perfect | it 2017

xiii. ROCK WAR

Beverly was first to arrive at the scene, Elena close behind her. Henry was holding Mike down, about to hit his face with a large rock. Elena watched in shock, unable to move.

Strangely, Victor and Belch were by his side. Elena thought that they weren't hanging around with Bowers anymore..

She guessed Henry threatened them to stay 'friends' with him somehow..Probably violently.

Luckily, Beverly acted faster. She picked up another large rock and threw it right at Henry's forehead, causing it to bleed. Stan had ran over just in time to catch this moment, followed by the others.

"Nice throw," Stanley complimented her. Bev glanced at him.

"Thanks," She said simply and turned her gaze back to Bowers. Elena quickly made her way down the rivers edge and help Mike up who had ran across, clearly very weak,

"You okay?" She asked him. He gulped and nodded. Elena picked up a rock an got ready to aim.

Bowers was helped up to his feet by Victor and Belch. 

"You losers are trying too hard," Henry scoffed, walking forwards. "She'll do you. You just gotta ask nicely, like I do," Henry referred to Beverly, groping his crotch, smirking. 

Ben yelled angrily and threw the rock right at Bowers, making Henry stumble a bit. 

"The fuck?" Victor stepped back. Elena smirked.

"Aye, what're you smirking at?" Bowers hollered at the blonde girl which made the smile wipe off her face. "Did you tell your loser friends what happened to your arm?".

"Yeah, she did," Richie stepped in front of Elena making her frown. Bowers laughed.

"Oh, yeah? What did she tell you?" Henry cackled. 

"She scraped it," He glared at Bowers. "That's all,".

Eddie stepped in beside Richie. "What's it to you anyway, Bowers?" He asked in a worried tone.

"Funny. That's not how I remember it happening," Bowers pretended to be confused, completely ignoring Eddie's question. "Because I remember carving a little nickname in your arm with a fucking knife. Don't you guys?" He turned to Belch and Victor. They didn't answer, just stared at each other unsurely.

"What little nickname?" Beverly turned her head towards the blonde girl who was now on the verge of tears. 

"Oh God, don't tell me Bowers is involved with that," Stan said lowly, gesturing towards the bandage.

"Take off the bandage," Richie ordered. Elena shook her head, tempted to cry. But she wouldn't dare show weakness in front of Bowers.

"It's nothing, I swear-".

"Take it off, L-Lena," Bill agreed with Richie. She shook her head harder. Elena refused to take it off.

"Elena, just take it off!" Stan grabbed her arm. She struggled at first but gave up and let them tear it off. She cringed at the slight pain of the bandage ripping off her skin.

She looked away from them but Stan still held her arm, firmly.

"Miss. Perfect," Eddie read it aloud. Stanley released her arm.

"You bastards carved 'Miss. Perfect' into her arm?! Really?!" Beverly screamed at them. Bowers just laughed like a psycho.

"Why didn't you tell us the truth?" Richie asked her, quietly. 

"I-I didn't know how to tell you," She admitted and clicked her ankles together, nervously.

"But-" Richie began but was cut off.

"RICHIE WATCH OUT!" Bill yelled loudly, cutting him off. Before Richie could turn, a giant rock hit the back of his head making him fall to the ground.

"Oh my God!" Elena bent down to him. "Jesus, are you okay?" She rubbed his forehead.

"I'm fine," He grumbled and got up. "You're dead, Bowers!" He shouted.

Beverly aimed a rock and threw it at them with all her strength. It just missed Henry but that didn't stop her. They all began throwing rocks at each other.

"ROCK WAR!" Richie hollered only to be knocked to the ground again by a rock hitting his face.

Ben got a hit on Bowers' thigh but it wasn't strong enough to make him fall. Bill threw a rock right at Victor's cheek, cutting it. He groaned in pain.

"EAT SHIT, BOWERS!" The blonde girl screamed at him and threw the rock right at his nose. She could've sworn she heard it crack. Holding his nose, Henry threw more and more rocks. They pretty much all missed which made Elena smirk wider.

Stanley managed to knock Belch down by smacking his stomach with a rock, but Belch only got up again. Eddie jumped down into the water, trying to make them push back. He threw rocks after rocks..

Mike got up and started throwing rocks too, one hitting Belch's cap almost knocking him over again. Elena threw another rock with all her might and managed to hit Henry right in the head, knocking him down for good. She smiled at her work.

"FUCK YOU!" Belch yelled right at Beverly. She screamed at him and hit him right in the head with a rock. He yelped and landed on his back. Victor got scared and ran off, Belch stumbling after him. Elena kept throwing rocks and Henry even though he was down. But she wanted to make sure he'd stay down.

Once Bowers was the only one left, Elena stepped forward into the water, ahead of all them. They stopped throwing rocks and stood staring at Bowers, panting.

They all exchanged nervous looks. All of them got out of the shallow water and guided each other out of the area. Elena kept her ground in the water, glaring at Henry. Bev was close behind her and Richie was still standing on land.

"GO BLOW YOUR DAD YOU MULLET WEARING ASSHOLE!" Richie burst out and stuck both his middle fingers up at Henry. The blonde girl laughed and turned away from Bowers and clambered out of the water.

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"Thanks guys..But you shouldn't have done that," Mike explained as the group of friends all walked downwards into the field, a train passing by behind them.

"Oh no, Bowers? He's always after us," Eddie said loudly over the racket the train was making. Mike sighed.

"I guess that's one th-th-thing we all have on common," Bill commented. 

"Yeah, homeschool! Welcome to the losers club," Richie yelled down at Mike. 

Elena smiled to herself at the name. Well, she thought to herself, I guess we're officially named The Losers Club