FEAR, it 2017

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"That's poison ivy, and that's poison ivy, and that's poison ivy." Stan said. "Where? Where's the poison ivy?" Eddie asked in a concerning voice. Eddie was quite the germaphobe. He was always concerned about health.

"Nowhere. Not every fucking plant is poison ivy, Stanley." Richie retorted. I slightly laughed at that.

"Well, and I'm starting to get itchy now and-" Eddie started. "Do you use the same bathroom as your mother?" Richie asked. "Sometimes, yeah." Eddie answered

"Then you probably have crabs." Richie said. "That is so not funny." Eddie replied.

"Aren't you guys coming in?" Richie asked Eddie and Stan. "Nuh-uh. That's grey water." Eddie said. "What the hell is Grey water?" Me and Richie ask in unison. We glance at each other and back to Eddie. "It's basically piss and shit, so I'm just telling you. You guys are splashing around in millions of gallons of Derry pee." Eddie said.

Richie grabs a stick from the water and sniffs it. I just give him a look. "Are you serious? What are you doing?" Eddie questions. "It doesn't smell like caca to me señor."

"Okay, I can smell that from here." Eddie retorts. "Probably just your breath wafting back into your face." Richie says.

"Have you ever heard of a staff infection?" Eddie argues

"Oh, I'll show you a staff infection." Richie retorted.

Richie uses the stick to pick up something from the water while Eddie is still arguing. Richie then throws the item over to Eddie and Eddie screams.

"Guys!" Bill shouts to us. I turn to look at him. I see that he is holding a shoe in his hand. "No, no, please don't tell me that's Georgies." I say in a scared tone. "No, Georgie wore goulashes." Bill replies back. I let out a sigh of relief.

I walk over to him along with Richie. "Who's sneaker is it?" Eddie asks. Bill shines the flashlight onto some black writing. "It's Betty Ripsoms." I say. "Oh shit. Oh fuck. I don't like this." Eddie says. I honestly can't blame him.

"How do you think Betty feels? Running around these tunnels with only one freaking shoe." Richie says as she jumps on one foot and smiles. I just rolled my eyes at him.

"What if she's still here?" Stan asks. Me, Bill, and Richie start to walk. "Eddie, come on!" Richie shouts.

"My mom will have an aneurysm if she finds out we were playing down here. I'm serious!" Eddie called out. "Bill?" Eddie adds. "If I was Betty Ripsom, I would want us to find her. Georgie, too." Bill said.

"What if I don't wanna find them." Eddie says. "I mean no offense, Bill, but I don't wanna end up like g-. I don't wanna go missing either."

"He has a point." Stan added.

"You too?" Bill asks. "It's summer! We are supposed to be having fun! This isn't fun. This is scary and disgusting." Stan says.

Then, out of nowhere, a kid shows up with blood on him. "Holy shit, what happened to you?" Richie asks.