daddy issues|| richie tozier

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"beverly baby i'm sorry i told you this" i followed after her to the boys.

"no no you cheated on me" she kept walking to them. "baby please don't do me like this" she stopped walking when she got next to bill, she turned around quickly with her arms crossed.

"don't baby me" she rolled her eyes. "i'm sorry okay?" i pushed my bottom lip out. "i'm sorry okay" she mimicked me.

"i actually love you guys" bill started laughing. beverly sucked her teeth and rolled her eyes. i smiled and jumped up kissing her cheek. "ah you love me" i hugged her.

i felt two other arms pull me away from her. "hello peaches" richie spun me around and kissed me. "hiya" i said when we pulled away.

"this...this is who you cheated on me with?" beverly said. i turned and looked over my shoulder, "he actually lets me kiss him you say it's weird" i roll my eyes.

"don't bring that up" she moved closer to bill. "you guys are so gay" eddie walked into the group. "nope you're the gay one" i said smiling.

he actually seemed bothered by that, he adjusted his bag on his shoulder and tried to avoid eye contact with richie.

"hey after school we are still going to the quarry right?" stanley asked all of us. "i am, i don't know about everyone else" i said.

"we are all going as well" bill said.

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as usual i was the last one out of my class. i closed my bag and started walking towards the exit to meet up with everyone.

as i was walking i heard sniffling from behind me. i lowered my brows and turned around. i started to walk in the opposite direction. the crying got a little louder when i saw eddie, he was the one crying.

"eddie are you okay?" i asked him. he looked up and quickly wiped his face. "yea yea i'm fine" he forced a laugh out and grabbed his bag. i sat down next to him on the bench.

"eddie..what's wrong? did someone hurt you?" i put my bag on the floor. he shook his head no and once again avoided eye connection with me.

"did i do something?"

"no, no you did nothing" he sat back and slouched. "eddie you can tell me" i said lowering my brows. "i can't" he said sounding like he was about to cry again.

"eddie come on tell me" i put my hand on his leg.

"i want to help you" i said. "you can help me by stoping!" he sat up quickly.

"just stop it!" he lashed out. "w-what did i do?"

"you did everything, you came in and ruined how everything was going just stop go somewhere!" he grabbed his bag and started walking.

but i'm stubborn so i'm going to find out what he means. "what did i do eddie?" i followed behind him. "leave me alone hayley" he said.

"eddie please tell me" i started begging at this point. he slowed down, i did a full stop. he turned around and just looked at me.

"eddie i swear, i didn't try to do anything to hurt you. i just wanted to help you" i said softly. his face changed and he looked down.

i stepped closer to him and then he began the crying. "eddie.." i put my hand on his shoulder.

"hayley" he huffed out air and looked up at me.

"hayley im gay"