Pink Roses ❀ Eddie Kaspbrak ❀ Completed

♡ six

Richie and I finally stole the trumpet from this guy in the band and he started playing while I took the guys hat and put it on my own head. The guy finally ripped the trumpet out of Richie's hand and the hat off my head. 

"What the fuck, dude" We raised our arms as we walked over to the group as I saw Eddie with 3 ice creams and I smiled at him. as handed me mine and I blushed since I saw that he accidentally licked my ice cream but I didn't care so I just continued to eat mine 

"What are you guys talking about" Eddie stood there with his ice cream with a blush on his cheeks 

"What they always talk about," Richie said grabbing his ice cream 

"I actually think it will end" Ben looked over at Beverly "For a little while at least"

"what do you mean?" She furrowed her eyebrows together in confusion 

"So I was going over all of my data research and I charted out all of the big events. The Ironworks explosion in 1908. The Bradley Gang in '35 and The Black Spot in '62. And now the kids being..." He paused and looked at bill "I realized that this stuff seems to happen-"

Bill cut him off "every 27 years"

I felt goosebumps go up my arms until I felt the familiar hand intertwine their fingers with mine. i smiled because I didn't need to look to know who it was.

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Eddie started off the conversation "IT comes out from wherever to eat kids for like a year and then what? Does IT go into hibernation?" I stood outside the group a little bit

"Maybe it's like... What do you call it? Cicadas You know, the bugs that come out once every 17 years." Stanley stated and I nodded at him agreeing completely

"My grandfather thinks this town is cursed." I looked over at Mike for an explanation

"He says that all the bad things that happened in this town are because of one thing. An evil thing that feeds off the people of Derry."

But Stanley was scared "But it can't be one thing. We all saw something different."

"Maybe. Or maybe it knows what scares us most and that's what we see"

"I-I saw a leper. He was like a walking infection." So that was the thing he was yelling for help about classic Eddie

"But you didn't. Because IT isn't real. None of this is. Not Eddie's leper or Bill seeing Georgie or the woman I keep seeing" But I was infuriated because it felt real enough to me to not call it fake.

Richie had to lighten up the mood" she hot?"

"No. Richie. She's not hot. Her face is all messed up. None of this makes any sense. They're all like bad dreams." He was out of it, he couldn't tell real or fake anymore it was terrible to watch a friend break down in front of you.

"I don't think so, I know the difference between a bad dream and real life, okay?" Mike argued

"What did you see? you saw something too?" Eddie elaborated to Mike "Yes. You guys know that burnt down house on Harris Avenue? I was inside when it burned down. Before I rescued... my mom and dad were trapped in the next room over from me. They were pushing and pounding on the door trying to get to me." He paused for a second or two "But it was too hot. When firefighters found them the skin on their hands melted down to the bone." My hand shot up to my mouth as I felt horrible for him  "We're all afraid of something"

"Got that right," Richie said looking at the circus stage that was being set up

"Why Rich? what are you afraid of?" Eddie asked him