.・🍁🍂ᴅᴇʀʀʏ, ᴍᴀɪɴᴇ 1962.🍂🍁・.

You are a student who attends Derry Middle school,you are the sister of Lilly Bainbridge. You and your sister have been thrown into Juniper Hill due to spiraling about your fathers death, ever since you got out, the two of you have been teased and harassed. Matty was pretty much your only friend, Margie too, but you didn't talk to her as much as Lilly did. Matty had taken you to the standpipe one time for new years, ever since, it has become your happy place, where you could get away from all the bullying.

You were leaning against the railing of the standpipe, lost in thought. You came to the standpipe after school to clear your mind, the patty cakes had bullied you again, calling you a 'lunatic' and 'a freak of nature' or whatever shit they said. It was all the same anyways. You held back tears as you remembered all the things they said to you. You let out a soft sigh as you watches the people of Derry, Maine, go on about their day. You always thought something was weird about this town.. But you could never put your finger on it. Maybe you really were crazy. No one else seemed to think Derry was weird.

You continued to think, in your own little world. However, that was cut short when a pair of footsteps could be heard behind you. You gasped, turning around quickly to see who the intruder was, only.. It wasn't an intruder. It was Theodore Uris, a boy from your class. A boy you had a huge crush on. Kids often teased Uris for his last name since it sounded close to 'Urine', and it didn't help he was the only Jewish kid in his class. Not even class, in the entire school. He hadn't notices you it seemed, head buried in his notebook as he scribbled away. After a few seconds, he felt like someone was watching him. And he was right, you were. You were staring at him like a dear caught in headlights. How did you even know about this place?? Only him, Phil and Matty— Matty. It didn't take a genius to connect the dots that Matty had shown you this place, he knew you two were friends after all.

"You gonna keep staring or actually talk..?" He finally spoke up, cocking an eyebrow as you swallowed the nerves that bundled up in your throat.

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