Here is chapter 3 :) Sorry I may not update this for long periods of time. There is little inspiration for this and 'And so the beast fell in love with the bird' at the moment, because I've been pretty occupied with watching CSI: Miami and writing 'Mafia Princess' which is my Death Note story. If you like Death Note, please read it! I haven't had much love for it yet :( I'll keep putting chapters up though, for my own amusement.
This chapter is a little mean (well most of the story really) to Bill Denborough, only because I think his attitude SUCKS in the film. I'm sure Pennywise did not intentionally eat his brother to ruin Bill's life.
Disclaimer: I do not own Stephen King's IT or any character's mentioned, except Summer, Billie, Riley and Ellie.
Chapter 3
First day of a new school for me. I'd agreed to meet Billie outside my house so we could walk together to meet Riley and Ellie. Pulling on my cowboy boots, I rushed downstairs to grab some toast and coffee before Billie turned up.
"Summer, I have told you; please don't wear your shoes upstairs." Mom sighed. She ran a huge fabrics company, so keeping things clean was important to her. My dad just chuckled from behind his paper. I grinned cheekily.
"Sorry mom, I'll do chores to make up for it later!" waving goodbye, I ran outside to wait.
It didn't take Billie long to arrive. She linked arms with me straight away, like we'd known each other for ages. Ellie had told me Billie was probably very happy that there were four of us now, as she had someone to be best friends with now. Ellie had Riley after all.
"Morning everyone." Ellie chirped happily.
"For some maybe." Riley grumbled. Billie flicked her long hair back over her shoulder.
"It's a pretty nice day today." I commented, looking up at the sky. Billie laughed lightly.
"It's always nice here." She smiled. "My cousin told me so." I hadn't heard her talk about Bill before. If she didn't look and act like him so much I would have forgotten they were related. Reaching the school, Billie sighed.
"So much for freedom." She said, dramatically. I was quickly learning Billie could be a bit of a drama queen and control freak sometimes, but she didn't mean to. It was just her nature.
The class we were told to sit in was the highest of the year. Our teacher was called Miss Adams. She was nice, I suppose, but sometimes it was almost like she wasn't too fussed about how well we did. This was why Billie and Riley were currently engaged in a game of Poker over chocolate brownies. Ellie was paying attention, taking notes that we could all copy from and I was betting on the game, earning myself a couple of brownies for lunch. The bell rang, signalling that we could leave for lunch. Getting up and packing her cards away, Billie shook her hair back and took 5 of the brownies. Riley, still grumbling about how Billie had obviously cheated at one point took 3 brownies. I had only gained 2, despite betting on Billie most of the time. She flashed her white teeth.
"I just have a better Poker face than you Riley."
"Liar! You just hide behind your hair so I can't see what you're up to!"
"Isn't that the point of the game?"
"Come on guys, stop arguing?" Ellie joined the conversation. "You missed a good lesson. We're learning about the Egyptians for history."
"All those special notes you took will be hopefully making their way to us soon right?" Riley batted her eyelashes hopefully. Ellie laughed.
"Only if you copy them out yourself!" Billie smirked.
"My house is pretty free tonight, you could come over and we could copy them then?" I chipped in.
"Good idea Summer!" Billie smiled at me. I was glad they were coming over, as dad had told me this morning that all of his old friends were coming over. And I didn't fancy being made to join in the slanging match about Pennywise when I hadn't even met the guy.
Stepping into my house, I heard loud voices form the living room.
"I thought you said your house was free?" Billie whispered.
"I assumed my parents were going to someone else's, I didn't think they'd be here!" I said frantically.
"I have to go upstairs." Billie went straight to my room.
"Summer? Come in for a second!" Mom called. I sighed. Riley and Ellie stepped up beside me to walk in. I pushed open the living room door.
"Hello sweetheart." Dad grinned at me. I smiled back, suddenly very shy.
"This is Mike Hanlon, Bill Denborough and Richie Tozier." I said hello and shook everyone's hand. "We were just talking about the past." Bill stepped forward.
"In particular, we were wondering if you had seen anything strange. Anything you couldn't explain." Riley looked relaxed and completely unfazed and Ellie defiantly kept her eyes on the floor. I looked round at everyone before answering.
"Nothing at all."
"You're absolutely sure?" Bill questioned. I kept my gaze up.
"Well I wouldn't tell anyone if I did. I don't want people to think I'm mad." With that I turned and marched out of the room, Ellie and Riley hot on my heels. I heard mom apologise for my rudeness.
"Forgive Summer; she's hated having to move out here, leaving California behind hasn't been easy…"
I slammed my bedroom door shut once we were inside. I couldn't stand it. Who did he think he was the hall monitor! I knew what they were after. Information on the clown. They wanted to have another shot at him, ever since the disappearances and the remembering happened again. Well they weren't getting it from me. I stood by my belief that I needed to speak to Pennywise myself before making up my mind about him. It wasn't fair to judge a book by its cover. Billie sat on my bed, playing with the end of my duvet.
"I'm sorry I ran upstairs, I just can't stand him. He always talks down to me, just because I left my parents behind, like he's better than me." I gave her a hug.
"Oh, don't worry Billie; we'll just ignore them all!" Riley grinned. She got on well with her Uncle, but friends came first. Billie sniffed and smiled, nodding her head. I sighed. Was this how it was going to be from now on? I needed to find Pennywise soon, to hear his side of things. If I was wrong, I'd take everything back that I thought about Bill Denborough.
End of Chapter 3.
What do you think? Review :D
Just explaining something small that I thought I should pick up on: There are only four 'losers' carrying on the legacy. And even they aren't because a) their quite popular here and b) they like Pennywise. I haven't made other character's for: Beverley, because Summer is half her and half Ben, Mike, because he never left Derry so there's no need for anyone to come and take his place and Stanley, because he wasn't much of a good friend if he killed himself when the rest of them joined back together.
