They all walked out of the restaurant after Richie yelled at some kid. They were all standing in the parking lot as Beverly called Stanley. Charlie was standing next to Mike as her hands were in her pockets.
"You lied to us, that's not okay" Eddie told Mike.
"Yeah what you could've said was 'hey guys, you wanna come out to Derry and get murdered?' Cuz then I would've said no" Richie said.
"Guys" Charlie shut them up as she tried to listen on the phone call. Stanley's wife was crying.
"H-He passed" she said in a shaking voice "He died yesterday. It was horrible, the way he died ... his wrists in the-
"Bathtub" muttered Beverly.
Charlie looked at everyone with her mouth open. She drew her hands to the back of her neck as she walked away, tears threatening to come out.
"Stanley" she said, looking at the sky. Beverly ended the call with Stans wife after she sent her condolences.
"Pennywise knew, he knew before we did" Eddie said.
"We have to stop him, I have a plan" Mike said.
"I gotta plan, getting the fuck outta here before this ends like one of Bills books, who's with me" Richie raised his hand and so did Eddie.
"We made a promise" Mike said.
"So let's unmake the promise"
"Richie, people are going to die" Ben told him.
"People die everyday man! Plus we don't own this town shit, I just remembered I grew up here two hours ago so I'm fuking leaving. Fuck this" he said going to his car. Eddie followed him. Ben and Beverly left for the inn too. Mike tried to talk to them to stay but they didn't want to listen to him.
"Guys, please you have to believe me" Mike told Bill and Charlie. Charlie was now sitting on the curb looking emotionless in front of her. Her legs spread as her elbows were propped on her knees, her tomboy way.
"What do you want us to say Mike? What difference would it make, they're all gone" Bill said.
"Let me just show you something, one thing and if you wanna leave you leave. Lemme just show you this first" he said. Bill looked undecided but Charlie spoke up.
"I'll go with you Mike" she said, still looking in front of her, "I didn't fly out here for nothing"
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The Years After (IT Chapter Two fanfic)(Sequel to Summer of '89)
FanfictionIt's been 27 years since Charlie has been to Derry, 27 years since she's seen the Losers, 27 years since she has seen the clown. But she has always been haunted by that one summer. When she gets the call from Mike, Charlie has to go back to her chil...
