As it was | Richie Tozier

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"And I don't want the world to see me"

We all took hits at IT Until lastly his face turned into Beverly's dad. "Hey Bevy." He says taunting beverly. Beverly yells cutting whatever he was saying off and stabbing IT in the mouth. It's face goes back to normal and he spits out the pole. "Oh shit!" Richie and me yell as the pole lands on the ground.

IT backs away and we step closer. "That's why you didn't kill beverly. C-Cause she wasn't afraid. And we aren't either not anymore. Now your the one who's afraid. Because your gonna starve." Says Bill staring down on the clown as he rolls backward and into a well.

The clown starts chanting as he's hanging onto the wells wall. Stanley hands Bill a piece of pipe but before Bill can hit the clown he falls even farther down hanging on by only a few fingers. His head starts to come apart staring at us. I grab onto richies hand and squeeze it.

"Fear." The clown finishes his quote then falls all the way down the well. Georgie's scream comes from back up the well as we all stare down it.

"I know what I'm doing for my summer experience essay." Richie says as we all remain silent. I pull Richie into me as tears fall down my face. We did it, we beat the clown. Richie runs my back to comfort me.

"Guys... guys! The kids are floating down." Says Eddie as I pull away a little from Richie looking up to see all the kids float down slowly. Billie walks over to the pile of trash and bends down. He catches richies interest as Richie drags me behind him.

He pulls out a yellow coat that says Georgie's name on it as Richie and I bend down behind him. Bill starts to sob as I bring him into a long hug. My shirt gets soaked but I don't care. I let Bill let it all out because he just figured out that his brother is actually dead.

Everyone joins in on the hug leaving a big group hug as Bill sobs holding onto Georgie's coat.

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"Wake up, Mag!" Yelled Richie as he ran into my new room. Bill's family was nice enough to let me live with them and they took full guardianship over. My brother was sent to prison so there was no way I was living with my real family.

"Morning Rich." I say slowly sliding out of my bed and grabbing another one of Richies shirts which I basically just live in then a pair of mom jeans. We woke up Bill then headed to where we were meeting the rest of the group.

Once I made it outside I threw the back of richies shirt into the back of my bra because it was super hot outside. The breeze on my back felt amazing as Richie grabbed onto my hand. We held our bikes as we decided to walk to where we were meeting up.
It was nice to walk for once and enjoy the scenery. "C-Can you guys just date already." And the moments ruined. "Bill shut up." I say to the boy jokingly as Richie just snickered.

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"I can only remember parts but I thought I was dead, that's what it felt like. I saw us. All of us together back in the system but we were older. Our parents ages." Beverly informed us what she saw when she was floating.

"W-wuh-what were we doing there?" Asked Bill curious. "I just remember how we felt. How scared we were. I don't think I can ever forget that." Says Beverly looking around at all of us as Richie squeezed my hand. "Swear it. S-swear if IT isn't dead. If it ever comes back we'll come back too." Bill is holding a piece of glass.

Beverly and I were the first to get up, everyone soon joined after. Bill goes around the circle slicing everyone's hand open and then we all hold hands. Kinda gross not gonna lie but it was a sweet memory.
Silence consumed us until Stanley started to talk. "I gotta go. I hate you." Stanley says keeping a serious face until smiling and laughing.

Stanley leaves then Eddie then Mike then Richie then Ben and slowly it came to my turn. "Bye Beverly I hope to talk to you more. I'll see you tonight Bill."