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finale (part 1)

10 years later...

"richie!" y/n called as she walked out of the bathroom, holding onto the white and pink stick tightly.

"yes, love?" richie asked her as he walked over. y/n smile with a tear cascading down her cheek.

"it's positive." she said, her voice cracking. richie pulled her into a hug, then slowly slid down to hug her stomach.

"i'm gonna be a dad." he said in a happy-sad tone. "i'm gonna be a dad..." he repeated quietly and slowly. he looked up at her and stood up, kissing her gently, but happily.

"i'm excited.." she said quietly but loud enough for richie to hear.

"me too." he replied. y/n huffed out a laugh, keeping a small smile on her lips. "we're... we're going to be parents."

"that we are. we should get together with the other losers for dinner soon and tell them" richie suggested.

"but first, let's get some sleep." she said. he nodded, then picked y/n bridal style and carried her to the bed, laying her down gently as she unwrapped her arms from his neck. richie got in bed after he laid y/n down, and pulled the already-sleeping-girl close to him, and also falling asleep.

the next morning...

they got up the next morning. y/n made the call that they would like to have dinner with the others, while richie started to come up with ideas.

y/n came over to richie and sat next to him, looking at the empty piece of paper.

"what should we have to eat?" richie started.

"maybe we could have... spaghetti and meatballs?" y/n suggested. richie nodded.

"yeah, that sounds good. we were probably gonna have it sometime this week, anyways." he said. she laughed.

"you're probably right" she said. she smiled, then leaned back against the maroon couch. "how should we tell them?" y/n asked.

"i have an idea..." richie said as he looked over at y/n.

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3 days later... 

y/n was fixing the pasta, waiting for the others to arrive.  

"rich!" y/n called, pulling out a two pieces of thin pasta on the wooden spoon. he came into the kitchen, then took a piece of spaghetti, y/n doing the same.

"40 more seconds" richie said. y/n nodded.

"that's exactly what i was thinking." she replied. richie smiled at her, then went to set the table.

y/n counted in her head up to fourty, then turned the burner heat setting to low and went to strain the water out of the pot. once she was done, she put the pot back into the stove, and poured in the tomato sauce on top.

and then the first guests arrived.

"hi!" the all-too-familiar voice said.

"hey, bear! hey jess!" y/n greeted with a smile. y/n and jessie hugged, then stan and y/n hugged.

15 minutes later...

everyone was now there, and they were getting ready to eat.

y/n and richie made eye contact, smiled, then ate and chatted with the others.

y/n and richie got up after they were all done eating, having bright smiles on their lips.

"so, we have some presents for you..."