Happy 4th of July
Today is the day when Richie Tozier went missing, and it makes me think, when and where did he go missing?
I personally think it was around night, it's dark and everyone's allowed to stay out past curfew because the fireworks happen at the Derry Town Square. Everyone's sitting on the grass with their blankets waiting for the colorful beams of light to brighten up the dark sky.
Richie, Maggie, and Wentworth are sitting on a picnic blanket. Richie won't stop talking about the fireworks and making some fuckass jokes about the president or something (but he tones it down because he doesn't want to be getting in trouble with his parents) Eventually Maggie gets a little fed up, she tells Richie to try to find one of his friends to take to the carnival tonight. And he does.
He walks around, trying not to step on anyone's blanket. Even with his glasses, he's as blind as a piece of shit. So he's continuously stumbling and apologizing.
After a while of walking around about a dozen times, he doesn't find anyone (that's a lie, he finds Bev but she was with her father and he doesn't want her getting in trouble) so he leaves her be.
But he doesn't go back to his parents, he walks around for a little while. Hoping to find someone else. Maybe even Sally Muller, maybe even grab a drink with her.
That thought doesn't stay too long in his mind before he's interrupted by the voice of Eddie. Coming from somewhere around the trees that lead to the Barrens. Richie looks up, trying to spot the boy. But he can't see him.
He stares back at the trees leading into the darkened version of (what he can only assume is the pathway to) the Barrens for a long moment. How did he get so far? Taking a step back, about to turn around and go back to the square. He hears his voice again. Eddie's voice. It's calling out to him as if he needs his help. He hesitantly decides to follow where he thought where the voice came from.
Fireworks start to shoot off into the air, if he had tried to scream, no one would've heard him.
That next morning he was reported missing, at the crime scene there was really no sign that he was even there. The only thing the police could go off from was a pair of glasses that his parents identified themself.
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Sorry, this was a little rushed. I was struggling to try and finish this before the day ended.














