Are you Reddie?

It's a sunny day in Derry, the first day of school is creeping up behind all the grade 8's starting their first year of high school. Richie, Eddie and Bill are not looking forward to it. "Why do they call high school, well, high school?" Eddie asked his two friends. "Probably because everyone is high" Richie says with a grin on his face. "S-Shut up trashmouth" Bill says as he lightly punches Richie with a smile. They laugh along together as they pass by their old school. "You think Ms.Rogers is still having an affair?" Richie asked with a smirk on his face. "Well, for once in your life, you ask a good question" Eddie replies while giving Richie a smile. Richie begins to feel a bit faint. "Why is your face so red?" Eddie asked Richie. "T-The sun is really beaming down hard today haha" Richie says while looking a bit pale. "Richie? Do you need some water?" Eddie looks at Richie with a very concerned face. "N-no" Richie struggles to speak. "Get him some water Bill, I'll stay here and look after him." Eddie says softly. "You got it!" Bill quickly runs away to fetch some water for Richie. Eddie sets Richie in his lap holding his head up with his arm. "Your going to be ok Trashmouth ok?" Eddie looks down at him while tearing up. "Ed's why are you crying? I'm not dying." Richie tries to calm him down. "I know, and you always say that but what if it turns fatal?" Eddie says while staring into Richies tired eyes. "Doctors said it will never be fatal, don't worry Ed's." Richie grabs onto Eddies arm and slowly falls asleep. "I got the water, any changes yet?" Bill asks Eddie. "No, he's just suddenly tired." Eddie replies. Bills face drops. "I need you to get him on the ground now, and hurry" Bill said stone cold white. "Why? Is he dying? Is he having a seizure?" Eddie said panicking. He slowly placed him down on the grass. "He's not dying but one day when you were away he had a seizure in class and one of the biggest things I noticed was he fell asleep right after cracking a joke. Now take his glasses off and put them to the side." Bill said while trying to catch his breath. "He never told me that story...He always tells me everything. Why wouldn't he tell me?" Eddie began to whimper. "He knew how worried you already were and telling you about that would've just made it worse for you." Bill said with a frown. Eddie took off Richies glasses and sat there beside him for about a half an hour until it started happening. His entire body began to shake and jolt around everywhere. He mumbled and groaned. Eddie was on the left to make sure he wouldn't bonk his head on anything. Bill was on the right taking notes of every movement Richie made incase anything got worse from last time. Eddie whispered under his breath, "I love you..". Bill heard him but didn't want to embarrass him. So he pretended he heard nothing. Richie stopped and his body laid on the grass. Eddie lightly picked him up and gave him a gentle hug. "Should we carry him to the hospital? It's just across the street." Eddie said attempting to wipe away his tears. "He seems fine but just in case we'll take him in." Bill said while grabbing Richie's feet. Eddie put his arms under his shoulders and started walking. They walked across the street as people looked over at two boys carrying there good friend over to the hospital. They got him to the waiting room and laid him over their laps. His head on Eddie's lap. "Hello! How can I help?" a nurse came up and asked. "Are friend had a seizure and we were just looking to get him checked up" Eddie said while trying to stay positive. "HOSPITAL BED TO THE FRONT LOBBY PLEASE!" the nurse yelled out. In a matter of seconds, suddenly a doctor appeared. The nurse picked up Richie and took his bed into a room. About 10-20 minutes later the same nurse came out. "He does have a tumor on the left side of his brain which is what's causing his odd behavior. It can't be removed at the moment but it will have to be in the future. There is no need to bring him in when this happens. Just let him rest. If his seizures start looking different then by all means bring him in." the nurse said calmly. Eddie called his mom to pick them up. "You guys should sleepover tonight" Bill said. "I-I've never had a sleepover with Richie before.." Eddie said while blushing. Eddie took out his inhaler and then replied with "But yes we should, it would help Richie". Eddie's mom picks them up and first drives to Richie's house. Eddie and Bill pack stuff for him. They then drove to Eddie's house and he packs up everything he needs. "Eddie bear? Forgetting something?" Eddie's mom says with a smile. Eddie walks over and kisses her on the cheek. Bill giggles as he holds up Richie. They walk to Bill's house which is right down the street. Richie is placed on Bill's bed. An hour passes by and Richie awakens. "Where the fuck am I?" Richie asked anyone listening. "Bill's house." Eddie says. "Oh shit face, your here thank god" Richie says with a grin. "Good to see you awake Trash bag" Bill laughs. Eddie gets up to go to the bathroom. "What's wrong Ed's?" Richie asks. "Nothing just had too much dairy today" Eddie says while walking over to the bathroom. Bill and Richie laugh. "Aw, that dumb dickwod is so cute" Richie says. "Wait what?" Bill says in shock. "I-I um, did I say that out loud?" Richie turns red as raw steak. Bill gets up and takes a seat next to Richie. "Hey, it's ok. You can tell me anything" Bill says while giving a look of kindness. "I like Eddie..A lot. He's a rodent from the sewers but there's something about him that makes my heart glow" Richie says forgetting who he's talking to. "Woah, Richie has a soft side?" Bill jokes around. "W-What no I don't. I just um you know..." Richie couldn't finish his sentence. Richie begins to sob in fear, he has so many thoughts running through his head, he was terrified of being picked on for his sexuality. Eddie walks in right then and there. "Bill! What the hell did you do?? Why is he crying!" Eddie raises his voice. "Hey! I didn'-" Bill gets cut off by Eddie. "Just stop, come here Richie." Eddie says with a hint of love in his eyes. Bill isn't upset one bit. He knew how strong their relationship was. Seeing how much Eddie cared was incredibly sweet. Richie couldn't tell Eddie why he was upset. But he still dug his head into Eddie's chest. Eddie squeezed him tightly. "Ok enough sad shit!" Richie said wiping away his tears. Bill walked into the room with cookies. "Yum!" Richie and Eddie said at the exact same time. Richie reached over and grabbed five cookies from the plate. Bill took the last two. Richie handed Eddie three of his and slapped him across the head. "Here you go assbag!" Richie said smirking. "Hey!" Eddie said giggling. That night was the highlight of all of their summer. "I guess it's time for bed?" Eddie said yawning. "It's only 2am!" Richie replied. "Stop fighting you guys" Bill said also wanting to sleep. "Fine" Richie said while pretending to be mad. Richie laid down. Eddie was in the middle and Bill was on the right. "Your not gonna have another night terror? Are you Ed's?" Richie asked. "I don't know, I guess we'll find out" Eddie said while half asleep. An hour passed and everyone was asleep but Richie. He laid there in darkness thinking about Eddie. As his thoughts started getting sad, he heard someone get up. They weren't standing just sitting, it was Eddie. He was having a night terror. He started screaming "STOP, PLEASE DON"T HURT HIM!". Bill was an early bird but could sleep through anything. Richie lightly touched Eddie's shoulders hoping it would calm him down. It did. He fell slowly on top of Richie. Richie's heart started beating a mile a minute. It was so fast it woke up Eddie. But he didn't let Richie know he was awake. He just laid there until Richie was asleep. His heart beat slowed down and Eddie knew he was asleep. He took his hand and ran it through Richie's soft thick hair. He then fell asleep on Richie with a derpy smile. Bill woke up first and just started laughing. Richie woke up before Eddie. He quickly turned his head to Bill and said "Shhh don't wake up the grinch". Bill grabbed Richie's hand and placed it on Eddie's chest. "W-What the fuck are you doing you ogre" Richie said while giving a look of confusion. "Do you feel his heartbeat?" Bill said with a look of acceptance. "Yes, it's slow and steady. Everything that's been bothering him is pushed away. He seems so happy" Richie said while tearing up. "Thank you" he said with a smile. That was the first time Richie felt accepted. The world's a cruel place. He already struggled with so much, ADHD, a brain tumor, but he hated being the outcast. Yes he was the funny friend. But that doesn't mean he wasn't hurting. He was moving on to a new chapter of his life. Being gay in the olden days wasn't heard of, which made everything a lot harder on him. His feelings for Eddie were tough to explain. Love was still a new thing to Richie and he has yet to have it. But he keeps his hopes up that maybe one day Eddie will look at him and feel the same passion and love that Richie feels towards Eddie. He worries mostly about saying something wrong and losing his first love. Getting use to getting butterflies everytime he looked at Eddie was never on his to do list. But it didn't take long for Richie to realize just how awful it would be to live a life without Eddie! It just wouldn't make sense. One plus one is two is three, so to Richie, R+E mean't infinity. Now Richie isn't sensitive, don't just think he will cry at anything. But he will cry at Eddie. Over and over until his eyes pop out of his sockets. But what goes on in the mind of Richie Tozier? Well I guess it's probably a lot of swearing and thoughts you'd never think would come from a mind like Richies. Chapter 2 coming very soon stay tuned