In A Different Light

The Sleepover Part II

It was pulling her down towards the sink. As she was being pulled, she saw blood start to come up and she started screaming. The blood pressure shot up, hitting her face and her whole body. As she was screaming, the whole bathroom got covered in blood and the black string let Beverly go. She crawled into the corner, shaking and crying because of what just happened to her.}

Bill was already inside and figured Beverly was in the bathroom for longer than usual. He decided to lay the items he had on the kitchen table and go knock on the bathroom door. "B-Beverly?"

Beverly continued to cry and kept shaking from what she experienced a few seconds ago. She was so scared from what happened. She looked at her body and saw that she was covered in blood.

Bill heard quiet whimpering and got worried, so he knocked on the door again, harder. "Bev?!"

When Bill knocked on the door harder, it caused the door to open quickly. Beverly jumped as the door opened and got more scared, causing her to continue shaking and look down.

Soon enough, Joan rushed into the bathroom.

Bill saw that Beverly was sitting against the wall, crying. But he couldn't help but notice the dark red tint that covered his bathroom and Beverly. He just stood in the doorway, shocked. He wasn't sure what to do, but ended up rushing towards Beverly. Bill crouched down next to her, then sat down and hugged her, trying to calm her down. "W-what happened?"

Beverly looked up at the sink and pointed at it, showing Joan. She said, “T-the blood came out of the sink.”

She was playing with her fingers, trying to calm herself down. She closed her eyes and started thinking of something nice and relaxing.

Joan looked over at Bill, her expression one of somber. "Please make sure Eddie doesn't come in here. He'll freak out...Okay, let's get you cleaned up..."

Bill shook his head and got up, walking towards the hallway.

Just as Joan said that, Eddie rounded the corner and looked into the bathroom. His eyes went wide. “Is that...b-blood?” Before anyone could do anything, or at least close the door before he came in, he fainted. He fell to the floor, hard. Not hard enough to hurt himself and it was a good thing, too, because he fell directly on his arm.

Bill went towards Eddie and knelt down beside him, laying a hand on his arm.

Beverly nodded at Joan knowing Eddie would freak out if he saw how the bathroom and Beverly looked, so she picked herself up and looked at herself in the mirror. She saw all the blood drenched on her clothes, arms, legs, and the rest of her body. She heard another voice and looked at the door, she saw that Eddie had fainted from seeing the blood everywhere. “Oh, no, Eddie.” She said in a worried voice.

Joan face palmed and went to Eddie before carefully lifting him up a bit to get him out of the bathroom. "Dammit, where's Richie when I need him..."

Bill stood up and backed away to let Joan pick Eddie up.

Beverly watched as Joan lifted Eddie out of the hallway to somewhere cleaner for him. She felt bad making Eddie faint 'cause of this bloody, disgusting mess.

A few moments after Eddie had fainted and Joan carried him away to Bill's living room, Eddie woke up.

Eddie slowly woke up after fainting. He couldn’t really see what was going on, but he saw a blurry figure above him. He rubbed his eyes and mumbled, not knowing where he was. “Richie...if this is another one of your stupid pranks where you pretend to kidnap me, it’s not gonna work.”

He felt around himself, feeling the soft cushions below him. Where was he? He tried to think, but suddenly got a horrible pain in his left arm. He shot up, looking around to see Joan. Then everything started to make sense. All he could remember was blood. Blood? Then everything was clear. He couldn’t help but let out a bloodcurdling scream.

Joan screamed as well, but in surprise. "Eddie, what the fuck?!"

Eddie immediately started screeching again. It was almost too loud that it was inaudible to what he was saying. But, it must’ve been along the lines of,
“What the fuck? Why was there blood all over Bill's fucking bathroom? My mom is gonna kill me. She's gonna kill me! If there's one drop of blood on me. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I’m gonna get AIDS! I'm gonna die!”

Joan started freaking out as well. "I don't know. Beverly said something about the sink. Just calm down!"

As Beverly heard him scream and say more stuff with Joan, she just felt more bad and wanted to talk to him, but she knew if he saw her with the blood all over her, he would freak out even more.

Eddie definitely did not calm down, he looked down at his arm to see a bruise. You would think that wouldn’t be a big deal. But, no. He didn’t even stop screaming to breathe. “Are you fucking kidding me?! My mom knew someone who got AIDS from touching a subway pole! She's sending me straight to the emergency room if she finds out about this. You don't understand, she'll kill me if I don't die first! Is Beverly dead? Am I dead?! Is this even real? Oh, my God!"

Somehow, his entire body was shaking. “Oh, God. I bet seeing all of that blood sent me into shock or something. My mom told me that you can have a seizure if you see something too scary! That's why she never  let me see horror films at the theatre! Oh, God. I feel it, I'm having a fucking seizure. Joan, call 911! I swear I'm gonna die!"

"Eddie, you're not going to die! I promise. Just..." She panicked and hugged Eddie. "Calm down..."

He took a couple of breaths. “Shit. Shit, shit, shit.” He reached into his fannypack and took out his inhaler so he could take at least 10 puffs. He realized he had gotten too worked up. When he had finally been able to breathe, he asked, “Did I faint?”

Joan sighed. "Do you want to know the truth?"

Eddie sighed. “I think it’s pretty clear. You don’t have to tell me...actually, don’t tell me. I definitely do not wanna know.” He paused and looked back towards the bathroom door. “Are they still alive?"