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Monday Night

2530 Maple Street, Hawkins, Indiana
Monday July 1st 1990
10:34 am

Richie woke up, yawning, and reaching over for his glasses. When his vision became in focus, he began to play with Eddie's hair. He was still asleep, laying on top of Richie's chest.

There was three knocks on the door.

"Come in." Richie whispered.

Karen opened the door, entering quietly when she saw Eddie still asleep.

"Richie, I need to speak with you." She whispered, taking a seat beside Richie on his bed.

"Okay."

"I heard you punching and screaming last night..." She looked over at the wall that now has a hole from when he punched it. "I don't hate you."

"You do."

"No, sweetie, I don't. I don't hate Eddie either. I don't care if you like boys, you can date whoever you want." She whispered, looking at the sleeping boy. "And don't care what your father thinks, he doesn't know how to love anyone. Ted and I will always love you, no matter who you love."

"Really?"

"I promise." She gave Richie a kiss on his forehead. "You should wake him up."

She got off the bed, walking over to the door. "Also, Ted And I are driving with Nancy to check out the dormitory's at the college in Arizona today. Are you and Eddie coming with us? We won't be home till Wednesday."

"Is Mike going with you guys?"

"No, also, aren't your friends here?"

"Yeah, we will just stay here."

"Okay, also, Mike wants you awake because Will And Dustin are coming over soon. I don't know."

"Okay."

And with that, she left the room.

"Eddie?" Richie whispered.

"Yeah?" He mumbled out, still asleep.

"It's time to wake up, baby."

"I don't want to."

"You have to."

Richie flopped Eddie over, laying him on his back and hovering over him. He placed kisses all over his face.

"Richie." Eddie giggled, pushing Richie's face a bit. Richie then connected his lips with Eddie's, having a passionate kiss.

Eddie grabbed Richie's face as their lips moved in sync.

"Hey, Richie-" Mike began, walking into the room, then closing the door. "Gross!" Mike joked.

Richie laughed into the kiss, soon pulling away.

"What do you want, Michel?"

"Mom just wanted me to make sure you were awake." He entered again.

"We'll be down soon."

"Okay." Mike laughed, leaving the room.

"Come on, princess." Richie smiled, grabbing Eddie's hand and pulling him out of bed.

He picked up a black band T-Shirt that laid on his messy floor, and running a hand through his messy curls. He opened the door, letting Eddie our first.

He knew Wentworth wouldn't be here, so he had no need to be sneaky with Eddie when his mom spoke to him about how Ted and her feel.

"Good morning sleepy heads." Karen smiled, mostly towards Eddie. "There's croissants, muffins, cereal. Help yourselves to anything. Steve said he'll check in on you guys tonight, tomorrow morning, tomorrow night, and Wednesday morning." Karen walker over to the fridge checking if they had milk.