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August 2nd, 1988

Richie laid on the living room couch, completely and utterly shocked.

Eddie was Wills best friend. Eddie was the person Will had talked to on the phone. Richie thought Eddie was different, special.

However, Richie knew now that the small boy was no good. If Eddie was friends with Will then that said a lot about him. Will was so boring and robotic like to Richie. They shared nothing in common. If Richie was back then Will was front, if Will was the beginning then Richie the end. Even if Eddie was the genius of Derry like Beverly had said, if Eddie was Will's best friend then there's was no way Richie could associate with him.

That didn't mean he couldn't have fun teasing him around though. If it made Will upset, then Richie would cross the ends of the earth to do it and still have a smile on his face. With this in mind, Richie quickly turned up the volume on his walkman, thinking.

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"Eddie your mom just called, you're sleeping over!" Eddie jumped in surprise as Will shouted with enthusiasm and came running into the bedroom.

"W-What?" Eddie asked in confusion.

"Yeah she called our house and told me to tell you that she has some work to do and that she won't be home for the night. She also said something about taking your pills and being careful blablablabla. That's not important, were gonna have a sleepover!" Will shouted in excitement with a smile that seemed to shine. Eddie had so many questions like what the hell he was supposed to put on to sleep and the following day but instead of asking he just smiled back at an ecstatic Will. This was what summer was all about, having sleepovers with your friends, laughing until you can't breathe, spending entire days in the evening sun, not worrying about stupid little necessities like clothes. He was happy this happened. Suddenly a thought popped in his head

"Wait, where's your cousin gonna sleep?" Eddie asked fearful of the answer that was probably coming.

"With you. I would let you sleep with me but for some reason he got the fucking queen sized bed and i was stuck with the twin. Plus he's a bitch so he probably won't want to sleep in mine."

Eddies eyes widened. At that moment he might as well have imploded. Not only was the one guy he had a dream in which they were kissing his best friends cousin but now only after a day of knowing the guy he was going to be sleeping with him. Why was this even happening to him? He wasn't even gay

And as if on cue none other than Richie fucking Tozier came into the room. Eddies mouth went ajar in awe. He had no shirt on and Eddie guessed he was naked because all that he had was a towel firmly placed around his waist. Eddies cheeks grew a deep velvet and he began to unknowingly stare intensely at the taller boys pale skin. Somehow his skin masked with water droplets looked absolutely delectable to Eddie and he couldn't take his eyes off the pale torso. He caught sight of the snail trail that started near the boys belly button and ran all the way to where Eddie could (unfortunately) not see. As these thoughts ran through his head, logic finally caught up to lust and he tried to look away as fast as he could. However as he looked back up at Richie he had a smug smile plastered on his face. He suddenly came up to Eddie and stood right in front of him to the point where he could feel Richies breath on his forehead.

"See something you like eds?" he said, holding the smug smile that was plastered on his face. Eddie felt his blush creep up to his cheeks and he was soon a deep crimson up to his ears.

"I-I uh u-uhm" Eddie stuttered in embarrassment.

"What the hell do you need Richie" Will thankfully interrupted. Richie then, holding his grin, moved past Eddie and went to grab something from a nearby drawer.

"Nothing William I just needed some clothes. Sorry to bother your tea party" Richie wittedly responded back. Will rolled his eyes and Richie left the room with a handful of clothes in his right hand.

"Why are you so red Eddie?" Will asked with a chuckle. Then his face went from confused to annoyed to sympathetic.

"Trust me Eddie nothing good will come out of it, he's an asshole" Will said nonchalantly.

Eddies eyes widened and he started shaking his hands wildly in the air.

"NO NO NO! Its not what you think Will. I was just uh kinda uncomfortable, nothing else. I'm not gay ok" Eddie said stumbling with what to say in response.

"Yeah sure Eddie, but if you were you know there's nothing wrong with that right? I'll accept you no matter what." Will said with a soft smile and Eddie could tell he was being completely honest.

Yet Eddie knew he could never admit to himself he was gay. Cause he wasn't. He couldn't be. His mother would never accept him and nothing would be the same. But he was happy he had an amazing friend who would accept him if he was.

"Yeah Yeah I know Will. Thanks"

"Ok what do you want to watch? I got Titanic, Terminator, uhh and Lion King." Will asked as he shuffled through the movies.

Eddies heart suddenly sped up at the mention of the Titanic. He absolutely loved romance movies. The best part in his opinion was the fact that Leonardo DiCaprio acted in it. He was gorgeous to Eddie. If he was gay then he would definitely be his celebrity crush. He also loved the romantic plot in the movie. It was the type that made you sigh in adoration while you rested on your own hand. There wasn't even a point in considering the others as Titanic was definitely what he would choose.

"Titanic" Eddie answered, delirious with excitement.

"And you say you're not gay. You're practically jumping from excitement jeez" Will said with a laugh.

"Oh shut up and put the damn movie on" Eddie responded and began to get comfortable in Richies bed, inhaling the sweet scent that still trailed from the previous night. 'I can't be gay' he thought