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Richie's POV (present time)

I go upstairs and quietly enter Bill's room. I shut the door and see Eddie sleeping in Bill's bed. Bev tucked him, sometimes I think she forgets that Eddie isn't actually her child. I walk over to the bed and crawl in next to him. He curls into my side, still asleep.

"Stupid, stupid, Eds" I whisper and kiss his forehead. I run my fingers through his hair and play with it until he wakes up around an hour later.

"Rich?" he asks quietly.

"Hey, Bug" I say using the same volume he is.

"What are you doing here?"

"Bev called me"

"Of course she did. How much did she tell you"

"Everything"

"I'm sorry"

"Sh..don't be. It's not your fault"

"I was gonna tell you eventually"

"I know"

"Are you mad?"

"No, not at all. I do have a question though"

"Ok"

"Why do you have socks on your hands?"

"I kept picking at my scars"

"Oh. I thought you were jerking off too much or something"

"Richie!" he gasps and punches my arm. I laugh and kiss him, "you're disgusting, you know that?" he asks after we pull apart.

"I know"

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Eddie's POV

Richie and I get up and go downstairs. Bill, Bev, and Georgie are sitting on the couch watching something on Netflix.

"Hey" I say.

"Hey, Eddie. Feeling better?" Bev asks.

"Yeah, thanks. I'm really sorry for making such a big deal out of everything" I say looking at my feet.

"Don't b-be" Bill says.

"Ok so I'm thinking....half of us are already here....we should invite everyone else and have a sleepover!" Richie says.

"Ri-Rich, we have s-school in the mor-morning" 

"We can skip"

"B-Besides you and Eddie will be m-making out all night"

"So will you and Stan"

"N-not true!"

"Kinda true"

"Wh-whatever. Fine, but I d-doubt they'll be ok with s-skipping tomorrow"

"You do realize we don't have to skip right? We can still go to school" I say.

"What he said" Bev says.

"I'll text everyone" Richie says.

Trashmouth: SLEEPOVER AT BILLS
Staniel: we have school in the morning
Trashmouth: half of us are already spending the night so i had the fantastic idea to make the rest of u come
Haystack: ok
Mikey: fine
Staniel: no, we have school and u'll probably keep me up all night
Big Bill: please, Stan? for me?
Staniel: uggggggghhhhh
Staniel: fine!
Big Bill: YAY

"He's so whipped" Richie laughs and puts his phone back in his pocket.

"Sh-shut up, Richie" Bill says.

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Mike just got here, Ben and Stan got here around the same time, so everyones here.

"Took you long enough" Richie says.

"It's been 30 minutes" Mike says.

"Exactly" 

"It wasn't that long. You're just impatient"

"I am not impatient"

"Yes, you are" I say.

"Whatever" Richie mumbles.

"I'm gonna go upstairs. Hey, Stan" Georgie says and stands up.

"Hey" Stan says and takes Georgie's spot next to Bill.

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It's about 2 hours later and my phone starts ringing. I step into the kitchen to answer it.

Me: Hello?
Mom: You didn't ask, Eddie
Me: I know, I'm sorry I just needed my friends
Mom: I knew they were bad influences on you
Me: Mom, they're good kids
Mom: Are not! That Beverly girl sleeps around. The Tozier boy....he's gay
Me: Both of those are wrong

Mom: I saw him kissing a boy a few days ago
Me: R-really? Where?
Mom: At the pharmacy
Me: Did you see who it was?
Mom: No. He was small though and had brown hair
Me: Oh. Can I stay the night here please? We're working on a project that's due soon. It's worth 80% of my grade
Mom: Fine
Me: Thanks mommy!
Mom: You're welcome. Bye, love you
Me: Love you too

I hang up and jump when I turn around and see Richie sitting on the counter.

"So...something freaked you out" he says taking a bite of the apple he grabbed out of the bowl next to him.

"My mom saw us kissing" I explain.

"When?"

"At the pharmacy. She doesn't know it was me, just you"

"What's the problem?"

"Nothing I guess"

"Ok"

"Are you guys coming? We wanna watch a movie" Bev says from the doorway. Richie jumps off the counter and grabs my hand before leading me out to the living room.