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○ chapter four ; clowns
"I NEED to show you something"
"what is it?" ben questioned
"more then we've already seen at the quarry?" richie called out, fixating his gaze on beverly.
"shut up. just- shut up, richie" eddie spat back. eddies eyes then trailed over to victorias. her formal tan skin had been tainted with a purple bruise. he grimaced and gave her a frown. victoria gave him a light smile and nodded her head to beverly.
"my dad would kill me if he finds out i had boys in the apartment"
"i don't think i count as a boy. for multiple occasions, actually" victoria stared down at her body then back up at everyone who was now staring at her body. everywhere . "i didn't mean look!" she shrieked, running behind beverly.
"w-we can have a look out. richie, s-stay" bill commanded. everyone, but richie, took off and climbed up the narrow staircase
"w-w-woah! what if her dad comes back?" richie yelled, gathering stanleys attention.
"do what you always do, start talking" stanley called back. victoria turned around, giving him a high five and laughing at the boy still by his bike. she mouthed 'lil bitch' and ran up the steel stairs.
"in there" beverly pointed out as they rounded the corner
"what is it?"
"you'll see"
"a-are we gonna see your bathroom? just letting you know. the worst accidents happen in bathrooms. a-and bacteria, fungi. it's not a very safe place for-" victoria put her hand on eddies shoulder, signaling him to calm down. her eyes widened as she saw the red splattered bathroom.
"holy shit"
"i knew it" eddie shivered out
"you see it?" beverly asked.
"see it, i can smell it" victoria grimaced, holding her nose.
"w-what happened in here?"
"my dad couldn't see it? i thought i'd might be crazy"
"well if your crazy, then we're all crazy" ben whispered, taking in his surroundings.
"we c-can't leave it like this" bill said, slowly stepping in the room. victoria watched as eddie stepped aside, allowing everyone but himself in. victoria then grabbed both of eddies shoulder, pushing him in
"if i go in, you're going in" she whispered in his ear, making tingles shoot from his neck to his ears.
"y-yeah. right"
victoria and the losers then spent the whole time cleaning up the blood that blew up out of beverlys sink. the mop she was using scrubbed the checkered floors and became so gross, she couldn't even remember it's original color. she gagged as she emptied the containments in the bathtub. victoria nudged eddie
"you have trash to take out" she asked. he nodded, giving the trash a weary look "come with" she said, holding up her trash bag. as her and eddie exited through the white door, victoria noticed beverly looking and gave her a sly wink, pointing her head in bill's direction. beverly narrowed her eyes jokingly and shooed her away.
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"you know, i really enjoyed being the personal doorman, really. could you idiots have taken any longer."
"shut up, richie" eddie remarked
"yeah. shut up, richie" stanley repeated.
"yeah- okay. trash the trash mouth. i get it. hey! i wasn't the one scrubbing the bathroom floor imagining that it went all eddies moms vagina on Halloween."
"shut up, richard"
"she didn't imagine it. i-i s-saw something too" bill supported
"you saw blood too?" stanley asked.
"not blood. i saw g-g-g-georgie. it seemed so real. i mean it seemed..."
victoria frowned. had they seen the clown to? was she not crazy.
"a clown." eddie spoke up. "yeah, i saw him too"
"he was in my hallway" victoria stated
"wait, can only virgins see this? is that why i'm not seeing this shit" richie sincerely asked. victoria groaned and covered her face.
"oh my god" she muttered.
"oh shit. that's bill chuggin's car"
"we- we should probably get out of here" eddie warned, looking at the group who was now giving their full attention to bills car.
"wait. isn't that the homeschooled kids bike?" bill inquired, looking at the now faced-down bike
"yeah- that's mikes." eddie confirmed
"we- we have to help him" beverly spoke.
"we should?" richie inquired, looking back at the red head.
"yes" she declared, dropping her bike and running over. victoria instantly dropped hers and ran over with beverly, the rest following in tow
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the relationship between bill, ben, and beverly had me shooketh to the core
