AUGUST 5, 1989

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The next day, all the losers met up at the quarry and talked, Richie sending Eddie a death glare every chance he got, and whenever Eddie tried to talk to either of the twins they'd either glare until he walked away or just ignore him, they're stubborn that way

"Hey Ri-" Eddie started but Richie just walked away and sat down next to Rylee. Eddie huffed and turned to Bill, "What are they mad about? Do you know?"

"No, they didn't t-tell me anything. They b-b-both looked upset last night but I-I just thought they were emotional about h-having to live in G-G-Georgies old room or something," Bill told Eddie

Eddie tried to think of anything that would make them upset, but couldn't think of anything he'd done wrong so he just shrugged it off and sat between Mike and Ben

"S-So what did you see? When you guys were.. you know, floating.." Bill asked

Rylee and Beverly looked at eachother and sighed, "I can only remember parts.." Rylee said and Beverly joined in,

"Yeah, me too."

"I thought I was dead. That's what it felt like," Rylee continued and looked at Beverly, who nodded her head in agreement,

"I saw us, all of us together, back at the cistern, but we were older, like.. our parents ages" Beverly continued

"Am I still handsome as an adult?" Richie joked and squished his face together making a silly face

"You grow into your looks," Rylee laughed

"What the fuck does that mean?" Richie laughed with everyone else

"What about me?" Stanley asked, smiling

Rylee and Beverly looked at eachother before Rylee answered "Like now.. but taller." Rylee smiled, she couldn't possibly tell him, she just couldn't

Stanley's grin grew as he nodded

"W-W-What were we all doing there?" Bill asked

"I just remember how we felt, how scared we were. I don't think I can ever forget that," Rylee said and sighed at the end, and everyone fell silent

Eddie looked over at Rylee, who was already looking at him, Eddie gave her a small smile, but Rylee didn't return it and just turned her head the other way

Suddenly, Bill stood up from his spot on the ground and grabbed a sharp piece of broken glass off of the ground and looked up at the losers, "Swear it. S-Swear that if I-I-It comes back.. we'll come back too."

Rylee was first to stand up, then Beverly, then one by one, the rest of the losers stood up

Bill walked up to Rylee, flipped her hand so her palm was facing upwards and looked up at her for permission, Rylee nodded her head and smiled weakly, then Bill sliced a deep cut in her palm, she barely even flinched, but still shook her hand afterwards

Bill then went to Beverly, and then everyone else and then himself, then all the losers all stood in a circle, holding hands, Rylee was between Richie and Bill

Everyone stood like that for a minute, savouring the moment, then Stanley dropped Eddie and Bens hands, "I gotta go, I hate you,"

Bill looked down in shame until Stanley started laughing, then everyone else joined in and laughed with him, "I'll see you later," Stanley waved as he left, not looking back again

A chorus of "Bye stanley"s rang out as the losers watched their friend walked down the path

"We gotta go to..." Richie tried to make up a lie but couldn't think of one "we gotta go to court," Richie admitted and Rylee nodded.

Bill didn't hear Richie because he was too busy staring off into the distance for some reason.

"Bye losers, have fun in Portland Bev," Rylee smiled and gave the red haired girl a tight hug, "I'll miss you,"

"I'll miss you too Ry," Bev smiled and hugged Rylee back

"Rylee! Come on we gotta go!" Richie called for her

Rylee tolled her eyes and let go of the hug then ran to Richies side and walked down the path with him

Beverly nudged Eddie, "Go on," she mumbled "go get your girl,"

Eddie nodded and ran after Richie and Rylee "Ry! Rylee!"

Rylee and Richie turned around, Richie stood between Eddie and Rylee once Eddie caught up to them, "Don't talk time her."

"Rich, go." Rylee spoke up

"But.."

"Richie please, just go ahead of me, I'll catch up." Rylee told her brother

Richie sighed and nodded, then walked up to Eddie and wagged a finger in his face "You say or do anything that hurts her, you get hurt even worse, got it?"

Eddie gulped, and nodded his head

"And if you-"

"Richie! Let me talk to my fucking boyfriend!" Rylee yelled, pointing to the path ahead of them

Richie nodded and ran farther away so Rylee and Eddie could have some privacy, which both Eddie and Rylee appreciated

Rylee looked at Eddie expectedly and crossed her arms, raising her eyebrows "Well?"

"I-I just wanna know why you're so mad at me, I mean I don't think I did anything wrong.." Eddie trailed off

"Didn't do anything wrong?" Rylee raised her voice "You ignored me all yesterday, then lied to me, then kissed some other girl!"

"Wha- I would never do that to you! Rylee.. I don't have an explanation on why I was so upset yesterday, I just wasn't in a good mood. But I can explain everything else.."

"Then explain."

"I lied to you because I didn't want you to follow me, I wasn't in a good mood and I just.. I didn't want to do something to make you upset," he paused "And I didn't kiss her. I stopped her. I would never kiss another girl while I already have the best girlfriend in the world. Rylee, that was an old friend, Evelyn, my mom had her over so she could try to get me to break up with you and date Evelyn. Evelyn has liked me for a long time and she did try to kiss me yesterday but i stopped her and pushed her away, Ry. I didn't kiss her. I would never do that to you because I love you so so fucking much."

Rylees eyes went wide as she took in the information and she looked down,

Eddies face went from a small smile to concern extremely fast, "Ry? Rylee please say something." he put his index finger under Rylees chin and lifted her face up to look at him in the eyes

"Your moms the worst," Rylee smiled and hugged Eddie tightly, "I don't know why I believed you'd do that to me.."

"I wouldn't. I would never do that, okay? The only girl i've got my eyes on is the beautiful girl i'm hugging right now." Eddie whispered and pulled away from the hug, keeping his hands around her waist, and Rylee kept her arms around his neck

Rylees looked Eddie in his eyes and smiled, then Eddie did the same until Eddie leaned in and smashed their lips together, Rylee didn't hesitate to kiss back. Their lips moved in sync as one of Eddies hands (the one without the cast) reached up and cupped Rylees cheek and Rylees hands went through his hair

The couple pulled away for air twenty seconds later and smiled at eachother.

"Well that was gross to watch," Richie announced, making his way back to Eddie and Rylee

"Aw poor muffin is just jealous he can't kiss anyone," Rylee teased her brother and ruffled his hair

"You'll get there one day Richie," Eddie joined in on the joking

"Ha- Ha, so funny I even forgot to laugh. Come on Rylee, we gotta go, remember?" Richie grabbed Rylees hand

"Yeah, I'll see you later Ed's," Rylee smiled and walked away with her brother

Once Richie and Rylee made it to the Denbroughs house, they walked into their room and changed into the outfits Mrs. Denbrough set out for them

The Toziers did the same thing they'd done in their old room, attach a sheet to the ceiling and across the room for privacy.

Mr and Mrs Denbrough agreed to be there with the Tozier twins to tell the judge everything that their biological parents had done to them. However, the Denbroughs didn't want Bill to go, so they hadn't told him.

Rylees outfit was a baby blue, sleeved dress that went just past her knees, with a pair of black flats, and Richies outfit was the baby blue suit he wore to Stanley's bar mitzvah with black dress shoes

"Ready?" Mrs Denbroughs voice called out front behind the door just as Richie and Rylee were looking at themselves in their separate mirrors

"Yes!" The twins called at the same time and walked out of their room

"You two look adorable, oh god I always wanted a daughter to dress up!" Mrs Denbrough exclaimed

"Well now you do," Rylee smiled

Mr. Denbrough walked up the stairs to see what all the commotion was and saw the twins in their outfits, "They're matching colours in clothes, have the same hair style and colour, have the same eye colour, talk at the same time.. the only thing different is their height and gender. It's kind of scary, but you two look amazing," he smiled as he spoke

Since the Toziers moved in with the Denbroughs, they'd brought joy back into the house since Georgie. Of course they still miss him but Mr and Mrs Denbrough love the twins as if they were their own children

The Toziers smiled and looked at eachother, "And I'm older, and Richies glasses make him look smarter but he obviously isn't, he's just blind," Rylee smiled and threw an arm around Rylees shoulder

"She's just jealous cause she's short," Richie joked and gave his sister a side hug,

"Let's get going then," Mrs Denbrough said and everyone rushed down the stairs and into the car

"Remember, tell them everything you need to. I know it's hard if you're uncomfortable but the judge needs to decide if they should be thrown away for life or not, so tell them everything they've done to you, and no lying." Mr Denbrough reminded the twins

"Got it." The twins said at the same time as the car pulled up to the building

"Alright then, let's go."

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After hours of questions and everything, the court room emptied and Maggie and Wentworth Tozier were sentenced life in prison.

The Denbroughs drove the Tozier twins back to the Denbrough household when Bill sat on the front porch, "Where were you guys?" Bill asked as they all got out of the car

"Court. Mom and Dad are gonna be locked up for the rest of their sick lives," Richie stated

"I still don't understand why they would hurt such good kids like you two. And ra-" Mrs Denbrough was cut off by Rylee violently shaking her head 'no'

"And what?" Bill asked

Rylee looked at Mrs Denbrough with pleading eyes "You have to tell him sometime, Ry," Mrs Denbrough said and patted her back as they all walked into the front door of the house

Rylee looked at Richie after they had walked into the house and took their shoes off, and walked upstairs into their shared bedroom "Tell him when you're comfortable Ry," Richie gave his sister a side hug then turned and walked to his side of the room, closing the bedroom door then turning to his sister, "Now if you'll excuse me, i must get out of this outfit," Richie said in a british accent

"And I as well, kind sir," Rylee said in a british accent and bowed

Richie smiled and dragged the sheet that separates their room across for privacy so they could both change into more comfortable clothes, such as their pyjamas

Rylee changed into a pair of plaid shorts and one of Eddies sweaters she'd grabbed without him knowing, Rylee then pulled her hair into a short pony tail due to her hair being so short and curly

Richie changed into his favourite pair of pyjama pants and a galaga t-shirt.

"Hey Ry?" Richie called out from his side of the room

"Yeah?"

"Are you dressed?"

"Yeah,"

"Okay i'm coming over," Richie said and walked through the large sheet that separated their room and sat next to Rylee on her bed, "So.."

"Yes, Richie?"

"I just wanted to let you know that you're the best sister i could ever ask for and i love you more than anything," Richie told his sister.

"More than street fighter?" Rylee asked, looking up at him and raising an eyebrow

"Yes, Rylee, more than street fighter," Richie smiled, which Rylee returned the smile immediately and wrapped her arms around Richie and pulled him into a tight hug

"You're the best brother i could ask for, Rich. I love you more than life itself,"

"Awwww! Let me join!" A voice yelled from the door

Rylee and Richie releases from the hug at looked at Bill, who was standing at the door with a huge smile on his face, but he soon ran towards the twins and tackled them in a hug, the twins laughed and hugged the boy back

Once the three released from the hug they all looked at eachother with huge smiles on their faces "I cant believe you guys are my siblings now," Bill smiled

"Me either, think of it Billy, you were always my best friend, other than Richie and Eddie, and now you're my brother! I love it," Rylee smiled as Bill sat down between the twins

"Yeah, this'll be fun, Bill we can pull pranks on Rylee!" Richie smirked

"Oh god," Rylee sighed

"Can i sleep in here with you guys tonight?" Bill asked suddenly

"Yeah of course, it'll be like old times!" Rylee smiled

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