IT/ST crossover

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They were set to leave Saturday, planning to take a connection of trains and buses. The only issue is that it cost money, and they didn't have it. So, Mike did what he thought he had to, and started making his way towards his sister Nancy's room. He knocks lightly, and heard no response. Mike slowly opened the door and saw she wasn't in there. He smiled in relief and walked in towards her piggy bank. He started to empty it out when he heard the door slam open and the unmistakable sound of Nancy Wheeler in distress.

"What the hell, Mike?" she yelled, stomping towards him. He shoved the money he collected in his jacket pocket.

"I'll pay you back," he said quickly.

"No! You said that last time and you never did," she said, crossing her arms.

"I mean it this time I really need this," he pleaded.

"No! Get a job, Mike!" she yelled again, trying to snatch back her money from his pockets. He moved away.

"Get one boyfriend, Nancy!" he spat back, ducking under her swinging arm and running out the front door, her following close behind.

"I'm serious, Mike! Give it back!" she demanded. He, again, refused, hopping on his bike and going to their agreed meet-up place.

*~

"Will, why don't you tell us a story? Keep us awake," Mike yawned, putting an arm around El as she rested her head on his shoulder. Max tried her hardest not to look at them, or else she thinks she would actually gag. She looked at Will expectantly instead. He sat there for a minute not saying anything, trying to think of a story. He thought of Bob and his story about Mr. Baldo, because he remembered him saying it was in Maine. They all got shivers.

"I hate clowns," Mike said.

"Pfft, clowns aren't even scary. You're just a wus," Max said, crossing her arms. El raised her eyebrows at her.

"Excuse me?" El asked, getting offended even though it wasn't aimed at her.

"Don't get so hypersensitive, Curly. I wasn't talking to you," she said. She didn't know why she was acting this way, but she blamed it on the trip. Lucas tells Max to stop before things get ugly. She does for 10 minutes. The whole ride is Max and Mike threatening and yelling at each other. Cue constant eye rolls from Lucas and Eleven, and Dustin telling them to shut up all the time. Others on the bus were getting increasingly annoyed with every second that passed. Will just wanted to get there already so people stop staring at them.

Will was the last one awake, mainly because if they all fell asleep they would miss their next stop. He was used to not sleeping anyway. He often got nightmares and flashbacks and he hated every second of them, but it wasn't something he could control and he didn't want to disturb or bother anyone by telling them. So, he kept it to himself in fear that he would be sent to a therapist or something and he was so done with talking to strangers about his problems he figured it was better to keep it to himself so he wouldn't have to. He was tired of being looked at as crazy. He was tired of being crazy.

The group has been on the road for hours, but they were almost to Derry. El swears if she gets one more weird look from a middle aged man on a train, or sees them give one to Max, she would have to flip the whole thing over, everyone in it. Everyone is irritable. Dustin and Lucas have gotten into countless arguments, Mike and Max have gotten into many disagreements, El and Max have been stand-offish toward each other for the past three hours. Even Mike and El have been slightly annoying towards each other for a while. Will hasn't said a word in hours. They all just wanna arrive already.

And eventually, they do.