Part 3
"Why of course. I told you I was going to think about it."
Everyone was waiting for Georgie to let the unknown guest in, but the adults were confused and surprised to hear a young female voice at the door. The kids on the other hand, recognized that voice and they were alarmed and surprised. Georgie smiled at Ale. Overjoyed by the fact that she actually came.
"I just didn't think you would actually come that's all." Georgie explained.
"Well...its not like I had other plans." Ale smirked.
Georgie chuckled in amusement, but he realized that his family and friends were waiting for him.
"Come in come in." Georgie urged.
Ale walked into the house and admired the scenery of it. Bill, Beverly, Eddie, Richie, Ben, and Stanley glared at her. Edward, Betty, and Henry were surprised and Eddie and Richie's parents were horrified and surprised by Ale's visit. The rest of the adults were confused by Georgie's new friend especially since she was older then him and she was the same age as Bill, Beverly, Richie, Ben, Eddie, Stanley, and Mike.
"Georgie who is she?" his mother asked.
"Oh you wouldn't know her, but she was there at grandma's funeral." he explained.
Bill and Georgie's parents looked at each other confused. The rest of the adults were confused as well. Suddenly, it came into realization on what Georgie was talking about.
"Oh yes I remember. You were wearing that black dress and you were comforting Georgie when it was Bill's turn to speak to about my mom. It's nice to meet you, but I never got your name." his father said.
"Dad, this is Ale. She's a friend of Bill." Georgie introduced.
His mother approached her smiling politely and letting out her right hand. Ale shook her hand smiling at Bill and Georgie's mother like any other proper guest.
"It's nice to meet you sweetheart. I'm Sharon Denbrough and this is my husband Zach Denbrough." she introduced.
"It's nice to meet you too." Ale said smiling.
Georgie smiled when he saw his parents and Ale getting along, but when he looked at Bill and the others, he was concerned that tensions were going to rise. Ale had a history with Bill and his friends sometimes good,sometimes bad, but for the past few months since the event occurred, tensions had occurred between Bill and Ale. Georgie was worried that the tensions would disrupt their Thanksgiving dinner. Georgie gave a warning glare at Bill and his friends than looked at Ale politely.
"Come have a seat." he said.
Georgie showed Ale to her seat. She sat down and rolled up her long sleeve jacket. Sharon and Zach took their seats and looked at Bill with a questionable and scolding look.
"Bill how come you didn't invite her over for our Thanksgiving dinner?" Sharon asked.
"M-M-Mom she's not really my friend. She's j-j-just a acquaintance." he explained.
"Well that doesn't give you an excuse to not invite her. Didn't your grandma always say that you should always include the new people no matter what.?" she asked.
"G-G-Grandma's n-n-not here." Bill sneered.
He glared at Ale only to be replied with a smirk. Bill looked at Georgie.
"Georgie a word." he said.
Georgie got out of his seat and followed Bill to his room. Beverly, Ben, Mike, Stanley, Eddie, and Richie followed them. Sharon, Zach, and everyone else was shocked to see Bill, his friends, and Georgie leave the table so rudely before saying grace. Sharon looked at Ale apologetically.
"I'm so sorry about Bill. He never acts like this around anyone." she said.
"It's alright Mrs. Denbrough. Bill and I haven't always seen each other eye to eye." Ale explained.
"Well that doesn't give him an excuse to behave like this, but lets change the topic a bit shall we, so tell us Ale. How did you meet Bill?" Zach asked.
Meanwhile
"Georgie of all people why did you invite Ale?!" Richie asked furiously.
"Why not? She was going to be all alone this Thanksgiving. How could I not invite her?" Georgie asked defensively.
"Ale's used to being alone. What are you talking about?" Richie asked sarcastically.
Georgie ignored him and looked at Bill furiously.
"What the hell is wrong with you Bill. How dare you talk to mom like that when she brought up some advice grandma gave us years ago." he said.
"Hey watch your language and s-secondly, that's not the point Georgie. Ale has a history for blackmailing and murder p-p-plus she's a demon." Bill snapped.
"So what? That doesn't mean our parents will notice. They don't know anything about Ale." Georgie protested.
"No, but she did blackmail my mom Georgie." Eddie spoke.
"And my parents too." Richie added.
Everyone looked at Richie confused. No one expected him to tell something like this especially since he never really talked about his family life.
"When did that happen?" Stanley asked.
Richie signed and cleaned his glasses. When he finished, he put them back on and begin to tell the tale.
"Okay do you remember when I used to get in trouble a lot and I would constantly want to hang out with you guys back in middle school?" he asked.
"Oh yeah I remember that, but what does that have to do with Ale blackmailing your parents?" Eddie asked.
"I'm getting there. So do you remember when I would come to school hungry without a lunch?" Richie asked.
"Yeah I remember. You would constantly make excuses about why you didn't bring your lunch to the teachers and than you would ask one of us to share our lunch with you. You would mostly ask Eddie." Mike said.
"That's because his mom always packed more food in his lunch than the rest of you. Anyway so you probably didn't notice, but middle school was the year that my parents started neglecting me." Richie admitted.
"My god."Beverly whispered shocked.
"Why didn't we n-n-notice this sooner?" Bill asked himself.
"Its okay guys it wasn't your fault. I should've told you this sooner anyway." Richie said.
"So what happened when Ale found out about it." Ben asked.
"I'm getting there. So over the years I had gotten used to it until high school rolled around and my mom got a DUI. When Ale saved us from Bowers and his goons, I noticed that she was staring at me for a long time until she left the school. Than the next day, my mom had made me breakfast for the first time in over a few years and my dad started giving me affection for the first time as well." Richie continued.
"And you didn't think that was odd?" Georgie asked.
"Well I thought it was strange, but then I thought that it had something to do with my mom's parole officer coming by next week, but then days turn to weeks and weeks turn to months and then I realized that something had to be making them act like this. When Georgie went missing and I got beaten up by Ale, my parents rushed to the nurse's office as fast as they could. When I revealed to them about who beat me up, my parents looked at each other shocked and horrified. They had admitted to me that my mom had drinking behind her parole officer's back and had been secretly hiding the bottles in the house. When Ale found out, she came by at the door and showed my mom pictures of her drinking secretly in the living room, bedroom, and the dining room." Richie admitted.
"That's horrible." Beverly spoke.
"It gets worse. Ale threatened my mom saying that she'll tell her parole officer about her drinking again unless she took better care of me. Than she went to my dad's job and threatened to tell the cops about him covering up the secret alcohol use unless he started taking care of me as well." Richie finished.
Everyone was surprised and horrified to hear this. Ale has always had techniques to make people do what she wanted, but she never exactly showed pictures to anyone. Her technique was usually revealing the victim's worst secret in a malicious way. However, despite hearing all of this, Stanley and Georgie had their doubts.
"It sounds to me that Ale was doing you a favor." Georgie spoke.
"It sounds like that to me too." Stanley agreed.
"Well you can think whatever you want, but still it didn't give her a right to talk to my parents like that." Richie mummered.
"Well at least it e-e-explains why your parents looked horrified when Ale came in." Bill spoke understood.
"Exactly and that's why i'm worried that Ale might start a confrontation with my parents." Richie said concerned.
"And my mom too." Eddie added.
"You don't know that. Ale is full of surprises. Maybe she'll be on her best behavior and won't cause any trouble." Georgie suggested.
"Oh come on Georgie you know Ale will just put up a fake act around any adult that doesn't know anything about her past." Bill argued.
"Stop just stop! This is Thanksgiving a time where family and friends come together and tell each other about what they're grateful for. Not a time to bicker or complain about who they want to come and who they don't want to come. Bill, your grandma would want you to put your grudges aside and enjoy this Thanksgiving with the people you care about. Even if Ale isn't one of them. So lets just stop please?" Beverly pleaded.
The guys looked at each other feeling guilty and ashamed. Bill looked down ashamed that they were complaining about one girl that can be a constant thorn on their sides, but was helpful from time to time. Bill looked up and nodded an agreement with the others. They all looked at Georgie.
"Okay, on one condition though. You have to be the one to put her in her place. Got it?" Bill said.
"Got it now come on. Our parents will be wondering about what has become of us." Georgie spoke.
