3rd Person

"I'm Beverly."

Beverly held out her hand, helping y/n off the floor. Y/n noticed a huge stain on her dress, and groaned.

"Hey, are you okay? Why are you out here this late?"

"I could ask you the same question, Beverly."

Beverly laughed a bit, which made y/n smile. Could this be the start of a friendship?

"But no. I'm not okay. My mom kicked me out. I have nowhere to go."

Y/n's eyes filled with tears again, but she held them back, not wanting to break down in front of a possible friend.

"Oh my god, that's horrible. Come on, you can stay with me."

Beverly knew that that might not have been the smartest option, knowing her living and family situation, but she couldn't not help y/n.

"A-are you sure? That's very sudden."

Beverly nodded, grabbing y/n's hand. The two continued to talk all the way to Beverly's house.

Much to Beverly's luck, her dad wasn't home. Y/n was safe. For tonight.

"Here, you take my bed. I'll take the floor."

Y/n started to protest, but stopped when she saw the look on Beverly's face.

"Thank you, again, Beverly."

"It's no problem. And just call me Bev."

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The next morning, when y/n woke up, she started to freak out over the unfamiliar surroundings, but then remembered the events of yesterday.

She could hear Beverly, or Bev as she preferred, stirring in her sleep.

"Ugh, good morning, y/n."

Bev hoisted herself up, brushing her hair out of her face.

"You know what y/n? I've always wanted to cut my hair. Do you wanna help me?"

Y/n nodded excitedly.

The pair entered Bev's bathroom, and y/n got the scissors out. She started cutting away at Bev's hair, until Bev said it was enough.

"Why, Bev, you look beautiful."

As they were cleaning up Bev's hair from the floor, a thought arised in Bev's mind.

"Hey y/n, some of my friends invited me to the quarry today. You wanna come?"

"Of course! I'll take any chance to make new friends."

°°°

"It's just through here. Not much further."

The sound of boys arguing became clearer as they ventured further into the trees.

They reached a clearing in the trees, and saw the five boys standing at the edge. Y/n stopped when she saw them.

"Bev. I can't do this."

"Don't be afraid y/n, it's not that high."

Before y/n could explain that that was not the problem, Bev had already pulled her dress off and jumped off the cliff.

All of the boys seemed shocked that a girl had beaten them. But only one expressed that verbally.

"What the fuck! We just got shown up by a girl."

The voice gave y/n a lot more confidence in doing this. She quickly took of her floral dress, and ran past the boys, catching Richie Tozier's eye.

His expression was a mix of anger and confusion.

"We just got shown up by another girl! Fuck this!"

Richie jumped off the cliff, followed by the other four.

Y/n was splashing water at Bev, when Richie swam over to the two.

"So, y/n. Where were you yesterday?"