tutor ♥︎ richie tozier

CHAPTER FOUR.

RICHIE

renée and i met up at the library. per usual, i did most - no, all of the talking. i grabbed her hand, and smiled. "how do you feel about meeting new people?" i asked.

she gave me a confused look. "friends." i said. her confused face stayed there. "do you want to meet kids your age? maybe they can be... your... friend?" i said once again, trying to make it simple for her to understand.

she shrugged. i squeezed her hand a bit and nodded. "trust me, you'll love those fuckers." i smirked and and pushed up my glasses.

we walked to the park, hand-in-hand. the losers were waiting for me. all their eyes went to renée. "rich, i thought you were gonna show us your girlfriend?" beverly said. "girlfriend? no, no!" i rolled my eyes.

"who is that?" stan asked, pointing to renée. "this is renée," i began. renée's face looked pale, she was obviously terrified of the new people. "um, she -" i looked down, not knowing how to say she can't talk.

"she's mute, basically. i'm her tutor to help her talk." i told the losers. "shuh-she ha-hasn't talked li-like ev-ever?" bill asked. "i don't think so." i said looking at renée. she was there, crouched down, looking at the snow.

"renée?" i asked, she stood up. "these are the losers," i began. i introduced her to everyone, still nothing has come out of the goddamn mouth of hers.

she sat on the bench, she looked tired. i left her alone, and went to go fuck with eddie, since i haven't done that in a while.

"richie, i mean, c'mon. you're the reason why we have global warming, since you're such a horrible person!" eddie rolled his eyes. "because i'm so hot?" i smirked. "not what i meant!" eddie said, walking away.

i stood there, laughing. i felt someone grab my hand. i turned to see renée. she pointed to the library. i nodded and tightened my grip on her hand. without saying bye to the losers, we left.

we sat at our normal seat, across from each other. "how did you like them? were they annoying?" i joked, smiling.

"assholes." renée whispered to herself. "renée!" i yelled, the librarian shushed me. "you - you can talk?" i whispered, looking at her. she looked at me, then down. a tear fell from her eye, as she got up and left.

i sat there, confused as fuck.