sometimes the monsters live inside us too.
[summary inside]
it2017 | eddie kaspbrak x oc
i do not own the 'it' franchise. i only take
credibility for my origin...
SHE FELT SHE WAS GONNA FALL; she felt the pricking in her leg, the heavy ache in them as she pedaled behind her friends quicker than she probably ever had in her life. Bill was out of their sight, no longer was his form in view. Verity almost felt the thin layer of skin blanketing her knuckles would tear as she gripped the handles with all her might. Despite the hurling in her stomach, the wind nipping harshly at her skin, and the fact she felt she'd topple over at any second, she increased her speed. She didn't stop. Of course, she wouldn't. Not when Bill was walking blindly into his own death.
The cluster caught up to Bill, at last. As soon as they reached the plot of land, they scrambled off their bikes. "Bill!" Verity rose her voice, hoping he'd stop right there, before he stepped a foot in that house.
"Bill, you can't go in there. This is crazy," Beverly told him as she trudged behind, shaking her head in disapproval of what he so desperately wanted to do.
To their surprise, Bill stopped in his tracks, turning in a slow pace to face his friends. His eyes wandered over all of them, fear and concern etched on their faces as they waited for his response. "Look, you don't have to come in with me, but what happens when another Georgie goes missing, or another Betty, or another Ed Corcoran or... one of us?" They had all quieted, silenced by his words. "Are you just going to pretend it didn't happen like everyone else in this town? Because I can't."
Curling her fingers inward, forming tight fists, Verity began to nod. She couldn't let another mother, another father, bare the loss of their child. She wasn't going to let it happen, even if she went down along with whatever lay in her wake. "He's right," she whispered to herself.
"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 finished without shedding a tear, chewing on the inside of his lip, whether it be from the delirium that pricked inside or to halt desperate tears.
"Wow," Richie breathed out, gulping as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his dainty nose.
"What?"
"He didn't stutter once."
Smack!
"What?!" he exclaimed, rubbing his arm from the well-deserved hit he received.
Verity rolled her eyes, biting back a remark as she began to walk forward before Stan's hesitant voice brought them to his attention, "Wait! Uhh... shouldn't we have some people keep watch, just in case something bad happens?"
"Wh-wh-wh-who wants to stay out here?" Bill's eyes befell his friends, watching as all (besides Beverly and Verity) of them were fleet to throw their arms up.
"Fuck."
⇩ ( AUTHOR'S NOTE )
HI GUYS. before anything, i wanna say sorry ab the fact that this chapter is literally about 430 words. i just couldn't wait any longer to post some- thing. literally, anything. now time for the stupid explanation no one probably cares about:
i actually planned to not write for at least a week or so which turned to ab 2 months. wow. but also, wattpad kept crashing for me. for several weeks, actually smh !!
but anyway, i'm actually going to be on spring break after this weekand start my finals on april 23rd which i desperately have to study for. like, seriously. but i missed writing so much. i kinda lost my small skills lmao. this small-of-a-nothing chapter was so hard to write and i'm not satisfied. i really wanna get better with my writing. ya'll gotta bare with me. i'll get better one day. practice makes perfect, right?
anyway, i'm gonna be gone again while i take finals, but not for two months. just while i take my finals. i didn't even work on my school stuff while i took this break. i took it really just because i've been feeling like shit lately, for a few reasons but who cares.
anyway, AGAIN, thank you to everyone who commented on the recent part where i said i was probably gonna discontinue. all the comments were so motivating and made me so so happy thank you guys so much i love you all. i promise i'm gonna keep writing. just bare with me and my bullshit for just a month and a half while school beats the shit out of me. i'm the stupidest human on earth so i really have to study for algebra. math is actual hell for me.
OKAY ALEXA STFU WHO CARES
FDKAJWKDJ OKAY OKAY ILY ALL AND I'M GONNA START WORKING ON THE NEXT CHAPTER WHICH YA'LL PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW IS GONNA BE FUCKING INTENSE.
