I met Richie and we walked up to a rocky place where I'd never been before, everyone else was there, sitting on something that I was pretty sure was an old tractor, they were speaking about something but I wasn't really listening, "things just aren't empirically possible" Stan argued, I tuned out again, Stan was a firm believer of not believing in anything that didn't have a logical explanation, he always seemed to find one. "Cmon Stan it nearly had my guts for garters" Richie spoke sarcastically, I began to ask what they were speaking about but Eddie answered without me even being able to ask, "don't you think it could just be a crazy guy in a clown suit","what are you guys talking about?" I asked chirping my head up, Richie went to reply but we heard shouting, "oh god, that's Henry bowers" Eddie said, "r-rocks, rocks ammo" bill stuttered, we all ran towards a small hill. A boy ran towards us out of breath and scared, "please help me" he pleaded. Henry and his friends appeared and came towards us, "you sure know how too pick em" he laughed. "It's the losers club" he added, this made them all laugh, "yeah the losers club" belch repeated stupidly. "I've got bones too pick with you but I'm willing to let that go for today, today I want him, so buzz off" Henry said pointing at the boy who had ran too us just moments before, "g-get out of here" bill replied, "and whose gonna make me?" Henry snarled, "we are" Ben said standing up straight, "what'd you say chubbs?" He replied, "dig the wax out of your ears barf breath" Richie shouted, I giggled a bit at his remark, which made him look pissed but then he laughed, he was trying to stand up for them, it was always his trashmouth that got him in trouble. "Y-you're through b-bowers, g-get out" bill told him angrily, "you stuttering freak" Henry laughed. Bill threw a rock at him but he missed, luckily he had another in his hand which struck henrys leg which made him fall the ground, he screamed in pain, "you're gonna get a surprise, you're gonna get such a surprise", we all joined in throwing rocks at them, all of a sudden a rock hit Bev right in the stomach, Ben immediately tackled Henry, bill then helped him. I think that was the moment she knew it was him who wrote her the poem and that he'd always be there for her. "Cmon Henry" belch screamed running up the hill away from us all. "Get out" bill sneered as Henry stood up, "and what if I don't?", "I-i think the seven of us could p-put you in the hospital" bill stated, "eight" the new boy added, "I'll kill you all, I'll kill you all" Henry said getting louder, "get some new material champ" Richie said shrugging. Henry walked away repeating that he'd kill us all. "Thanks" the boy spoke as we all watched the hill that Henry had just disappeared behind, "anytime" Stan answered, "who are you guys anyway?" He asked, "we're sort of a club" Eddie replied, "yeah the losers club" bev joked, "yeah" Richie added slugging his arms round us both, "y-you want in?" Bill asked, "yeah, yeah i do" he said happily. "Hey we're eight now, lucky seven becomes the lucky eight" Ben chuckled. "Hey wait a second" he said before taking out his camera and placing it down and setting the timer, he pressed the button as we all ran onto the old tractor sitting on it. The day seven became eight. "What's you name anyway?" I asked as we reached the barrens, "mike, mike Hanlon" he told us, "well mike Hanlon I'm Terri jones, that's Bev, bill, Eddie, Ben, Stan"
I said pointing to each of them before Richie interrupted, "Richie toziers the name" he said, "and doing voices is my game" we all said in union, he just glared at us all, we continued to laugh. "T-this is the b-barrens, it's not m-much but it's a good hideout from h-Henry b-bowers" he laughed, we stayed at the Barrnes for a few more hours, but it started to rain heavily, "we should probably make some sort of den" Stan said as we hid under some trees, it began to thunder, I was always afraid of thunder and apparently so was Bev because she hid behind Ben who looked very smug, I jumped at the bang, "you okay darlin?" Richie asked putting his arm around me, "yeah I just hate thunder" I said throwing myself further into his arm as another bang of thunder roared, "it's okay sweetheart" he chuckled pulling me closer to him, I looked up at Richie, our eyes met, Stan coughed loudly, "piss off stan" Richie laughed. Soon after lightning started, "we should all probably go" Ben suggested. We all walked our separate ways until it was just Richie and I taking our usual walk home, "it's so cold" I whined, I had forgotten a jacket, my parents always reminded me to take one but I always insisted that I didn't need it, "you're shivering, have this" richie said taking off his red jacket and handing it too me, "no Richie it's fine, you'll be cold, I'm nearly home now anyway" I pleaded, we still had far to walk but I didn't want him to be cold too, "no it's fine, take it" he repeated until I did, "thank you trashmouth" I smirked. "What's the matter?" I asked looking behind me at richie who was trailing behind, his head shot up, "n-nothing" he said, he looked like he'd just seen a ghost, "do you miss Eddie? Been away from your boyfriend for too long" I teased dancing around the street, richie began to laugh, "I couldn't miss my 'boyfriend' if I'm in love with you" he said in between laughs. Richie Tozier loved me.