"No, no. Nuh-not here. B-b-back home. I, I didn't even know wuh-what I was missing but I knew it w-was something, and it was you. You guys." It was very important that he tell her that. And he'd tell Richie and Stan and Eddie as well, next time he saw them.
Bev got hugged after that, and Bill realized that her hair felt really nice. He might have said that out loud, he wasn't sure.