Alone Again | Reddie (unfinished, but no longer writing)

Chapter 7

Richie had got lots of phone calls from Eddie and he even had the guts to come to Richie's house, but Ash, who now knew, shut the door on his face.

One day he got a phone call from Bill, one that made him start to cry and sink to the floor. Beverly had been taken by IT.

Bill said that he called everyone besides Eddie so Richie took a deep breath a called Eddie.

"What Richie." Eddies voice came from over the line

"Beverly was taken by it. We are all going to the well house." He sniffled.

"I'll be there," Eddie stated firmly before he hung up.

Eddie walked out into the hallway where his mom stopped him. "Where do you think you are going?"

"Out with my friends," Eddie replied hesitantly.

"You can't go. You are getting over your sickness, remember?"

"My sickness." He spat. "Okay, what sickness ma." He then pulled out his pills. "You know what these are? They're Gazebos!" He threw them on the floor. "They're bullshit!"

Sonia looked pissed and Eddie's heart rate sped up. "They help you. Eddie. I had to protect you."

"Protect me?" Eddie said, his voice cracking. "By lying to me. By keeping me locked in this hell hole! I'm sorry, but the only people who were actually trying to protect me were my friends. Especially Richie. And you made me turn my back on them when I really needed them. So I'm going."

He quickly ran out the door. His mom screamed a lot of things, but the one he heard was. "What about Stephanie!"

He ignored her and walked to the well house.

***

Bill was waiting out front with some tears dripping down his face. "Where's Richie?" Eddie asked.

"O-o-out back. He won't talk to anyone so good luck." Bill sighed. "Ben's already tried, but he went to get Mike and Stan."

Eddie just simply nodded and walked to the back. When he got back there he saw Richie kicking around junk. "Rich?" Richie's head snapped in his direction. He had tear stains all over his face, along with some new tears. "What's wrong."

"Nothing..." He said quietly as he looked at the floor.

Eddie walked closer and sat down on the pile of junk. "What you saw in my window wasn't necessarily what you think it was."

"So you making out with one of the most popular girls in school wasn't what I thought it was." Richie spat looking at Eddie.

"Rich I'm sorry! Our moms are friends and they made us hang out and date! My mom is convinced I'm gay and that you are a bad influence! All we do is fight Richie and I'm sick of it! I want my best friend back. Can you please forgive me?"

Best friend. Best friend. Best friend. Best friend. Eddie didn't like him how Richie liked him. He didn't have the urge to smash their lips together every time they were together. Richie was the freak. Not Eddie. Eddie was perfect and Richie was just a mess. "I don't want your apology. Now go away."

Eddie didn't feel like making everything worse so he walked away frowning. He didn't want to be Richies best friend, he wanted to be more, but he could never tell him.

***

The losers had just entered the sewer and Stan had disappeared. Mike also almost got killed by Henry Bowers, but they pushed him down the well. When they found Stan he was about to get eaten by the creepy demon thing that was his worst nightmare, but when it saw the other losers it disappeared.

Stanley sat up, gasping for air. He started screaming and Bill was the first to rush to his side, followed by Mike and Richie and then the rest. "You left me! It was going to kill me! Your not my friends."

Bill who was sitting right in front of Stanley grabbed his hand. "Stanley s-shut up. We didn't m-m-mean to. We t-t-thought  you were behind u-us." The losers fell silent as they saw the two boys' connected hands and how Stanley calmed down slightly.

"You don't have to lie, Bill! You made-."

Bill didn't know why he did it, especially in front of his friends, but he leaned in a kissed Stan. The kiss didn't last very long because Bill pulled away looking embarrassed. His friends' mouths had all parted with shock beside Richie who gave him a satisfied smirk.

Bill then saw Georgie and escaped without anyone seeing him. Stanley was still frozen with shock. Bill, his best friend, had just kissed him! And he liked it. What the fuck.

"You good Stan the Man. That was a little shocker wasn't it." Richie smirked.

Stanley shot him a glare. "You think?" He sassed. "Wait- where's Bill?"

"Shit." Eddie cursed. They all ran to look for Bill.

***

The losers had defeated it that day. He was either dead or in hiding. Either way, their lives could go back to normal forever or for the next 27 years.

When they exited the Neibolt house Ash was sitting on the steps with tears dripping down her face. When she heard a sound her head snapped towards them. She quickly stood up and pulled Richie into a hug. "Richie! You're okay!" She exclaimed.

"Yeah, I am." Richie laughed awkwardly. "We defeated it."

"Yes! I knew you guys could!" She smiled brightly.