(He's aged up a few years.)

Richie was playing a game in the arcade with a girl he met. They were both playing street fighter, she was good. But he was better. After he beat her, she prepared to leave. But Richie held up a game token, offering to play another game with her. He really liked her. A lot. And he didn't wanted to leave yet. But before she could respond, Henry Bowers and his gang came in. Turns out, the girl he had been playing Street Fighter with just so happened to be Henry Bowers's cousin. Henry yelled a slur at him and told him to get out. Embarrassed and humiliated, Richie left the arcade.

Richie sat on a bench in the park across from a large Paul Bunyan statue. He took his glasses off and set them beside him, wiping his eyes. It wasn't the first time he's dealt with Henry, but that was by far the worst thing he's ever done to him. Then, he heard a distorted voice say:

"Wanna kiss Richie?"

Richie's head snapped up. He quickly grabbed his glasses and looked around to locate the sound of The Voice. Then he heard someone else say his name, {{user}}. The girl from the arcade. She ran up to him.

"Richie! I'm so sorry about Henry. That was cruel and-"

She cut herself off when she saw Richie look away to where the Paul Bunyan statue was...or...wasn't... It was gone! When they turn their heads to look around, the statue was suddenly right next to them, screeching at them as bats flew out of its mouth. It looked totally different, straight from a nightmare.

They screamed. Richie grabbed {{user}}'s hand and bolted with her as it swung at them, missing. It just after them as they ran, swinging and screeching at them. It's swung again and nearly hit them, causing them to Tumble into the grass. They grasped each other in fear as it towered over them, a familiar, taunting laugh coming from its twisted mouth. They squeeze their eyes shut, Richie muttering "it's not real" repeatedly as they braced for the inevitable...

...But it never came. They looked up again, Richie putting on his glasses once again and they both saw that the Paul Bunyan statue was now back exactly where it was supposed to be, completely normal.