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The quiet sound of the room terrified Eddie as sleeping bodies surrounded him in the basement. He laid on the floor next to Richie and Dustin, cuddling onto a warm blanket inside a sleeping bag even though the basement was very warm for there being thirteen children. He did not know what time it was, or if it was even morning or not, but he kept his eyes shut, hoping to any god that he could sleep tonight. For some reason he couldn't though and ever since that evening, all he could think about was Pennywise coming to their door and killing all of them in their sleep.
Eddie tried to make the visions of the horrible clown in his head go away, but it didn't work. When he opened his eyes to not see Pennywise in his mind, all he saw was the vast darkness of the sleeping bodies of his friends. It terrified him to see a silhouette of a large figure over all of them and felt his throat tighten just thinking about it.
He grabbed his inhaler that laid next to him and his fanny pack, quickly placing it over his mouth as he triggered the tap water tasting medicine. Eddie sighed, cringing at the horrible aftertaste and placed it back into his fanny pack with his pills. He quickly zipped the small bag that was supposed to be wrapped around his waist and ran his fingers through his short hair in the dark. Should I take my medicine to sleep? Eddie thought inside his head.
Dustin had his hockey stick in his arms sleeping with it and Richie just slept with his glasses right next to him. Eddie slowly sat up, his eyes wished to be closed as he rubbed his face with his hands. Come on, Eddie. Take your fucking pills or your mom will kill you. He thought in his head. He sighed, knowing that it was no use, but he still had to. He slowly and quietly got out of one of Michael's sleeping bags so he wouldn't bring any attention to anyone or himself.
He grabbed his fanny pack as he stood up, his eyes finally seeing in the dark like night vision to find where he step on over the mounds of bodies that slept. Eddie quickly went over the kids in their sleeping bags, mattresses, the couch, and the El's fort before he finally made it to the stairs and walked up quickly up to. He opened the basement door handle, accidentally letting the kitchen light fall down on the basement steps as he winced at the bright light while his pupils began to adjust in his regular vision.
Eddie quickly walked into the first level and out of the basement while he adjusted to the light. He closed the door slowly, hoping not to waken anyone from the basement before steeping into the kitchen. He placed his dark turquoise fanny pack on the counter as he went towards the cupboards to find a cup or something that he could use to drink water. He gently opened the cupboards, hearing a small creak escape from the metal before grabbing a small glass cup with flower designs on it.
He went towards the sink, gently turning in on the faucet as cold water went down the drain. He placed the cup into the water, filling the glass cup with clear water from the sink beforeplacing it next to his fanny pack. Then, he opened up his fanny pack, seeing the assortment of pills and medication that he had taken yesterday afternoon and grabbed the orange container that had a smiley face sticker on the side. Eddie knew that he had grabbed one of his anxiety pills or as the doctor called "Happy Pills". His doctor called it that because it made him numb to everything that was happening and make the young boy sleep through the night.
