Mrs Trashmouth // Richie Tozier

Nine

Recap:

We turn a corner, and we're met with something even worse.

A giant mountain of children's belongings- and Beverly Marsh- floating.

Real Time:

"Beverly?" I whimper, taking a few steps back. Everyone's mumbling, as well as trembling in their boots. As concerned I am to find Bill- one of my best friends is right in front of me- floating? What if she's dead? What if she won't wake up? I can't lose anybody else!

"Bev?" Mike calls. "Bev!"

"Holy shit!" Richie shouts. "How is she in the air?"

"Guys." Eddie mutters, mouth wide open. "Are those..."

"The missing kids." Stanley nods, blood ripping from the punctures in his skin. "Floating."

Richie and Mike are helping Ben get to Beverly, Mike holding Ben in the air and Richie grabbing onto Bev.

"Just- let me grab her!" Ben mutters, tugging at Bev's legs.

Her feet are safely on the floor and her eyes were diluted into a white and grey color. Ben grabs her head, lulling her face towards his.

"Bev!" He shook her, trying his hardest to get her out of this fucked up world. "Beverly!" Tears were forming in Ben's eyes as he shook her even harder. "Why isn't she waking up? What is wrong with her? Beverly, please!" He wrapped her lifeless body. "Come on!"

Ben released his hug, holding the back of Beverly's head. Ben stared into her pale eyes. I wipe my own tears that'd started to leak and gripped both Eddie's and Richie's hand.

Out of the blue, Ben had forcefully smashed their lips together. Everybody was muttering "Ew.", but I was silent. I looked over at my 2 unfortunate friends, and silently sobbed. That was until Beverly took a huge breath, staring into Ben's eyes. Her eyes had come back to their beautiful, ocean blue orbs. I embraced Eddie and Richie tightly as Beverly had said the line of poetry that'd she'd shown me from a few weeks ago, from her secret admirer. She'd thought it was Bill, not realizing the short boy who was begging for Beverly.

Ben immediately responds, a grin plastered onto his sweet face. "My heart burns there, too."

Richie release me from the hug, but I still was attached to Eddie. "Jesus fuck!" He breathed, embracing the two. We all joined in for a group hug, until Beverly speaks out once Eddie pulls out of the hug.

"Where's Bill?" She asks, joining Eddie. We follow along and I hold Richie's trembling hand. I enterlaced our fingers and I squeezed his hand, showing I was here for him.

We turn the corner of the pile of children's toys, only to be met with Bill, standing there with Georgie across from him. They had been talking, and by the tone of Bill's voice, he was on the verge of crying.

"I wanna go home!" Georgie said, tearfully. Light sobs spilled from Bill's mouth. "I miss you, I wanna be with mom and dad."

Bill was choking up, shaking his head. "I want more than anything for you to be home. With mom and dad. I miss you so much."

"I love you, Billy." Georgie whimpered, stepping towards Bill.

Bill sniffled. "I love you, too." Then, though, Bill pulled out Mike's gun, gracing Georgie's forehead with the muzzle of the gun. Georgie lets out a loud sob. "But you're not Georgie." Bill said, and Georgie was dead before he'd hit the ground. The gun shot was echoing throughout