I was in the kitchen, writing down random notes on a piece of paper, when the phone rang. I stood up and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" I asked.
In an instant, I got a response, which surprised me until I sensed something so wrong.
"Okay, I'll be there," I answered before putting the phone back down. I walked towards the front door when I saw mom standing right in front of me.
"And just where do you think you are off to?" she questioned.
"Out with my friends," I answered.
"Sweetie, you can't go. You are getting over your sickness, remember?" mom reminded me.
My face started to frown as I briefly remembered the talk that I had with Jaz's mom the other day. "My sickness? Okay, what sickness, mom?" I asked as I took out a bottle of pills from my pants. Mom remained silent as I further confronted her about my "sickness."
"You know what these are?" I continued and threw the bottle on the floor. "They are GAZEBOS! They are bullshit!"
"They help you, Eddie," mom plainly said. "I had to protect you."
"Protect me?" I angrily fired back. "By lying to me and keeping me locked inside of this hell-hole? I'm sorry, but the only people trying to protect me are my friends and you made me turn my back when I really needed them, so I'm going."
I shoved hard past mom before I opened the door in a hurry and went outside.
"Eddie, you get right back here!" mom insisted.
"I'm going to see my friends!" I replied as I left the house with my bike.
"Don't do this to me, Eddie!" she shouted as she could not catch up with me this time.
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Buttercup | r. tozier
FanfictionIn a town called Derry, a demonic entity known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown is terrorizing the lives of the residents there. At the same time, many of those same people have assumed that she is just a weak girl who can barely stand against the win...
