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it's cold.

𝚝𝚠: 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎

𝙚𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙫

the town was frozen.
not literally, because it was July.
but it was frozen.
nothing had happened in months, it was like a river frozen over. but for half a year.
beverly and i sat in the empty living room of my house. i wanted to cry but i couldn't.

drip.
drip.

in this moment, the only noises they heard were the ones you don't normally hear.

drip.
drip.

like the sink that needs to be fixed in the kitchen.

"hurry boy, he's waiting there for you."

or the old record player that you always just hear in the background.
if it were in any other circumstance, i would feel calm.

drip.
drip.

i couldn't hear the tv.
the volume was fine, it was at 45.
but i couldn't hear it.

"it's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you."

"holy fucking shit." beverly whispers under her breath.

everything suddenly thaws. the world un-freezes by the muttering of three words.

"f-from...from Derry High?" i ask. my voice is low and raspy, i probably just couldn't process the information given to me. nothing has happened in months, and now this? i remember wishing something would, but

not this.

"the victim's family of this tragic accident has preferred to remain unidentified. and now for a commercial break."

beverly shut the tv off. i looked at her. she looked at me, tears filling her eyes.

i wanted to hug her, i really did.
i just didn't know if she wanted the same.

drip.
dri-

she flung towards me and i held her in my arms.
i felt her cold skin against my shoulder, her tears running down her beautiful face.

"shhh, it's okay."
it wasn't.
"it's okay hon."
it wasn't okay.
"sh..."
as beverly's sobs dried out, the world went cold.
not frozen, cold.
and she knew it too.

i went cold.

my eyes filled with tears.

i cried with her.

i just hope it didn't work.

i hope they're okay

they tried to take their life.

-
𝙣𝙤 𝙥𝙤𝙫

"RING RING RING"

mike slumped over to the yellow phone sitting in his den, it was literally 7am on a sunday.

"hello?" he said as he scratched the skin under his ninja turtle pajama pants.

he heard sobs.

"heyheyhey, what's wrong?" he said, more awake this time. he kind of recognized the voice.

"oh my gosh, Ms. Tozier?" he was surprised.

"mike, i need you to meet me at banner." she said, calm.

"banner, banner hospital??" why would he need to go to the hospital? ( hehe i wrote this in a hospital )

"yes, you know how to get there?" she asked.