room 999 |reddie|

6.

richie wakes up, eddie isn't there. he's also in his house.

of course he's not.

he's been dead for 3 years.

it was just another dream.

there's a note by his bed, one that wasn't there the night before.

rich,

it's time to let go of what's no longer serving you.

xoxo, eds.

richie got up and went to school.

first day of junior year.

maybe things wouldn't be so hellish if eddie had been there since the beginning, but he's always in richies mind.

he has a love/hate relationship with dreams about eddie, but the running away dream had been more recurring.

but every dream he ends up confessing to eddie, maybe from the guilt of never confessing before eddie had died. maybe because even though eddie has been dead since freshman year, he's still in love with him.

but it's no use to hold on anymore.

he let go of the memories of the nights him and eddie would lay in the field looking at the stars or the clouds.

he let go of the late night drives and gas station food.

he let go of eddie.

the cycle is ending.

time to make room for new things.

but richie won't ever forget the love of his life.

if you love someone, you have to let them go eventually.

the end.