"You o-okay, Carli?" Bill's voice spoke up from behind me, "Just enjoying the water Billy." I told him, swimming closer to him.
"You sure?" He asked uncertain of my reply. "Yeah, just didn't want to be getting in the way." I told him sadly. The conf...
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•Third Person's POV•
Carlita was riding with Stanley this time, she didn't trust Richie one bit, so Stanley was the safer choice. Ben was with Bill on silver.
"I think it's great that we're helping the new kid, but also we need to think of our own safety."
They were taking the road through the woods. It was the fastest route.
"I mean, he's bleeding all over and you guys know there's an AIDS epidemic happening right now as we speak, right?" Eddie kept on talking. The others use to his nervous bickering by now.
Carlita only shaking her head at the boy. Bill was literally glaring at Carlita's arms around Stanley's waist the whole time.
"My mom's friend in New York City got it by touching a dirty pole on the subway."
They finally got to town, "and a drop aids blood got into his system through a hangnail. A hangnail! And you can amputate legs and arms, but how do you amputate a waist? You guys know that alley's are known for dirty needles that have aids right? You guys know that?" Eddie finally stopped talking when they stopped in the alley close to the pharmacist.
"Hey..." Bill spoke up getting everyone's attention.
"Ah, we're screwed." Eddie says.
"Richie wait here, come on." Bill says. Carlita stopped him. "Take this it should be enough to get everything we might need I'm gonna stay back and try to stop the bleeding." Carlita states, giving him all the money she had with her, it was spending money her older brother gave her before he left for summer camp.
"Are you sure?" Bill asks, unsure if he should take it.
"I am." she reassures him placing it in his hands, before the boys made a run for it. Carlita rips a part of her shirt off making Richie's eyes go wide in shock. "Ben, let me put pressure on there to stop the bleeding." she says, Ben lifted his shirt again, just enough for the wound to be on display, she placed her ripped shirt on it, holding it there. "Glad I got to meet you before you died." Richie say to Ben, his eyes avoiding looking at Carlita, Bill would skin him alive.
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"Can we afford all of that?" Bill ask looking at everything Eddie had in his arms. Stanley counted all the money they have including the amount Carlita gave. "Thanks to Carli, who pitched in, we might just have enough, but if i calculate correctly we might be a few cents short."
"You kidding me?" Eddie asks. The boys feel their pockets again. Beverly suddenly appeared in the isle shocking the boys.
"You okay?" Bill asks nicely, trying not to look suspicious.
"I'm fine. What's wrong with you?" Beverly asks looking at them.
"None of your business." Stanley quickly states tense. "There's a kid outside, looked like someone killed him." Eddie spoke up. Bill looked at Eddie, "We need some supplies, but we're short a few cents." Bill says. Beverly looked at them, taking something from her back pocket. "Here." she mutters giving it to them. They quickly ran to the cashier to pay for everything, and got back to the others, Eddie accident knocked over the cigarette rack on their way out.
As soon as they got back to the alley, Eddie got to work immediately. "Just suck the wound." Richie say.
"I need to focus right now." Eddie says seriously.
"You need to focus?" Richie asks the boy teasingly.
"Yeah, can you go get me something?" Eddie asks.
"Jesus! What do you need?" Richie asks acting annoyed. Carlita noticed Bill making his way to the beginning of the alley. "Can you get my bifocals. I hid 'em in my second fanny pack." Eddie says as he was working on the wound.
"Why do you have two fanny packs?" Stanley asks him curiously.
Carlita noticed Bill gawking untill she saw Beverly Marsh appearing infront of him. "I forgot to t-thank y-you." Bill says. "Even-steven." Beverly says as she showed him a pack of cigarettes, she took it when Eddie knocked over the rack. Carlita sat completely down against the wall, sadly. "Oh, God, he's bleeding. Oh my God." Stanley started to freak out, seeing the blood
"You have to suck the wound, before you apply the band-aid's, this is 101." Richie states like it was a fact.
"You don't know, what you're talking about." Eddie snaps.
"Are you okay? That looks like it hurts." Beverly asks Ben from behind the boys. "Oh, no. I'm good. I just fell." Ben says like he wasn't in pain. "Yeah, right into Henry Bowers." Richie says. "S-shut it, Richie." Bill quickly mutters, Beverly was looking at the guys weirdly. "Why? It's the truth." Richie defends himself. "You sure they got the right stuff to fix you up?" Beverly asks, only Ben catching on, on what she meant. "You know, we'll take care of him. Uh, thanks again, Beverly." Bill says, with a smile on his face.
"Sure, maybe I'll see you around." Beverly says. "Yeah, we were thinking about g-going to the quarry tomorrow, if you wanna come." Bill invites her. Carlita's blood was boiling in jealousy, she didn't want another girl close to Bill. "Good to know. Thanks." Beverly says, walking away.
"Nice going bringing up Bowers infront of her." Stanley snaps at the Tozier boy. "Yeah, dude you heard what she did." Eddie says. "What'd she do?" Ben asks curiously. "More like who'd she do." Richie corrects Ben's question. "Like Richie would say from what he heard, the list is longer than his wang." Carlita spoke up, standing up, the boys taking notice of her stomach, which was on full display. "That's not saying much." Stanley says looking away from Carlita. "They're j-just rumours." Bill corrects, trying his best not to stare at the girl's exposed skin.
"Anyway, Bill had her back in third grade. They kissed in the school play. The reviews said you can't fake that sort of passion." Richie says, he just knew how to make things awkward. "Now, pip-pip and tally-ho my good fellows, I do believe the chap requires our utmost attention. Get in there Doctor K, come on, fix him up." Richie says in a British accent.
"Why don't you shut the fuck up, Einstein, I know what I'm doing and I don't want you doing the british guy with me right now." Eddie says. "Suck the wound, get in there." Richie says in a British accent once again. Carlita just wish she could be home than be here right now. The way Bill looked at Beverly really hurt her feelings, maybe the scary clown was right after all.
