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13. January ❀ age 6 

Eddie walked slowly to the Toziers house, clutching the brown candy bag in his small hand. He had dried tear trails on his reddish cheeks. Eddie's chest was racing up and down as he hit his knuckles against the door. 

He heard silent footsteps walking closer to the door, which made Eddie wipe his nose one more time. 

Riley Tozier opened the door, smiling a little when he saw Eddie. "Richie's upstairs" 

Eddie nodded, walking in and giving a forced smile to Riley. 

He walked up the stairs to Richie's room, which door was closed. 

Eddie knocked on it and twisted the handle, opening the door and seeing Richie curled up on the bed, an old teddy bear laying next to him. 

Eddie smiled a bit and shut the door behind him. He walked to his best friend and placed a hand on his shoulder. 

"Richie..." Eddie whispered, shakily, due to the fact that he has cried. 

Richie shifted, but didn't wake up. 

"Rich...?" Eddie shook Richie's shoulder a bit. 

"not now mommy..." Richie furrowed his brows, yet still keeping his eyes shut. 

Eddie rolled his eyes. "Richie!" 

Richie flinched and jumped up to sit on the bed. He turned to Eddie and let out a yelp. "EDS!" 

"Didn't I tell you not to call me that?" Eddie smirked a bit. 

"Holy shit, Eds...you scared the shit out of me....What are you doing here? I thought my mom told you that I can't be with you today?" Richie gasped, totally ignoring Eddie's rhetorical question. 

Eddie frowned. "You don't want to be with me?" 

"What, no! I mean...I'm just really tired and I thought that I'd be boring company cause I would keep passing out...but you're here now!" Richie grinned at the end and pulled Eddie to the bed, hugging him tight. "I missed you!" 

Eddie giggled, while Richie's arms were wrapped around his small torso. 

Richie sighed and let go of Eddie, rubbing his eyes a bit. "So...what brings you here Kaspbrak?" Richie grabbed his glasses from his nightstand and put them on. 

Eddie's smiled faded away and he looked down. 

"eddie?" Richie asked, his own smile vanishing too. 

"I...I have something to...s-say" Eddie's lower lip began quivering. 

"Well what is it?" Richie asked. 

Eddie looked up at Richie, tears welling into his brown eyes. "We're....we're m-moving" 

Richie's face dropped. He just stared at his best friend, straight into his teary eyes. 

"Say something please" Eddie sniffled. 

"moving?" Richie spoke up.