Hopeless || Reddie

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Eddie dropped his towel that he groped firmly on his small hand and and rammed into Henry, pushing him off the girl.

"What the fuck?!" Henry shouted as he fell on the ground. He looked at Eddie with rage in his eyes.

Eddie kicked Henry in the groin and grabbed the girls arm and lifted her up. He threw his arm around her shoulders and ran with her out of the locker room.

"Come on!" He shouted as he pushed past the locker room doors and into the guys dormitory.

"Who are you?" She asked in a shaky voice.

"Eddie." the boy responded and Bev vaguely remembered Richie bringing up someone with the name Eddie. he pushed open his door into his room.

He laid the girl down on his bed and looked to see Richie with wide eyes.

"Beverly ?!" Richie said and she looked up at him. She had red puffy eyes and was shivering.

"Hello Richie." She said quietly.

"Here." Eddie said tossing her a pair of athletic shorts and a black shirt.

"Thank you Eddie." She said as she changed into them.

"So...what happened." Richie piped up and she looked up at him.

"Henry attacked her in the shower room. I kicked him and ran." Eddie explained and Beverly sat curled up on her bed.

Eddie sat down next to Bev and put his arm around her to warm her up. Richie stood up and sat on the other side of her.

"I'm so sorry Bev." He said as tears rolled down her cheeks. Eddie then looked over to Richie who looked away from eddies stare, still mad at him.

"Rich I'm really sorry about earlier, you have to understand-" Eddie tried saying but was cut off.

"Whatever it's fine. I get it okay? You don't wanna be seen with me." Richie spat.

"No! It's not that. I wanna hang around you but I just can't Richie, at least not alone. They'll hurt me." He said talking about the orderlies. Richie sighed.

"I know, I know. Just.." Richie sighed "stop treating me like I'm disgusting just because I'm okay with the idea of liking boys." He said.

"I'm sorry Richie."

They said sitting on the bed as Beverly leaned her head on Richies shoulder, She smiled as she looked out the small window at the back of the room.

Richie had a psychiatrists appointment to get to so Eddie and Bev went to grab lunch.

The two sat down with their sandwiches and Bev looked at Eddie.

"So, how come you're here?" Beverly asked and Eddie looked up from his sandwich.

"My mom put me here." the boy sighed out, tired of telling people. "Cause I like boys"

"Oh! So you are the Eddie Richie was talking about!" She exclaimed and eddies eyes widened.