The clacking sound of Alissa's keyboard as she worked on her computer was the only loud sound that could be heard in her whole apartment. She stayed sitting on the couch all day, just sending emails to Dave, asking about the photos.

Alissa preferred speaking to him through email. She didn't want him anywhere near her social media accounts. She only had her accounts for personal use and family and close friends, but not for other people.

Through email, Alissa knew that she could be appropriately distant with Dave. She knew if she befriended him, he would ask more questions. He already asked her a bunch before she left the seminar, just days after they met.

Suddenly, she thought about the first time she met Paul and how she immediately opened up.

No, that was different, she thought. I thought I was never going to see him again. But then he turned out to be It.

That made Alissa snicker on her own. Through her peripheral vision, she thought she saw a figure behind the couch making her glance once then back at her screen. But her eyes immediately widened before she whipped her head back to glance again and saw Pennywise,

"You look adooorable laughing!" Pennywise startled Alissa as it leaned on the couch's back rest on its elbows,

Alissa glared at the clown, "What the hell. You startled me."

Pennywise stood, leaned Its hand on the back rest, and threw itself over the couch to instantly sit right beside Alissa. She furrowed her eyebrows at the clown, "How long have-" she shook her head, "Nevermind."

"You've been so busy." Pennywise teased in a playful tone, "I thought I'd-" It turned Its finger over the couch, "-swing by." Then It snickered at Its own joke. Alissa shook her head again and glanced at her laptop, fixed it on top of her and tried to ignore the clown,

"I have work," She stated and suddenly thought why she even needed to explain herself to It.

Alissa tried to steal a look at the clown sitting beside her. She noticed It was smirking at her, Its head leaning forward as if It was taking a good look at her. "What?" she asked Pennywise,

"Grown up things can be boring." It said lowly as It kept a smug look on Its face,

Alissa didn't look away, "I'm not bored. Who said I was bored?"

"Don't be too hard on yourself, Alissa." Pennywise scooted closer, moving Its face closer to Alissa's, "Take a break. Reward yourself for all the hard work."

Alissa looked away and stared at her computer screen, trying her best to avoid whatever topic it was creeping behind her head, "Not until I finish this."

Pennywise paused, still gazing at Alissa, trying to figure out if she was serious. When the clown smelled her real intentions, Pennywise felt defeated and with a loud groan, It stood up on Its feet and walked away.

Alissa secretly looked up to see where Pennywise was going, "You leaving?"

Pennywise turned on Its heel, "Do you not want me to?" It teased before seductively sniggering lowly,

She mentally told herself she was not going to fall for it.

"Alissa," Pennywise walked around the couch and stopped right beside her, leaned down and whispered next to her ear, "Let's have a little ffffun."

"I'm busy." She said without looking at the clown and staring at an untouched browser on her computer screen,

Pennywise growled, "I'm sure Dave wouldn't mind."

Alissa immediately turned her head to look at the clown. Suddenly, their faces are inches away from each other. She could clearly see the drool coming out of Pennywise's mouth, and she could smell It's sweet breath on her,

"How-" she stopped herself from asking the question which she probably knew the answer to, and just grimaced. "I'm working." She said lowly, repeatedly-but not on purpose-glancing up and down from Pennywise's eyes to Its mouth.

Pennywise salaciously tilted it's head and smoothly bobbed Its head forward, teasing, with every phrase It muttered, "And I," It went closer, "Want to have fun."

The clown's freakish and unattractive features and movement strangely kept Alissa's interest. She didn't flinch everytime the clown moved Its head closer, teasing her. She paused, almost about to give in, but a ding distracted her, making her glance back at the screen.

She received a confirmation email notification from the admin. She glanced at the clown and noticed It growled. But Pennywise knew It could not do anything because It feared that she would suddenly fuel up in anger. Slowly, Pennywise retreated and was about to stand up again when Alissa quickly reached for Its collar, pulled It closer, and kissed Its sloppy mouth deeply. The demon was caught off guard, but kissed her back passionately anyway. Alissa missed feeling her tongue around the insides of Its mouth.

Then, she pulled away slowly and bit her lip. "That's all the fun you'll have today." She authoritatively said before returning her attention to the computer screen to type.

I returned to school to hand Dave the hard drive that contained the photographs. Even though I went to school on my own, I knew Pennywise was watching my every move. I parked my car and walked my way to the building.

I sure wish I did not walk in the direction that day. If I walked straight, dropped off the hard drive, and left, life would have been easier. But it was not that day.

Dave called my name, making me look around, searching for whoever it was calling for me. When I set my eyes on the guy, I felt nervous. Not nervous because he was the typical charming guy that would make every girl sweat and drool, but nervous because I thought I knew what words were going to come out of his mouth.

It looked like he was just about to enter the building, too.

"How you been?" He asked me as he approached me with a smile,

I smiled lightly, "Good, and you?" I stopped walking,

"I'm doing well."

"I got your photos right here," I said as I started to open my bag to fish for the hard drive but he stopped me, saying that he'd prefer I hand it over in the faculty room to the admins who handled the school website. Then, he suggested we both walked together.

At that point, I hoped that Dave would not mention anything about me asking questions that night.

"I bet the photos look great," he glanced at me then opened the door. I entered before he did,

"I sure hope so, otherwise I can't give them a refund."

He chuckled, "I have faith in you, Alissa." then he smiled so sweetly that made me want to roll my eyes, "I'm sure a person with so much passion in what she does is capable of showing that in their work."

I didn't say anything and kept walking,

"I noticed you were really interested in the subject."

I looked away and kept walking through the hall, hoping a crowd of loud students would just flood us apart, "Yeah I'm familiar with it."

"Most people take interest in a subject like that because they're required to do it. But you...as a media major...I never really expected..."

I glanced at him and grimaced, "Yeah well some things fascinate me. It's not a big deal." When I looked away, I immediately stopped walking as I realized someone was blocking my way. Pennywise, or should I say, Paul, stood tall in front of me.

"What's not a big deal?" Paul said in such an innocent, charming way as I tried not to gape.