tag, you're it again. r.tozier. act ll.

three | wrists cut; in the bathtub!

TAG, YOU'RE IT AGAIN!

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"THAT'S WHAT PENNYWISE does, right? He fucks with us! Stanley's probably fine!" Eddie panicked as they all walked towards the front doors of the restaurant. Arianna hoped Stanley was fine, but there had to be a reason Pennywise had made that message.

"Wait, Mike. Do you have Stan's number?" Arianna asked, wanting to know if her friend was okay.

"Yeah." Mike responded, starting to fish his phone out of his pocket.

"Hey, Richie."

The adults all spun around to see a little boy, who was smiling at Richie, who was now standing in front of his friends.

"How'd you, uh, how'd you know my name?" Richie asked with furrowed eyebrows, looking down at the little boy and letting go of Arianna's hand.

The boy only ignored him. "The fun's just beginning... right?" The boy started to smile, and something about that smile was... off.

"Richie." Arianna quietly said, lightly putting her hand in front of Richie's arm.

Richie's eyes slightly widened, and he turned around to look at the other adults, making sure they heard the same thing.

"H - He said..." Eddie trailed off, suspiciously looking down at the little boy.

"Listen, you think this is funny?" Richie pointed his finger at the boy, and Arianna backed into Sydney. "Right? You think this is some sort of game? Huh?" Richie roughly grabbed the boy's arm, and Arianna gasped.

"Richie!"

"Well, fuck you!" Richie pointed his finger in the little boy's face, and Arianna realized that this was just an ordinary little boy.

"Richie, be careful!" Sydney said, realizing that Richie could be hurting the poor little thing.

"Fuck you! I'm not afraid!" Richie continued to yell, being the only one to not realize that this was just a normal boy.

The boy cringed. "The fun's just beginning. The line from your act, dude. I'm a fan." The boy stated like it was obvious.

Richie furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, then looked back and forth from the boy to Arianna, who was shaking her head at him. Richie looked behind the boy to see a couple. "Are those your parents?"

The boy looked back to the couple then turned around to look at Richie again. "Yeah."

Richie slowly nodded, then smiled. "You want a picture?"

The boy cringed again, staring at him as he walked back to his parents. "I think I'm good."

"Fuck." Richie muttered. "Cute kid!" He said, earning a glare from the boy's father.

"You dumbass." Arianna shook her head at her husband, starting to continue to walk after her sister and the others.

"Jesus, Richie, you don't remember a line to your own show?" Ben questioned in a sarcastic voice.

"I don't write my own material!" Richie defended, starting to follow the others.

Eddie's face then lit up, and he smiled big. "I knew it! I fucking knew it!" He declared, excitedly following the others outside.

"Yeah, let's hope that doesn't happen again." Arianna sarcastically said, her hands dug into her sweater pockets.

"Hey! I'm on edge here, okay?" Richie defended, shaking his head as they all stood in the parking lot.