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▶️ oath The air was thicker then it was a month ago. The heat was at full blast in early September. I hadn't seen any of the members of the loser club since the battle against Pennywise. Rose and I still had weekly sleepovers but my parents had made it there goal to keep me in sight at all times. I felt trapped. One night Richie had climbed in through my window because he missed me so much. I had to shush him as he crawled through however. I found it really cute that he went through all of that trouble just for me. That's also the night he kissed me. It was short yet sweet. I was sitting on my bed showing him some of my poems. He was smiling as I showed him one I wrote about him.
"I still can't believe you used to hate me." He had remarked. "Like how can you hate this sugar." I rolled my eyes shoving him lightly. Not enough to make a noise but enough for him to stop being cocky. His mouth had opened slightly with fake hurt. I giggled quietly before I noticed his stare. His eyes were locked on me through his big glasses. He swallowed hard.
"Are you okay?" I asked studying him, he was acting strange. He swallowed.
"Uh yeah." He told me fixing his glasses. I raised my brow at him. "No!" He burst out before pulling my to his. His lips placed on mine. My bottom lip on his top as his hands reached for my sides. My hands had gripped his shirt to steady myself. He pulled away a sheepish look on his face. "Sorry." He murmured. I smiled.
"Richie, don't be."
~*~
It was mid September when I saw the rest of them again. Rose told me Bill needed to see us. So I had made a plan to leave my house, it worked perfectly too because I had to leave to for Roses anyways. The two of us rode our bikes down to the small wetland area Bill told us to be at. The sun beat down on us. Rose and I arrived at noon. I sat down on a log next to Richie and Rose. Richie grasped my hand.
"I only remember parts, but... I thought I was dead. That's what it felt like." Bev spoke once we all had arrived, Eddie being the last. "I saw us, saw us together, back in the cistern, but we were older... I mean our parents ages."
"W-w-w-what were we all doing there?" Bill asked. I wondered the same thing. I only hoped it was a dream however, I never wanted to go in those sewers again.
"I just remembered how we felt, how scared we were, I don't think I can ever forget that." The silence was deafening. I hated it.
"Swear, swear if It isn't dead, if It ever comes back, we'll come back too." Bill piped picking up a piece of glass from an old bottle. Seeing as he wanted us to stand I did, letting go of Richies hand. I was thankful that I was standing between Bev and Bill and not Richie. Bill then sliced his palm open with the glass. He winced slightly before moving to Rose. Rose laid her hand out for Bill and he cut it lightly. I saw her teeth clench before he moved onto me. I slowly revealed my palm to him. The glass was sharp as it glided against my palm. It pricked my skin. I watched in pain as blood gushed out of my hand. Richie let Bill cut his hand. His teeth were gritted as he tried not to cry. Eddie was next. He gave Bill his hand that didn't have the cast on it. Eddie looked away from his palm not wanting to see it cut his flesh. As soon as Bill touched the glass to Eddies hand his Pill alarm went off. He ignored it not even bothering to look at it. When Bill got to Mike he cut his hand quickly. After he did so Mike gripped his hand carefully applying pressure. Bill cut Stans hand then moved onto Ben. Ben was ready I could see it in his eyes and as Bill cut his hand he barely moved a muscle. Bill cut Bev's hand whom didn't wince to much either. Once Bill finished cutting Bevs hand he took his spot beside her. I knew this was an oath and in a strange way it was comfortable. I took Richie hand and Roses and squeezed them both gently. We stood in silence. The only sound was the crickets and the birds chirping. An the occasional breeze rustled the tall grass.
"I gotta go... I hate you." Stan said breaking the silence. Bill looked at the ground, a hurt expression on shown on his face before Stan smiled and started laughing. This caused all of us to laugh. It was weird I hadn't laughed with them forever."I'll see you later." And with that he headed off.
"Goodbye, Stan." I told him. He smiled before walking off.
"Goodbye guys." Eddie also said before leaving in the opposite direction of Stanley.
"Goodbye, Mike." We all told him as he headed out.
"See you later, losers." He smiled at us. I smiled.
"Rose and I gotta go." I piped up. Richie nodded sadly.
"Yeah see you guys." Rose told them.
"See ya soon Rich." I smiled at before winking. Rose and I headed off to go grab a bite at the Derry Diner.
and it's done, I'm proud I actually finished this because I had lost so much inspo for it but I'm back and it's done :)) I hope you enjoyed this journey of Valerie and I love you all.
