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I grabbed Bills hand and dashed down to the hideout. He had a ghostly white face, and still was mesmerized.
I sat him down on the wooden log.
"Bill, look at me." I said as I kneeled down beside him.
He was staring off into space with wide eyes.
I lightly slapped his cheek.
"BILL!" He shook his head as he stared at me.
"I know this is hard. Believe me. But this is what it wants. It wants us to be divided." He shook his head.
"But-but, Juh-Juh-Georgie-"
"It alright Bill. He's with us. I know he is."
He burst into tears and wrapped his arms around me.
I closed my eyes as he sobbed heavily into my shoulder. I kissed the top of his head.
"Geo-Juh-GEORGIE!" He yelled into my shoulder as I squeezed him tighter.
I couldn't imagine the pain he was going through.
There was rustling in the bushes.
I was expecting to hear another Loser, but then heard the undeniable cackle of Henry Bowers.
"Aw, poor little Billie needs help from his little girlfriend huh? Thought you were with Trashmouth? Or are you a cheater? Just like your dead beat dad."
I sprung upwards, but Bill grabbed my arm.
"Oh, you'll get yours Bowers."
"Yeah, likely. Up against you I sure won't."
He began to step closer. My anxiety rose as I heard Belch come up behind us.
I looked at Bill.
He was scared too.
Within a second, Belch had locked my arms in place around his, and Bill with the other.
"Come on Henry. Give it to me good."
I began to hyper ventilate as he drew a knife.
Bill was squirming, I was standing my place.
"Henry. Listen. You can do what you want to me. You can beat me up so much that I'm only a step away from the pearly gates, but just know, I'll come back. I'll come back the next day, the day after that, and so on. No matter how much you beat me up, I won't stop coming back."
He scoffed.
"Oh yeah? Well......"
His mind clearly had gone blank of come backs.
He quickly grabbed his knife and pulled up my shirt to my side.
I screamed as he made a small mark on my hip with his knife.
"YOU BA-BASTARD!" Bill yelled.
"Buh-buh-buh- what?" Henry said mockingly. As he was distracted by Bill, I kicked him in the groin.
He howled in pain as Belch let go and me and Bill began to sprint.
Bill now had a smile across his face.
"CO-COME ON! WE GOT-T-TA GO TO THE JUH-JUH-JUNKYARD!"
I nodded as we both sprinted the easiest route, once there. I noticed everyone was gathered in a circle.
"GUYS!!"
Everyone turned around with smiles on their faces too.
"Sarah! Bill! I thought you were dead!" Ben yelled happily.
"We almost were! Bow-Bowers got us, b-but Sar-Sarah kicked him just in t-time!" Bill said with a bow red hue to his face.
I pulled up my shirt to see a small bloody "H" on my hip.
I sighed and looked up at them.
Richie was staring at me.
I stared back at him. This time, longingly. I felt so bad. I hated being this angry at him this long.
"Richie, I-" "The Losers! The perfect place for a bunch of trash bags like you to hang out." We spun around to see that Henry had heard Bill yell to me and had followed us.
We ran closer to the others as they picked up rocks.
"ROCK WAR!!!" Richie yelled as we all grabbed as many rocks as we could hold at once.
I threw them as hard as I could towards them.
Soon, the air was full of flying rocks, most of them ours.
I actually hit Henry in the face with one!
I was proud, but I guess reality hit me back as a rock did the same.
I fell to the floor and groaned.
I didn't have time to be weak anymore.
Finally, almost as if it were planned, everyone threw one at him at the same time.
Some hit his stomach, some his face, some his groin.
He yelled and fell again.
His gang began to run as they grabbed his collar to pull him with them.
"AND STAY OUT!" I screamed as I threw another one at them just for fun.
Everyone cheered as we all congratulated each other. I came around to Richie.
I smiled at him.
"Nice shot." I said sheepishly. He laughed.
"Even nicer shot." He said back.
I hugged him once more, though it felt like the first time all over again.
