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i swear i'm crazy but i'm giving you a triple update cause this fucking book hit 100k and idek why but here's this chapter and now i'm gonna stop being so nice cause i've been updating so much lately

june ❀ age 13 -14   

beverly and ben had joined the losers club. bev for the second time and ben for the first time. all of them were semi happy. richie was doing great with betty, stan and eddie keeping their mouths shut of the kiss, bill still trying to find his little brother, ben having a slight crush on bev and bev herself struggling at home with her dad.

"have you heard anything from georgie?" bev asked from bill as they were eating at Harvest.

"y-you think ih-i wouldn't have suh-said something if I had?" bill said and sipped his milkshake.

"sorry" bev lifted her brows and popped a fry in her mouth. "just a thought..."

richie, ben and beverly were all sitting on the same side of the booth, while eddie, stan and bill on the opposide, eddie in front of richie, bill in front of ben and stan in front of bev.

"we used to come here with betty" richie leaned back as he had taken a sip from his own milkshake. eddie almost choked on his ice cream soda.

"jeez, you just always bring her up, don't ya" bev smirked and leaned in front to see richie's face. the boy with the glasses grinned. "of course i do. oh don't look so sour bevvy. you're my favorite girl right after her"

"flip off tozier" bev stuck her tongue out.

"why do you like her so much?" ben asked, holding his hamburger in front of his mouth and took a bite.

"she's nice"

"sounds like a lame reason to date someone" eddie shrugged.

"okay, eds. let me tell you why exactly I like her then. she's funny, hilarious actually. she gets my jokes, doesn't beep beep me, her laugh is the mots beautiful thing I've heard in the entire world and her eyes...oh her eyes are amazing. like looking into puppy's eyes. they're so big and beautiful. like two galaxies. i just get lost in them for hours. her lips are soft and she smells like caramel...sweet and cozy. she reminds me of home, like everytime i'm with her, i feel like I'm home"

that's exactly how eddie felt with richie.

"okay!" eddie exclaimed, stopping richie. "we got it"

"you asked for it" richie lifted his hands up for defense.

"no I didn't! I never asked you to do that" eddie said harshly, slamming his hands against the table.

"well someone's on their period" richie coughed and drank from his milkshake.

"shut up shut up shut up!" eddie growled, clutching his fists. richie brushed his leg against eddie's, trying to calm the other boy down. he gave eddie a sad look, touching his fist on the table.

eddie tensed up at richie's touch, breath coming out of him like wind.

"anyway...have you guys ran into bowers after that incident?" bev asked, pointing at ben.