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eighteen | the final (?) battle (pt. 1)

idk why yall be hating on the confession scene in this chapter sm i wrote but you do you ig💀

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Bev gasped for breath for a bit, before she seemed to snap back into reality and look around at the group before her eyes landed on Ben. 

"Bev?" He asked quietly. She stared at him for a moment, before a slight smile spread across her face. 

"'January Embers'," she said, and you tilted your head in confusion. But Ben started to grin.

"'My heart burns there, too'," he replied, and suddenly the two of them wrapped each other in a hug. 

"Oh, fuck," you breathed a sigh of relief when you realised Bev was okay now. She pulled away and smiled at you, before she was wrapped in a group hug by the rest of the group. 

But you didn't join them, just watched from the side smiling, when your eyes were drawn towards a figure standing in the distance... Bill.

"Where's Bill?" You heard Bev ask behind you, but you didn't answer, just began slowly walking towards Bill to see what he was staring at. 

You stopped dead in your tracks when you saw Georgie standing in front of him. Your throat felt dry as you stared at him, stopping around a meter behind Bill. 

It was Georgie. Actually Georgie. He had the missing arm and everything... It was really him!

"I was looking for you this whole time," Bill said heartbrokenly to the little boy. 

"I couldn't find my way out of here," Georgie whimpered, and you almost gasped. Was it actually him? "He said I could have my boat back, Billy."

Bill took a few deep breaths in, before showing a tiny smile, "was she fast?"

"I couldn't keep up with it."

"'She', Georgie. You call boats 'she'." He sounded heartbroken as he stared down at his little brother. You wanted to step forward, to comfort him, but you knew it wasn't your time or place right now. 

"Take me home, Billy," Georgie whimpered again. Your eyes flicked from him, to Bill, then back to him. Bill tilted his head slightly.

"I wanna go home," Georgie started sobbing, and you felt tears start building in your eyes. You let out a choked sob, and Bill's attention flickered to you, his own tears falling down his cheeks. You met his gaze, tears rolling down your own. 

"I miss you. I wanna be with Mom and Dad," Georgie whimpered, and you both averted your gaze back to him.

"I want more than anything for you to be home," Bill cried, "with Mom, and Dad. I miss you so much."

He began walking towards Georgie, and you let out a relieved breath. You had found Georgie. He was alive. He was safe. You could all go home, right?

"I love you, Billy," Georgie said as Bill stopped right in front of the small boy. 

"I love you, too," He replied, and you averted your gaze to the ground. 

But then you heard the cocking of a gun, and you looked back up at the pair. Bill now had the same gun you had used to kill Henry pressed against Georgie's forehead. You breath got caught in your throat. What the fuck was he going to do to Georgie?!

"But you're not Georgie," Bill finished, and suddenly, he shot the gun. 

A bullet wound formed in the small boy's forehead, and you gasped. 

"Bill, what-" You started saying, running towards him and grabbing onto his arm. He turned to you, searching your face for recognition that his assumptions were correct. He wouldn't be able to live with himself if he had actually just murdered his own brother.