Face It//Eddie Kaspbrak

Chapter Five

"Ben from Soc?" Bev points at Ben and comes a little closer. "What happened to you?"

"Oh nothing. I just fell." Ben lies through his teeth. I would almost say he got a little pink in his cheeks.

"Yea! Right into Henry Bowers." Richie commentates from beside Eddie and I.

For the second time today I slap Richie right upside his head. "Can't you learn to shut your trap?"

"Sorry doll face, I was blessed with the talent of talking." Richie rubs the tender spot on the back of his head.

I roll my eyes at him and pinched the bridge of my nose. "Well your 'talent' cursed the rest of us."

Bev starts to walk away but Bill is quick to catch up with her. "We're all g-going to the quarry t-tomorrow if you want to j-join."

Bev looks around Bill to have her eyes set on me. "Will you be at the quarry with them?" I simply nod my head in response to Bev's question. Bev turns back to Bill with a smile set on her face. "You can plan on seeing me there."

Bev then walks away leaving the guys and I to patch up Ben on our own. Eddie pulls up Ben's shirt and the sight makes me nauseous. There was a clear letter H carved in to his gut.

"I'm sorry but you'll have to excuse me." I dash off to find a trash can. Once I reach one, I quickly let my lunch come out of my stomach.

I feel a comforting hand on my shoulder. I turn from the trash can to see Stan standing beside me. "You okay?"

"Yea. Come let's go back." Stan slings a protective arm over my shoulder and I throw my arm around his waist as we go to join the others.