Now what Zander experienced was nothing at all like Ava's. He in fact didn't encounter It.

He encountered a real person of which he feared. A clown.

He thought it was the other creature he had heard of from his dad. The "shapeshifter" that took the form of whatever you were most afraid of.

His dad told stories of this creature, well, before he died anyway.

Zander had been adopted. His father and mother were both infertile. Not able to produce a child of their own, they adopted.

Besides that, Zander always thought of It as he walked the streets. He knew Ava must be in some danger, he sensed it.

Maybe that's why he rushed to her house.

The innocent clown Zander encountered was just a guy in a costume. He knew of that as he walked by and heard the man.

Now, Zander was sprinting to find Ava. He didn't know where she lived, but had a decent idea.

He finds a small house with a sold sign in front and knocks on the door.

Ava's mom answers. "Hello?"

"Oh, um hello Ms. Evans... you haven't met me, but I am a friend of Ava's-"

"It's funny she's never mentioned you..." she juts out her hip and stares Zander down. "What do you want?"

"Mom? Who is it?" Ava walks up behind her. "Oh, Zander!"

"You know this young man? Why haven't you told me about him?" Her mother glares at me.

"I just met him today and we hung out at the library... I thought you wanted me to make friends, mom," Ava steps out onto the porch and closes the door. "Now why are you here, Zander?"

"Well I felt like you were... well... in trouble?" Zander chuckles and rubs the back of his neck. "It's probably nonsense, but I just felt like I was supposed to come home with you... I should've walked you hom-" Ava kisses his cheek.

"You are so cute, you know that? But seriously, I did have a scare... it was.. it was like my dad was here. My DEAD dad..." Ava rubs her arm and looks down. "He used to abuse me..."

"Ava-"

"Shut it. I probably was just out of it... you can go home now," Ava smiles at Zander and heads inside.

Zander walks the long way home.

Ava gets bombarded by her mother.

Jay smokes a cigarette by the long forgotten barrens.

Phoebe Tayler watches her sister brother by the park, paranoid.

Ben Jr. Hanscom jogs home from the library, wanting to lose a bit of weight.

Piper Dean stalks the isles of a old general store for tampons.

Michael Dean stares at the woods surrounding his home. Paranoid like Phoebe.

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