FAKE GIRLFRIEND, beverly marsh.

xiv. the one with the final fight

CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
the one with the final fight.
warnings: puke
here we go again

THEY FOUND BILL. Found him staring at a bloodied kid with one arm and a boat. Found him staring at someone who absolutely wasn't Georgie. Found him in time to hear Not-Georgie say "take me home, Billy" in a way that makes Ashley hurt for Bill.

"I wanna go home." Not-Georgie said tearfully, "I miss you. I wanna be with Mom and Dad."

Ashley didn't know what to do. Didn't know what to say. She thinks her heart cannot break anymore than it already is.

"I want more than anything for you to be home." Bill said. Ashley knew the feeling. "With Mom and Dad." Ashley watched as Bill walked closer to Not-Georgie. It made a blind panic surge through Ash and she took a step forward, but Beverly grabbed her arm before Ashley could go farther.

"I miss you so much." Bill said, inching closer and closer and-

"I love you, Billy."

"I love you too." Bill said. Ashley watched as he lifted the gun to Not-Georgie's forehead and oh shit oh shit oh holy shit. "But you're not Georgie."

Bill shot the gun, and despite knowing it was coming, Ash still gasped as Not-Georgie fell to the floor.

It was silent for a few moments. Ash was vaguely aware her cheeks were wet.

They all stared at the body on the ground. Ashley could feel fear and tension in the air.

She jumped back when said body started grunting and shaking and screaming and screaming. The screaming turned into some sort of monstrous roaring and he was shaking, shaking, shaking-

Until he wasn't.

Ashley knew better than to hope it was over.

Not-Georgie's legs and arms expanded, all with a pop. Ashley backed up on impulse, running into Bev on accident.

It.

It moved like a puppet as it sat up, cracking like one too.

"Kill it, Bill! Kill it!" Eddie screamed, and that seemed to make Ashley gain her vocal cords back.

"Oh my God, oh my God." Ashley muttered, digging her nails into her skin hard enough her fingertips came away bloody.

And everyone is just screaming and yelling for Bill to kill it, Bill! Kill it! but Bill's not fucking listening and Pennywise is smiling and Ashley is pretty sure that Mike said something but she can't fucking hear over all this screaming.

Bill listens after a minute of yelling, holds up the gun in the same way he held it up to Georgie and Ashley hears Mike say "Hey! It's not loaded!" but Bill fires anyway.