As it was | Richie Tozier

010

"I just want you to know who I am"

  "You. You did this. You know how delicate he is." Says Eddie's mom as she drags him into her car. "We were attacked m-Mrs.K"

    "No don't. Don't try and blame anyone else." She says punching Eddie into the car and slamming the door. Mrs.K drops her keys and Beverly goes to help her.

    "No. Back! Oh I've heard of you Mrs.Marsh and I don't want a dirty girl like you touching my son."

"She was just trying to help." I say standing up for Beverly. "No. Don't. I've heard about you Mrs.Bowers the perfect princess but I know you're not perfect. Your dad does a lot of talking." She says getting up in my face.

    She turns around as Richie grabs into my hand. "Mrs-s-" "no! You are all monsters. All of you. And Eddie is done with you. Do you hear? Done!" She says getting into her car and driving off. "Fucking fatass." I whisper under my breath as we watch Eddie's mom drive off.

   "I saw the well. W-w-we know where it is and-and next time we'll be better prepared." "No! No next time Bill. Your insane!" Yells stanley at bill his voice cracking.

   "Why. We all know no one else is gonna do anything." Bev shoots back. "Eddie was nearly killed and look at thei motherfucker he leaking hamburger helper!" Yells Richie being on Stanley's side.

   "We can't pretend it's gonna go away. Ben you said it yourself it comes back every 27 years." "Fine I'll be 40 and far away from here. I thought you said you wanted to get out of this town too." "Because I want to run towards something... not away."

   "I'm sorry who invited molly ringwall into the group?" Says Richie opinionated beverly who just flicked him off. "Richie.." I start to stop him from saying something stupid but he just cuts me off.

   "I'm just saying let's face facts. Real world. Georgie is dead stop trying to get us killed too." Says Richie dragging me behind him as he tries to walk off which Bill just steps infront of us. "Georgie's not dead." "You couldn't save him but you can still save yourself." Says Richie trying to leave but getting stopped again.

   "No! T-take it back! Your scared and we all are but take it back!" Yells Bill shoving Richie who let's go of me. Richie shoves Bill back to which Bill punches him. "Bill!" Bev yells as the boys helps richie up holding him back.

   I walk straight up to Bill punching him just like he did to Richie. "I will not stand here for us to fight but god damn it bill you deserved that." I say to him before grabbing onto Richies hand while Bev yells at us to stop.

   "This is what IT wants. It wants to divide us. We were all together when we heard it. That's why we're still alive!"

   "Yeah? Well I plan to keep it that way." Richie says dragging me behind him as he shoulder bumps Bill and I mouth a sorry to him as he holds his cheek.

<3

   "Richie..." I say as we sit on my bed and I hand him an ice pack. Richie was still fuming but we needed to talk.

   " I want to stop this." I say to Richie who looks at me wide eyed. "I don't want to sit back and watch it happen."

    After this Richie and I don't talk at all for the rest of the day we put in a movie and lay in my bed.