The Town of Derry

Friendship

Bills Pov:

We waited at the stop sign for Laura, who was walking super slow.

"Georgie!" I heard laura mumble quietly, looking at the others who were talking to each other, I knew they didn't hear her say my brothers name.

A moment past so Ben rode back to get her. "Guys!" Ben yelled as he kneeled down to Laura.

At this moment, when we were riding back to Laura, I knew what happened.

IT happened.

Eddie dug through his fanny pack for the wet wipes, Laura was covered in dripping blood from her hair.

Stanley and Beverly wiped her and cleaned her up.

"IT" she said as her and Stan were locking eyes.

"Ch-check her head" I said, the blood has to come from somewhere.

Beverly and Stanley moved her hair around, not finding anything "nothing, that's so weird" Beverly said as she helped Laura off the curb.

"Uh guys, is that.." Richie said looking up the the electrical wires. "Mikes shirt" Beverly softly spoke, it was covered in blood, "that explains Laura hair dripping, but" Eddie stopped as we looked across the field to see Neilbolt St. "It's time" Laura said, she took a wipe and wiped Beverlys and Stanley's hands clean. 

Laura's Pov:

"It's time" I said, I wiped Stanley's hands clean, then beverlys.. as we now know I am covered in Mikes blood the group went quiet.

I looked at Bill, "I saw" I said "I know" he smiled at me, and gave me a hug "it wasn't real, it wasn't G-Georgie" he said pulling away, I shook my head..

I knew it wasn't him, but it felt good to see him, and now I know how Bill felt when he saw him.

"Okay but where the fuck is mike?" Richie said as we looked in the direction of his house. "In the house" Stanley said before biking across the field.

"Stan!" Eddie yelled following him "guys wait! We have to talk about a plan!" I yelled running behind them, "stanley!" I yelled as eddie and him dropped their bikes.

"Stanley" I yelled, he stopped at the gate.
The others soon caught up with us.
"Guys wait" Bev said, catching her breath.

"Stan, we can't just barge in without a plan" Richie said, as he put his bike down.

I looked at everyone while I stood in front of the gate not letting anyone through.

"Our friend is in there, This is what IT wants, he wants us to follow, which means we're gonna see some shit that's not real" I stood there making it clear what we're about to get ourselves into.

I was scared, the way IT can get into your head, change his appearance, it's fucked up.

"we need someone to stand guard, you know... incase like, someone comes? Like a homeless person?" Stanley was starting to panic as I opened the gate, "we have to stick together" Beverly said as she followed behind me, I kicked the front door opened and turned to look at everyone.

"Buddy system, Stanley and Richie, Eddie and Billy, Myself, Ben and Laura" Beverly said. We shook our heads in agreement.

I took a step into the house with Beverly holding onto my arm, "be safe" I said as we walked down the hall, the others went separate ways.

I looked into what would be the bathroom as we walked past it, stepping over burnt wood, nails.

Richies Pov:

We walked into this dumb house, Stanley and I walked up the stairs and into a room, "Mike?!" Stanley yelled as he pushed some wood out of the door way.

I kneeled down and looked at the pictures on the floor.

"Stan.." I said holding up a flyer.

"That's... Eddie" Richie said as he looked down the hall where Eddie and Billy were standing looking into a room.

"That's you" Stanley picked up another flyer, underneath it was Mikes picture, beside that was Beverlys. 

A moment past then I looked up at Stanley, or where Stanley should be.
"It's all of us- stan?" I said standing up, I looked down the hall to check on billy and Eddie who were still there.

"Eddie" i yelled as the door swung shut,

"RICH!" I heard Eddie yell from the other side. I banged and pushed on the door for a few seconds till I turned around.

"Stanley?!" I yelled looking in every hole and room I came across.

Laura pov:

I held onto Bev and Bens arms as we walked through the house.

"Guys!" Eddie said running down the stairs, "the door, slammed on Richie, he's locked in the bedroom upstairs, but Stanley's missing, we can't get in the room" Eddie panicked as he met us at the bottom of the stairs.

"Stanley's missing?" I questioned, billy shook his head, I went with them upstairs and kicked on the door a few times, breaking it open.

"Rich" I said as it flung to the other side of the room, "I can't find him" he said hugging me "it's okay, we will find them both" I said as he passed me all of the flyers with our faces on them.

"Damn, they got Eddies height wrong" I joked, trying to lighten the mood.

"BEV" I heard Ben yell from down the hall, I jolted around and saw Ben get drug into the bathroom.

"The fuck" I said as I walked down the hall, having the bathroom door get slammed in my face. "Oh my god oh my god" I heard Ben yell from the other side.

"Guys?!" I yelled banging on the door trying to kick it open, it was like it was being restricted, like it was underwater.

"Stan..." Richie mumbled as he stood in the other room. Eddie stood beside me pushing on the door as I kicked it.

"Oh ew oh god" Eddie said stepping back as blood came out from the bottom crack of the door.

I stepped back and looked at Eddie "it's not real" Richie said, "it's not really stan" he added as he closed the door behind him. "What Richie? What really isn't Stan?" I asked as he stood in the way, I pushed him over and opened the door, looking at Stanley's, Head..

"Geez fuck, it's not real," Eddie said, I turned around and ripped the missing flyers I still held in my hand.

I knew it wasn't real, but damn IT knew how to put on a fight. I ran down the stairs and out the front door, I ripped a small but sturdy stick out of the nearest tree, "Laura don't go psycho" Richie said as I used Eddie safety knife to sharpen the stick.

"He's got Mike, he's got Beverly and Ben. And he's got Stanley" I said, I looked at them as I walked past them into the house. "I will go psycho to save my friends" I said as I walked upstairs, at this point, I didn't care if I would die, I just wanna save my fiends.