|Peach| r.t

Chapter 4

   I woke up excited to go to the Quarry with the boys, yeah others would be kinda weirded out about swimming with teenage boys, but I've known these guys forever.

     My mother still wasn't back so the house stayed pretty quiet, so I sorta slept in longer that I should have.
     The guys are probably gonna be upset,so I changed into my swim suit, I got last year that I really liked, and so did Richie apparently.  I was hoping that Stan might steal some glances at me today while we were swimming.

     I hurried putting the swim suit on with a white flowy dress as I hopped onto my bike and rode down.
      When I pulled up I didn't see anybody, but I did find clothes laying on the ground. I don't know why but it kinda made me sad that they didn't wait for me, or try to come to my house and get me, like they always do. when I walked closer to the cliff I heard giggling, I could tell it was obviously the boy's but I also heard a girl's. I looked down to see Bev playing Chicken standing on Stan Shoulders.
       Jealousy ran through my blood and sadly so did some tears down my cheek, I gather my thoughts and hoped on the bike and headed home. The only things in my mind was that I probably got replaced by some prettier girl aka Beverly. It shouldn't have bothered me but I knew that Bill and Ben liked her and most likely so did Richie, Eddie and worst of all, Stanley.

Time Skip

   After what happened at the Quarry I decided just to go home and watch some t.v and eat snacks, that was until I heard a knock at the door. I got up removing the blanket and popcorn from my lap and opened the door.

  "Stan, what are you doing here?"

  "Where were you today, I thought you were coming to hang with us"

  " Oh, I wasn't feel well so I stayed home" I lied.

  Stan started twitching weirdly.

  " Are you okay Stanley?" I held onto his shoulder.

"You were supposed to come float with us" he shared with a slight louder tone.

"Stan you're sorta scaring me" 

I hated when people were mad at me, and the gang knew that, it was the reason my dad has left because my mother always yelled at him.
      By the point Stan started shaking and drool started dripping from his mouth.

"I'm sorry Stanley" I spoke softly.

"YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO FLOAT, WE ALL WERE SUPPOSED TO FLOAT"

I watched as Stan turned into a clown.

"WHO ARE YOU" I cried moving backwards.

   "Oh Emma, your friends don't like you, that why nobody checked on you... and your poor mother has to leave because she hates being around you" The clown taunted.

At the point I was sobbing. The scary clown kept getting closer and closer to me and I was curling up scared shitless and having no power to move.

  "Admit it, you're a loner, and nobody will ever like you, especially not your little crush, Stanley" The clown mocked laughing, then expanding its mouth running towards me

  "AHHHHHHHH" I screamed, and then everything seemed to go quiet.

When I opened my eyes I saw Richie hovering over me with worry in his eyes.

"Emma, Em, everything is okay, it's okay" he said holding me. "What happened"

"LEAVE ME ALONE CLOWN" I screamed thinking it was was still the demon clown that I saw earlier.

"Em, it's me, Trashmouth" Richie explained stroking my hair. "It's me"

I slowed my breathing down feeling safer now that Richie was holding me, and not seeing the clown.

"Where were you earlier? you didn't show up" Rich began.

"I was sick" I lied again reminding myself of what the clown said "nobody likes you"

"Oh, well...are you gonna hangout with us tomorrow?" he said

"Yeah, of course," I tried to shake off what had just happened. "But could you guys wait for me before you go"

"Always Em," Rich said with a smile.

So Emma's fear seems to be Autophobia (Fear of being unloved) who knows maybe this isn't the last of Emma and Richies, and of course...Pennywise.