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Chapter 5: First Day at School

This one is going to be a lot longer than I usually do but yeah.

Eddie's POV:

I woke up with a smile on my face. I can't wait to see Richie. Yesterday, after we kissed, he helped me to clean up the last of my cuts and left. The rest of that day I hid from my mom, but not because I was scared of her like all the other times, but because I didn't want her to ruin my mood. I went to brush my teeth and change my clothes. I got ready to go but then I realized my mom would see me.

I sat on my bed thinking of a way to get out without her spotting me. I decided to go out through the bathroom window and climb down the tree. I opened the window and reached out towards the trees thickest branch. I got a strong hold on it and hopped out, but then I suddenly heard a cracking sound so I hurried to make my way towards the branches start. I got close enough to reach the tree and instantly hugged it. I slid down and stopped myself halfway, reaching towards another branch and slid again this time all the way down.

I got on my way and realized I forgot my backpack. I quickly climbed back up the tree and hopped in through the window. I ran to my backpack and grabbed it, and then ran back to the bathroom and threw it out the window. I crawled onto the tree again and slid down. I picked up my backpack from the grass, and swung it onto my back.

I got on my bike and started pedaling, not even halfway there I got bored. The bike ride seemed to be taking forever, I just kept thinking about Richie to get me through and before I knew it I was finally there. I scanned the front of the school but couldn't see Richie. I decided to go into my first class which was Algebra. I was walking down the hall when I saw Henry and his goons. I tried to hide my face from him with the hood of my white sweater as he started coming through the same hallway as me. I tried to walk at the same speed as him so he wouldn't look over. As he came closer I heard him and his friends talking and his voice slowly faded away as he got farther away from me. I put my hood down and let out a sigh of relief. I was one more hall away from algebra when I checked my watch and saw that I was still 15 minutes early. I slowed down and looked around for Richie, but instead I saw Bill sitting alone on the floor. I started to walk over to him. When I was about 3 feet away he finally saw me coming.

"H-Hey Eddie."
"Hi Bill."
I pressed my back against the locker and slid down. I scooted over to him so our shoulders were touching, then I turned to face him.
"What're you up to?"
"Just w-waiting for class to s-start."
"Oh what class?"
"Algebra."
"Me too."
I looked at him with a smile on my face, and I saw him put on a fake smile with tears in his  eyes.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing."
"No it isn't."
I looked him in the eyes but he turned his head away. I turned my body to the left towards him.
"Tell me."
"I've just b-been thinking about G-Georgie."
"Like what?"
"I've just been t-thinking about how he d-deserved so much better t-than to die a-alone"
He said with a shaky voice hiding his tears.
I slid my left arm under his right arm and leaned my head on his shoulder.

He pulled his arm away and wrapped it around me by putting it around my back and over my right shoulder and leaned over.

We sat like that for about 12 minutes and just let the people stare. Even though we didn't like each other like that we still felt comfortable with each other enough to hug and comfort one another. Afterwards, we got up together and left to Algebra class and sat together.

Richie's POV:

I woke up late for school. I got my phone out  from my nightstand and saw Eddie had texted me. I put my phone down before checking my messages. I decided to take a shower before going to school. I got undressed and got into the warm shower. After cleaning myself I dried off, got out of the bathroom naked and went to my room. I quickly grabbed clean underwear and went searching through my drawers for my baby blue sweater. I find a pair of white skinny jeans and put them on.