Our Initials Carved in my Heart
The first thing that comes to Richie’s mind as soon as they kill Pennywise is Eddie. It’s literally the first thought he has. So when he rushes to tell him that they finally won, finally defeated that evil, he doesn’t expect the sight he sees.
“Eddie, hey! We got him! We got Pennywise, man!”
“Eddie?” Richie asks, holding his face. But Eddie doesn’t answer. His eyes are wide open, but he is not responding.
They can hear the sound of the place starting crumble into pieces.
“Richie…” Richie hears Beverly say somewhere behind him.
“He’s gone,” Billy adds. Richie refuses to believe it; Eddie can’t be dead, he just can’t.
“He’s alright. No. He’s just hurt. We gotta get him out of here. He’s just hurt,” Richie replies, because this can’t be true. Eddie’s just unconscious and once they get out of here he will be okay. “Ben. He’s just hurt. Bill, he’s okay. We gotta get him out of here.”
He turns his head to Beverly, seeking for someone, just someone, to back up his idea.
“Richie…” Beverly says, sadness in her voice and eyes.
“What?” Richie replies, impatiently.
“H-hun, he’s dead” she sobs. “We have to go. C’mon. C’mon, Richie”
“We gotta go, c’mon!” Bill shouts.
“C’mon, buddy!” He can hear Ben saying.
Richie holds on to Eddie’s body, clinging to him like his life depended on it.
“No, no! We can’t leave him here, we can’t!” Richies cries out loud.
“Richie…” Ben tries to say before he is interrupted by Richie’s frantic pleas.
“No, I won’t leave him here!” Richie repeats as he clutches Eddie’s body tighter, refusing to let him go.
“Richie, the whole place is falling down, we need to leave right now.” Mike shouts.
“No, no! I won’t leave him, we can’t leave him, we have to take him out of here!” He shouts. “C’mon, guys, we can’t leave him here, please!” Richie begs one last time.
Bill looks at Richie’s expression and nods.
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