A/N:
I put a lot of effort into this chapter, and its a little draining, so the other two chapters may be a little scattered over the day, but they should start to get much longer, just like this one. Anyways, enjoy.
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Eddie Kaspbrak
I stared back at the chestnut-haired boy, who was staring intensely at me now. Squinting ever so slightly as he began to sit up. He looked serious now.
"Duh-did you suh-say Kay-spuh-sprak?" He questioned me, in the same position as earlier.
"...Yes-" I replied softly, looking at the redheaded girl staring at me. She smiled softly, and I returned a smile.
"Ruh-rich--bring him uh-over--" the boy said suddenly, now actually getting up off of the bed, still staring at me.
And with that, I was being pulled in between the two windows, I was clinging to--Richie-by the time I was in the next room. Clinging for dear life. I didnt want to die. Not now. Not yet.
"Awe...he likes me" Richie said, looking down at me, and that caused me to push out of his grip, steadying myself on the ground, and fixing my shirt before looking at the chestnut-haired boy from before.
"Youre buh-back-" he said simply, with a grin. Staring down at me still.
It took me a moment to realize who he was, I just stood there, staring at him. Dumbfounded. Until I remembered the stutter, how freaking tall he was, and some of his facial features. Then I grinned at him. "Denbrough?"
He nods, also grinning. He pulls me into a tight hug immediately, and I return the hug almost immediately. God, I missed him. I really did. It was nice being able to hug him again, for the first time in 10 years. So, I stayed there like that, hugging him tightly until Richie spoke up.
"What the fuck--how do you two knkw each other-?" He said plainly, squinting at us as we just gripped onto eachither like our libes depended on it. Bill looked at him quietly, and I turned my head to look at him.
"Wuh-we knew eachother in fuh-first grade-" Bill spoke up, still looking at Richie, and gripping onto me, I was doing the same.
"I moved after first grade-" I said quietly. Still hugging bill. The room was silent again, until beverly spoke up, seeing Richie was still confused.
"Kinda like us--but neither of us really moved-"
"...Oh" Richie said softly, looking at Beverly, who returned the look. Then she smiled and began to laugh softly. Causeing Richie to grin.
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The Next Day
Richie Tozier
I shifted slightly, beginning to wake up, but I stopped as soon as I felt someone laying on my chest. I opened my eyes slowly, looking down to see Beverly asleep on my chest. I smiled slightly, moving one of my hands to mess with her short, messy red hair in attempt to wake her up. I succeeded. She began to shift, letting out a soft breath as he rubbed her eyes.
"Morning sunshine" I grinned, running a hand through my own messy hair. She smiles sleepily at me, then looks around the room quietly.
"Wheres Bill-"
I turned my head to look around the room. Then I shrugged a little--and just on the, Bill walked into the room, holding a bowl of what looked like dry Froot Loops.
"Guh-get a room-" Bill grinned at us teasingly.
And at that, Beverly sighed, beginning to get up, messing with her hair. She looked like she was still half asleep. "For the (yawn) millionth time Bill--he's like my big brother. Gross."
I just grin at her, pulling her back down onto my chest, and she just lets me. "But incest is wincest" I say, raising my voice a little. That earned a playful punch from beverly.
"Perv."
Eddie Kaspbrak
I was sitting out on my porch, earbuds in my ears, playing loud music. I'd been out here since around 7:30, I've been awake since 6. As I was sitting there, looking out into the street quietly, letting the song play, I was distracted by a tall brunette male walking by. We made eye contact, then he started walking twoards me. I pulled an earbud out quietly as he stopped in front of me, smiling. I smiled back and he sat next to me on the porch.
"...Do you mind?" He said softly, looking at the earbud I wasnt using. I shook my head, and he took the earbud, putting it in his ear. "...Troye Sivan" he smiled, looking at me once again. I nodded, also smiling again, we stayed like that until he spoke again.
"...What's your name?"
"Eddie-" I replied quietly, still smiling at him.
He smiles back once again, replying with "That's cute...I'm Elijah"
I went silent, staring at him quietly, studying his facial features, until he looked away, at three people walking towards my house. I looked at them too. It was Richie, Bill and the girl from yesterday. They keep walking twoards us until about half way to the porch. They stop and just stare at Elijah for a while. Elijah grins back at them. Mostly Richie, he had a victorious looking grin on his face. As if he was teasing Richie. They keep staring like that until Richie walks over, taking my hand and pulling me up, ripping the headphine out of Elijah's ear. Richie steps in front of me, he seemed protective over me. Really protective.
Elijah stood up, folding his arms, grinning at Richie. "Who are you, his mom?" He cooed at Richie, glancing behind him at me.
Richie turned to look at me. "Would you rather hang with us or him?" He said the word him in a 'dont choose that' way, so I just said "You guys-" quietly, looking over at bill and the girl, who motioned for me to go to them. So I did.
Richie followed behind me, and we walked away, leaving Elijah there, watching us walk away. He looked mad. Really mad.
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After a while of walking, I looked up at Richie quietly, and he looked back down at me. He grinned at me. "So--where are we going exactly..?" He just kept grinning at me as he put an arm around me.
"The lake."
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After about 10 minutes, we came to a cliff, dropping off to a large body of water. Richie, Bill and the girl were all undressing. I was staring at Richie. I probably seemed creepy. But I was genuinely confused.
"What? Ya like what you see, Eds?" He grinned, tossing his shirt to the ground, then pulling his glasses off.
"Wh-why are you all--"
"We're swuh-swimming-" Bill answered, causing me to look over at him amd the girl, who nodded in agreement. "You gonna join?" She said sweetly, Bill was looking at her too now.
"I guess so-" I said quietly, looking at richie for a moment before I looled at the ground, taking my shorts off slowly. And luckily, Bill and Beverly were laughing, and jumping into the water. But richie stayed. He was staring at me, waiting.
"Did your dick fall off or something?"
That caused me to turn away from him, saying "Maybe" quietly, beginning to pull my shirt off. But I stop. What if he hates me for being transgender--Bill's fine with it obviously, but...what if Richie hates me for it? I sigh softly to myself, and decide to just pull the shirt off. I turn to Richie quietly, looking at his expression. He was smiling.
"Reddie ( ;) ) to get in? Took ya long enough to get undressed." He was still grinning at me. I smile as he takes my hand, leading me to the edge of the cliff. "On the count of three."
"One..."
"Two..."
"Three!"
And we jump.
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A/N
and that was one long chapter down. 1,324 words. Wooo. I hope its enjoyable to read, took me a while to write so yeah!!!
Til next time.
