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The two pairs stay in their hugs until Eddie looks up.
"Guys, the missing kids. They're floating down." Eddie says, and the others look up to see he's telling the truth. Bill then spots something, and steps away from the group. He kneels down beside a single yellow raincoat. Richie and Adeline, the only ones who noticed Bill walking away, walk towards him. Bill opens the raincoat and reads the name 'Georgie Denbourgh' inscribed in the top. He starts to cry, and at this the other losers walk over. Richie and Adeline each put a hand on his shoulder, then as the others come over, they all come together for a group hug. Finally, Bill has gained the closure he needed. And the Losers Club are properly reunited.
~*~
They walk together out of Neibolt house, each one feeling braver than they did as they went in, but also feeling as though a weight had been lifted off their shoulders. But then there was the issues that they needed to sort out. For Beverly, it was the fact that her father was either dead at the present time or that she would finally be taken away from him, but to where? She had found her place in Derry with the Losers, and to leave them now would be heart-breaking. Then for Adeline, it was the fact of her father. She refused to go in the house when he is there, but where does that leave her? Being in the police would give him some kind of immunity if she filed any sexual assault charges against him. And then there was the lack of proof she had, sure she could show the police the bruises, but then where could that lead? Could he twist it so that it made her look in the wrong, and she ended up going to jail? She didn't want that. For Eddie, there was the fact that right now, there and then, he wanted to tell Adeline how he felt. But after seeing that one of her fears is him, he doubted that she felt the same way. Then there was what the clown said, he didn't want to believe that she was as broken as the clown made her out to be, but then that would explain the bruises on her stomach. For Mike, there was the fact that he was no longer an outsider, he had made strong friendships with the Losers Club, but then when school time came would they have time to see each other? Being home-schooled and then helping out on the farm for his grandfather meant that he wouldn't have the time to see them as often, and if he did have the time, they may have been busy in school or doing other things. For Richie, there was the change in himself. He no longer felt as afraid as he might have had. He stood up for himself and his friends against his biggest fear, in turn creating a bond he hoped would never break. But how long would the tight bond last? What if people move away, what about after school, the group would all move on to their new places- whether it be university or college. For Stan it was clear that he felt more of a man now, yes he had already completed his Torah reading, but he had now faced his fear and he now was standing side-by-side with his friends. All as equals, all feeling as proud as themselves. For Ben, he felt accomplished. His months and months of research had led to the group managing to fight against the thing that plagued this town. He found a friendship in the Losers Club that he feared he wouldn't find in Derry. But he feared whether going back to school would divide the group, whether he would be once again labelled as the 'Outcast', the 'New-kid', the 'Chubby freak'. Whether his new friends would be there for him throughout it all.
~*~
Each loser then said their farewell as they made their way back to their own homes, promising to meet the following day. Everyone left, until it was only Eddie and Adeline left. At the moment when they had to split ways, Eddie turned to Adeline.
"What are you going to do?" He asks her. She looks to him. "I mean about your father."
"I'm going to go home, and if my mother's there, talk to her. If she's not, then I'll deal with that when I get there. But right now, I'm going to take it as it goes." She replies. Eddie nods and gives her a small smile. She returns it, and he gives her a final farewell and they go to their own houses...
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The Broken Child// IT (2017)
HorrorIt's 1988, and in the town of Derry an evil lurks. Having just moved to the small town from England, Adeline Farley must now join forces with the 'Losers Club' and fight against something that adults don't seem to care about. The group must fight...