happy || reddie

nirvana

eddies pov

I wake up this morning, the humming of birds filling my ears and the sun streaming through the blinds that are lifted slightly above the windowsill. I slowly open my eyes and sit up in bed. The corner of my lips rise as I hear the noises of some cars and people talking outside my window.

"Eddie-bear!!" My mom opens the door to my room with a bright smile on her face.
"Morning mommy." I say as I rub my eyes gently. I turn to her and my smile drops, she is holding her hands in a cup shape as she approaches me, arms outstretched.
"Eddie, you woke up late this morning." I nod slowly, not sure what's about to happen, "You need to take your pills now." I sigh a breath of relief and she pours the pills into my hands. I take them from her and put them into my mouth, making sure to count them quickly before I do so. My throat feels dry but I refrain from getting water as my mother stands over me. Making sure I take them. Once I had swallowed all of them I get up, my mother leaving the room as I grab clothes from my wardrobe. While I search I find a band shirt. It's definitely not mine, but it's nice and clean so I decide to put it on. It smells like a fresh bar of soap, clean and soft. I put it on and grab a pair of knee length shorts and ankle socks.
"Eddie-bear!! Breakfast's ready!" I hear my mother call from downstairs.
"Coming mommy!!" I shout as I begin to walk downstairs into the kitchen. I sit down at the dining table and theres a plate of plain toast placed carefully in front of the head of the table. I pick it up and start to eat it, it tastes funny, almost like it's been washing with soap? I just put it back down and go upstairs to clean my teeth and then head to school.
"Eddie? Why didn't you finish your breakfast?" My mother asked as I slowly and quietly reached for the doorknob, to avoid this conversation.
"Oh I'm sorry Mommy, I wasn't very hungry." I hated lying to her, and she'd find out eventually.
"Okay Eddie."
"Hey Mommy?" I asked.
"Yes Eddie-bear?"
"Can I go out for a bit after school? Not for long, just a little while."
"No Eddie. I don't want you getting unwell or in trouble because of your friends." I frowned slightly, and opened the door.
"Okay Mommy. I'm going to school now, goodbye."
"Bye sweetheart."
I walk out the door and get on my bike. As I begin to cycle to school Richie joined along side me.
"Hey Eds." He whisper-shouts.
"Don't call me that." I state, even if I kinda like it.
"You know you like it." Richie says, as he winks. I can feel my face go red slightly as a peddle faster to get to school in time. I'm surprised that Richie even woke up in time today, he's usually in school by lunch and that's early for him.
"Anyways, what did you want?" I asked him,
"Why are you wearing my shirt? Where did you get it?" That's when I remember who's shirt it was. Oh fuck. I began to speed up more.
"Eds come on!! I was only joking, I think you look cute in my shirt." Richie smacked his hand to his mouth when he realises what he just said. I flush a pink colour on my cheeks and softly smile at him. He looks away in embarrassment and we stay in silence all the way to school.

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I go to all my first three lessons of the day, and by now it's lunch. We all sit down at the table and I get out my lunch, Richie is sat across from me, looking at me like he wants my food.
"Rich, haven't you got any lunch?" I asked, tilting my head to the side.
"Nope," he replied, popping the 'P' in his sentence, "Forgot to pack it. I was gonna be late to school if I didn't so I figured that if I found a couple of cents on the floor I could buy something."
"Why did you think you'd find money on the floor??" Stan asked, his expression not changing. It might as well been a statement.
"Dunno. Bit out of it today because I fucked-"
"Don't even finish that sentence." I butted in. Giving him an angry expression.
"Hey Eds?"
"What? And don't call me that."
"Okay Eddio, Eddie Spagetti, Eduardo."
"Richie. What do you want?" I fold my arms and roll my eyes at him. I noticed a flush of pink creep up his face, but I ignore it.
"Eddie," he said, stretching out the E, "Can I have some of your sandwich?"
"Sure. Here." I hand him half my sandwich as I take a bite into my half.
"I wish you would bite my di-" He is cut off by Bill's hand slapping over his mouth.
"Don't even f-f-finish that sentence you-u dick." Bill says, in between laughs.
"Stop flirting you two." Bev pipes up. Bill leans back into his seat and rolls his eyes. I feel a funny thing roll over me, like jealousy. I feel almost ill with it. I look down at my lunch and just keep eating it, not speaking for the rest of dinner unless prompted.
At the end of dinner, I left the cafeteria and went to the bathroom so wash my hands of crumbs, and take my pills. When I walked into the bathroom someone walked out a stall behind me, as I lifted my head up to

a/n

Okay so basically I wrote this entire chapter then it died on me Yano but they made out at the end and bowers was just about to beat them both up 👍