JULY 31, 1989

- - Richie Tozier - -

I woke up and felt a weight on my chest, I looked down and Rylee was laying with her arms wrapped around my stomach and her head on my chest, I smiled. So I did apologize.

I grabbed my glasses from the table beside Rylees bed and checked what time it is from the clock on the table, 11:57am, well we slept in later than usual.

Fun fact, Rylee is an extremely heavy sleeper, I could be screaming in her ear right now and she wouldn't wake up. I unwrapped Rylees arms from around me and stood up, walking to my side of the room.

I grabbed my outfit for today and walked out into the hallways and to the bathroom.

After my shower I got dressed, wrote a note for Rylee, grabbed some money, and biked to the arcade. This is usually my daily routine, wake up, shower, eat something, then bike to the arcade or to one of the losers houses. The losers..

I haven't talked to anyone from our friend group except for Stanley and my sister since the fight, and I only talked to Rylee last night. Rylee and I are very alike, that means we're both extremely stubborn.

Rylee and I have always been mostly the same, same interests, same fears, same jokes, same eyes, same age(kinda have to), same hair, same pretty much everything. We talk at the same time all the time for christ's sake!

I got to the arcade and bought the tokens I'd need to play street fighter and walked over to my favourite game.

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- - Rylee Tozier - -

Rylee woke up and Richie wasn't there anymore. He definitely went to the arcade. She thought.

He always goes to the arcade, especially since it summer and their friend group had a whole big fight.

Rylee grabbed her glasses and sat up, she saw a note on the table that had her glasses on it, she picked it up and read it

Ello mate, I just strolled on down to the arcade to play some Street Fighter on the machines you kids use these days. Okay I can't write like that anymore, I'm at the arcade so if you want to challenge me in a match then bring it on, bitch. I'll be back before curfew! And before you freak out, yes, I turned on all the lights, and every window and door is locked. You're safe. I love you RyRy.

Love: Who else would it be?! It's me, Richie.

Rylee laughed and set the note back on the table, shaking her head a little, "Doofus." Rylee mumbled and stretched while yawning, she heard the phone ringing from downstairs so she groaned and stood up, rushing down the stairs to get to the phone before it stopped ringing.

She got to the phone and held it to her ear, "Hello?" she spoke, her voice still tired

"Hey babe!" She heard Eddies hyper voice from the other end "I-If it's ok to call you that, of course. I mean if you don't like it then I don't have to-"

She smiled, "Eddie shut up, I like it. It's okay to call me babe, baby."

Eddie breathes a sigh of relief, "You sound tired, did you just wake up?"

"Yeah I just woke up"

"Rylee, it's 1:30. In the afternoon." Eddie spoke

"Guess I slept in, huh?" She laughed

"Yeah just a bit Ry." He laughed

"So.. why'd you call?" Rylee suddenly asked

"Oh! I was wondering if you wanted to go on another date? We could go anywhere at all, just me and you, the whole day!" Eddie explained "My moms at the house so we can't be here but.. anywhere else."

"No ones home at my place, Richies gone out to the arcade for the day, and my parents are at work right now, then they have a party to go to at like 9, so they'll probably be gone till morning." Rylee told him

"We could hang out there for a while, and watch movies! If you want?" Eddie suggested

"That sounds great, give me an hour." Rylee said, grinning like an idiot

"An hour? That's how long it takes you to get ready?!"

"Well, I have to shower, get dressed, eat, and then take a nap and plan stupid jokes." Rylee explained, joking about the planning jokes part

"You plan your jokes?"

"No, Eddie. God you're stupid sometimes." She laughed

Eddie was grinning like an idiot by now, "Your laugh is beautiful."

"Save the compliments for an hour from now, Ed's." She smiled

"Uh-huh. See you in an hour beautiful." Eddie beamed

"Bye loser." and with that, Rylee hung up the phone.

Rylee smiled and walked up the stairs of her empty house, she loved being alone in the house, she didn't have to deal with her parents being assholes, or Richie making jokes every five seconds, so that leaves Rylee the freedom to sing, or draw or do anything she wants in the house.

Rylee walked into her room and grabbed an outfit for the day, Richies 'Freezes' t-shirt, and black overall shorts, her underwear, socks and a new bra then head to the bathroom for her shower

After Rylee took her shower, she dried off and dried her hair, then got dressed into the outfit she picked before the shower, then brushed her teeth, brushed her hair, and put her shoes on. Some time had passed and it was now 1:50pm, and Rylee was bored out of her mind, she was now drawing, while laying on her stomach on her bed. She ended up falling asleep

Rylee woke up from her nap when she heard a loud thump from downstairs, making her jumped a little bit, and sit up in her bed, then continue drawing, until she heard another thump a minute later. "What the fuck.." She mumbled then checked her clock, 2:16pm. Eddie shouldn't be here until 2:30pm though.

Rylee set down her drawing supplies and walked out of her room, down the steps, and into the living room, "Eddie?" She asked

Rylee had turned on all the lights in her house, since she was a paranoid little kid. "Richie?" she asked

She heard a thump again, from the living room, she walked closer to where she heard the thump, which was around a little corner that she couldn't see from where she was standing

"Come on you guys, this isn't funny." Rylee called "The jokes over! You got me." she called out again, but she got no reply

Rylee turned and looked around the corner, and saw nothing but the chairs and a table. She huffed, then turned around, what a mistake that was. "Boo!" The clown yelled

"Oh not you! You fucking bitch! You broke Eddies arm! You sliced Bens stomach! You fucking asshole!" She screamed, trying to show no fear, which was sort of working, she was sick of that damn clown terrorizing her and her friends, trying to fucking kill them!

"Now now, little RyRy, that's no way to speak to anyone, would your mommy and daddy let you use that kind of language?" The clown pointed a finger at her

"They don't give a shit." She growled, "You're not that scary, you're just a clown."

The clown showed its huge, sharp, teeth, when it smiled, it's eyes turning yellow, drool dripping out of its mouth

Rylee jumped, now scared again, making the clown smile even wider, taking a step towards her. Rylees eyes widened, in fear. She crossed her arms over her sheet and glared at the clown, "What do you call yourself"

"I'm Pennywise, the dancing clown!" It announced, enthusiastically, with a high pitcher laugh following Its words

Rylee was still scared, especially with that damn laugh Pennywise keeping doing

The clowns face suddenly turned serious and It stopped laughing, "You're scared." It stared

"N-N-No I'm not." She stuttered

"N-N-No I'm not." It mocked, walking even closer to her, grabbing her face in Its gloved hands "Tasty, tasty, beautiful fear." It mumbled, then smiled at the girl, who held a glare on her face, she was somewhat scared, but more angry.

"You're just a dumb, stupid, bully! You're just a clown!" Rylee yelled in Pennywises face

Pennywise frowned, then took its hands off of her face, making her glasses fall to the floor. The clown looked her in the eyes and placed its hands around her neck, choking her like the first day she'd met It, making her pass out.

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Meanwhile, Beverly was at her house, and started to try to walk out of her door, but stopped when she saw the locks on the door. "Where you sneaking off to?" her father, Alvin, voice asked from behind her

"No where daddy" Beverly replied, now turning to her father

"You're looking prettied up." He told her

"I'm not prettied up daddy. I wear this almost every day." Beverly stayed, looking down at her shirt

"Come." Her father stated, Beverly walked over to Alvin and he grabbed her hand "You know I worry about you Bevvie."

"I know"

"People in town have been saying some things to me about you. Sneaking around all summer long with a bunch of boys. The only girl in the pack." Alvin said

"That's not true, daddy. Rylee comes with us too, she's a girl too." Beverly defended, "And they're just friends, I swear."

"I know what's in boys minds when they look at you Bevvie. I know all too well." He said, looking her in the eyes and tightening his grip on the girls hand, hurting it.

"My hand.." Beverly started

Alvin stood up, "Ate you doing womanly things down in the woods with those boys?"

"No. No, no, no, no, nothing. You don't have to worry daddy. I promise."

"What's this?" Her father asked, pulling out the postcard he'd found in her room

"It's nothing. It's just a poem." Her eyes widened

"Just a poem? But you had to hide it in your underwear drawer. Why would you have to hide it there? Are you still my girl?" Alvin asked the scared girl

"No." Beverly said, snatching her hand back from her father

"What did you just say?" Alvin asked as he walked towards Beverly, who was now shaking

"I said no!" She repeated, backing away from her father "No! No!" she screamed as she fell and Alvin basically got on top of her "Get off! No!" she screamed and kicked him where the sun don't shine and ran to the bathroom, grabbing something and hiding in the shower behind the curtain

Alvin got up from the floor and walked towards the bathroom, slowly walking towards the bathtub "Those boys, do they know that you're my-" he started opening the curtain to the bathtub

"No!" Beverly yelled as she smashed a plate to his head, knocking him out.. or killing him. She wasn't sure.

She looked down at her father with no expression and turned to walk out of the bathroom, but Pennywise grabbed her by the neck and took her.

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Bill biked down the road to Beverlys building and dropped his bike, running up the stairs to her place.

The two planned to spend the day together Beverly was going to meet him at the quarry. But when Beverly didn't show up, Bill got worried and biked to Beverlys home

Bill walked into the house through Beverlys bedroom window, "Beverly?" he called, no answer

"Bev??" He called again and walked around the house, he walked passed the bathroom, then went back and walked towards the bathroom

He opened the door and saw Mr. Marsh, on the bathroom floor, blood coming from his head. Bill furrowed his eyebrows, then looked around the bathroom, then noticing the print on the walls. 'YOU DIE IF YOU TRY' was written on the wall in blood

Bills eyes widened and he ran to the phone to call the losers, he called Mike first, then Stan, then Ben, then called Richies house but no one picked up. He then called Eddie

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Eddie was at his house, putting his shoes on, getting ready to go see Rylee. But then the phone rang, he picked up the phone and answered "Hello?"

"Ed's, you gotta go get Rylee, I know where Richie is. Meet us at the house on Neibolt in ten. It got Beverly." Bill spoke frantically from the other end

"Okay, Ill meet you there. I'll be there in ten with Rylee." Eddie spoke and hung up the phone, walking towards the front door

"And just where do you think you're running off to?" His mother spoke from behind him

"Out with my friends." The young boy replied

"Sweetie you can't go. You're getting over your sickness, remember?" Mrs. K asked

"My sickness? Okay, Wh-What sickness Ma? You know what these are?" Eddie grabbed a bottle of pills, "Theyre gazebos! They're bullshit!" He yelled and threw the bottle of pills to the ground

"They help you Eddie. I had to protect you," Mrs. K spoke desperately, trying to get her son to stay

"Protect me? By lying to me? Im sorry but the only people that were actually trying to protect me were my friends. And you made me turn my back on them when I really needed them. So i'm going." Eddie spoke, speaking nothing but the truth, before walking out the front door and running to his bike

"Eddie, Eddie no! You get back here!" Mrs. K yelled, trying to catch her son but he was already on his bike and leaving,

"Im sorry mommy! But I gotta go save my friend!" He yelled and biked in the direction of Rylees house

"Eddie! Don't do this to me Eddie!"

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Bill got to the arcade, to pick up Richie. He walked into the arcade and saw his best friend, playing street fighter. Bill walked towards the big, that had all of his concentration on the game "Richie." Bill spoke

Richie glanced at Bill then brought his attention back to the game, "What do you want? You see that guy i'm hitting? I'm pretending it's you." Richie shot

"It got Beverly." Bill said, making Richie stop and lose the game

"What do you mean?" He asked, turning towards Bill

"It Richie, It got Beverly." Bill spoke again

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"Ry?" Eddie asked as he walked into the Tozier household, the door was already wide open,

"Rylee?!" Eddie called, "Rylee? Come on Ry this isn't funny!" he called out while walking into the living room and turning around the corner, his eyes widened when he saw words carved into the wall of the Toziers living room.

'YOU DIE IF YOU TRY' was carved deep into the wall, on the floor were Rylees glasses.

Eddies eyes widened, "No, no, no." He mumbled and ran back outside to his bike, going full speed to the house on Neibolt

Once Eddie got to the house, everyone was there, except for Beverly and Rylee of course.

Everyone looked at Eddie as he dropped his bike and walked towards the the group. "W-W-Where's Rylee?" Bill asked

Eddie pulled out Rylees glasses he found in the Toziers living room and pointed to the Neibolt house "It took her."

Ben and Mike dropped their heads

Bills eyes widened, Stanley started shaking again, and Richie and Eddie were crying.

"I'm definitely going in there now." Richie mumbled

"Guys, spikes." Bill said as they all approached the house

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