Chapter 26 - Confronting
Eddies POV
I convinced my mom to let me leave on my own to get my pills. For a whole month, I haven't been able to see my friends or anybody except my mother.
She also became very clingy. I biked all the way to the pharmacy to get my refills for my pills. I passed by so many kids having a great time.
I sighed wishing I could have a good time. I got to the pharmacy and got off my bike. I set it on the post and went inside.
I Opened the door and felt the nice cool ac blow on me. I walked straight up to the counter and looked up at Mr. Keene.
He looked at me. "Here for the refills Eddie?" He asked. I smiled lightly. "Yeah," I said then looking down.
I then felt a stare and looked over to see Greta looking at me. She looked back over at the back of the store then back at me.
"You know its all bullshit right?" She said. I gave her a confusing look. "What is?" I asked. She sighed. "You're medication." She said getting snappy.
"Oh..." I said dropping my gaze from her and looking down at my shoes. "They're placebos." She said. I looked back up at her.
"What's Placebo mean?" I asked looking over horribly confused. Her expression got more mean. "Placebo means bullshit." She said going back to reading.
I looked back over and wondered what was taking so long. Mr. Keene finally came out and gave me my pills.
I smiled and thanked him. He gave me and smile and left again. I opened my fanny pack and put the pills in there.
I looked up and saw Greta grabbing a sharpie. "No signatures?" She asked.
I stayed silent. "Your cast. No signatures or anything, so sad" She said pouting her lip out and making a weird sad face. I looked down at my cast.
"I didn't want anything to get dirty," I said lying through my teeth. I wanted a signature but since my mom banned me from seeing my friends I can't have any.
"I'll sign it." She said. I looked up. I saw her coming towards me. I sighed and held my arm out. She grabbed my cast and started writing.
I looked at her. She looked at me and I got nervous and looked down a little. I saw she had her name on a necklace.
It made me cringe a little. I looked back at her face and smiled a little. "Maybe she isn't so bad." I thought.
I then looked down and saw her finishing the "R" on the word "LOSER". I stood there after she finished writing.
She smiled and took her gum out of her mouth. I looked at the gum and cringed. She put the gum on the "O" On "LOSER".
I just stood there thinking for a few moments. "Bye loser." She said walking back to her seat. I licked my lips and walked out of the pharmacy.
I got on my bike and started biking my way to my house. I almost cried but didn't want to cry in front of people again.
I decided to stop. I turned around and made my way to Nancy's house. I got to her house and immediately saw the front door wide open.
I got off my bike and got closer to see a broken window. I walked in cautiously. I looked around and saw the house was trashed.
I wheezed and fumbled to get my inhaler. I then went to the stairs and walked up to them. Blood was on the steps, staining the carpet on the stairs.
All the doors upstairs except nancy's was open. I lightly pushed on the door. I stepped in and saw her room wasn't that badly messed up but it was.
I breathed through my nose to smell a horrible stench. I plugged my nose. I then walked out and went to the other rooms quietly calling out Nancy's name.
I went through all the upstairs rooms and just saw them trashed. I went downstairs and went to the dining room.
The table was flipped. I walked over to the living and then saw blood. My eyes widened. I looked behind the couch where the blood was coming out from.
I looked and saw Nancy's older brother and older sister on the floor dead. I screamed and got away and ran out of the living room.
I then felt something fall on my cheek. I wiped it off and saw blood. I looked up and saw the words "You'll die if you try" written on the ceiling.
I knew automatically who it was. I ran out of the house and to my bike. I got on and peddled fast to home.
I was really hoping this is a dream. I looked back and saw the door closed and the window from here didn't look broken.
I sighed. I looked at fingers and no blood was on them. I got home and set my bike down. I walked in and saw my mom tapping her foot.
"Where were you?" She asked. "At the pharmacy," I said. I walked to the kitchen and got ice and put it on the gum.
I then picked it off and threw it away. I sighed and saw the loser still on there. I then saw a red pen and grabbed it.
I thought of Nancy and Richie. I wrote a "V" over the word "LOSER" so it'd become "LOVER". I smiled then saw the red back on my hands I went over to drawers and grabbed a spoon.
I saw the blood that was smeared on my cheek. I screamed and dropped the spoon letting it hit the ground. "So, everything I did see...actually happened." I thought.
I put the cast over my mouth and tried not to gag. I went to the phone and dialed Stanly since I knew he might be the only one home.
It rang then I heard an older mans voice. "Hello?" the man said. "Hello, Is Stanly there?" I asked quietly.
I heard a grunt over the phone and heard the man call Stanly to the phone. "Hello?" I heard Stanly say. "Stan..." I said. "Eddie?" He asked.
"Yeah..Um...I went to Nancy's..." I said. "Okay?" He said sounding confused over the phone. "IT took her and things happened..." I said.
I heard his breath hitch. "Please get Bill and Beverly," I said. "Alright." He said. "And Mike if you can," I said hanging up the phone.
I grabbed a paper towel and rinsed it and got the dried blood off my cheek and hand. I sighed and started walking to the front door.
I was about almost there but, my mother stopped me. "Where do you think you're off to?" she said. "Did she not hear me scream a minute ago?" I asked myself.
"Out..." I said. She looked at me closer. "Honey, you can't go outside with that sickness of yours." She said. I got mad at her.
I just know she's lying about that. I open my fanny pack and grab pills. "What are these then?" I said shaking the bottle.
"Your pills to make you better." She said. "Make me better?" I said repeating after her. I looked up and laughed a little.
"I'm sorry but these are not making me better. Just because dad died doesn't mean you need to manipulate me and make me think I'm sick when I'm not!" I yelled throwing the pills down.
She looked down and looked like she was about to cry. "Ed-"
"No! I'm done listening to you and what you have to say. You think you're protecting me by keeping me locked up in this hell hole, making me take those fucking Gazebos! You made turn my friends away and the two people I love more than anything in the world." I said with tears in my eyes.
"You made me think to be gay or bisexual was a bad thing when its the best thing that's ever happened to me," I said.
Her eyes widened. "You're what?" She said. I gulped. "I'm Bisexual..." I said. She gave me a disapproving look.
I bit my lip and sniffled and walked past her. I open the door. "Eddie!" she yelled. I walked to my bike.
"I'm sorry! I need to save my girlfriend!" I said getting on my bike and peddling away fast. I sniffled and felt like I was going to die for telling my mom that.
I peddled fast to the arcade. I just knew Richie would be there. I soon got there. I threw my bike down and ran inside.
I looked around then noticed his Hawaiian shirt. I walked up to him in a hurry. "Richie!" I said. He looked over and quit playing his game.
"Ed's!" He said grabbing me and hugging me. "I missed you so much!" He said. I missed his touch...his warmth.
I snapped out of it and pushed him away. "IT took her..." I said almost about to cry again. "Who?" He asked.
I looked down. "Nancy..." I said. "Wha?" He said in disbelief. "We need to go and get her," I said looking up at him.
He grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the arcade. We went to our bikes and got on them. We rode to the Neibolt house as quick as we could.
We turned to the corner and already saw the rest of the losers club there. We stopped in front of the house and dropped our bikes.
They already have weapons. "How do you know IT took her?" Beverly asked. "You'll die if you try was written on the wall," I said looking at them all.
"But, that's not really all that important right now. I'll I want is for her to be alive." I said starting to cry again.
"W-we all w-want her a-alive," Bill said putting a hand on my shoulder. I felt arms wrap around me.
I knew it was Richie. Might as well show we're in a relationship. I held onto his arm. We then held hands and walked in the house.
We went immediately down to the basement and saw the well. Mike brought a rope and hooked it on tightly.
Bill went first. They all looked at me and I stepped up trying to climb down the rope. It was extremely difficult since I'm scrawny and have a cast on.
I then got to where Bill was and he helped me. Then Richie and Beverly and then Ben and Stan. We waited for mike when we heard noises.
We looked up and called for him. We then saw a figure approach the well. We looked and saw Henry Bowers.
He was covered in blood and scratched up badly. He laughed and then made goat sounds. He pulled up the rope and it was too late for us to get it.
We kept yelling for mike and trying to figure out how to get up there. Right then we saw something go past us.
We shinned our flashlights and saw it was Bowers. All our eyes were wide. "Holy shit!" Richie said.
The rope then came down and Mike was coming down. We moved back for him to get in. We all looked at the end of the pipe.
I held riches hand again. "We made our way out and stepped in grey water. I cringed but ignored it for Nancy's sake.
We walked down further. we kept making turns and ended up going into circles. I held riches hand tighter.
We then heard noises and looked around. I felt Richie's hand loosen. I looked over to him quickly. He saw and looked at me. "You okay?" He asked. I looked down then back up.
"Just...plase don't let go."
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