☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

jack woke up to the sound of his phone buzzing rather loud on his bed next to him. he groaned, quickly picking it up to check the caller ID.

sophia lillis.

jack quickly sat up, accepting the call and placing his phone on his ear. "hello?" he answered, rubbing his eyes.

"hey jack." he heard sophia reply. he smiled to himself and looked down for a moment. it had been a while since he had heard from sophia. since he had heard from the entire losers club, actually. the last time he had gotten together with them was a few months earlier, in september of 2019. they were only together for a couple days, since they had to do press release for IT chapter two. not like they necessarily wanted to spend all that time together.

the losers club had grown apart. a group of seven pre-teens who used to tell each other everything had turned into a group of teens and nearly almost young adults who couldn't even bring themselves to talk in the groupchat they had made over three years ago. jack knew it wasn't their fault; people grow up, and move on.

but the worst part about them splitting up was that jack felt a piece of him was gone. those six kids were people who knew him better than anyone he had ever met. they used to spend their nights crammed together on one hotel room bed, sleeping together simply because they didn't want to leave each other's side. they used to spend their nights making up stupid skits and making the short stories in their imagination come to life. they used to spend their nights preparing for what a new day of shooting would hold, since every day often endured a new and exciting adventure.

jack supposed they realized they had grown apart when IT chapter two came out. they were awkward around each other, and quiet. wyatt had brought his girlfriend with him, which had made jaeden on edge. jeremy had barely stayed for long; he was in the middle of shooting a movie. sophia was quiet and unlike herself, simply because she felt she couldn't relate to the other boys anymore. and finn, well, ever since august 2018 things had been awkward between jack and finn. chosen was the only one trying to stay positive while they were together, but even he was discouraged.

jack didn't want to think about that now.

"hi sophia!" jack put on a chipper tone. "what's up?"

"i shouldn't be telling you this," she started, which made jack laugh. he heard sophia let out a laugh too and continue. "but i overheard my mom talking about it and i think you might want to know. i haven't told the other losers yet."

jack nodded, then, being the idiot he was, realized he was on the phone, and simply murmured in reply to sophia. "mhm. what is it?"

"netflix wants to make a spin-off of IT. they want to call it, 'The Losers Club,' and it would feature our characters. the young losers' club."

jack felt his heart speed up and he opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. a spin-off? now?

"but we're all grown up." jack blurted out.

"i know, but they want it to center around the losers' club after defeating pennywise."

"they grew apart after they defeated pennywise. it's in the book. read it."

"i know," sophia repeated, sounding more annoyed, "but jack. think about it. IT chapter one broke horror movie history. wouldn't it make sense to make a spin-off show? stranger things' ratings are going down. you can only have so many seasons of a show. but this? everyone was left begging for more, even after a two hour movie. reddie. benverly. billverly. people still edit our characters and write make believe stories and think about them all the time, even after two movies. it makes sense."

"sophia. we all haven't talked in months."

"i know."

"stop saying that."

"i don't know what to tell you! just, listen, don't be surprised if your mom is approaching you in a day or two about this crazy idea andy and barbara proposed to her."

and with that, the redhead hung up.

jack didn't know why he felt so opposed to the idea of a tv show. it would be a pretty cool opportunity, to be on a netflix show, but they all hadn't talked in so long. it would be awkward. wouldn't it? sophia had mentioned reddie. and of course, the other half of reddie was the one and only finn wolfhard.

jack sighed and shook his head, deciding to ignore the stupid phone call. it probably would never happen anyways.

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐑𝐃

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

jack had jinxed himself.

because merely two days later, when he was getting ready to go skateboarding with his friends, his mother had approached him before he could even step foot out the door.

"i need to talk to you about something serious," angela said, which made jack groan immediately in return. she raised an eyebrow and he set his skateboard down, giving his mom his full attention.

"andy emailed me yesterday."

"about a netflix spin-off? yeah, i'm aware."

angela shook her head, confused, and looked at her son. "how?"

"sophia called me." he said quietly, losing some of the attitude he had earlier. "she overheard her mom talking about it."

angela didn't know about the losers' club falling out. none of the parents knew. although, jack assumed they had their suspicions, even if they didn't know why. the group themselves didn't even really know why they weren't friends anymore.

"what do you think?"

"i think it's a bad idea." jack admitted. "can i go now?"

"jack, no. why? why is it a bad idea?"

because i know if i go back i'll have to play finn wolfhard's love interest and he probably hates my guts, jack thought. but instead he just picked up his skateboard again.

"that summer was the best summer you had ever had. you said it yourself! i've never seen you so happy before." angela tried to persuade the boy.

"i'll think about it. okay mama roo?" jack said in a sweet tone, quickly kissing his mother on the cheek then turning around, rushing out the door.

jack felt dizzy as he made his way down the street. he didn't have to think much about it; he didn't want to return to canada and film again. he probably wouldn't have to actually think about it for a while, he decided. they had filmed the last two IT movies in the summer. so at least, he had a couple of months to come up with an excuse to turn down the shoot. or, well, at least he thought so.

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐇

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

🎈

⛄️we're getting a spin-off.

🧼i told you jack

🧚‍♀️why is there a fairy next to my name

🧼 because ur a twink

🧚‍♀️oh

🧸What is up with these nicknames

🧚‍♀️you don't like yours, jerbear?:(

🐺🎸 i mean we made this gc when we were like, 12

🧸Wyatt how do you know we're getting a spin-off? I thought it was just talk

⛄️ my mom just broke the news to me.

⛄️: we start next week.

🐶 Next week?!

🧚‍♀️aw, jaeden's nickname doesn't work anymore:( he's a martell now

👑: Why so soon?

⛄️ not sure, but we'll be spending most of the summer together getting the first season done.

⛄️ that is, if you guys agree to it.

🧚‍♀️ did you agree to it

🧼 ^

🐺🎸 ^^

👑 ^^^

⛄️ yeah.

🧸 Is it really the best idea?

🧼 what do you mean?

🧸 We haven't actually spoken on friendly terms in months

🐶 Jeremy has a point

⛄️ i think we should do this.

🧚‍♀️ ... mama roo just called me downstairs

🧚‍♀️ do i say yes? i'm interested?

⛄️ yes.

🧚‍♀️ k, one sec

🐺🎸 idk if this is really a good idea

⛄️ why?

🐺🎸 it'll be awkward, for starters

🧼 yeahh big rt

⛄️ this isn't an option, you guys are doing it.

👑 Fiesty

⛄️ i'm serious. our fans deserve this, we can't be selfish.

🧸 Okay, valid point.

🧼 ^

🧚‍♀️ okay, back

🐺🎸 so we're really doing this

⛄️ yes. see you guys in a week.

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

sorry was kinda all over the place but i'm just trying to get the plot under control! this was kinda long just because it's the prologue. i'll try to update this as much as i can but as of right now, i don't have a schedule. thanks for reading! make sure to leave me comments, it always inspires me to write!

- courtney