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"I think it's great how we are helping the new kid, but we also need to think about our own safety. I mean, he's bleeding all over, and you guys are getting aids right now as we speak. My mom's friend in New York City by just touching a dirty pole in the subway, and aids blood got into a system hangnal, a hangnail, and they can amputate legs and arms, but how do you amputate a waste. How do you amputate a waist!" Eddie ranted.

We all set our bikes down and set the kid onto a crate so he could sit.

"Richie, Marcie, wait here." Bill said. Stan, Bill, and Eddie ran over to the pharmacy across the street. "Glad I got to meet you before you died." Richie said to the kid. "Beep, Beep, Richie." I said while crossing my arms.

"By the way, what's your name?" I asked the kid. "It's Ben." He answers. "Okay. Hi Ben." I say with a smile. He just smiles back.

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"Just suck the wound." Richie said as Eddie bandages up Ben. "I need to focus right now." Eddie says.

"You need to focus?" Richie retorts. "Yeah, go get my bigucls. They are in my second fanny pack." Eddie says. "Why do you need two fanny packs?" I ask Eddie. I see Bill walk out of the alley way. It looks like he is looking at someone. I then see a red-haired girl come up to Bill. It's Beverly Marsh. There were rumors about her, but I don't really believe them.

"You have to suck the wound before you apply the bandage." Richie argues.

"Are you okay? That looks like it hurts." Beverly asked Ben. "Um, no, I'm fine. Just fell." Ben replies.

"Yeah, right into Henry Bowers." Richie retorts as I nudge his arm. "Shut it, R-Richie." Bill says. "What? It's the truth." Richie replies.

"Are you sure they got the right stuff to fix you up?" Beverly asks as she winks at him.

"Y-you know, w-we'll take care of him, but thanks again, Beverly." Bill says. "Sure. Maybe I'll see you around." Beverly replies. "Yeah, w-we we were thinking of going to the q-q-quarry tomorrow if you wanna come." Bill said. I can tell he probably likes her. "Good to know." Beverly says as she walks away.

"Nice going bringing up Bowers in front of her." Stan says to Richie.

"Yeah, dude, you heard what she did." Eddie adds. "What did she do?" Ben asks. "More like, who'd she do. From what I heard, the list is longer than my wang." Richie says. "That's not saying much." Stan retorts.

"Come on. Whatever people say she did never happened. It's probably just a rumor." I said to all of them.

"Yeah, they're just rumors." Bill agrees with me.

"Anyway, Bill had her back in third grade. They kissed in the school play. They say you can't fake that sort of passion." Richie said.

"Now, pip-pip and tally-ho my good fellows. Get in there, Doctor K, and fix him up." Richie says in a British like accent. "Why don't you shut the fuck up, Einstein cause I know what I'm doing and I don't need you doing the British guy accent right now." Eddie argues. "Suck the wound. Get in there." Richie says.