5

"Okay, okay. Can you just tell me what she said exactly?" Richie asked.

"She didn't say anything. She just said that you guys need to hurry over" said Bill.

The boys and Charlie were all on their bikes heading to Beverly's apartment. Bill received a call from her that she needed help. Charlie stayed silent the whole ride, she didn't even know if she could muster the thought if telling anyone about the clown attacking her, who would believe her? As they parked on the grass, Bev climbed down the flight of stairs to greet them.

"You made it. I... I need to show you something" she said out of breath.

"What is it?" asked Bill

"More than we saw at the Quarry?" said Richie.

"Shut up! Just shut up, Richie" said Eddie.

"My dad will kill me if he finds out I had boys in the apartment," she said.

"Well, sucks for you guys" Charlie said walking beside Beverly.

"Then w-we'll leave a lookout. Richie, s-stay here" Bill told him. Everyone turned to follow Bev.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What if her dad comes back?" Richie asked.

"Do what you always do. Start talking" Stan said.

"It is a gift," he said.

Charlie smiled at Stan and Richies comments but couldn't even focus right because she was still shaken from last night. She kept her head a little low as her cap covered most of her face.

"Hey Charlie? Are you okay?" Mike asked as they went up the stairs. He noticed how quiet she was and he was a little concerned.

"Yeah fine" she said trying to muster a smile.

The group followed Bev to the bathroom. Eddie was complaining about germs and fungi until she opened the door. Eddie gagged and everyone froze.

Blood was everywhere. On the walls, on the sink, dripping from the ceiling onto the floor. Everywhere. It was all red.

"My dad couldn't see it. I thought I might be crazy" she explained.

"Well, if you're crazy, then we're all crazy" Ben said.

"W-We can't leave it like this" Bill said.

Charlie dropped her head and glanced up at Bill with a surprised expression and raised eyebrows, "Excuse me?"

Everyone started cleaning. Mopping the floor, cleaning the small window, rubbing off red on the walls, and throwing all the excess bloody water into the tub. It was disgusting. Eddie had his inhaler in his mouth as he cleaned, nothing could've been more disgusting to him.

As Charlie cleaned a wall, she thought to herself. Did the clown do this? And if he did, would the Losers believe her too? And would she ever remove the blood from this damn wall?!