the eight friends sat in bill's garage. bill had set up a blown up map of derry and it was pinned on the wall. mike had set up a projector which had a chip with a picture of the sewer system of derry. the lights were shut off and the projector clicked on.

"i-it's all connected b-b-by the s-sewers." bill observes. parker was next to bev, she gripped bev's hand in pure fear. richie was by eddie. "that's where it lives."

eddie begins to breathe heavily. he takes out his inhaler and takes a long puff. the kids don't talk just look at the map.

"the house of neibolt street." parker says. "they all connect to the house on neibolt street."

"you mean that creepy ass house where all the hobos and junkies live?" richie asks.

"that's where i saw the clown." eddie sounds like he's about to cry.

"that's where the well house is." ben notes. parker can feel her heart almost beat out of her chest. eddie begins to hyperventilate.

"i can't do this!" eddie gets up and rips the map off the wall.

"what the hell? put the map back!" bill says, annoyed that eddie ripped it off.

"no! i'm-i'm having a fucking asthma attack! i can't breathe! it's summer, we're kids, we should be having fun! i'm not doing this!" eddie is talking so fast he can barely get his words out. his breathing quickens.

all of a sudden the projector starts to make a clicking sound. pictures of bill and his family start to appear on the screen. they begin to change faster and faster until it lands on a picture of the denbroughs looking dressed up.

"what's happening?" parker asks, the fear bubbling in her chest.

bill's mother's hair begins to blow in front of her face. mrs. denbrough's red hair blew back to revealing pennywise. his sickening smile made parker scream at the top of her lungs.

"turn it off!" beverly screams. no one moves. "turn it off!"

mike kicks over the projector. it falls with a loud crash, it looked to be broken. parker takes a deep breath.

the lights flash off making the teens scream. they flash off a second time. they flash off a third time. except after they come on a third time a huge pennywise is now coming out of the wall. his mouth has hundreds off yellow pointy sharp teeth. he can't shut his mouth.

all the kids start to instantly move back. parker feels like she can't move. she can't stop looking at it. he sees her looking and begins to crawl at her. she screams and scatters backwards.

"come float parker." it whispers, parker's throat feels tight. she's backed up against the wall screaming and crying. she puts her hands over her face.

the garage door is yanked open and light fills the garage. pennywise is suddenly gone. parker slowly takes her hands from her face. her breathing is heavy.

"parker," richie rushes over to the girl and helps her up. "are you okay?"

parker just falls into his arms. she buries her face into his shoulder. she never wants to let go. she feels safe in his arms.

she pulls away and richie grabs her hands and they walk over to the other kids who are right by the opened garage door.

"it saw us! it know's where we are." eddie panics.

"s-so let's go," bill walks towards his bike.

"go? go where?" ben asks, confused.

"n-neibolt." bill says, a determined look in his eyes. "that's where g-g-g-g-geor-georgie is."

"after that?!" stan asks.

"yeah, it's summer. we should be outside." richie says quietly.

"if you say it's summer one more f-f-fu-fucking time." bill is breathing heavily. without another word he gets on his bike and starts to ride away.

"bill! wait!" beverly calls after him. he keeps riding.

"what are we gonna do?" mike asks.

"we're gonna go after him." beverly walks over to bike.

"he's going to fucking neibolt!" eddie says, he puts his hands on his head.

"he's our friend and we need to help him." parker lets go of richie's hand and goes over to her bike. she gets on it.

"parker-"

"come on, richie. you know bill would do this for any of us." and with that parker begins to pedal away. bev right behind her. and soon the boys are following them.

parker sees bill walking up the steps to the neibolt house.

"bill," beverly gets off her bike, "you can't go in there." bill turns around.

the rest of the losers follow bev and walk closer to bill. "this is crazy!"

"look you don't have to come in with me." bill says, his eyebrows are furrowed in anger.

"what happens when another georgie goes missing? or another betty, or another ed corcoran, or one of us! are you just gonna pretend it isn't happening like everyone else in this town? because i can't. i go home and all i see is that georgie isn't there. his clothes, his toys, his stupid stuffed animals, but he isn't. so walking into this house, for me, is easier than walking into my own." bill turns back around and walks to the door.

"wow," richie mutters.

"what?" parker asks.

"he didn't stutter once." richie says in awe.

richie, ben, parker, and bev begin to walk to the stairs. richie is on the second step when stan yells, "wait!"

the kids turn around and look at him. "um, shouldn't we have some people keep watch? you know, just in case something bad happens."

"who w-w-wants to stay out here?" bill asks, his hand on the door knob. everyone, except bev, raises their hands.

richie puts his hand down, "fuck."

"guess we'll have to draw straws then." mike says. he picks up sticks and puts them in his hand.

everyone, minus bill, picks a stick. stan and ben let out a breathe of relief as they drew long sticks.

"oh fuck." richie mutters as he drew the shortest stick possible.

parker looks at her own stick. it's short. she has to go into the neibolt house. she tries to contain her anxiety.

"you have got to be kidding me!" eddie says as he throws his tiny stick. richie and eddie walk up the steps and stand next to bill.

"who got the last short stick?" stan asks. parker drops her stick to the floor and walks up the steps.

"no." richie says. "fuck no. you're staying out here."

"richie-"

"no, parker. i don't want you getting hurt. you're not fucking going into the crack house." richie says. parker's heart swells at how protective richie is. she's never seen him like this.

"richie, i'll be okay. you'll be there with me. i'll be fine. we'll be fine." parker grabs richie's hand. she gives him a small smile.

"can-can we g-g-g-go now?" bill asks impatiently.

"lets go."

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