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march  ❀ age 17-18

  "so, richie...how does it feel like to be 18?" ben asked from richie, who was playing with the straw of his milkshake.

"honestly, it feels the same when I was eight. only now, I can legally drink" richie smirked. "even though that didn't stop me from doing it earlier"

"so you're the same trashmouth what you were when you were twelve?" stan lifted a brow.

"yeah, pretty much. but you wouldn't want it any other way, right?" richie grinned, before getting up and sighing. "anyway, I need to go help my mom. we're cleaning the attic today. but uh, i'll see you guys at bill's?"

"you will" eddie smirked up at his (secret) boyfriend, where the taller one replied with a wide grin.

"bye baby" he said casually and leaned down to peck eddie's lips before leaving the diner, whistling.

after that, it was quiet. the others stared at eddie, who looked like a tomato. he was staring at the table, digging his nails into his palms.

eddie slowly looked up at his friends, who had small smirks on their lips.

"how long?" bev grinned and leaned on her hand as she looked at eddie, who was blushing like crazy.

"four months" eddie said quietly.

"you owe me twenty bucks" stan glared at bill who rolled his eyes and dug a twenty dollars from his pocket. he handed it to stan who smirked.

"you bet on us?" eddie asked.

"yeah. bill said you two would've dated longer than that" stan said and slid the twenty in his pocket. "I won"

"so you guys are...okay with it?" eddie lifted a brow.

the others only chuckled lightly. "are you kidding, eddie? we've been waiting for this day forever" ben said.

eddie looked down and smiled a little.

"we're so happy for you two" mike put a hand on eddie's, where the other smiled back.

"so, have you fucked around with him yet?" bev asked eagerly, sliding closer to eddie, who choked on his spit.

"that's none of your business"

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"shhh he's coming soon" mike whispered as he glanced from behind the curtain onto the front yard, seeing richie's car's lights in the distance.

"i'm so excited" eddie grinned and hid behind the corner near the front door. he looked at their other friends, who were also hiding and then the other guests, people from their school who knew richie. but being completely honest, everybody knew richie, so it was hard to cut some people out.

which led to that the whole school knew about the surprise party, expect richie himself. obviously.

"he's here, he's here, everybody hide" mike said before squatting down, waiting for the door of the denbrough house open.