(mentions of suicide)
jaedyn threw away her towels and
walked out of the restroom. richie stared at himself in the mirror, wondering what the hell just happened. was he really about to kiss her?
stan started running towards the front door of the parlor and once he got outside he once again, harshly pulled eddie to the side.
"st-"
"they were about to kiss! they were about to fucking kiss!" he whisper-yelled to eddie with wide eyes. eddie blinked and struggled to take in the sudden information. "i-"
"what're you guys talking about?" jaedyn cut off as she moved her arms around both of their shoulders. stan and eddie gave each other that look. "on a scale of one to ten, how much do you like richie?" eddie suddenly questioned. stan smacked him in the back of the head as he sighed.
"what?"
"okay losers, we're done!" richie yelled as he walked out of the parlor. "not really. jaedyn still has smoothie in her hair." ben stated with a chuckle. jae laughed as ben ruffled her hair and put his arm around her shoulder. jaedyn was definitely the closest to ben in the group.
believe it or not, they've even had sleepovers. they've ridden their bikes together and ran from henry bowers together. she was really confused when she found out that he had went to the library and researched the history of derry without her as they spent a lot of their free time together.
richie tried to contain his redness as he watched the two joke around and laugh with each other.
eddie noticed and nudged stan as he pointed toward richie's clenched fists. eddie smirked and walked ahead to catch up with him.
"what's got you so mad?" eddie asked as he motioned to richie's fist. "i'm not mad." he mumbled.
he looked away from the two best friends and and unclenched his fists. "really? because you were looking straight at ben and jaedyn." richie sighed and ran a hand through his soft curly hair.
"i'm not jealous, eddie." he stated as he picked up his bike. eddie only chuckled and did the same.
"who said anything about being jealous?" eddie questioned. richie finally looked over at eddie and kept his mouth shut. eddie winked before mounting his bike.
"hey guys, i gotta get going. see ya later!" eddie, beverly, bill, and stan said the same and eventually rode off leaving ben, richie, and jaedyn.
"hey, i've gotta get going too." ben stated as he looked at his incorrect watch. jaedyn sighed and nodded her head.
"walkie me tonight!" he yelled. richie rolled his eyes at the thought of her and ben talking alone tonight. he shook out of it though. he knew that he needed to chill out because ben and jaedyn were friends before she met richie, so it was no big deal.
she laughed and waved before turning to richie. there was an awkward silence before she decided to speak up.
"hey, do you wanna maybe, um, hit the arcade? oh, we can play dragon's lair!" jaedyn squealed at the thought of finally being able to play dragon's lair. richie chuckled and shook his head at the pretty girl in front him before looking up.
"yeah, whatever." he told her.
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"goddamnit you overpriced stupid piece of fucking bullshit! what the fuck!" jaedyn angrily yelled as she kicked the game. richie laughed in amusement at the furious girl. "don't laugh! you try this shit." she exclaimed as she made way for him to play the game.
"this shit is easy!" he stated as jae groaned in frustration. "oh shit! he fell under the bridge!" richie yelled as he quickly pressed the bottoms on the surface of the machine.
"wow. you should be pro!" richie blushed and smiled at the girl. "thanks. usually stan and eddie complain about how boring this is." richie explained.
"they just don't know the struggle." richie laughed but it was quickly covered up with a gasp as he stared at the screen in shock.
"what the fuck! how did those bricks all of a sudden fall on me!? you little piece of shit, fuck you!" he yelled as he pounded his fists on the machine. "see? i told you!" richie shook his head in response.
"well, you can get started on dig dug and i'm gonna go to the restroom." he nodded and watched her walk to the bathroom. when she was out of sight, he turned to see jake kreir standing right in front of him. "jesus jake! you scared the shit out of me!" richie exclaimed as he made his way over to dig dug.
"what's up rich? how ya doing?" jake was probably the biggest asshole in school but him and richie still talked to each other. only to keep richie's reputation up. "i saw you hanging out with the freak." richie stopped playing the game and slowly turned around.
he quickly tried to come up with a cover-up. he squeezed his eyes shut before saying,
"no, trust me. the outcast just came up and started talking to me like we were friends!" he told. jake laughed out loud and shook his head.
"yeah. all she does is take puffs from that inhaler and take those pills. hey, her and eddie would be a perfect couple! they could have little retarded children!" jake laughed as richie clenched his fist behind his back.
"haha yeah! what a loser. i-i wouldn't wanna be around that ugly thing!" he lied straight through his teeth. his mouth ached just saying the words.
"yeah. hey, if she bothers you again then you know where to find me. besides, i have some dirt on her." he whispered the last part. richie gulped, "what is it?" jake leaned in closer to richie.
"her p-" he was cut off by his brother calling his name from the front counter. "shit, i gotta go. see ya later." richie waved as the boy walked out of the arcade.
jaedyn turned around and wiped the hot tears off her face as she tried to control her breathing. she hated crying because her asthma kicked her in the ass whenever she did. she reached into her backpack but remembered that not only didn't she bring her inhaler but she hasn't taken her pills. "oh my god!" she whispered to herself. she now had no choice but to go home. and to think that she was forming a crush on him again?
she successfully snuck past richie and ran to get her bike. she was not only mad but she was disappointed. he tried to kiss her earlier but then he's gonna talk shit about her right after? she knew that he didn't like her but it's better to be real than to fake. and she knew one thing.
she was absolutely done with richie tozier.
the girl biked all the way back home, not stopping for anything. the only thing running through her mind was about how she wasn't good enough. she wasn't good enough for anybody.
she pulled up to her house and ran straight in, feeling blessed that none of her parents were home. she could finally get some sleep tonight.
she pulled her hair back into a ponytail and went upstairs to her room. she wiped the dry tears off of her face and she set her backpack down on the floor. as she took off her shoes, she heard a bump from downstairs. her head snapped up. she stared at her closed the door for a while before shaking it off.
she went over to her dresser and changed into a sports team t-shirt and leggings. as she put her socks on, she heard the sound from downstairs again.
this time, she walked out of her bedroom and walked down stairs into her kitchen. she examined it, making sure that her parents were actually gone.
"mommy?" she called out. nothing. she turned around to make sure nobody was in the living room. nothing there either.
when she turned back around to face her kitchen, her face took over with an expression of horror.
every single cabinet and drawer in her kitchen was open, somehow. even the fridge. her heart started to beat out of her chest as she quickly grabbed a knife from one of the open drawers.
she didn't hesitate to run up to her room right after that. she slammed the door and locked it, holding up the knife in front of her.
she was breathing heavily as she backed away from her door. her hands were shaking like crazy and her palms were becoming sweaty.
after two minutes of staring at her door, she lowered down her knife. she closed her eyes, breathed in, and breathed out.
once she gained her conscious again, she decided it was time for bed, especially after that.
when she turned around, she was met with the golden eyes of a girl. her breath hitched again.
"w-who are you?! g-get out please!" jaedyn cried. it didn't take her much longer to realize that the girl looked exactly like jaedyn, but prettier and with shining gold eyes.
"die already. nobody likes you nor wants to be around you. get it over with! you heard what richie said, didn't you?" the girl yelled before giving jaedyn a back hand in the face.
she sounded exactly like jaedyn. it was like she was telling herself to end it all. the girl knew that she had to be going crazy.
she looked up and held her hand up to her face. when she looked up, the girl now had the head of a clown. jaedyn screamed her lungs out as the creature lunged at her.
somehow, jaedyn dodged the creature and fell to the floor as the rest of it's body began to mutate and become taller. jaedyn took the chance to get up and run out of her room, grabbing the knife with her. she stopped in the living room, realizing she had nowhere to go.
she didn't hear anything else but when she turned around, she was met with a bunch of bright red balloons tied to the railing of the stair case.
she heard a faint, "you'll float too." as every single one of the balloons popped at once, causing her to jump and cover her ears with her hands.
jaedyn stood there in shock, replaying everything that just happened inside of her head. she heard the door unlock as her mother came entered the house, stopping in her tracks as she saw the scene in front of her. jaedyn stood straight in her place.
"what's going here? what's all this on the railing? why do you have a knife?" her mother asked, setting down her purse. jaedyn still didn't move muscle. she was still traumatized.
"god, just go to your room, please. i'm really tired now."
jaedyn said nothing and just obeyed. her hands shook as she set the knife down onto the couch and she trudged up to her room, closing the door behind her.
turns out she wasn't gonna get any sleep that night.
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A S S THIS SUCKED A S S
ignore the mistakes if there are any.