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~Bill POV (since Leah kinda just passed out lol)~

I ran down the stairs into the basement, and saw the clown slowly slip down the darkness of a well opening. 

"Bill, we have to help Eddie!" I heard Bev yell.  I started to run back, and I saw an unconscious Leah in the hallway.

"Um guys!" I screamed, but I was muffled by Eddie's screams. I walked over to help, and figured I would tell them about her once Eddie shuts up.

"I'm gonna snap your arm into place." Richie tells him. 

"Rich, do not fucking touch me!" Eddie yells right into my ear, giving me a slight headache. I'm surprised no one has noticed that Leah isn't here yet.  

"Ok, one two three." Richie counts.

"Do not touch me!" Eddie yells over the counting. Richie ignores him though, and snaps him arm making an awful cracking sound. Eddie then screams out of pain again.

"GUYS!" I yell over the chaos. "Help me with Leah. She-she's passed o-out in the h-hallway.." I speed out, rushing to her. Richie and Bev follow me, hoping to either wake her up, or help me carry her out.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?!" Richie yells.

"Y-you wouldn't of heard me over E-E-Eds.." Richie leans down to her and whispers something in her ear, not sure what, and backs up. After a few seconds of waiting, she wakes up and he helps her stand up. Me and Bev run to the other Losers and leave them together. 

~ Normal POV ~

Once Leah wakes up and stands up stable, Richie slides an arm around her waist giving her extra support. She puts an arm around his shoulder and they walk out with the rest of the Losers. They all jump down the stairs, besides Eddie, Richie, Leah, and Bill. Leah didn't know why Bill was helping Eddie so she would ask about that later. Now is not the time.

 All of the Losers rushed onto their bikes, but Eddie was in Mike's meat basket and Leah was on the back of Richie's. They figured the would come back for the bikes at a later date. As they rode off, Richie was still screaming out of shock from what just happened. As they were riding down the street, Leah was feeling much better. 

*~ small time skip ~*

They eventually stopped riding at Eddie's house where Ms. K was waiting. Once she got Eddie, she pulled him away from the group and into her arms.

"You. You did this." She said while pointing to all of the kids. "You know how delicate he is." She the ushers him into the car.

"We were attacked M-M-M-Ms K-" Bill stutters.

"No. Don't." Ms. K cuts the stuttering boy off. "Don't try and blame anyone else." She then slams the car door once Eddie is sat down. She fumbles with her keys for a few seconds and then drops them, the keys flying to the ground. Bev tries to bend down to get the keys for her, but she juts her hand out, not wanting Bev near her.

"Get back!" She grabs the keys up and leans near Bev.

"Oh, I've heard of you, Miss Marsh. And I don't want a dirty girl like you touching my son." She snarls in Bev's face. Leah's jaw drops.

"Ms. K..I s-s-s-s-swear..-" Bill tries to say.

"No! You are all monsters. All of you." She yells. Leah ignores their conversing though and thinks back to the fact that she believes the rumors of her ex friend.

"Oh come on now! You can't believe those rumors. She's literally an 8th grader." Leah pauses and looks Ms. K up and down. "On second thought..maybe you are dumb enough to. I mean, look at yourself. Giving Eddie pills just so he can rely on you, lying to him constantly, calling Bev a 'dirty girl' when all she's done is had her first kiss, and I know how much you don't want to hear this, but if anything you're the monster here." she finishes with a smirk.

"Say another word, and it will be going straight to your mother." Ms. K threatens.

"Fuck. you." Leah says with venom lacing her tone. After she finishes, she gives Ms. K a sweet smile and walks back behind Bev. Ms. K gives up on them and runs over to the drivers side door and gets in. All of the Losers see Eddie in the passenger seat crying slightly, refusing to look at them. Ms. K then drives away and all of the kids walk into the middle of the road, their gazes following the car until it's out of sight. Bill then turns back to the group.

"I saw the well. W-w-w-we know where it is and-and next time we'll be better prepared." He says with a small smile. Leah zones out slightly.

"No! No next time Bill. You're insane!" Stan yells, startling Leah. 

"Why? We all know no one else is going to do anythin-" Bev was cutoff by Richie.

"Leah passed out and E-Eddie was nearly killed! And look at this motherfucker! He's leaking hamburger helper!" Richie yells while motioning to Ben's cut up stomach.

"We can't pretend it's gonna go away. Ben you said it yourself, 'It comes back every 27 years.'" Bev says while making eye contact with Ben.

"Fine! I'll be 40 and far away from here. I thought you said you wanted to get out of this town too." Ben counters.

"Because I wanna run towards something, not away."

"I'm sorry. Who invited Molly Ringwald into the group?" Richie points at Bev, receiving a middle finger from her. 

"Richie-" Leah and Stan both say.

"I'm just saying, lets face facts. Real world. Georgie is dead. Stop trying to get us killed too." Richie turns to Bill, saying it straight to his face.

"Rich-"

"Georgie's not dead." Bill cuts Leah off.

"You couldn't save him, but you can still save yourself." Leah's jaw drops open again for what feels like the tenth time today. Richie tries to walk away, but Bill stops him.

"No. T-t-t-take it back. You're scared and we all are, but take it back!" Bill then shoves Richie back, which results in Richie almost running into Leah, but he steps forward and shoves Bill back. Bill then grabs his shirt and punches him square in the face.

"Bill!" Bev yells.

"You're just a bunch of Losers!" Richie screams while getting up, but being restrained by Mike and Stan. "Fuck off!!" The two start reaching for each other, but Ben holds Bill back.

"Richie stop!" Stan says.

"You're just a bunch of Losers, and you'll get yourselves killed trying to kill a stupid fucking clown!" Richie rushes out. 

"Stop!" Bev tries to calm the two down.

"Guys STOP!" Leah yells so loud, the whole block could've heard her. "This is what It wants. It wants to divide us."

"We were all together when we hurt It. That's why we're still alive." Bev adds.

"Yeah? Well I plan to keep it that way." Richie says bitterly while making his way to the bikes. He shoves his shoulder into Bill and keeps walking. The whole group slowly starts to disperse until it's just Bill, Bev, and an indecisive Leah.

"Mike?" Mike turns around to face the three.

"I can't do this. My granddad was right. I'm an outsider. Gotta stay that way." He then walks off and gets on his bike. Leah takes a deep breath and still can't make a decision of whether she should keep fighting or not.

"Leah?" 

"I-...I should get going home, incase my mom is there.." The three then exchange their goodbye's before Leah bikes away.


A/N- long chapter! i wasn't sure when to stop it so i kinda just kept going :p


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