Red~ Eddie Kaspbrak

11. I Love You

I was sitting at the counter eating soup while conversing with my brother and his friends. The phone rang and we all grew silent. Dylan gestured for me to answer it making me sigh. I hopped off my chair and answered

"Hello?"

"Jocelyn! I *wheeze* need my *wheeze* inhaler!" Eddie frantically yelled.

"Oh my god! Okay! I'll be right there!" I yelled hanging up. Everyone looked at me confusingly as I ran into my room to retrieve the inhaler Eddie had left at my house.

"Where are you going?!" Dylan asked as I ran towards the front door.

"Eddie's having an asthma attack!" I yelled before slamming the door shut. I got on my bike hurriedly and raced to his house.

I pulled up and threw my bike on the ground, not caring what happened to it. I knocked on the front door loudly, breathing hard due to how fast I had been riding my bike. I awaited impatiently and the last person I wanted to see answered. It was Mrs. Kaspbrak.

"Here! I have his inhaler! Is he o-" I yelled, handing her the inhaler. She didn't give me time to finish talking when she slammed the door on my face.

I walked back towards my bike with a sigh. I picked it up but the front door opened, making me stop.

"Thank you" Mrs. Kaspbrak said with no emotion in her voice.

"You're wel-" I was cut off by her slamming the door in the middle of my sentence yet again. I rolled my eyes, sending her the finger before taking off to my house. When I returned I went straight to my room ignoring the questions I received from the young adults on the couch. I threw myself on the bed and groaned loudly. I heard a knock on my door and sighed.

"Come in" I said as Hilarry, Julissa and Monica sat on my bed.

"What happened?" Larry asked.

"Eddie was having an asthma attack and he left his inhaler here. So I went over to his house to give it to him and when I got there his mom answered and she took the inhaler from me and slammed the door in my face" I explained.

"What a bitch" Monica said making me laugh.

"She did say thank you but she didn't sound very happy and then she slammed the door again" I added.

"That's fucked up, you were just trying to help" Julissa said making us all nod in agreement.

"Yeah, she's very controlling and protective of Eddie" I explained.

"I can tell" Hilarry chuckled.

"Jocelyn! Your boyfriend is on the phone asking for you!" Dylan yelled, making me jump off my bed and towards the phone. My brother handed me the phone and I grabbed ot excitedly.

"Hello?"

"Hey Joc, I just wanted to say thanks and im sorry about my mom" He sighed.

"It's fine Eds, im just glad you're okay. Im surprised your mom let you use the phone this late at night" I laughed.

"Well she doesn't know im on the phone. She's asleep...I hope" He quietly said.

"Wow! Im shocked! Eddie Kaspbrak disobeyed his mother?" I teased.

"Shut up. Im disobeying her for you y'know? Be more grateful" He laughed.

"Oh, I am grateful for you"

"Shit. I think she woke up. I gotta go, I'll see you tomorrow"

"Okay, bye Eds"

"Bye Joc"

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"What's up fuckers?!" I yelled, making my presence known. Richie and Eddie laughed at me while everyone else rolled their eyes.

I gave Beverly a big hug before walking over to my boyfriend and sat next to him but he didn't say anything.

"Hey Eds" I smiled, trying to kiss him on the cheek but he pushed me away.

"Hey Jocelyn" He said with no emotion, making me furrow my eyebrows in frustration.

"Are you okay Eds?" I asked and nodded.

"Im fine" He bluntly answered.

"Are you sure?"

"I said im fine!" He snapped, surprising me.

"Oh. Okay" I shook my head and made eye contact with Richie who had been listening to our conversation. 'What's up with him?' I mouthed to Richie but he just shrugged.

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The rest of the day was weird. Eddie practically ignored me the whole day and when we actually talked he was oddly short with me. Everyone was gone now, leaving me and Eddie.

"Tell me what's wrong" I sighed.

"Nothing! Im fine!" He yelled, picking up his bike. He was about to leave but I stopped him.

"I love you" I said, making him sigh.

"Don't do that to yourself" He shook his head.

"Why not?"

"Because im weird! You always have to look out for me and you have to think before you do anything because I might freak out! You're scared to kiss me for more than a couple seconds because you don't want me to get grossed out! You wait for me to make the first move because you're scared of my reaction! That's not okay!" He yelled.

"It is okay because I love you Eds"

"No...it's not okay and my mom is fucking difficult. She hates you! I wish I didn't have to listen to her talk shit about you but I can't do anything about it! It hurts so god damn much hearing someone-especially my mother say those things about you! I love you and I can't stand it!" He yelled, his voice was shaking and it was very clear that he wanted to cry. He took a deep breath and began to speak. "I love you and im sorry that you love me"

"Don't be sorry. I love you and I can't stand hearing you talk shit about yourself. If those things really bothered me I wouldn't love you. But they don't bother me and I really really love you" I smiled and grabbed his hand comfortingly.

He pulled me into a kiss and I gladly accepted. This was different than all of the other kisses we've ever had. Our kisses were usually short and sweet but this one felt like it meant everything in the world. He put his hand on my face, trying to pull me closer and tightened his grip on my hand. When we pulled apart we were both blushing messes.

"I love you" He said, pulling me closer with his hand that was still on my cheek.

"I love you too"