staisy | Stan Uris fic

Chapter 1

Maisy had been a part of the losers club for around 10 months. She joined Derry high school just after summer and was immediately welcomed by Beverly. It would be a lie to say her transition from California to Derry was easy. Firstly, Derry was a small town; tiny compared to Cali. Maisy was so used to the hot weather 24/7 and the rich neighbourhoods that the small town seemed kind of plain at first glance.

Being the new girl draws a lot of attention at first. People judge you. It's hard to tell who genuinely wants to be your friend. Maisy wasn't the most popular girl in her old school but she had a lot of friends and liked very few of them. She was conveniently seated close to Beverly in a lot of her lessons and despite the occasional rumour she heard, Bev seemed very sweet. Beverly wasn't at all hesitant to introduce Maisy to the losers. She felt bad for it but she didn't really like the idea of being friends with those types of people. Losers. That was until she found herself stuck to them like glue. She really adored those boys (and girl) with every part of her and sometimes she even forgot what life was like before she knew them. It felt nice to know she had genuine friends who cared about her. However, 10 months in and she was still hesitant to talk about her experiences in Cali. Like why she moved there so suddenly.

July 2nd. Derry was getting very hot. Maisy was laying on her bedroom floor in a denim skirt and a yellow t-shirt, fanning herself with an old magazine when the phone rang.
"it's for you Mai!"
Called her adoptive mom, Ali, from downstairs.
"coming!" Maisy yelled back. She rolled onto her stomach and eventually stood up before running downstairs and taking the phone off of her mom with a sweet smile.
"hello?" she said, with an idea of who it could be
"Mai! We're going to the quarry in half an hour for a swim. Coming?" That was Eddie Kaspbrak. He was a HUGE germophobe, also asthmatic. He was the shortest of the losers and arguably the cutest due to his high-pitched voice and his 2(?) fanny packs.
"give me 2 seconds Eds." Maisy took the phone away from her ear and covered the speaker to muffle the yelling to her mom "hey mom can I go to the quarry with my friends please?"
"sure" was the usual reply she got.
"Ok I can come" she said as she put the phone back to her ear.
"you'll be coming with Stanley, right?"
"as usual. See you later."
"see you." they both put their phones down.

Maisy quickly ran upstairs to put on her bathing suit underneath the clothes she already had on. Soon enough she ran downstairs out her shoes on and rushed out the door.
"be safe, have fun, be home by 9. Love you." her mom pecked her forehead
"love you bye!" she stepped outside the door and got her blue bike before skipping next door to knock on Stanley. Stan was Jewish, he was easily the most realistic of the group when it came to making plans. He had OCD and was constantly stressing out about the stupid things we did but he was so sweet and secretly one of Maisy's favourite losers.