Afraid Of The Dark- Richie Tozier (IT)

Divided

Recap
Eddie' s mother yells at the losers, claiming that they are all monsters and that they were the reason for Eddie's broken arm. She then drove Eddie away angrily as Eddie was upset, leaving Zoey to flip the car off as it leaves.

Zoey's P.O.V

We all walk into the street as we watch Eddie's mom angrily drive away.

"Shit..." I whisper under my breath as I stand beside Richie.

"We saw the well" Bill turns and tells us, referring to me and him.

"W-w-we know where It is a-a-and next time we'll be prepared" bill tells us all hopefully.

"Yeah, we know what It can do and we'll be ready" I say, agreeing with bill.

"No!" Stan yells, taking us all by surprise.

"No next time! You both are insane!" He continues on to yell.

"Why? We know no one else in this town's doing anything" Beverley retorts to him, causing him to go silent.

"She's right, everyone's acting as if nothing is going on" I agree with them again.

"Eddie and Zoey were nearly killed! And look at this motherfucker, he's leaking hamburger helper!" Richie says while yelling as he refers to Ben with a slash across his stomach.

"But we cant just pretend this isn't happening!" I yell back at Richie, becoming frustrated.

"Ben, you said it yourself. It comes back every 27 years!" Beverley tells him.

"Fine! I'll be 40 and far away from here! I thought you wanted to get out of this place too" He yells back. Everyone is frustrated and by this point, every word to leave our mouths is a yell.

"I do but I want to run towards something, not away!" She yells back.

"I'm sorry but who invited Molly Ringwald to the group?" Richie yells, looking over at me as Bev flips him off.

"I'm just saying, let's face facts! Real world, georgie is dead" Richie starts off and takes everyone in the group by surprise.

"Stop trying to get us killed too!" He yells, trying to walk away before bill stops him.

"Uncalled for" I say under my breath.

"Georgie's not dead!" Bill yells as he stops Richie from walking away.

"You couldn't save him, but you can save yourself" Richie says as I try to get him to walk away, knowing how touchy this topic is to bill.

"Rich, come on drop it" I reach for his arm only for him to smack me away. It hurt a little honestly, I'm just trying to comfort him and stop him before he does something stupid that he'll regret.

"No! T-t-t-take it back!" Bill yells as he tears up. What Richie said really hurt bill and I think he realizes it too.

"You're scared, and we all are b-but take it back!" Bill yells once again as he shoves Richie backwards, knocking me backwards into mike arms in the process.

Richie retaliates and pushes Bill back with a little more force

"No! Guys, stop! You can't do this now!" I yell to them both.

Bill, frustrated along with the rest of us, makes a heat of the moment decision as he punches Richie to the ground.

"Bill!" Beverley yells as bill hits Richie. I immediately help Richie up although he kind of deserved it and stood in front of him, trying to hold him back as he screams in anger.

"You're such a loser! You're going to get yourself killed trying to kill that fucking clown! Along with the rest of them! Fuck off!" Richie yells as me mike and stan hold him back as Beverley and Ben hold Bill back.

"Stop! This is what It wants!" Beverley yells.

"It wants to divide us! If we split apart, we'll be taken one by one! There's only one reason why we are still alive and it's because we were all together when we saw it and that's why we are alive!" I yelled, surprising the group as I hardly ever truly spoke my mind  or yelled.

"Yeah I plan on keeping it that way!" Richie yells back pushing past me and shouldering bill when he walks past. Stan and Ben follow Richie to their bikes as well.

"Mike..." I say as he walks off, my voice slightly cracking as they all abandon us.

"Guys, I cant do this." He pleads while throwing his hands up.

"My granddad was right. I'm an outsider, gotta stay that way" he states and then continues his way to his bike.

I let out a huff a breath, ashamed in my friends. At a time we need to be United the most, we all slip though the cracks and fall apart.

"Look, I gotta go home. Bill you have my number if you ever want to come back to this fucking house to kill that clown, I'm down. I want this thing gone. Bye guys" I tell them lightly smiling at them as I grab my skateboard and skate home.