crush ( Richie + Eddie )

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Richie and Eddie ended up falling asleep in each others arms on the basement couch.

Eddie woke up first and checked his phone seeing the "lozers" group chat had been blown up while they slept.

Eddie opened the chat to see that Betty was throwing a start of summer party (Betty and Beverly are friends) and bev invited everyone to come.

Bev: "make sure to be here by 7, I need help getting everything ready, me and Betty cant get it all done in time"

Ben: "ofc bev well be there dw!!"

Eddie sighed "Ben's trying too hard" he chuckled slightly waking up richie

"What do you mean?" Richie said in a groggy voice and rubbed his eyes.

"Just check the gc, also party at Betty's for 8, but we have to show up at 7 to help" eddie said still looking at his phone typing

"Don't you think that's a bit early for a party?" Richie said with a little chuckle

"Yeah I know right, the party's gonna be going on all night too. Who the fuck is gonna stay that long?" Eddie scrunched his eyebrows

"Us. We're gonna get shit face, or at least I am, no stopping me" richie said sitting up from the coach stretching.

"Have fun with that, im probably gonna leave early, parties aren't my thing" eddie sighed

Richie looked at eddie with wide eyes "oh come on eds stay for me we'll have so much funnn"

"I'm sure you will, I don't know about me" eddie said, still typing

"Who are you even texting? Look at me when we talk" richie huffed crossing his arms

"Fine, I was just texting the gc don't worry" eddie said turning off his phone and placing it on his lap looking up at richie

Once eddie looked him in the eyes, richie couldn't hold back his smile, he turned his face away a little and hid his smile with his hand

"What happend to looking at me while we talk hm?" Eddie giggled slightly

"Uh. Um. Your mom." Richie blurted out without thought

"Ugh whatever" eddie chuckled and got up walking up the stairs to brush his teeth.

~~~3:30 PM~~~

¨why are you typing so frantically?¨ eddie looks over at richie while he types on his phone with furrowed brows

¨my plug, he said he has weed but no alcohol, what a loser why cant he just go buy some???¨ richie thinks out loud at the last part ¨ we'll just have to steal some i guess, what do you like? you look like a sour puss guy, or maybe a fruity kinda vodka guy?¨

eddie stares at richie a little thrown back at all the information he took in just now. eddie has drank plenty of times, but hes never smoked ¨your getting weed? i have asthma what if i have an attack and lose my inhaler?¨ eddie says paranoid, as hes a very anxious boy.

richie just smiles, already thinking ahead of the smaller boy ¨dont worry babes i gottchu, i already asked for edibles for my little asthmatic, wouldnt want you passing out and dying right when summer starts!¨ richie ruffles eddies hair again which the smaller boy secretly likes, but he huffs and fixes his hair

¨really? you thought that far ahead for me? didnt think you were smart enough for that, oh and by the way im a twisted tea kinda guy thank you¨ eddie laughs and starts to go up the basement to get ready when something hits him

¨wait... did you say steal it???¨ eddie whips his head to the taller boy and runs back down the stairs

¨yeah.? what about it ¨ richie chuckles at the scared boy

¨what if we get caught? i cant get caught ill be grou-¨ richie cuts the frantic boy off before he continues 

¨grounded for the rest of summer blah blah blah, you said that the other night and we didnt get caught did we? and besidesss i do this all the time, you dont have to worry babes¨ richie winks at the now red faced boy   

¨no, i guess we didint.. we can try, but if we get caught im blaming you and youre gonna get in trouble not me. and stop calling me babes.!¨ eddie knows he wouldnt actually make richie take all the blame, and richie knows that too so he doesnt worry

¨whatever babes, lets go get ready¨ richie smirks and runs up the stairs, the little boy following not far behind

~~~4:45 PM~~~

the 2 boys stand outside the store, both looking at the big bold sign that reads 'derry liquor store' before the raven haired boy starts to waltz in like he owns the place.

eddie runs after richie not wanting to lose him in this scary time. The adrenaline felt good to the doe eyed boy though, he liked it.  

the boys wander around the store for a while, looking at all their options -luckily, derry is a very small and poor town so almost none of the stores have cameras, only the stores that matter have cameras- eddie finds the twisted teas and stuffs a few single cans into his book bag

eddie could feel his heart beating in his throat and his stomach was basically on the floor with how scared he was from just a few cans. richie on the other hand was stuffing bottles of vodka, liquor and even some wine for bev and betty, strawberry wine.

once they got done richie looked at the cashier which was the only worker there at the moment, once he saw that the cashier wasnt paying attention he looked back at eddie ¨run. now." he said firmly.

eddie wasnt ready, not expecting it. once it hit him, he started to run for it. the cashier didnt notice richie slip out until he saw the smaller boy sprint out. he was gone in a flash you could almost not catch it, but the cashier still saw and ran after the boy. once outside there was no one in sight, and just like that the 2 boys got away.