Fix You - IT Fanfiction

Thirty

"It will come back," Eddie said. "What do we do then?"

"We come back," I said. "From wherever we are."

"I'm gonna take these guys and we're gonna go to the hospital just to make sure everything's okay," Dallas said, rounding up Georgie, Tina, Betty and Edward and taking them back through the rusty circular door that lead into the chamber.

"But how will we know?" Bill asked. "Derry is never in the news, everything that happens here is kept really underwrapped."

"Your stutter," Stan said.

"What about it?" Bill questioned.

"It's gone," Stan told him.

"I didn't notice," Bill.

"I'm sure at least one of us will still be here," Mike said. "I'm sure of it."

"Or we can just come back in twenty-seven years?" Suggested Richie.

"How did we not think of that?" Vic said with a laugh.

"First time he's ever said anything smart," Eddie scoffed.

"Shut up Eddie," snapped Richie.

"How the tables have turned," said Stan with a sigh.

"We have to promise," Bill said. "We have to promise that we'll come back to Derry in twenty-seven years no matter what."

"I promise," Henry said.

"I promise," Eddie said.

"No," Bill objected. "We can't just say it. We have to make a proper promise. Let's do a blood oath."

We all agreed and we stood in a circle. We passed the switch around and made cuts in our palms, deep enough to draw blood. We all held hands and went around the circle and said we promised to come back. After we were done we headed out of the house, hoping that it would in fact be twenty-seven years until we went back in there.

There was something different about Derry. We walked down the main street, people seemed to be happy again. There was no lingering feeling of fear lurking around. People were cheerful. The missing children signs were gone. Things seemed to be back to how they were.

Cole was dead. It was gone for now. I had Dallas back. Maybe I could live a normal life.

"Guys, you know what we should do?" Said Bill.

"What?" Belch asked.

"We should get out of Derry for a bit," Bill said. "We've still got a week of Summer left."

"Somewhere close," Patrick said. "But also somewhere out of Maine."

"How about New York City?" Vic suggested.

"Yes!" I exclaimed.

"My parents own a hotel floor at the Riu Times Square Plaza Hotel, so anyone who stays on that floor they'll get the money. It's an investment. I'm sure they won't mind lending us a few rooms for a few days," Vic said.

"That sounds great," Eddie said.

"I've always wanted to go to New York," I said.

"How will we get there?" Stan asked.

"I can attach a trailer to my car," Belch said. "The drive isn't too long, it's only like seven hours."

"It's five pm now, if we do the drive now we can make it by the morning, or we could drive tomorrow and get there at nighttime," Belch said.

"Let's do it tonight," Henry said. "Then we can have more time there."

"Cool, so we'll meet at Bill's house in an hour?" Belch suggested.