forbidden love- a eddie kaspbrak x reader story

chapter 3- (y/n) first date

y/n pov:

1 month later:

school was going well for me over the last couple of days. i had become great friends with bill stan and eddie and i was making good grades. henry bowers bullied me for only being friends with boys, but i didn't mind much. they were my friends and they made me feel good whenever they were around me.

i hear the landline in my room ring and a dash across the room to answer it. "hello, y/n speaking" i say into the phone

"hi this is b-bill i was wondering if you wanted to go to the derry c-cafe with me"

"yeah of course! what time?" i say. i had kind of caught on that bill had a crush on me over the past few days. he constantly was looking down when talking to me and was always blushing. i couldn't say i didn't have feeling for him. bill was always a very nice person and i wouldn't mind going on a date with him. he just maybe wouldn't be my first choice. but i couldn't say no because that would hurt his feelings and maybe make things awkward between us.

"11:30 if that w-works for you" bill said

"great that's perfect see you then!"

the weather was just starting to get pretty in this little town of maine. i have been going on walks around town a lot. sometimes i go by myself, other times with richie. richie has had it hard since moving here. he hasn't made any friends yet and i feel sorry for him. i tell him that if he were to control his mouth it would be easy to make friends but he doesn't listen.

the rest of the losers plan on going to the arcade later today and i plan on inviting him. richie loves going to the arcade as much as i do. over the summer when we just moved to derry, richie and i discovered the arcade. we went almost every saturday when we had a couple quarters. our go to game to play is definitely street fighter. richie is amazing at it and wins most of the time. sometimes he lets me win when he is feeling nice.

i go to my closet and pick out my outfit. i only have 1 hour until i have to meet bill at the cafe. i pick out a sweater with multiple shades of brown stripes and a pair of high waisted jeans. i put my hair in a half-up-half-down ponytail and put on my converse. i grab my purse and walk downstairs to tell my mother where i am going to go.

by the time i walk downstairs, i see a note on the kitchen island. "i had to come in for work. be home tonight. be good! if you need anything call sharon"

"great" i whisper under my breath. mom is always picking up extra shifts and she never tells me or richie until she leaves. i hear footsteps on the stairs and turn to see richie walking down the stairs rubbing his eyes.

"where's mom dipface?" richie says he is obviously tired and i wouldn't be suprised if he stayed up to 1am just for the heck of it.

"work" i say back as i grab a pen to write what i am doing today in case mom gets home before i do. "if you want to join me i'm going to the arcade later today"

"i guess, where are you going right now?" richie goes to the counter and grabs a cup for cereal.

"cafe with bill" as i say this is cringe. i just know what richie is going to say. "you know you have been being a complete jerk to him over the past month. he can't control his studder and he's shy. at least that's better than saying ever single thing that pops in your brain"

richie grabbed the lucky charms and poured them into a bowl as i heard him mumble sorry under his breath.

"well i will be leaving now. i will stop back at home on my way to the arcade and i will come get you."

"k" richie said as he sat down eating his cereal.

i start walking towards the cafe. it is a long walk but it is fine. i like taking walks to help me focus. as i walk i see bills house. he has the perfect family from everything i have seen. he had everything that i want in a family. a mother that cares, a father that cares, and 2 loving boys that get everything they ever dream of. georgie is the purest boy i have ever met. he is so nice and cute. he is always playing outside and when i walk past i almost never see him inside. as i walk past the denbrough house georgie is outside playing among sheets hanged to dry over by their back door. georgie is yelling something about being an astronaut and i smile.

i continue walking all the way to the cafe and when i see bill standing outside with his bike.

"am i late? i'm sorry" i say seeing that he looks cold and was most likely standing outside for a while.

"no i just got here e-early your g-good" we walk inside of the cafe and sit down at a booth. we smile and a waitress comes over and asks us what we want.

"i will have a strawberry shake please" i say looking at the large menu in my hands. i look to bill to see what he will order.

"i-i don't know i-i will j-just have a w-water" i look to bill in concern. if he asked me to come why wasn't he ordering anything?

i smile at bill while i hand the menu back to the waitress. "richie is excited to go to the arcade later" i say looking down at the wood table.

"y-you told him? h-he is s-so mean to m-me. i-i don't want him to g-go"

"i swear he is a good person. he just needs time to warm up to people. he isn't normally mean"

"i guess he can c-come. just one r-rule"

"what?l

"as soon as he is m-mean, he has to leave"

"deal." i say sticking out my hand jokingly for bill to shake. he reaches out and we shake hands smiling. suddenly we both stop shaking our hands, letting our hands still locked together drop to the table. we both stop smiling and stare into each others eyes. we both start to lean forward into the table, our faces inches away.

"one strawberry shake and one water, have a nice day" the waitress says as she sets our drinks into the table. our hands unlock and we look down in embarrassment.

"s-sorry" bill says as he opens his straw and drops it into the water.

"nonono you did nothing wrong" i say shaking my head as i take a sip of my shake.

we sat in silence until we both finished our drinks. i offered to pay the bill, but bill insisted he would do it himself.

i start walking out the door when bill runs up behind me.

"want a r-ride to the arcade?" bill asks as he unlocks his bike

"yeah thanks" i say as i sit on the back of bills bike, hugging him from behind and smiling.