I'll Be Brave for You IT(2019) ((Eddie X Richie's Sister))

Epilogue

Skylar's POV

I sat in the hospital bed eating the pudding they gave me. I was still really weak but I was doing better than before. The scar on all our hands from the oath we made had faded, except mine. I still had all my scars, I guess to remind myself and the rest of the group of what we had overcome and accomplished together. All the Losers came to see me and said their goodbyes before they left Derry. I had to stay a few weeks because of my injury. Eddie stayed in town with me though. I sold my house, we bought a house together in New York, and his divorce was already filed. Apparently, he had lost his ring during the final battle with IT. My boyfriend's old wedding ring in the ground buried under tons of dirt and Niebolt house remains? I kinda liked that. I had been in Derry Hospital for 3 weeks and was beyond ready to leave. Eddie had been getting all his and my stuff moved into our house but I told him to wait to unpack the boxes so we could do it together. The doctor's told me I could leave tomorrow. 

Eddie walked into my room with flowers. 

"Hi beautiful" he said, walking over to me and kissing me. "Ooh, you taste chocolatey."I laughed. "Oh we got something from Stan, a letter. Apparently, all the Losers got one." 

 "From Stan?" I asked, confused.

"Yeah" he sighed. "I waited to open mine because I thought you'd probably want to read it together."

"I do" I said, sadly. "Thanks Eds."

"Scoot over gorgeous" he said smiling. I moved over as much as I could. He opened the letter and read it together. 

'Dear Losers,

I know what this might seem like, but this is not a suicide note. You're probably wondering why I did what I did. It's because I knew I was too scared to go back. And if we weren't together? If all of us alive weren't united? I knew we'd all die. So, I made the only logical move. I took myself off the board. Did it work? Well, if you're reading this... then you know the answer. I lived my life afraid. Afraid of what I might leave behind. Don't be. Be who you want to be. Be proud. If you find someone worth holding onto? Never fucking let them go. Follow your own path, wherever that takes you. I know I told you this wasn't a suicide note, and it isn't. It's a promise I'm asking you to make to me. To each other. An oath. The thing about being a loser is, you have nothing to lose. So, be true. Be brave. Stand. Believe. And don't ever forget... we're losers. And we always fucking will be. 

Love,

Stan'

I leaned on Eddie's shoulder and cried. He cried too. 

"I don't want to be here anymore" I sobbed. 

"I know baby" he said. "Me either. We'll leave tomorrow."

"No" I said. "I want to leave now. One day isn't gonna do anything."

"Okay" he said, kissing me. "I'll tell the doctors."

He left the room. 

"You two were always cute together" a voice said. I looked in the corner and saw Stan sitting in a chair. 

"Stan?" I asked. 

"I won't be here long" he said. "I just wanted to thank you for calling me that night. What you said..... knowing that nothing I could ever do would disappoint you or make you stop loving me, it gave me the courage to do what I did. What I did wasn't your fault. I did it because I love you. I love all of you."

"Stanley I-" I started saying but he cut me off. 

"You're amazing, Sky" Stan said. "Cherish the life you were given and keep being the beautiful badass, nice, caring, and brave woman you are. I'll see you again some day."