𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐅𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐊𝐄

2

By the end of their first week, the Losers were supposed to meet up in Ben and Mike's room, for a movie night. VCR's were hard to bring to college, but Ben managed to get one with some summer money saved up.

The movie they were gonna watch was A League of Their Own, picked out by Ben himself. He'd driven up to the Blockbuster downtown and rented it out for the week. Everyone wanted to see the movie since it was out already for a good year.

When Richie arrived at the dorm, everyone else was already there. Once everyone shouted a greeting, they turned back to the conversation that had already been going on.

That's when Richie saw him.
Eddie was sitting on the couch, legs pulled up to his chest. He was wearing one of his short-shorts, and Richie could see places of Eddie he tried to block out of his mind. The second his eyes landed there, he tore them away just as fast.

"Jeez, Ed's, what are you wearing, a cheerleaders uniform?" Richie joked as he fell down to sit next to Eddie on the couch.

"Why do you say that?" Eddie asked, looking down at his clothes.

"Your shorts are shorter than your patience," Richie laughed nervously, unsure if it was weird that he had even brought it up in the first place.

To Richie's surprise, Eddie laughed.

"Shut up, Richie, you know I look cute," Eddie stuck out his tongue, before looking back over to Bill and Ben's conversation about Tom Hanks.

Richie continued to stare at Eddie in amazement because, yes, Richie did know Eddie looked cute.

Richie didn't know, however, why Eddie was so calm towards Richie's lame excuses of conversation. Eddie usually fights Richie's fire with fire, but recently he's been sizzling Richie out with cold, refreshing water.

"Let's get this party started!" Bev hollered excitedly, as the rest came to gather around Richie and Eddie on the couch. Mike popped in the VHS Tape and was greeted by the screen's bright colors.

Somewhere during the movie, Richie felt a weight on his shoulder. It was Eddie's head, much to Richie's dismay. Not that Richie disliked it or minded, it was more of the fact that his heart was suddenly beating straight out of his chest as his eyes bored straight at the T.V.
Eddie had surely fallen asleep since Eddie never usually rested his head upon Richie while being awake. But, Richie wasn't so sure about anything Eddie did anymore.

He looked down a bit to only see soft looking pale-yellow hair and the tip of Eddie's curved nose. He felt a rush of excitement run through him, having Eddie choose to rest against him instead of Bev who sat on the other side of Eddie. It was a nice change.

And, boy, was Eddie changing, from left to right, everything Richie had ever known. It made Richie quite confused since he hasn't really felt this stuttering in his heart before recent events involving Eddie.

He smiled at the screen when he heard a small snore come from Eddie, and he felt more relaxed knowing Eddie was asleep. It sparked something in Richie, the way Eddie had nuzzled his way from his shoulder and nearly falling down on Richie's chest in oblivious slumber.

He must look so pretty right now, Richie could only think, as he watched Madonna up at bat on the Television screen.

When the movie came to a close, Richie didn't have the heart to wake Eddie up, even though the Losers all moved onto a casual conversation about the past week of classes.

"I think we made the team, what about you?" Bill turned and asked Stan, who was crisscrossed on the floor below Richie's legs.

"Wait, you tried out? I knew it would be good for you," Ben commented, giving Stan a pat on the shoulder, causing Stan to let a grin slip.