𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 - 𝐴 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑐

And we're off

"I'm hungry." Richie had his head in Eddies lap and had been complaining for the past 10 minutes they'd been in the van.

"Your always hungry." Ben said from the middle seat.

"I'll stop and get some snacks." Bev says turning down a street and heading to the store.

"Yes!" Richie said, his head still in Eddies lap.

"Richie stop that!" Eddie said as Richie sat back up and wriggled around.

Bev pulled the van to a stop on the side of the road about a street away from the store.

"What are you doing?" Stan asked.

"Do you want to go to jail for underage driving?" Bev rolled her eyes, opening the van door and hopping out.

"Well yeah not particularly." Stan mumbled.

"Yeah it's not on my to do list either." Richie commented.

"Well come on then! Don't you want food?" Bev out her hands on her hips, she was the only one out of the van.

Richie immediately acted, falling onto Eddie as he tried to get out.

"Richie!" Eddie grumbled, opening the door, letting them both out.

Ben, Stan and Mike came out next, the three shoving each other as they opened the door.

Which only left Bill. The tall boy, opened the door and stepped out , giving them all a weird look.

"J-jeez guys." He laughed.

They all made their way to the store, all hungry and eager. Stan and Richie ran into the store the fastest, dragging Eddie along with them.

Bev, Mike, Ben and Bill walked in after them.

"Ooh, yess!" Richie picked things off the shelf and tossed them into the basket Stan was holding.

"We don't have a million bucks Richie, take it easy." Bev scolded him.

He didn't listen and kept chucking stuff in anyway. Bev rolled her eyes and let him have his fun.

Eddie laughed, as Richie ran from isle to isle. Eddie grabbed a chocolate bar and a lollipop from the shelf, dropping them into the basket.

"Is that all your getting Eddie?" Richie asked with shock.

"Yeah, you pig." Eddie said eyeing the hug stack of food in Richies arms.

Richie stuck his tongue out at Eddie and winked, chucking his snacks into the basket.

"You know, I bought food right, this is just for the road." Bev shook her head at Richie.

"No I know, this is for the road." Richie grinned.

The other all shook their heads at Richie. They walked up to the counter and paid for their snacks. Bev and Stan scolding Richie as they all walked back to the van.

They all hopped back in the van and headed off to the mountains. Richie made everyone play "I spy" for the first half hour. Which resulted in him and Stan getting into an argument. They all ate their snacks, going high on sugar.

Bev blasted the music and Mike and Richie started singing. Everyone wound down the windows letting the warm breeze in. They sang, yelled and laughed for the first two hours of the road trip. But eventually everyone began to tire out.

Bill had fallen asleep in the front seat. Ben and Mike had fallen asleep in the middle seat, the taller boy had his head resting on Bens shoulder. Richie was asleep in the back, cuddled up with Eddie. Eddie had been drifting in and out of sleep, each time he woke up, he was even more tangled up with Richie. Bev and Stan were wide awake and talking about something but Eddie was too tired to join in.

Richie had one arm around Eddies waist and the other was entwined with Eddies hand. Eddie had his head on Richies shoulder and his free hand was stuck under both of their legs. Eddie smiled, the sneaky boy had somehow slipped his hand into his. But Eddie didn't mind, he didn't mind one bit.

It was uncomfortable but Eddie didn't move, he didn't want to. He wanted to stay cuddled up with Richie forever.

"Eddie you awake?" Stan whispered.

"Yeah." Eddie whispered back.

"We are almost there." Bev whisper shouted.

"How long have we been driving for?" Eddie asks, pulling his hand out from underneath his and Richies legs and rubbing his eyes sleepily.

"Three hours and a half." Stan answers.

"Have you slept at all?" Eddie asks.

"Nah, I've been reading." Stan says picking up his bird novel and waving it in the air.

Of course he has.

"So how are things with Richie?" Stan asks with a smirk.

"Stan!" Eddies cheeks flushed.

Only him and Bev are awake which is a relief. Bev obviously knows something so Eddie isn't too worried about her listening.

"Well you two are all cuddled up, how cute." Stan observes, looking over at Richie and Eddie.

Eddie smiles, resting his head back onto Richies shoulder.

"Bev, hey uh can I ask you something." Eddie says, wanting to get it over with.

"Shoot." She says.

"Are you alright with you know me and Richie, if we were like, you know a...a couple? I don't even know what we are right now but..." Eddie says nervously.

"What? Of course Eddie, I love you and I will always support you no matter what." Bev says kindly.

"Well, thats, that's good." Eddie laughs.

"What's good?" Richie mumbles, waking up.

"We are almost there, that's good." Eddie smiles, ruffling Richies hair like Richie always does to him.

"Mhmm." Richie closes his eyes again and snuggles back up with Eddie.

Eventually Eddie falls back asleep too. And when he wakes up again, they are driving up a gravel road.

They have made it to the cabin.