Cherry Bomb- R. Tozier

Chapter 4

As I was walking out of the store I looked around to see where my friends went when I seen Bev standing by the entrance to an alley way, smiling at me while shaking her head in disbelief as a laugh leaves her throat when I hold up the bag of tampons proudly. 

"You're insane." She tells with a laugh me as I finally make it over to her.

"I like to believe that I'm crazy in the best way." I tell her before deciding to joke around a bit more. "Besides I just did what all witches do, and I put him under my spell. Or as Greta likes to say I 'possessed him'." I tell Bev with a light smile as she rolls her eyes at the thought of Greta but also begins to smile.

"T-Th-Thanks." Bill tells me walking up to us and holding out a dollar for me. 

"I'll take that, thank you very much. Pleasure doing business with you." I tell him playfully nudging him before tossing Bev her pack of cigarettes. 

"Oh, god. He's bleeding. Oh my god." I hear Stanley panic making me turn to look in the alley the same time Beverly does. 

"Ben?" I ask seeing the boy leaned against the wall.

"Ben from Soc?" Beverly asks as both of us start walking down the alleyway together. 

"You have to suck the wound before you apply band-aids. This is 101!" Richie tells Eddie, acting as if he's the one that would know what to do right now. 

"You don't know what you're talking about." Eddie says obviously fed up with what Richie is saying. 

"Are you okay, that looks like it hurts?" I ask Ben as we approach, watching as all of the boys' heads fly up.

"Oh, no. I'm good. I just fell." Ben says looking between Beverly and I.

"Yeah, right into Henry Bowers." Richie says.

"Shut it, R-Ri-Richie." Bill says making it very clear he want the boy to shut up.

"Why? It's the truth." Richie says right before I pelt him with one of the snickers I stole. I grabbed one for him anyway, but why hand it to him when I can try and hit him with it in no mans land?

"You sure they got the 'right stuff' to fix you up?" Beverly asks Ben with a wink, at the end, and when she references his music taste it almost makes me snort in amusement. 

"Y-You know, W-w-we-we'll take care of him." Bill says reassuring Bev. "Thanks again, Sadie." 

"What did Sadie do?" Richie asks confused.

"I died inside so they could steal." I scoff out as I open my candy to begin eating.

"She flirted with Creepy Keene, to distract him." Eddie informs him not taking his eyes off of Bens stomach.

"She could have distracted him by just standing there not saying anything." Richie says very obviously staring at me making me roll my eyes. He always flirts with me, but he doesn't ever mean anything by it, he would flirt with a light pole to get a good laugh.

"Maybe I'll see you guys around?" Beverly tells Bill with a light smile on her face obviously trying to change the subject off of how we all just stole.

"Y-Yeah, we were thinking a-about going to the q-q-qu-quarry tomorrow. I-I-If you, if you wanna come." Bill offers looking right at Bev.

"We were?" I ask, since when was that the plan for tomorrow.

"Good to know. Thanks." Bev tells him before looking over at where I'm sat on the floor.

"I'm gonna stay here, and probably go home. See you tomorrow, I'll pick you up." I tell her watching as she nods before walking away with a smile on her face.