Disclaimer: I do not own IT or any of the characters. That all belongs to the awesome and talented Stephen King. I only own my OC and other characters I make up along the way.

A/N: I hope you guys had a nice Christmas! If you guys didn't celebrate Christmas, then I hope you had a great day on the 25th. I visited my family at my brother's house I got to see my nieces and nephew and we watched IT three times. The love for that movie is strong with my family. I also pre-ordered the blue-ray with the deleted scenes I am so excited for that! Anyways, here's the next chapter! Be warned this ones pretty emotional. It's a short chapter but I feel like you guys will like it because of a certain POV towards the end. Enjoy!

"Friendship is like a glass ornament. Once it is broken it can rarely be put back together in exactly the same way." ― Unknown

Chapter 19: The argument

Sonia Kaspbrak had never been a fan of Gwen Tozier. The older woman always thought the worst of the young teen, especially whenever Sonia saw Gwen near her precious son. Eddie meant the world to Sonia and in her mind the Tozier girl was a very bad influence. Now Sonia didn't particularly like Richie Tozier either, but the negative thoughts she had about his older sister were stronger. Sonia thought Gwen was too daring for her own good, lacked serious manners for a young lady, and the venereal rumors about her going around town (rumors that were about how Gwen liked other females company) just made Sonia dislike her even more.

In return it was no secret that Gwen Tozier did not like Sonia Kaspbrak. Since Gwen could remember the older woman had always been cold and uncivil with her. Gwen lost count of the times she had tried striking up polite conversation with Eddie's mother, but her attempts of any sort of kindness always failed. Sonia never once hid the detest she had for Gwen...not even when the teen was being nice to her.

So every time Gwen was with Eddie and Sonia had the unfortunate luck of being there with them (which was not always but it did tend to happen), tensions would rise. Although the fifteen year old accepted the terrible reality that Sonia would never like her, she still did not enjoy how the older woman stared at her. It was a stare that was filled with complete aversion and disgust. A stare of harsh judgement.

Gwen was used to being judged by people. She was judged everyday at school by her classmates and around town by the other town folks. So such rudeness was usually easily ignored by Gwen. Somehow, there was an extra sting to her self-esteem that she couldn't fully ignore whenever Eddie's mother glared at her. Eddie was an important person in her life. The friendship she had with the small boy meant a lot to Gwen. Therefore, having Eddie's mother hate her did nothing to assure the friendship Gwen had with Eddie.

The Tozier girl deep down was concerned that their friendship would come to an end because of how overprotective Eddie's mother was. Which of course was because of Sonia's dislike with how Gwen interacted with Eddie. Never before had Gwen or any of the other Losers given an actual reason for Sonia to enforce her anger on them.

Until today.

When the older overweight woman came out of her house (thanks to loud knocking from Bill's part) she saw Gwen with the other kids. Her eyes narrowed at the kids she considered to be trouble makers before her gaze faltered once she caught sight of her precious boy. Shocked by what she saw, Sonia's eyes widened by the awful state he was in. Eddie was covered from head to toe in dirt and one of his arms was broken. After taking such sight in, Sonia slammed her house door behind her. The older woman's hatred and anger grew as she blamed Eddie's good for nothing friends.

"You! You did this!" Sonia shouted as she pointed to each and everyone of them. The older woman was so enraged she did not care about how dirty they appeared to be. She didn't even look concerned at Ben's stomach wound or the head wound Gwen had going on or the blood that was on the side of her face. She also didn't find it odd that Gwen was missing a shoe. No, all her concern was only aimed at Eddie. "You know how delicate he is." She exclaimed as she dragged Eddie along by holding onto his neck.

Bill and the others followed behind. "We were attacked M-M-Mrs. K." The Denbrough boy tried to explain but Sonia Kaspbrak wasn't hearing any of that.

Sonia forced a crying (and embarrassed) Eddie into her car before swiftly turning to glance at Bill. "Don't." She hissed not only to him but to the rest of them as well. "Don't try to blame anyone else." She then turned to slam the car door. As she did this her hands were shaking with anger causing her to drop her car keys.

Beverly saw this and went to politely reach for the keys. "Let me help―"

"Get back!" Sonia shouted causing Beverly to flinch and back away slightly. After she picked up her keys, Sonia sneered at the red haired girl she disliked almost as much as the Tozier girl. "I've heard about you Miss Marsh." She spat evenly at her. "And I don't want a dirty girl like you touching my son."

Gwen wasn't having that. The Tozier girl stepped up (missing shoe and all) from where she was standing between Richie and Stan. She did not at all care that her head was still hurting. She couldn't just stand by and do nothing as Sonia Kaspbrak insulted the girl who she now considered to be her best friend. "Excuse me, but you have no right saying that to her." Gwen spoke up in Beverly's defense.

Sonia was fast to glare at the oldest Tozier sibling. All her anger was directed onto her now. "Oh, don't even let me get started on you, Gwendolyn Tozier."

Gwen grimaced hearing her full name. Hardly anyone ever used her full name. Gwendolyn was only used by her mother (and maybe sometimes her father), but that only when her mother was extremely mad at her. But hearing Sonia Kaspbrak address her that way...so formally... made Gwen feel shame. And the ignominy kept coming as Sonia Kaspbrak spoke.

"What kind of example are you showing these kids?" Sonia asked raising her voice at the younger girl. "To that brother of yours? No wonder he's the way he is." Hearing that cut a layer of Gwen's emotional wall. Her eyes started to tear up, but Gwen did not let those tears escape her. Although it was getting harder and harder to prevent that from happening thanks to Sonia. As she struggled to stay composed the older woman added more to her emotional wound. "A good for nothing older sister who's more interested in causing trouble." Sonia tsked at her. "Your parents must be very ashamed of you. God knows your mother probably is. Her one and only daughter not only fornicating with other girls but also being a terrible role model for the other kids. But oh no, not to my Eddie." Sonia said shaking her head rapidly. "Because he's done with all of you." She said pointing to each of the other kids. Her finger then landed on the Toizer girl and the hatred in Sonia's eyes intensified. "Especially you, Gwendolyn Tozier."

From inside the car, Eddie could see and still hear what his mother was saying to Gwen. It pained him to hear his mother say all those hurtful things to Gwen. Gwen was one of his closest friends. She had always been there for him in the past and just now at Neibolt. Both had been willing to attract the attention of that evil entity. Eddie loved Gwen and he knew she did not deserve this type of treatment. Not from anyone and especially not from his mother. The smaller boy should have gotten of the car and told his mother off (something he had never done in his life). He should have stood his ground and stayed with his friends. That's where Eddie knew he needed to be really be with. His friends. The only people who actually cared and didn't baby him.

But alas Eddie glumly remained in the car. Crying not only because he was in pain and because he was embarrassed. Eddie's crying was mainly due to the horrible thought that he would never get to see his friends again. None of them. And the thought of never hearing any of them laugh or seeing them smile again wounded Eddie. He released another sniffle and lowered his head down as Richie stared at his mother with a pissed off expression. Even Stan had a hard look in his eye but Richie's displeasure was more upfront.

Richie clenched his fists in anger by his sides. No one talked about his older sister that way and got away without him shouting a round of curse words at them. Just because she was Eddie's mother didn't change a damn thing. He opened his mouth ready to let the older woman have it, but before he was able to release any verbal insults, Richie felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked down and he saw that it was Gwen's hand. She had a firm grip letting him know not to do what he was planning to do. Richie closed his mouth and sighed, reluctantly doing as his sister was pleading for him not to do.

Once the wildness had somewhat left Richie's magnified eyes, Gwen lowered her hand. It was then that Bill decided to get Eddie's mother's attention again. "Mrs. K-K-" The Denbrough boy tried speaking up, but was once again unsuccessful in doing so.

"No!" Sonia shouted again. "You're all monsters and Eddie's done with all of you! Do you hear me? Done." With that being said, she hurriedly walked to the other side of the door, opened it and got in. Before she took off down the road, Eddie managed to find it in himself to look up and gaze at his friends. His crying became more uncontrolled as his mother drove away from the people he considered to be the most important people in his life.

Helplessly, the rest of the Losers Club walked onto the road and watched the vehicle go in the opposite direction of them. Once it was no longer in their sights, Bill turned around the face his friends.

"I saw the well." The Denbrough boy announced to them. He knows they had just experienced something frightening, but the possibility of finding Georgie and defeating IT for good was blinding him of anything dangerous. "W-W-We know where it is and next time we'll be better prepared."

Although her head was hurting and she felt like just passing out to the point of never waking up, Gwen knew Bill had a point. They were now so close to defeating IT and despite the fall backs of what happened she wasn't about to give up the chance to kill the entity once and for all. Unfortunately, by the looks of it this news about the well was about the last thing they wanted to hear.

"No!" Stan interrupted raising his voice. Gwen including the others around her looked at the bird loving boy with surprise by how heated he sounded. "No next time, Bill! You're insane!"

"Why?" Beverly questioned siding with Bill. "We all know no one else is going to do anything."

"Eddie was nearly killed!" Richie gestured to the road where Eddie had gone towards. The Tozier boy looked at his sister who was now standing next Bill. "Gwen has a fuckin' concussion!" He ranted vehemently. "She's bleeding behind her head and she's not at all here! It looks like she's about to pass out any second!"

"I'm also missing a shoe, but I don't think that's really something to fuss over." Gwen awkwardly said in an attempt to lighten up the mood. She blamed her concussion for this because now she knew that was not a wise thing to say at the moment. The rest of her friends just looked at her, bemused. Except for her younger brother.

Richie didn't respond to her comment. He just gave her a hard look before he continued on with his rant. "And look at this motherfucker!" He said finally pointing to Ben's injured stomach."He's leaking hamburger helper!"

Ben who was embarrassed at the wound on his stomach barely managed to give a nod. It was small but it was enough to let the others know he was siding with Richie.

Beverly saw this and frowned. "We can't pretend it's going to go away. Ben, you said it yourself it comes back every twenty seven years."

"Fine!" Ben exasperated to his red haired crush. "I'll be forty and far away from here. I thought you said you wanted to get out of this town too?" He asked her.

"Because I want to run towards something...not away." Beverly earnestly informed him and the others.

Richie let out a scoff from hearing her say this. "I'm sorry, who invited Molly Ringwald into the group?"

Right after he said this Gwen threw a glare towards her brother. Richie saw this but just ignored it. His emotions were all over the place to notice his rude behavior. He did see Beverly flash him her middle finger. When Gwen told Beverly that her new hair cut reminded her of Molly Ringwald, Beverly was informed that had been a compliment, but hearing Richie say that to her now didn't have the same nice feeling as when Gwen called her that. Beverly gladly made her dislike for the bespectacled boy's comment well known.

Even Stan was affected by such comment. He looked at his friend with narrowed eyes. "Richie..."

"I'm just saying, let's face facts." Richie said with a hard tone of voice. "Real word, Georgie is dead. Stop trying to get us killed too." He began to walk towards Gwen ready for him to take her home, but was stopped when Bill stood in his way.

"G-G-Georgie's not dead." Bill emotionally stuttered out. He was close to tears as hearing one of his best friend's say that his baby brother was no longer alive.

"You couldn't save him, but you can still save yourself." Richie responded as he tried to get to Gwen. He however was blocked by Bill again. This had Gwen stare at the two of them with concern.

"No! T-T-Take it back! You're s-s-scared and we all are, but take it back!" Bill shakily shouted as he shoved Richie. Instead of backing down, Richie rushed forward and shoved Bill back.

Bill Denbrough had never punched anyone before in his life. He knew it must hurt when hitting someone, but he was still in a great deal of shock when his fist connected with Richie's jaw. Although he believed it was the action of going through with actually hitting his friend that hurt more than the punching itself. He felt instant regret once he saw Richie on the floor touching his face with disbelief and when he heard Gwen shout from beside him. She was not happy.

"What the hell, Bill?!"

Despite her head injury, the Tozier girl rushed to her brother's aid. With Mike and Stan's help, Gwen was able to get Richie up to his feet again. To her shock, Richie began thrashing in Stan's and Mike's hold as he tried getting to Bill. The bespectacled boy's anger hit a new record. His rapid movements made Gwen move closer towards Beverly as Bill was preparing himself to face an attack from Richie. Ben was right behind the Denbrough boy, holding him back from doing anything rash.

Gwen who was being helped to stand up by Beverly shouted at such foolishness to end. It hurt to watch her brother and Bill (who she considered a brother as well) fight each other. This was not right. "Knock it off you guys!"

"You're just a bunch of Losers!" Richie yelled as he was still being held back by Mike and Stan. This angered him even more. "Fuck off! You're just a bunch of Losers and you'll get yourselves killed because of some stupid clown!"

Sensing this argument wasn't going to end on its own, Gwen pulled away from Beverly's hold and got in the middle between Bill and Richie. "Enough!" She commanded with such powerful voice that both boys stopped. "Just fuckin' stop already the both of you! You guys are friends. You shouldn't be fighting each other."

Bill looked even more ashamed with himself while Richie tried controlling his breathing and his anger. Beverly came to stand next to Gwen and gently took a hold of her once she saw her somewhat close her eyes. The hold on her made Gwen more alert.

"Don't you see this is what IT wants!" Beverly exclaimed to the other Losers. "IT wants to divide us. We were all together when we hurt IT. That's why we're still alive."

"Yeah?" Richie adjusted his glasses. "Well, we plan to keep it that way." He passed Beverly fully expecting Gwen to follow him and walked over to where his bike was on the ground. He picked it up and then with a confused frown looked at Gwen. His older sister was still lingering back towards where Bill and Beverly were at. She was no longer being helped by Beverly, as she was now standing on her own with an unreadable expression. "Gwen?" Richie called out. "What are you doing? Come on let's go home."

It was only a few seconds but to Richie it felt like hours before Gwen responded back. This time her expression turned solemn as she looked at him. "I'm not going home Richie. At least not right now." As much as she wanted to leave with her brother, Gwen couldn't just leave. Yes, what happened in Neibolt had terrified and grossed her out, but everything she and Eddie had gone through just made her more determined to end the entity's life. IT not only caused the disappearances of all the kids in town but IT also killed Chase. IT killed the boy Gwen never had a chance with. She needed to avenge her crushes death.

"So what?" Richie voice started to waver in vexation as he stared between Gwen and Bill. "You're siding with him?" He asked not daring to say Bill's name aloud. He was still too mad to even mumble it.

As this growing conversation grew between the siblings the rest of the Losers watched, anxious.

Gwen could see the hurt emotion in Richie's eyes behind his glasses. She hated seeing that type of look on her brother. It always pained her. She held back tears that wanted to escape her again. "Richie―"

"No, don't Richie me!" The Tozier boy interrupted her with a glare. Behind that glare there were tears ready to go down his cheeks. It all depended on what she would tell him next. "Just answer me. Plain and simple." He lowered his voice but his eyes remained the same. "Are you siding with him instead of with me?"

Gwen didn't want to answer that question. She knew that her answer would just upset and anger Richie even more. But it seemed the longer she kept quiet the more affected Richie was becoming. Gwen steadied her gaze onto her brother as she found her voice again. "You have to understand―"

That was pretty much a yes and that devastated Richie. Gwen sided with Bill and not with him. "Well, I don't understand!" Richie shouted causing her to stare at him with shocked eyes. He should have stopped talking now and just rode his bike away, but his hurt emotions didn't allow him to do so. "You know Chase is dead. You've accepted that. You even went to his goddamn funeral. Yet here you are putting your life in danger all because you want to defeat a stupid Ronald Mcdonald ass looking clown!"

At the mention of Chase, Stan's eyes lowered to the ground, hurt. Gwen was able to catch that reaction and was given more strength to respond back to her brother. "It's not just about Chase." Gwen said with resolute. Even though she did want to avenge Chase's death, Gwen also wanted to get IT back for all the others the entity has made disappear. "Bill and Beverly are right!" She shouted with much passion. "If we all run away now all this death and chaos is never going to end. Kids will continue to go missing and adults will continue to be oblivious. We have a chance at stopping IT. We have to take this opportunity." Gwen gave her brother a knowing look. "It's the right thing to do and you know it."

Richie shook his head, throwing away everything Gwen had just said. "All I know is that we need to stop being a part of this." His voice took a sudden serious tone. "Now, I'm asking one last time...are you coming with me or not?"

How could she leave with him after everything she had just said? Gwen took a deep breath. She felt a tear or two escape her as she gave her brother her final response. "I...I can't. I'm sorry."

As Gwen said this to him, Richie's hurt and anger tripled. It didn't help that Gwen was standing next to Bill. The same jealously from before (jealously he felt when Gwen had spent more time with Bill than with him) came back with such a force as Richie kept gazing between Bill and Gwen. Never had his jealously for Bill been this bad, but Gwen siding with the Denbrough boy to stay and continue their "fight" with IT had Richie beyond upset. Gwen was his sister. She was supposed agree with him. They always agreed on the same things. Whenever she was sick or going through one of her episodes he was the one who always took care of her. He was also the one who raced to her side when IT was attacking her in Neibolt. Bill didn't do any of those things (in his mind, out of anger he thought this). So Gwen was supposed to follow and side with him. Not Bill. Yet she wasn't. Instead she was choosing to stay behind with Beverly who was also siding with Bill. This made Richie start to see red and his Trashmouth side got the better of him.

"You're being a dumbass, Gwen." Richie said before he was able to stop himself.

The rest of the Losers as well as Gwen stared at him in genuine surprise. Gwen wiped the tears that were on her cheeks before she was able to look past his rude comment and get a hold of herself. "Yeah? Well, you're being a damn coward." She retorted back to him.

Richie didn't like being called a coward and because of that he ended up saying something very harsh to Gwen. It was something Richie would forever feel regret and guilt for saying to his older sister. And it was something that he would take back with tears in his eyes when he and the other Losers would enter the sewers to not only rescue Beverly, but Gwen too.

"I hate you!"

If hearts could break into a thousand pieces Gwen was pretty sure her heart would have broken at the exact moment Richie said that to her. She let out a gasp and leaned more into Bill who didn't pull away from her distressed state. Richie had never said that to her. Hearing him say that...it hurt Gwen. It hurt her a lot. More than the head injury she had. This time she didn't fight off the tears that were going down her face. She looked and felt heartbroken. Her brother hated her. Gwen wanted to curl up into a ball and just pass out.

Richie immediately wanted to take back what he said. He hadn't meant it. Not at all. There was no way he hated Gwen. He loved his sister with all he had. So seeing her cry made him want to hug and apologize to her, but seeing Bill comforting her by helping her stand made Richie more mad and jealous. He couldn't think rationally and instead of doing the mature thing, he just glared at them before taking off on his bike.

The rest of the Losers were frozen in shock by what just occurred. Never had any of them witnessed such a argument between the Tozier siblings. Bill who was holding onto a heartbroken Gwen felt terrible. Not only had he punched Richie, but he caused the Tozier siblings to fight. He didn't want that. He wished he had the ability to reverse time.

As Gwen felt another round of tears go down her eyes she was able to Stan. The curly haired boy was looking at her with such a crestfallen expression. And without saying anything to her, Gwen knew why he was staring at her like that. He was leaving too. Just like Richie. Stan's eyes practically screamed "I'm sorry" before looking away as he got onto his bike. Ben was next to follow with him giving one last lingering look at Beverly before following behind Richie and Stan. That just left four of the Losers left but by the looks of it Mike was the next to leave.

"Mike..." Beverly softly called out to him as he walked towards his bike.

Mike turned to his three friends. He looked done and guilty for looking that way. "Guys, I can't do this." He said raising his hands. "My granddad was right. I'm an outsider. Gotta stay that way."

"You're so much more than an outsider, Mike Hanlon." Gwen managed to say as she tried controlling her crying.

Mike gazed at Gwen one last time as he took in those words. Before they were able to leave a full impact on him, Mike picked up his bike and rode away.

There was now only three Losers standing.

A regretful and guilt filled Bill, a sadden Beverly, and a heartbroken Gwen. Bill and Beverly looked at Gwen as she continued to cry and each went in to comfort her, but it did nothing to sooth her.

Richie's claim of hating her was still echoing in her head.

Deep within the sewers of Derry, the entity known as IT was growling, but not only because of anger. For the first time in the longest time IT was actually feeling pain.

The entity had everything in ITs control before IT got impaled by the red haired girl. Although the metal spike isn't what caused the pain to stay. No...the anger coming from Gwen when IT slashed the boy's stomach is what had the entity drawing back. Such anger created a sense of power within her that IT had no other choice but to leave.

The same power IT was planning on never wanting to deal with.

Except Gwen Tozier, as the entity now fully knows, is an actual threat to IT. And IT was starting to think that maybe she was getting close to finding that out too. The next step would be to eliminate her, but for an odd reason IT instead pondered. Although the entity was curious to see if the girl would figure that out or not, IT had come to realize both Tozier siblings weren't exactly the same.

They were related by blood but they smelled entirely different from one another. Especially when they were afraid. In a state of fear or not, Gwen was by far more delectable than the boy. She smelled sweet of morality. Except her smell wasn't the only thing that intrigued IT.

Something else about the girl lured IT in. And that was her power.

IT sensed great power within Gwen. A power only she exhibited. The kind of power that would be able to destroy IT if used properly. Damn Maturin. That old pesky Turtle. Her joy made her more powerful. Therefore, IT didn't want her happy. IT wanted her to suffer...to be scared. For her to lose hope and to distance herself. But there was a catch. IT wanted to be the only one to make her feel scared and uncomfortable. That's why IT killed that lanky dark haired kid who was wandering around in the sewer tunnels because Gwen was starting to get more scared of him than of IT.

As for killing the blue eyed boy Gwen was harboring feelings for...well, IT killed him for a different reason. IT ended his life because IT wanted Gwen to feel sadness. His death was different from the others. For IT didn't eat him. No, IT just wanted to kill him. Slowly but painfully. The reason behind this hasty action towards the boy was a rather bemusing one. Jealously or hatred... or perhaps both. IT doesn't quite know anymore.

All IT knew was that for awhile Gwen was never the same after the blue eyed boy's death.

And IT took immense joy in her ache. For IT did not like the feelings she caused to arise in itself. Strange foreign feelings...warm feelings. The kind IT imagined humans got for one another. The same kind of feelings she had for the boy. IT was repulsed by this. IT questioned why this would be. IT eventually came to the conclusion that the girl's power is what lured IT and caused these pesky feelings.

A part of IT wanted to consume her whole, to taste those juicy girly bits of hers. While another part of IT wanted to capture her and keep her forever. Like a pet or a doll of some sorts. To use that power of hers that IT was attracted to for itself. The second part was ludicrous to even think of doing. Not so much the keeping her power part, but the keeping her as a companion part.

IT did not want in anyway to feel close to the girl. No bond could be formed with her. So to push away these feelings IT made sure to cause her as much pain as possible. To her and to the people she was most close to.

Which included those other seven bratty good for nothing kids.

The same ones IT was beginning to hate more and more.

It was because of them that Gwen was now becoming strong again. All the pain she had was slipping day by day and it was being replaced with strength and determination. Like the others, she was now determined to stop IT.

And it was because of those lousy kids.

IT wanted to end them.

But IT had to think of a plan first.

IT would get the seven of them and then IT would end their pathetic lives. As for Gwen? IT wasn't quite sure what her outcome would be. Whether she'll die with those bratty kids or live to entertain IT was the pending question.

The one thing IT knew and vowed to do was to never let her experience the one thing she was desperate for.

Love.

Real amorous type of love.

For if IT couldn't have her―whether as a meal or source of entertainment―then no one else would be able to have her.

Ever.

A/N: Hope you guys liked this chapter! The next will include Stan's Bar Mitzvah and it will include the deleted scene with him making his speech. (: