outside my door. I knew he wasn't leaving without me. I wiped a tear from my eye and walked over to the door. I slowly turned the knob and saw my brother standing in the hall. He pulled me into a hug.

"You c-can do this." He said quietly. I nodded my head and walked down the stairs with him. He put his arm around me as we walked out the door. I think Bill knew that seeing the sewer where Georgie was last seen would be too much for me. We took a different route and got to school just in time.

"Where have you been, assholes?" Our friend, Richie asked. I didn't want to tell my friends what happened. I knew they wouldn't understand. Bill promised me he wouldn't tell them either. He always kept his promises so I knew I could trust him.

"They probably have a good reason, Rich. Just leave them alone." Eddie said. He was always the first to stick up for me. He knew I would tell them if I wanted to. I looked over at Eddie and give him a soft smile, which he returned.

"Guys, we have to get to class. I can't be marked tardy." Stan said with worry. He was always afraid we would be late. I didn't really understand it but everyone is afraid of something. We all walked to class together, as usual and sat down right as the bell rang.

School was boring as usual. We only had a week left and the teachers were still trying to get us to learn. It was basically summer and no one was paying attention. The only entertaining part of the day was lunch because I got to see my friends. As I was walking out of the cafeteria, Bill pulled me aside.

"You d-doing ok?" He asked me. I smiled up at him. I was feeling a lot better from this morning and Bill was always by my side.

"I'm just fine." I told him. He smiled and we walked to class. We had english with the whole losers club. I sat next to Eddie, Bill and Stan behind us and Richie across of us with some girl who never talked. I liked English. We usually had fun and the work wasn't too hard.

"Ok" our teacher began. "Today we're starting our summer plans essay. Write a 500 word paper on what you plan on doing this summer." I was excited for this. We had barely any guidelines and just got to write about stuff we were doing over the summer.

I decided to write about having sleepovers with my friends. They would all come to me and Bill's house and we would watch movies and play games all night. It was my favorite part of summer.

I heard the bell rings and I put all my papers into my backpack. I waited for my friends and we walked out of the classroom together.

"Do you guys want to come over?" Stan asked us. Bill looked over to me, waiting for our answer. I shook my head no. I had a lot of homework to do and I was really tired.

"Y/n and I h-have something to do a-at home. We'll s-s-see you guys tomorrow." Bill told them. It was nice that he covered for me. We separated from the group and started walking home.

"I t-think you should t-tell them." Bill told me. I look at him with wide eyes. He couldn't possibly be serious.

"I don't know." I told him. "I don't think they would understand."

"You don't k-know that." Honestly he was right. I didn't know and I didn't really have a way of knowing. They were my friends and they had a right to know what was going on with me.

"I'll think about it." I said. Bill smiled. He knew it was hard for me but maybe my friends could help. He puts his hand on my shoulder and we walked the rest of the way home in silence.