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five

Richie woke up bright and early to get ready for his hang out session with Eddie. He still felt like this was a huge deal.

"Hey, dad." He said as he rushed downstairs. "Can I hang out with a friend today?"

"Sure, bud. Who?" Wentworth answered while his eyes were still fixed on his newspaper.

"A new friend. His names Eddie. Just moved here."

"Cool, have fun."

Richie smiled and headed to his car to drive to Eddies. Eddie had sent him his address this morning.

-

Eddie heard the knock on his door and opened it immediately. There was Richie, with his big smile.

"Hey, Eddie spaghetti."

Eddie rolled his eyes and motioned for Richie to come in. Richie looked around, it was very neat. It felt nice.

"So, where are your parents? No car in the driveway." Richie stated.

"I live with my aunt."

"Oh." Richie nodded, he didn't want to be rude, but he wanted to know more. "Why?"

Eddie didn't seem to mind. "Dad passed when I was five, and I got taken away from my mom. She's a little crazy."

Richie nodded again. He was still intrigued, but stopped there.

"Want something to drink?"

"Sure eds, what do you have?"

"Poison if you keep calling me that."

"Wow! I'm truly hurt." Richie said dramatically. Eddie laughed a little, and that made Richies day even better than it was already going.

They made their way to the kitchen and Eddie gave Richie a juice box, per his request.

"Thanks, spaghetti." Richie said which earned an eye roll.

"Eds, if you keep rolling your eyes, they're gonna get stuck up there."

"Shut up." Eddie responded as he poured himself water.

-

Awhile later, the boys were watching TV in the living room. Richie swore that Eddie had moved closer to him, but he still wasn't close enough. Richie was nervous, he never got that nervous. He wanted to put his arm around him, wanted to hold his hand, anything. All this and he still had no idea if Eddie even liked boys.

Richie was about to make a comment on what the TV show was saying when the front door opened. Richie sat up straight without thinking, Eddie smiled at that.

"Hey, you must be Richie." A woman with long brown hair said, walking into the living room.

"Yeah, nice to meet you." Richie said with a little wave.

She nodded, "We're having spaghetti for dinner. You're welcome to stay, Richie."

Once Jamie was into the kitchen, Richie turned to Eddie, grabbed his hands and gasped dramatically, "Spaghetti? That's cannibalism!"

Eddie laughed and rolled his eyes, but he was blushing at the feeling of Richies hands on his own. Richie realized what he'd done and dropped his hands, trying not to be noticeable about the whole thing. It wasn't a big deal. Richie knew he liked Eddie by this point, but the rest of the night, it was Eddie who couldn't stop thinking about how he felt when Richies hands touched his own.