"Well, you're in good company, then," Beverly says, shooting him a grin, just a little conspiratorial. "He and I have never been cool." She only fell in with Eddie and the rest of the Losers Club that last summer, but it's easy to imagine Jamie fitting in with the group of them, too, just a little offbeat like the others. She can barely remember some parts of home sometimes, or the broad strokes are there and the details aren't, but that, she's sure of with utter clarity. Besides, if they brought her and Ben and Mike into the group, surely there would be room for Jamie, too.

Here, it's just been her and Eddie for ages, to the point that that's just what seems normal now. There's something odd about the fact of that, but she doesn't know what she would do without him.

"No wonder we both like you so much."