They all drove back to the inn. Charlie was still shaken by what happened at the library.
When they entered they heard Beverly talking to Richie, Eddie and Ben.
"I've seen every one of us..."
"Everyone of us what?" Bill asked her.
Charlie came in and noticed everyone was looking serious and scared. She looked at Bev and her cheeks were tears stained.
"To the place that Stanley ended up" she said.
"How come none of us are seeing what she's seeing, what makes her so different?" Richie asked.
Charlie went to the bar and grabbed a beer.
"Deadlights" Mike said.
Charlie set down her bottle after she took a drink and she remembered the day in the sewers. Beverly was floating in the air because she was the one who saw the lights in IT's mouth.
"She was the only one who saw them" she muttered to herself, but everyone heard her. Bev took out a cigarette and lit it.
"What Beverly sees, it won't go away until we stop IT" Mike says.
"Well how the hell are we supposed to do that?" Eddie asked.
"The ritual of Chüd" he said.
"A fucking ritual man? Are you kidding me? I mean there's gotta be another way, this thing comes every 27 years, why don't we just kick the can and wait until then" Richie said.
"We'll be 70 years old asshole" Charlie told him. Eddie pointed his finger at her to show she had a point.
"None of us make it another 27 years, with the way it happens" Beverly gasped.
Charlie handed Richie a shot and he drank it fast.
"If we don't beat this psycho then.." Ben says.
"We die" Charlie said, taking another drink from behind the bar.
"Horribly" Eddie finished.
"Yeah, I don't need the horrible part" Richie told him.
"I didn't say it, she said it, not me" he mentioned to Beverly.
"Look guys I've seen w-w-what he's talking about and it's all true" Bill said, mentioning to Mike. "It's the only way. If we want this ritual to work.."
"We have to remember" Mike said.
Charlie finished the beer from her bottle and set it on the table, and looked up at Mike.
"Remember what?"
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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...
