i awoke the next morning to small taps on my window. i sighed, not remembering what was going on today. i saw bill denbrough standing below.
"what" i asked, still tired and confused.
"we're going to the q-q-quarry remember?" bill asked.
i mentally slapped myself on the forehead.
"ill be ready in a sec bill" i called down to him.
i rushed to my closet. i found a white tank, light blue Jean shorts, a pair of converse and a a white flannel.
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under that i had a white bikini on. i threw my hair in a messy bun before grabbing my mini bag and running out the door.
"t-to-took you long en-enough" bill teased.
i smirked and rolled my eyes and got on my bike. we were meeting the losers at the quarry.
when we arrived, ben, richie, stanley, and eddie were already there and in their tighty whiteys.
"i like your tighty whiteys guys" i joked.
i went behind a tree and began to undress. it's strange to think that im around a bunch of boys and in a bikini alone in a lake. i trust these boys and none of them a strong enough to take me down.
"you almost done princess?" richie asked.
"shut up rich" i said, taking my shoes off and folding them in a neat pile.
the boys began to play loogie, which i find disgusting so i sat by a tree and waited for bev. sure enough, she came. richie and eddie were in the middle of an argument.
"guys" bill exclaimed, catching the boys' attention. "who's going first?"
"we'll go!" bev shouted to the boys.
"we will?" i asked, as she nudged me. "oh yeah, we will."
you see, i have a fear of drowning and the lake water is really deep so i always get scared so im usually the last to jump.
"cmon" bev said as she gripped my wrist.
we jogged until we came to the ledge. we began to plummet towards the cold water.
my body crashed through the surface as i sunk. I couldn't resurface and i began to panic. i finally fought my fear and broke through the surface just in time for richie to land right on top of me.
i went back under and i heard richies laughter from above. only it turned into a different kind of laughter. I opened my eyes, the dirty water burning them. i was losing oxygen. i saw a blurry figure coming towards me.
a clown. i screamed but was pulled to the surface by someone. i gasped for a breath. it was bill who had pulled me up. i couldn't open my eyes. it was dark. i could hear people around me.
"nice going richie you killed her!" i heard stan exclaim.
"nessa! ness, wake up." im guessing i was pulled to the rocks because when i woke that's where i was, surrounded by my friends.
"ness, th-thank God" bill sighed.
"what happened" i asked.
"richie landed on you when he jumped from the cliff" Eddie said accusingly.
"im sorry ness" richie apologized.
"it's fine rich" i said with a smile. "now let's go have fun"
the losers club cheered. all except bill. the losers went back into the water and just before i did bill grabbed my arm.
"a-are you sure your o-o-okay?" bill asked.
"bill im fine" i said. "besides, im not gonna ruin everyone else's fun just because i almost drowned"
bill sighed but nodded and released my arm.
we played chicken and a few other games before bev and i decided to tan.
the boys followed our lead but sat in the grass and talked.
bust a move was playing on the radio and bev turned to me.
"we're being watched" she whispered.
"shocker" i said.
she giggled softly. "wanna scare them?"
"duh"
we turned towards them and they all looked away like they weren't just staring at bev and i.
"news flash ben, schools out for summa!" richie said in one of his horrible accents.
"oh that?" ben asked. "that's not school stuff"
i watched as richie went through bens bag. he pulled a postcard out and turned it over.
"who sent you this" richie asked teasingly as ben tore it out of his hand.
"no one" ben exclaimed, shoving it back in his bag.
"what's with the history project?" richie asked, opening a folder.
"that's just research" ben said.
i got interested and got up and sat by bill.
"derry's not like any town ive ever seen before" ben said. "i went to the library and did this research"
"you went to the library" richie asked. "on purpose"
"yes richie, some people like to read instead of 'exercising' their thumbs all day" i retorted.
richie rolled his eyes. "I wanna see" bev said, plopping down beside me.
"your hair looks beautiful beverly" ben complimented.
"oh right, thanks" bev smiled.
"it looks rad bev" i said. "i just might do that to mine"
"don't do it ness, your hair looks good now" bev said.
"fine" i said, pretending to be annoyed.
"ive got more stuff at my house if you wanna see" ben said.
eddie shook his head rapidly.
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we arrived at bens house and ben rushed upstairs immediately. i looked over and saw a women stapling a poster to a power pole. i sighed. another kid was missing. i didn't have to see the poster to know.
we went upstairs and ben showed us his room. bill and i looked at the derry township while ben told a story.
i looked over at the clock on bens wall and saw it was like 5.
"ive gotta get home guys" i said.
"so soon" richie asked.
"yeah i gotta go too" bev said.
"be careful" bill told me.
"i will big bill" i said. "you don't have to worry"
i pecked his cheek before walking out of the room with bev.
