Calculator (Reddie)

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The bell to signal the end of class couldn't come soon enough. Eddie quickly packed up his things, grabbing his calculator from Richie's hands and walking towards the door of the classroom.

"Wait just a minute Eddie!" Eddie heard Mr. Wallace call to him, and he sighed before walking back into the classroom and to his teacher's desk.

"Yes, Mr. Wallace?" Eddie asks somewhat impatiently. He can see Richie staring at him out of the corner of his eye and just wants to get out of there.

"I want you to stay back for a minute." Mr. Wallace said, sitting in his chair before turning his attention to Richie. "You too, Richie." Eddie's eyes widened and he heard Richie groan from behind him. When all the students left the classroom, Richie came to stand next to Eddie.

"What do you want?" Richie asked the math teacher rudely. Mr. Wallace only chuckled.

"Now Richie, let's not get nasty here. I'm talking to the two of you because I think the both of you would work well together." Richie's and Eddie's eyes widened in almost perfect synchronization.

"What?" Both boys asked  in alarm.

"Relax, boys." Mr. Wallace chuckled again, "I'm pairing the two of you up. Eddie, I want you to be Richie's tutor." He said whilst organizing his desk.

"No way."

"I'm not tutoring him!"

Both boys started up yelling reasons why this couldn't happen, but Mr. Wallace quieted them down immediately. They just couldn't change his mind, as per usual.

"I'm sorry boys but I've already made up my mind. Eddie you will start tutoring Richie later this week, by Wednesday. Figure something out amongst the two of you, about where the tutoring will take place and such. Now, dismissed." Mr. Wallace clapped loudly and both boys made their way out of the classroom. As soon as the door shut behind them, Richie began talking.

"Let's talk at lunch. I'll be outside by one of the picnic tables. You'll see me." Was all Richie said before taking off down the hall, presumably to his next class. Eddie shook his head at himself, mumbling angrily as he made his way to third period.

~~Time Skip~~

Eddie had just emptied his books into his locker and was now heading to meet Richie. He had already told Bill and Stan all about it; they had third and fourth period together. Eddie's thoughts were occupied by what was about to occur and he didn't realize where he was until he had to open the door. He exited the school building and made his way towards the picnic tables. He spotted Richie at the table farthest from the school's so he went over and sat across from him. As soon as Eddie was seated, he was greeted with a puff of smoke directly in his face.

"Oh God Rich, really?" Eddie complained while Richie laughed as he put the vape away.

"Sorry." He said sarcastically, starting to eat his own lunch. Eddie just rolled his eyes as he started to do the same.

"So, why did I have to meet you here?" Eddie asked in between bites.

"Well, we gotta figure out what we're doing about this stupid tutoring thing don't we?" Richie let out a loud burp after he finished speaking.