Pennywise Unleashed

chapter 6

A soft singing could be heard, coming up the corridor. Richie heard the singing and wondered where it was coming from. A girl was walking up the corridor doing a bit of random dusting. From what Richie could see was that though she was not overly stunning but she had a prettiness that one would take a second glance at. Richie gulped a little at the woman, she was so pretty and she had a lovely voice. 

She was almost like a real life counterpart to a Disney princess with the cleaning and angelic singing voice. He stared at his feet as he hid blush from his cheeks as Mike looked over at him and the girl, sensing a secret locked connection that could only be unlocked with idle conversation.

"Go talk to her..." Mike prods firmly but gently.

The girl bumped into one of the tables with vases on and yelped and managed to just catch the glass piece. She laughed nervously and put it back on.

"Oh, umm... I dunno..." Richie sounded oddly shy. He was almost never shy before. Was he just distracted by the girl's beauty and how delicate she seemed? "S-She looks busy..."

Mike grinned. "Just at least go and introduce yourself" he says.

"Okay... No more dusting right now..." the girl mumbles, pushing a strand of her straight ginger hair behind her ear. She itched her cheek as she looked thoughtful.

"Fine..." Richie sighed, then carefully went to the woman. He dabbed his knuckle together a little anxiously. He had never been really afraid, except of course when he and the others saw a wolf-man movie when they were students. "Umm... Hi!" he called in a rather unexpectedly loud voice, then cupped his mouth sheepishly.

Mike watched.

The girl jumped at the sudden loudness, then gave a cheery smile. "Well, it's the first time I've been greeted to enthusiastically." she says, her smile so cheery, her eyes closed.

Richie laughed a little nervously, he felt like his childhood self was kicking in, being the nervous and shy geek boy he once was. "S-Sorry, I guess I got a little over excited..."

Her smile faded to a gentle, but still cheerful smile. "It's okay, nice to meet you, my name is Connie." she says, holding out a hand.

"H-Hi, Connie... My name is Richard Tozier." the red-headed male introduced himself, a little more smoothly than the first sentence he uttered out to her.

Connie took his hand to shake it. "Pleasure." she says, her cheeriness calming down a little. She didn't seem to recognize that he was a star, which would actually be good.

Richie allowed her to shake his hand and felt his stomach turn as he made himself sweat in her hand. "Oh, sorry about that..." he muttered shyly.

"Um, I know it's forward... but do you want to go grab a coffee... or a hot chocolate?" She asks him. She looked nervous a little herself.

"Oh, I wouldn't mind at all..." Richie said, a little nervous, but smiled as he now looked into her beautiful, enchanting eyes.

Connie's silver eyes brightened. "Okay..." she says, smiling sweetly.

Mike watched and grinned, before going to do some stuff he needed to.

"That's a lovely eye color, you have..." Richie smiled tenderly.

"You're sweet..." she says blushing. She linked arms with him. "Let's go get that drink from the lobby." she smiles.

Richie blushed a little as well and walked with her to get some refreshments. "I'm with my friends, but we're all going to meet later at dinner... If you'd like to join us, I'm sure they wouldn't mind..."