| The Side I Didn't Know | (Pennywise romance)

03 | Red Balloon

It was just me in the bathroom now, standing dead still in my shower staring at my bathroom door shocked and flustered.
"He's coming back for me?"
I asked myself.
I had so many questions fluttering throughout my mind, but the most important one was, why did he make me get so excited feeling in the shower? Like I enjoyed what he was doing to me. Why did I feel a tingling energy through my spine just seeing 'Pennywise' drooling over my body? I've been horrified of clowns my whole life and suddenly there's a big BIG difference in feelings I have towards them now? Or was it just THIS clown that made me feel this way...?

I got out the shower and washed out the dirt in the tub he tracked in, his shoes left footprints of dirt and from what it looks like he has quite big feet. I chuckled at that.
Once I was finishing washing the tub I dried myself off and walked towards my clothes. I picked up my panties, the same ones he was examining and looked at them closely, he had ripped a hole in them!

"Okay okay, they're just panties. You can get new ones easily."

I said to myself calming down. There were more important things to get flustered about.
I didn't want to put the clothes that he touched all over back on , god knows what he's touched with those dirty white gloves. So I went out of the bathroom and looked through my dresser for clean clothes. As I turned around to my bed holding my clothes I saw something.

A balloon, a red balloon just sitting in place on the corner of my bed.

I new it was him that left it, it had his essence all over it. And I surprisingly wasn't scared by it too, I actually liked it quite a lot. I smiled as I walked over to the balloon and picked it up and decided to put it on my desk by the window.
After that I got in bed, I could see the balloon from there and it made me feel....comforted, why? The Hell , I don't even know why. I should be horrified but I soon fell right to sleep, completely eased and comforted.

9:36AM  Sat.
I had just woken up, I looked over at my desk and noticed the balloon was gone. I looked around the room trying to find it thinking waffles just got ahold of the string on it or something, but I didn't see waffles or the balloon anywhere, "Did he come back?" I thought thinking Pennywise might've taken it.
I found myself kind of sad that I missed a visit from him.
I got out of bed and grabbed my phone as I walked to the kitchen for breakfast.

"Good morning waffles"

I said to my cat while yawning. He meowed back and rubbed against my leg as I poured him some food. I went on with my morning routine, every second of my day I kept seeing Pennywise in my head. He wouldn't leave it and I mean how could he? It's a pretty shocking moment to experience, but the weird thing is I wasn't scared when thinking about him...I was interested. I wanted to know more about him, where he came from, why he is the way he is, what is his purpose. I also wasn't even uncomfortable with the fact that he examined my body, I actually enjoyed it.

I had to go grocery shopping today and I decided to go early so I got myself ready for that. I grabbed my bag and drove to the store. When I entered the store it was cold and clean and the sound of modern music echoed throughout the place. I hate modern music but I can't really do anything when it's the store I shop at that's playing it. As I got a buggie and walked to the produce section I saw a little kid with his mom holding with a Red Balloon. I instantly was reminded of Pennywise and it sent chills down my spine, giving me goosebumps and shivers. I know I am intrigued by him but I still get this scared feeling, almost nauseating. Why would a kid be holding a red balloon at such a particular time, "What a coincidence, I guess." I scoffed and brushed it off.
The little boy noticed my scoff when I saw his balloon and that made him walk up to me, leaving his mom behind.
He was smiling, he looked like a very happy kid,

"Don't worry, he'll be back!"
"He'll be back..."

He spoke straight to my face as his happy smile turned into a devilish one. His grip tightened on the balloon string and then immediately loosened it, letting the balloon rise to the ceiling. I watched the balloon float up and on it's way it suddenly popped,

"Pop, pop, pop, HAHAHA, POP POP!!"

The little boy said as his voice turned into the clowns. My eyes widened as I started backing up from the child.

"You cannot hide, dear Sarah"

He said as the clowns voice had fully taken over. I was scared and I started to get dizzy from it so I fell on my knees, I looked back up to where the kid was but he disappeared. I looked around but no sight of him was to be found, not even his mom.

"Pop pop...?"
I murmured to myself as I stared at the floor shaking in fear.

"Ma'am are you alright?" I suddenly felt a hand touch my shoulder. It was an employee that worked there.
"Y-yeah I'm fine. Thank you"
I said as nodding. The worker helped me get up and I quickly got the stuff I needed and got the hell out of that store. If Pennywise wanted something from me he needed to say it and get it over with. It was making me feel sick to my stomach not understanding anything.