Prologue

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October 1988

Third Person
Bill, Georgie, You
Bill's House
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All was silent at the moment in the Denbrough home. All you could hear was the piano being played downstairs by Mrs. Denbrough, the rain pattering on the roof and light steps being taken up the stairs by Y/N—you.

"Here's some more tissues, Billy." You say, winking at your good friend once you arrive in his room—rain hitting the windows roughly as you speak. Bill grinned at you weakly.

Bill was pretending to be sick to get out of playing with his little brother, Georgie. You were just there to help with the scheme. Then, you both hear the door to Bill's bedroom creak open.

You look around the corner just to see Georgie peaking inside. "Hey Georgie—what's up?" Georgie comes farther into the room.

"Hey Y/N! Nothing really, but Billy said he'd make a paper boat for me to play with outside because he can't." Georgie grins happily and he wanders toward his older brother's bed. Bill leans up to Georgie, giving him a big hug as Georgie leans down to Bill.

You join them in their hug after a bit. "That's great, lets go over here and wait for Billy to finish with the boat." You lead Georgie over to the window, which is covered in condensation. 

The rain is hitting the window hard as Bill sits up and starts folding the paper on his bed.

"Sure I won't get in trouble, Bill?" Georgie asks his brother as he draws a smiley face on the window with his finger—thanks to the condensation.

"Don't be a w-w-wuss. I'd come with you if I w-weren't—" Billy fake coughs as you roll your eyes. "—d-d-dying."

Georgie sighs and says, "You're not dying." Georgie presses as you and him stand up after sitting on the floor.

"You didn't see the vomit coming out of his nose this morning." I chuckle and throw a nearby Kleenex at Georgie as Bill rolls his eyes in a jokingly manner.

"That's disgusting." Georgie say, practically barfing in his mouth. We walk back over to Bill's bed, where he's sitting up, folding paper to make the boat.

"Now, g-g-g-go on, get the wax." Billy says, directed at Georgie.

"In the cellar?" Georgie responds with a worried  expression on his face.

"You want it to f-float, don't you?"

"Fine." Georgie sighs and looks at Bill's bed before grabbing his walkie talkie off the table and walking out.
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Your Point of View
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Georgie just left and I'm relieved. I love the kid and all, but sometimes it's nice to just be left alone for a while. Though, he will be back. "Georgie is so adorable." I said to Bill as he writes 'S.S.Georgie' on the side of the boat.

"I agree..but sometimes it's nice to get some alone time—you know?" I nod, agreeing 100%. After a little bit of waiting, Bill grows impatient, so he says, "Georgie. Hurry up!" into his walkie talkie while taking off his sweater thing before putting the walkie talkie back. He walks over to the desk.
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Third Person
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Soon, Georgie makes it back and Bill smears the melted wax onto the paper boat, "Alright, there you go. S-S-She's all ready Captain."

"She?" Georgie asked.

"You always call b-b-boats 'she'." Bill replied.

"She. Thanks Billy and Y/N." All three of them grinned as the room filled with brotherly love and Georgie gave Billy a hug. Bill started tickling Georgie's sides so he giggled and back away, smiling. Georgie gave you a quick hug before saying, "See you later! Bye!" and skipping out of the room.

You and Bill got up and looked out the window. Once the pair see Georgie outside, Bill grabs the walkie talkie and speaks into it, "Be careful."

"Yeah, we can't have you getting hurt, now can we?" You say through the walkie talkie. Once Georgie hears this, he turns and looks up at the window you two are looking through, smiling and waving.
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Your Point of View
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Once Georgie turns around, we see him place the paper boat in the stream of water in the street, it quickly floating away. He quickly follows after it.

Billy and I look at each other once we cannot see Georgie anymore. "W-Well, that wo-worked," Bill spoke. We grinned at each other—though I did feel bad.

Little did we know that would be the last time we saw Bill's precious little brother.

Word Count: 759

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