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You stood in a line overlooking the quarry along with Eddie, Bill, Ben, Stan and Richie. You laughed as Richie and Eddie fought over whose loogie won, still in your jeans and shirt, unlike the boys who were now in their tighty whities. Whenever they went swimming you usually stayed on the rock and watched them, after all you couldn’t afford a new swimsuit anyways.
Everyone’s head turned when Beverly Marsh showed up. “I’ll go.” She slid out of her dress, “sissies” she smiled and ran past the edge, leaping into the water below “What the fuck?!” Richie yelled. She hit the water with a large splash, “Holy shit! We just got shown up by a girl?” Richie asked, you coughed. “Oh, I’m sorry, a real girl.” You frowned and punched him on the arm. “Ouch!” He yelped. “Do we have to do that now?” Stan asked taking a step back. “Yes.” Eddie said with dread in his eyes. “Come on!” Beverly yelled from below, “Oh shit.” Stan whispered, He was not loving this idea.
One by one they jumped into the clear lake. You sat down on a rock near the edge so you could still see them, pouting by yourself. They all were so taken aback by Beverly, why didn’t they think of you like that? As a ‘ real girl’.
You went over to the pile of clothes and stripped out of your pants and shirt, silently thanking yourself for wearing nice underwear today. You went to the edge and looked down at the laughing group below you. “What the fuck am I doing?” You mumbled before plugging your nose and taking a single hop over the edge.
You felt the water engulf your body. Chills running up your spine. When you came up you wiped the water from your eyes, opening them to find the boys with shock written on their features. “Holy shit.” Eddie whispered, Stan and Richie elbowed him at the same time earning a groan. “You c-came in?” Bill questioned, obviously surprised. You shrugged, “It was hot up there.” “Yeah but you never come in.” Richie swam closer to you. “Well. Things change.”
You were happy you had finally decided to join them after years of refusing. You played chicken against Bev and Bill, of course you and Richie won. It wasn’t even really a contest. After hours of splashing around you all went back to the top of the cliff. Beverly decided to lay down while you, Eddie and Richie sat with your legs dangling off the side over the water. You threw in rocks as Eddie ranted about how easily you could have all just gotten a virus.
“Why’d you really jump in?” Richie asked cutting off Eddie. “What?” You frowned, turning to look at him. “It’s been plenty hotter.” You shrugged, “I just felt like it I guess.” “Bullshit.” “Richie. Drop it.” You shot him a glare. “I’m just saying- ““Well don’t .” Richie huffed. “I guess I was just jealous of Beverly.” You mumbled. Richie laughed, “Why?” “Because you all think of her as a real girl or whatever.” Richie doubled over laughing. “That’s just because she has jugs!” You looked down at your chest self consciously. “Okay because we knew she had jugs. But hey. If it helps, now we know you do too.”
You punched his arm. “I was just trying to help.” You shook your head smiling, “thanks Richie, I feel so much better, asshole.” You laughed and stood up to join the rest of the group. They were all looking through Ben’s book bag. “What’s all this?” You asked leaning over Bill’s shoulder to get a decent look at the paper. “A bunch of D-Derry’s history,” Bill stuttered under your touch. “Cool. Why are they all murders or disappearances?” “Derry’s not like any other town I’ve been to before. They did a study once and it turns out people die or disappear six times the national average.” Ben answered quietly. “You read that?” Beverly asked “and that’s just adults… kids are worst, way, way, worse. I got more stuff, if you want to see.” Ben smiled, proud that people were interested in something he had done. “Yeah, totally.” You glanced over the paper again before returning to the clothes pile and slipping your pants and shirt back on over your now dry underwear.
“Hey Richie, Give me a lift back? I walked.” You asked, Richie of course nodded and waited for you to jump on the back and wrap your arms around him. “Get any closer and we might need protection.” Richie laughed and you groaned, “Go any slower and I may as well have walked.” You smirked chuckling against his back as you rode behind the rest of the losers.
“Whoa whoa whoa... wow!” Richie exclaimed when you all walk into Ben's room. “Cool huh?” Ben smiled. “No, no, nothing cool, there’s nothing cool…. Well this is cool, right here… oh wait no, no it's not, it’s not cool,” you laughed at Richie's commentary as you looked around the room. “What’s that?” Stan asked pointing at one of the many papers stuck to the wall. “Uh that’s the charter for Derry township” Ben looked at the marked up words. “Nerd alert” Richie smirked, “No actually, it’s really interesting… Derry started as a beaver trapping town”
“Still is, am I right boys?” Richie laughed and put his hand up for a high five. To which Stan shook his head and you rolled your eyes. “91 people signed the charter that started Derry but later that winter they all disappeared without a trace,” Ben continued “The entire camp?” Eddie asked. Ben nodded, “There are rumors of Indians, but no sign of an attack, everyone just thought it was a plague or something but it’s like one day everyone just woke up and left. The only clue was a trail of bloody clothes leading to the well house.”
“Jesus, we can get Derry on unsolved mysteries.” Richie elbowed you and you chuckled at his lame idea. A drawing on the wall caught your eye. You leaned in to get a closer look. Along with a lot of old guys you could swear there was a clown. You frowned and ran your finger over it. Then the black and white ink winked at you. You gasped and stepped back, you shook your head trying to pretend that you had just imagined it and weren't going crazy, “I don’t know Stanley, maybe he’s just trying to make some friends.” Richie hissed at Stan next to you pulling you completely out of your trance.
“Um. W-where was the well house?” Bill asked, “I don’t know somewhere in town I guess… Why?” Ben shot him a confused look. “Nothing.” Bill mumbled, you knew he was thinking about Georgie, you could see it in that boy's eyes.
Bill and Stan left first, then Eddie and finally you and Richie decided to take off. “Want a ride home?” Richie asked after you had gotten out to his bike. “I don’t really want to go home. It’s only like 4.” “We can hang out at my house, my parents are out for the night.” He wiggled his eyebrows and you laughed, “yeah, okay Tozier, let's go.”