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the quarry

After Stan disappeared over the edge of the quarry, it was only Richie and Eddie left. They'd jumped in the quarry plenty of times before, but Eddie's mom had been going on and on about the diseases you could get if that water got into an open wound, and it just so happened Eddie had scraped his knee on the way there.

"Eddie, you are not going to get any disease from jumping in the quarry. I do it all the time with scrapes up knees and elbows." Richie said, looking at the almost trembling boy in front of him.

"But you don't know that! I could get a number of infections, some flesh eating bacteria-"

"A flesh eating bacteria?!" Richie shook his head, "Eds you sound insane. You swim in this water all the time, nothing bad is going to happen to you."

"But what if something does?" Eddie swallowed, looking over the edge of the quarry again.

"Stop being such a pussy Eds."

This struck a chord with Eddie. He wasn't a pussy, he was just cautious. There was nothing wrong with worrying. But in the back of his mind, he knew there was. And he knew that worrying was stopping him from doing so many things he wanted. The one thing he worried about the most though, was worse than any disease. His feelings for his best friend, his feelings towards boys in general. In a way though, that was a disease, according to his mother. He took another look at the stupid, adorable trashmouth in front of him, at that stupid smirk on his face because he knew he'd gotten to Eddie. But Eddie wasn't going to let him win this time. He was wiping that stupid grin off Richie's face for once.

Eddie stormed over to his best friend, squeezing his eyes shut and kissed him. He wasn't a pussy, and he sure as hell wasn't afraid. Richie's eyes widened, and before he could even kiss Eddie back, Eddie's lips were off of his and he was at the edge of the cliff. Then, he jumped without an ounce of fear in his body, adrenaline rushing through his veins at the lingering feeling of Richie's lips pressed against his.

Richie, for once, was speechless. He stared at where Eddie just was, his eyes wide and his mouth hanging open. Eddie had kissed him, Eddie Kaspbrak had just been brave enough to do what Richie had been wanting to do since middle school. And there was no way in hell Richie was letting him get away with it. He ran and jumped over the edge, plummeting down into the freezing cold water. When he came up, he pushed his flattened curls out of his eyes and was face to face with Eddie, who had swam over to him.

Richie stared at him, a million thoughts running through his head. He wanted to kiss Eddie again, he wanted to confess his feelings, he wanted to make a joke or say something smooth. But instead, all he choked out was "My glasses fell off."

Eddie giggled and looked down at the water, squinting to see if Richie's glasses were at the bottom. "I see them!" He pointed down and went under.

This was Richie's chance, he took a deep breath and went under after Eddie, grabbing his shoulder. Eddie looked at him, blurry yet beautiful through the water and Richie kissed him. Eddie closed his eyes, his hand finding Richie's cheek and cupping it softly, and kissed him back. Their lips moved perfectly together, and every fear Eddie had once had about this water was gone. He was kissing Richie, and for all he cared, they never had to leave that water. Richie pulled away all too soon, grabbing his glasses from the bottom and swam back up, pulling Eddie with him. The two gasped as they resurfaced, both of them laughing and holding onto the other. Richie looked down at Eddie, going in for another kiss when Beverly came up between them and splashed them both.

"Cmon love birds, we're playing chicken." She grinned and swam back to the rest of the losers.

"You are such a cockblock!" Richie yelled after her, grinning at Eddie and kissing him once more anyway. The two then went over to join their friends, and they swam in the quarry for a few hours. Richie occasionally pulling Eddie under to kiss him, or putting Eddie on his shoulders and then dunking him, laughing as Eddie screamed at him because he'd gotten water in his mouth or eyes. But Richie just smiled at him, because that was his Eddie. The bravest pussy he'd ever met.

this was so bad but i'm sick and it's late