ɴᴇᴄᴋʟᴀᴄᴇ ► 2ɴᴅ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏғ sᴡᴇᴇᴛʜᴇᴀʀᴛ

xviii. Neibolt

Everyone got on their bikes and rode over to Neibolt which is where Bill was at. "Bill!" Beverly called out.

She dropped her bike and walked towards him. "Bill you can't go in there".

"This is crazy"

Everyone was at the front of the house. "Look you don't have to come in with me".

"But what happens when another Georgie goes missing? Or another Betty? Or another Ed Corcoran? Or another Melanie? Or one of us?".

"Are you just gonna pretend it isn't happening like everyone else in this town? Because I can't... I go home and all is see is that Georgie isn't there. His clothes, his toys, his stupid stuffed animals, but... he isn't. So walking into this house, for me, it's easier than walking into my own".

Everyone knew where Bill was coming from and understood what he said. But there were all scared to step foot into that house. "Wow".

"What?".

Everyone turned to Richie. "He didn't stutter once".

Jade didn't even have time to scold Richie for his comment. She followed Bill up those steps and into the house. She felt somewhat the same as what Bill felt. And she wanted to find Patrick and wanted to help Bill find Georgie. So she took a deep breath and got ready to step inside this creepy old house. Richie was about to go up the steps until Stanley told them to wait. Everyone now looked at him.

"Um... shouldn't we have some people keep watch?".

"You know, just in case something bad happens?".

"W-who wants to stay out here?". Everyone but Jade, Beverly and of course Bill raised their hand. "Fuck". Richie said when he saw how practically everyone wanted to stay outside.

Bill, Jade, Richie and Eddie ended up going into the house. "I can't believe I pulled the short straw". Eddie said. "You're going to be fine Eddie". Jade said.

"You guys are lucky you're not measuring d!cks". Jade pushed Richie further into the house and he almost screamed. "I can smell it". Eddie said.

"Don't breathe through your mouth".

"How come?".

"Because then you're eating it". Eddie gagged and took a puff from his inhaler. Richie walked over to the left side of the house and pulled out a piece of paper that was in some branches. Eddie, Jade and bill walked over to him. Jade stood next to Richie and looked at the paper.oh god. It was a missing person poster with Richie's face on it. "Oh shit". Jade said. "What?" Bill walked over, Eddie right behind him.

"It... it says I'm missing". Richie started getting scared. "You're not missing Richie".

"Police department city of Derry. That's my shirt. That's my hair. That's my face". Richie yelled.

"Calm down Richie it's not real" Jade said. Bill tried taking the paper away from him and he was just yelling in Bills and Jade's face. Eddie stood there scared. Richie frantically screamed at Bill and grabbed onto his shirt. Jade grabbed Richie by the shoulders and pulled away from bill. "Richie look at me". Jade began. "That poster isn't real!".

"It's playing tricks on you" bill chimed in. "Hello?". A voice was heard from upstairs. "Hello?". It called out again. The four losers slowly walked towards the stairs. "Help me please!". Jade's stomach dropped. She had a bad feeling about this.

The four teens slowly walked up their stairs. Bill in the front. Jade and Richie in the middle and Eddie in the back. They walked up to the second floor. They saw an open door all the way down the hall. Jade gasped at what she saw.