Chapter Three

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A/N:

Anyone else obsessed with The Goldfinch or is it just me

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Two weeks earlier

Richie's POV

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"Who exactly are you?"

Now, I didn't want to actually be here.
But I had to, or else this, random guy said he would kill me.

"You don't want to know."

The voice changer he had on was cracky as shit, I could barley understand him.
I could tell it was a guy, though. Not sure about anything else.

We were at in an allyway, on the outer parts of Derry.
Yesterday, I was riding my bike through a clearing, kind of behind Eddie's house when I heard someone scream. 

I checked it out, and he told me to meet him here today or he'd kill me too.
Cool, if I get killed nobody's gonna know where I am.

"I do, actually."

"Trust me, Rich. You don't."

My eyes opened in shock, how does he know my name?

"How do you know my name?"

A dark laugh could be heard from him.

"Don't worry about it."

"Why did you ask me to be here anyways?"

"So full of questions, ok, you're here because I need some help."

He pointed to the right, behind a dumpster.
I couldn't see his face, it was covered, he was also wearing all black.

Looking behind the dumpster didn't lead me to a happy place.

A body.
A fucking body.

"You want me to help you cover up a murder? What the fuck! No!"

"Do you want to die?"

I sighed, shaking my head.

"Good, now help me."

I picked up the body, looking at it more closely, noticing it was a random girl that went to our school, she once had asked for a penic. 

This feels wrong.

"Hurry up. We're going to the lake."

"Ok.."

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Back to the present

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When we got bavk to Bills house I couldn't help but feel guilt.

I want to tell them what happened, but I can't. I technically helped the killer, I'll be thrown in jail, or worse.

"You ok, Richie?"
Eddie said, looking at me.

He was sitting next to me, we were all sitting in a circle, trying to stay calm.

"Yeah.. I'm fine, are you? You had to wittness that shit first hand."

He sighed, leaning his head on me, which is rare.

"I'm ok."

Bev looked at me and smirked, she could tell I was blushing slightly.

I gave her a look, which made her laugh.

"Shut up!"

"All I did was laugh Rich."
She laughed again.

I rolled my eyes while smiling, looking down at the boy below me.

"Hopefully we wont get turned into blood stew, too."

Nobody laughed.

"Rich, dude."
Mike said.

"I was trying to be funny, guess I'll just go fuck myself."

The phone on the wall started vibrating.

Bill got up, grabbing the phone.

"H-Hello?"

We could hear the other person on the phone.

Him.

"Hello."

"Woah, Richie, are you ok? You're face is as white like a ghost-"
Eddie said, looking up at me.

"I'm fine."
I choked out, keeping my eyes on the phone.

"W-Who are y-you?"

"Doesn't matter. I know you've all seen what I've done."

"Him."
I mutter.

"Who?"
Ben asked.

"I.."

The guy on the phone laughed, it made chills go up my body.

"This is so good, look at you all, confused. I'm the person who made the scene you all saw earlier, Eddie has seen it twice."

"The killer."
Eddie whispered.

"Oh fuck."
I whispered back, trying to sound like myself.

"Yes! Yes, that is me. You all know too much. This isn't the last you'll see of me, I know everything about all of you. Every, single, thing. None of you are safe."

How, how does he know, how does he know everything about us. How did he know my name, what the fuck.

"How?"

"Because, Richie. I just do. Hopefully you'll never figure it out. Oh! One last thing before I leave, for now. Remember the allyway. I think you'll know what that means. 2:00AM, see you soon."

He then hung up.

"W-What was that a-all about."
Bill asked, looking at me.

"I.. I don't know, I guess he was just trying to scare us- I don't know anything about any of this."

"He mentioned your name, Rich."
Beverly said.

"Yeah, but I don't know why though!"
I lied, he wants me to come back.

He wants me to help him cover up another stupid body, I bet.

I can't do it again.
I can't.

"I.. I have to go home, I'm sorry, I'll see you guys later."

"Ok.. Be safe."
Eddie said.

I nodded, leaving and getting on my bike.

I'm going to have to do it, aren't it?
Or else something bads going to happen.

Worse than whats already happening.

This is shit.

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Anyways STAN IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOURE GAY

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