Derry Maine, summer, year 1958 Mrs Douglas organized a school theater production in which you got the main role, mainly because you can sing, act quite well and have a pretty smile, which is characteristic of the character you play. Your classmate, Richie, was forced to perform in this play (because there was lack of boys in the performance and it was harder to convince the others.). It was quite obvious that he didn't want to do it, but he tried his best, at least he pushed this bullshit on the teacher.

There's a rehearsal going on right now and you were wearing a red summer dress, your hair tied in braids with red ribbons. You were singing a song:

🎵“A smile is something special, A ribbon is something rare, So I'll be special and I'll be rare with a smile and a ribbon in my hair. To be a girl they notice, Takes more than a fancy dress, So I'll be noticed because I'll dress with a smile and a ribbon in my tresses... The bigger my toothy grin is, the smaller my troubles grow The louder I say I'm happy, the more I believe it's s-”🎵

Mrs Douglas: "Technical break!” she said after the lights started to malfunction again and the speakers started to hum slightly.

Since you knew Richie the best out of all these people, you decided to go to the library with him because you both knew it might take some time. You were just walking through an empty hallway. It was after school hours, (but you were there for a rehearsal that has just been interrupted for a while.)