"Slow down!" Richie yelled. The kids had met up with Stanley and now were zooming through the streets of Derry. Bethany was in the lead and her brother right behind. They always won the races, considering they had the fastest bikes.

"High hopes, Silver. Away!" Bill replied, standing up on his bike trying to pass his twin. However her legs moved faster and there was no way Bill was gonna win this time. "You can't beat me losers!" She called out with a laugh.

Richie was right behind Bill, followed by Eddie and then Stanley in the back. "Your old lady bikes are too fast for us!" Richie complained.

"Oh that must suck Tozier, maybe it's because you were born to be last," Bethany called glancing back at the boy. He rolled his eyes and started to pedal harder.

"Oh really that's not what you were saying last night," Richie retorted. Bethany gave a death stare at the boy and he sent another one of his famous winks back. "If that's your way of trying to get me to stop. You're gonna have to try harder than that, Trashmouth," Beth replied.

Richie laughed as the group of kids turned to corner leading into the woods. Beth knew that she was about to win the race and she let out a yell of excitement.

"You're all gonna lose to a girl. Take notes boys," Bethany called as she gripped the brakes of her bike. It started to skid and the girl leaned back, pulling a wheelie as she slowed to a stop.

Bill and Richie stopped simultaneously, watching the girl pull her stunt. Richie's eyes were filled with admiration, "Fuck you need to teach me that."

"I will when you beat me," Bethany replied, hoping off her bike and putting the kickstand up. Richie laughed, "Challenged accepted."

Just then Stanley and Eddie came to a halt right next to Bill. "I don't know I guess," Eddie stated as he tossed his bike down.

"That's Poison Ivy, and that's Poison Ivy. And that's Poison Ivy," Stanley stated, point at various plants. Eddie's face engulfed in fear as he followed Stan's finger. "Where is the Poison Ivy?" Eddie questioned.

Stanley pointed to another plant and Bethany spun around, "No where." The girl rolled her eyes and walked away from the group. "Not every fucking plant is Poison Ivy, Stanley," Richie shouted, following behind the younger Denbrough.

They crossed the river and climbed up into the sewer drain, Bill as already inside looking around in the water. "Okay well I'm starting to get itchy now and I'm pretty sure-"

"Do you use the same bathroom as your mother?" Richie cut in, annoyed at Eddie being a germaphobe. "Sometimes Yeah," Eddie's admitted, stopping in front of the sewer entrance.

"Then you probably have crabs," Richie answered, looking towards Bethany who was laughing her head off. "That's so not funny," Eddie deadpanned.

Richie climbed in first and reached out a hand. Bethany took it and a second later she was in the grotesque water. She walked forward in front of Richie and he slapped her ass.

The girl whipped around and punched the boy in the gut, "Must I always remind you not to touch me." Richie held his stomach, "You know you like it Doll Face."

Bethany gave a smirk and winked at Richie. His face grew as red as a tomato. Trying to not focus on his crush, the boy with glasses looked back at his best friend, "Aren't you guys coming in?"

"Uh uh, its greywater," Eddie answered with a shake of his head. Bethany rolled her eyes and looked back at Stanley and Eddie, "What the hell is greywater?"

"It's basically piss and shit, so I'm just telling you, you guys are just splashing around in millions of gallons of Derry pee," Eddie explained, his voice laced with annoyance.

Richie then picked up a stick and started to smell it. "What are you doing? Are you serious?" Eddie questioned, giving Richie a look as if he was the dumbest person in the planet.

"It doesn't smell like caca to me, señor," Richie examined, using the worst possible Spanish accent he could muster.

Eddie rolled his eyes and huffed, "Okay, I can smell that from here!"

"It's probably your breath wafting back into your face," Beth interjected, making a hand motion. Richie laughed and gave the girl a high five.

"Have you ever heard of a staff infection?" Eddie countered, rolling his eyes once more. Clearly he was don't with Bethany and Richie's bullshit.

Richie then held the sick up to his groin, "Oh I'll show you a staff infection." Bethany laughed as she took the stick from Richie, using it to pick up a trash bag.

"This is so unsanitary, this is literally like swimming inside of a toilet bowl, and have you ever herd of plasteria?" Eddie rambled trying to convince the kids that they were idiots. However Beth wasn't having it and she threw the trash bag at Eddie.

The kid let out a horrified squeal, "Oh my God that's disgusting."

"You're retarded!"Richie shot back trying to find another piece of trash. Stanley watched quietly as Eddie spoke, "That would be you who is retarded. I'm not getting sick today."

Bethany rolled her eyes and started to shout as well, "Oh we're retarded, you're the one who is scared shitless to even be in here!"

"Ooooooh Burn!" Richie laughed, giving Beth another high five. "You're the reason we are even in this position right now-." The boy continued to speak, but he was cut off.

"Guys!" Bill yelled out, causing all of the fighting to stop immediately. The all looked towards the leader of the group. Bethany's eyes grew wide and her breath hitched in her throat as she looked at a plain white shoe.

She reached out for Richie's arm to steady herself. The boy was by Beth's side in a second, latching his hand onto her's. "Shit don't tell me that's..." Stanley said, his voice wavering.

Bill gave a glare at Beth and Richie's intertwined hands, but then he snapped his head up and shook his head, "No, G-G-Georgie wore Galoshes." Richie pulled Bethany over to her brother, still never letting go of her hand.

A sense of calmness washed over Beth, then her heart started to pound once she noticed her hand was intertwined with Richie's.

'Oh Fuck. I like Richie,' the girl thought to herself. But now was not the time to have her mind running off and day dreaming about the boy in front of her.

Beth held up her flashlight and shined it into the shoe. Richie looked at the side of it and then looked back at Eddie, "It's Betty Rippson's."

"Oh shit, oh God. Oh fuck! I don't like this," Eddie rambled looking at each person in the group. "How do you think Betty feels?" Bethany asked, clearly annoyed that Eddie was being a baby.

Richie nodded his head and smiled, "Yeah running around these tunnels with only one freaking shoe!" He jumped and lifted his foot in the air and Bethany instantly swatted his head. No one laughed and Richie's smile faded away.

"What if she is still here?" Stanley questioned, looking down at his feet. No one answered as the three kids traveled further into the Sewers. "Eddie come on!" Richie called, giving Beth's hand a squeeze.

"My mom will have an aneurism, okay, if she find out that we're playing down here, I'm serious," Eddie called, still refusing to enter the disgusting water. Richie and Beth stopped and looked at Eddie. Beth turned to her brother, "Bill?"

"If I was Betty Rippson I would want us to find her, G-G-Georgie too," He answered, looking at the group.

Eddie looked at his feat and then to Stanley, "What if I don't want to find them? I mean, no offense Bill, but I don't want to end up like Georgie. I don't want to go missing either."

Stanley nodded his head, "He has a point." Bethany rolled her eyes as she gripped Richie's hand tighter, she turned her head and was met with his big brown eyes, full of sadness. "You t-too?" Bill questioned, sadness on his own laced in his voice.

"It's summer! We are supposed to be having fun. This isn't fun; this is scary and disgusting," Stan explained, looking at the ground the entire time.

Just then splashing sounded and all of the kids screamed. Beth finally let go of Richie's hand and she ran out of the tunnel, in the water she found the new kid.

He was covered in dirt and blood, her heart broke at the sight of him.
Richie then crawled out of the tunnel and shouted, "Holy shit! What happened to you?"