Chapter 21 - Frozen In Fear

Nancy's POV

It was now July 12th. Bill called me and asked me to come over with the rest of the losers club. I went out and started walking towards Bills.

 I suddenly felt like someone was watching me or following me. I looked behind and saw no one. I shrugged it off and kept walking.

 "Hey!" I heard. I turned to where the voice was to see Stanly. He peddled next to me. "Hey, almost birthday boy," I said smiling.

 He laughed a bit. "Wheres your bike?" He asked. "My brother and Henry is what happened," I said. "Oh...I kind of forgot about that." He said.

 "It's fine," I said. "I could try helping you get a bike. I'm getting some money soon." He said. "I stopped. He soon stopped.

 "I couldn't let you do that. That's your money. I really don't need a bike." I said now starting to walk again. "You just like riding with someone don't you?" He said.

 I felt my face get hot. I smiled. "No, that's not it," I said. "From that look on your face that tells me otherwise." He said. I giggled.

 "Well, do you want a ride?" He asked. "Is it really no trouble?" I asked. He smiled at me. "Of course not." He said stopping and patting the back of his seat.

 I got on and held on. I felt him tense up a little. "You ready?" He asked. I nodded even though he can't see me. "Yeah," I said.

 He started peddling. We had small talk mostly him talking about how he can't read the Torah correctly and he's disappointing his father.

 "Can I come?" I asked. "What?" He said. "To your Bar Mitzvah," I said. "Sure. You can see me make a fool of myself." He said laughing a bit.

 "I think you'll do great," I said. I looked over to see everyone already there. "Finally!" Richie said once we pulled into Bill's driveway.

 "Shut up, Richie!" I said getting off Stanley's bike. I walked over to Richie and Eddie and smiled. They smiled back.

 "Okay, I got everything set up. You guys can come in." He said. We all walked into Bill's garage. I sit down and Eddie sits next to me.

 Stanly and Richie sit behind us. Bill turns on the projector and has his hand out. Ben gives him something. He puts it in the projector.

 It shows a map of Derry. "See look at this. Every place like in 62' and 35'...that's where It happens. Its all connected into the sewers.

 That's where IT lives where the well is." He said freaking out Eddie. He took out his inhaler and took a puff and put his head down. I looked at him worried.

 "The Neibolt house..." Ben said. Eddie took more puffs from his inhaler. "T-t-that's where I saw that clown." He said taking another puff still breathing badly.

 I rubbed his back drawing little circles trying to calm him down. "You mean that creepy house that always makes you feel like someones watching you? I hate that place." Beverly said.

 Eddie wheezed. "Yeah, and we-" "C-can we stop talking about this," Eddie said cutting him off. He got up and turned around to look at us.

 "This this-this is insane! this is making me uneasy and I mean its summer and we're kids and we're not doing this anymore because I'm so close to having a mother fucking asthma attack. So we need to stop before I die!" He said screaming at us.

 He turned around and grabbed the map and tore it off the wall. "Eddie..." I said reaching my hand out only for him to push it away.

 "Hey, Put the map back," Bill said getting angry with him. Eddie shook his head slowly looking angry. The projector then changed. Eddie walked away slowly.

 I grabbed his hand and pulled him towards me. It turned to photos of Bill and his family. It showed them on a boat ride.

 It flipped through seven different photo's before I saw a picture of Georgie playing with me and Bill. "Georgie..." Bill said.

 It then flipped to a picture of the Denbroughs at church. It kept getting closer to Georgie's face. I felt and hand grab and pull me. I stepped back while still holding on Eddie.

 I then got to Mrs. Denbroughs face. The wind blew in when the picture was taken so her hair covered her face.

 Her hair started moving to make it show her face...but, it wasn't her face. Everyone freaked out. I stayed silent not knowing what to do.

 It showed the clown smiling. "What the fuck is that?!?!?!?" Richie yelled. I felt Richie grab me tighter.

 "I don't fucking know," Eddie yelled hugging me but more like gripping my waist to death. "Turn it off!" Beverly yelled. I held riches hand.

 We both gripped our hands really hard. "TURN IT OFF!" Beverly yelled. Mike came across my path and kicked the projector over.

 We loosened our grips a bit. He showed himself but blurry. He showed up again. Then nothing. We all let go of each other and sighed in relief...Except for Eddie.

 He was having trouble breathing. I look back at Eddie to see if he's alright. I then hear a growl and screams. I quickly turn to see IT out of the screen with his sharp teeth.

 I see stan and Richie back away. I stan there not being able to move. He came close to grab me before I took a step back.

 I heard everyone screaming my name and IT laughing. I shut my eyes tightly. I then hear the garage door open and everyone stopped making noise.

 I slowly opened my eyes to see nothing in front of me. I sighed in relief. I felt an arm on my shoulder. I looked behind me to see Beverly.

 "You okay?" She asked. "I think so..." I said walking closer to the garage door. Bill goes out and grabbed his bike.

 "L-let's go." He said. "Go? Go where?" Ben asked. "To N-neibolt." He said getting on his bike. "Bill! You cant go!" Beverly said going in front of us.

 "He t-took a lot away from me. I d-d-d-don't want a-a-anyone else to go through this." He said looking down and then pedaling off.

 "Bill!" I yelled walking to the end of the driveway to see him pedaling fast down the road. Richie then stopped next to me.

 I got on the bike with him and we all started peddling after Bill. I gripped onto Richie. 

[After The Biking To Neibolt]

"Bill!" Beverly yelled walking up to the Neibolt house. We all got there and got off our bikes. We walked up to Bill. "You can't go in there," Beverly said.

 "Look! You don't have to come in with me...But, what happens when another Georgie goes missing or another Betty or even another kid? Are you guys just pretending nothings going on like everyone else in this god damn town? You guys can do that but, I can't. I go home...and see that Georgie's not even there. His clothes, his toys, even his stupid stuffed animals...But, he's not...so walking into this house...For me...is easier than walking into my own." He said turning away slowly and walking to the door.

 We all just stood there guilty. "Wow..." Richie said. "What?" Ben asked as we all looked at Richie. "He didn't stutter once." He said.

 Everyone started slowly making there way up to the stairs."Wait!" We heard. We all turned around to see Stanly fool of fear.

 "Should someone stay outside? So in case, something happens..." He said. Even though I was scared of that house and afraid I'm going to die from drowning in in dark water, I'm still going to go in there.

 We turned back when we heard Bill. "W-w-w-w-who wants t-t-to stay o-out here?" He asked. I saw Richie and Ben raise their hands immediately.

 I turned to see Mike, Stanly, and Eddie also raising there hands. I looked down and kept thinking I'm surrounded by scared-y cats.

 I looked back up to see the guys fake stretching or scratching their heads. Richie turned around "Fuck..." He said. 

[Skip To After Getting The Short Straw]

The 4 with the shortest straw had to go in. Of course, it was Eddie, Richie, Bill, and me. We went inside looking around.

 It was the same as the last time I was here. "I can't believe I pulled the short straw," Richie said picking up his pace.

 "You're so lucky we're not measuring dicks." He said. "I don't have a dick," I said. "Yeah, so you, Beverly, Bill, and Eddie would go in for either no penis or the smallest penis." He said.

 "Shut up, Richie." Bill and Eddie said together horribly annoyed with him and glaring daggers at him. Everything went quiet, except our footsteps going through the house.

 I looked and saw the kitchen. It was a nice house if it was nicely done and no demonic clown was gonna eat kids in it.

 I was about to step into the kitchen but heard Richie yells. "It says I'm missing!" Richie yelled. Bill went over to him.

 Eddie and I walked to where he was and just stared sadly. "You're not missing," Bill said trying to calm him down. "Hello?" I heard.

 I looked over to the right where the noise was. "That's my name, my shirt, my hair, my glasses!" He yelled while Bill was trying to take the picture out of his hands.

 I walked away from them and went by the stairs. "Hello?" I said. "Help!" They said. I started walking up the stairs soon turning into running up the stairs. 

Eddies POV

I just watched as Bill tried to calm down Richie. He soon stopped. I looked over and saw Nancy was gone. "Where's Nancy?" I said panicked a little.

 We all turned around and started walking. We heard footsteps upstairs. We all looked at each other then back upstairs. "Nancy!" We yelled running up the stairs. 

Nancy's POV

I walked into a room after I heard the person speak. "Hello?" I said. "In here." They whispered. I looked and saw a door open.

 It was pitch black. I really saw nothing. I took a couple of steps to it and stopped in front of the door. I tried looking closer but saw nothing.

 "Hello?" I said again. "Come here...closer..." They said. I almost put one foot into the dark but, heard my name.

 I backed away looking out the door. I saw the boys. They looked relieved. "Why didn't you answer us?" Richie asked.

 "Someones in there," I said pointing into the dark room. They all came closer and looked in there. I heard Eddie's inhaler.

 I then heard it again. I turned to see Richie sticking out his tongue. "Ewwww! Why the fuck does your inhaler taste like battery acid?" Richie asked gagging a little.

 Eddie cringed and took his inhaler from Richie. We then heard coughing. We looked back at the door. "Can you come to us?" I said.

 I then heard loud thumps and dragging noises. I saw a hand come from the dark. "Help." I heard and more gagging. I cringed.

 I slowly went to grab the hand. "Stop!" I heard Eddie say. I look over but felt something grab my arm. I look down and see the hand. It started dragging me. I screamed.

 "HELP!" 

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