I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
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Eddie's PoV
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I laid on the floor of Stan's room, staring at the ceiling fan.
Brandy was raped by Pennywise the Dancing fucking Clown.
That hit me like a truck.
I started tearing up as she told the story.
I felt the pain in her voice.
Being raped. That kind of fear out of an eleven year old girl had to root from something. I wanted to know what she had been through for her to conclude that that was her greatest fear.
I just wanted to hold her. Tell her nobody would ever hurt her again.
I wanted to kiss her everywhere that horrid clown had touched her. Trade the feeling of his rough, humanized hands with the feeling of my lips praising her body. I wanted to make her feel special.
But that wasn't the way I could do it. Not yet, anyways. I couldn't do that to her without being just as bad as that horrid clown.
But I had to make her feel special. I had to make sure she knew she was safe. Not taken advantage of.
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Brandy's PoV
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Beverly screeched, "HE SAID WHAT TO YOU?"
I repeated Eddie's words.
"Brandy Isabel Hunt! How are you so fucking oblivious!?"
I shrugged, excitement still fluttering through me.
"What am I oblivious to?"
Beverly groaned, "he's had a crush on you since he was like two! I'm pretty sure everyone knows about it!"
I was stunned, "h-he what??"
"HE LIKES YOU BRANDY!"
"Well if he likes me so much, why won't he fucking kiss me already?"
I wasn't convinced. There was no way Eddie liked me back. No. Way.
Beverly rolled her eyes, "because he's scared! But I can guarantee you he won't be able to handle himself sometime soon."
He won't be able to handle himself.
Those were the words that scared me the most. The words that meant a man would take advantage of his natural strength. They terrified me more than anything else.
"Have you tried flirting or anything? Maybe he'll catch on."
"No. I can't flirt! I'm not like that, Beverly."
"Bullshit! You can flirt perfectly!"
"Well i can't flirt with him! If I try I'll just choke up!"
Beverly rolled her eyes once more, calming herself down.
"Well, you need to go to him. He said he wants to do something with you today. I'll go over to Bill's or something. Don't worry about me."
