The cabin - Reddie

Chapter 2 ~ we slept together?

Eddie gets on his bike, ready to go home, do whatever he wants and nap in peace. It's now officially summer holidays and he's psyched. Just as he's about to ride off he hears Richie pull up next to him.

"Hey Ed's mind if I ride home with you?" Richie asks, he's going to ride with him no matter what Eddie says.

"I hate it when you call me that, but sure" Eddie rolls his eyes and giggles as he begins to pedal off. "I'll race you" he says as he speeds ahead.

"I WASN'T READY!" Richie shouts as he chases after him.

They eventually arrive at Eddie's house, Richie won the race and invites himself in.

"Hey! I didn't say you could come inside" Eddie argues as he closes the door without kicking Richie out. He secretly wants him there, for no specific reason of course apart from the fact they're best friends. They both run up to Eddie's bedroom and jump onto his bed with a comic in Richie's hand. When they were little, right after Eddie's father died Richie was pretty much the only person there to support him and he used to read these comics to cheer him up. It always worked.

Right after Richie finished reading the comic out loud he looked extremely serious, his lip began to quiver and a worried expression spread across Eddie's face.

"Richie, are you alright?" He is very concerned, he looks like he's about to cry.

"N-no.. it's just.." Richie looks over at him before a huge smile plastered on his face. "YOU'RE SO CUTE" He then tackles Eddie and tickles him all over making the smaller scream in joy.

"RICHIE YOU B***H" He yells while giggling hysterically.

Richie eventually pulls away and they both make eye contact for a solid thirty second before Eddie snaps back into reality.

"S-so.. Um, are you looking forward to the trip?" Eddie asks Richie trying to make it less awkward.

"Yes! How about I help you pack, like right now" Richie suggests.

"Yes please, I can't be stuffed doing it on my own" Eddie gets off the bed and gets on his tippy-toes to reach the rainbow suitcase on top of his closet, pulling it down onto the ground and zipping it open.

"Let's start" He walks over to his draws and pulls out practically all his shirts, neatly placing them into the large suitcase. Richie goes to the other set of draws and pulls out the pants necessary for the trip. He pulls up a pair of blue shorts that he likes a lot.

"Eddie Spaghetti, why don't you ever wear these?" Richie questions.

"I don't think they suit me very much" Eddie replies while packing some jackets and jumpers.

Richie nods but packs them anyways. Once they finished they sat back on the bed, fairly close to each other because that's the distance they usually sit.

"Wanna watch a movie?" Eddie suggests.

"Sure, can we watch Spider-man?" Richie and Eddie had loved that movie their entire lives, they used to watch it like it was their religion. Eddie nods getting out his laptop and putting the movie on.

After about half an hour Eddie gets a bit tired and rests his head on Richie's shoulder, slowly falling asleep. Richie relaxes and eventually begins to fall asleep as well. He clothes the laptop and gently tucks Eddie in, laying next to him. Right as he was about to sleep he gets startled by Eddie wrapping his little arms around Richie's waist. He eventually gets comfortable and falls asleep cuddling the smaller boy.

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Eddie slowly wakes up by the sun beaming on his face, he realises the position he's in and

Gets so startled he falls off the bed making a loud crash, waking Richie up.

"Eddie?" He says in a croaky morning voice, rubbing the tiredness out of his eyes. Eddie jumps up and forces a smile.

"I'm fine" He's not, he's very confused but also his stomach is all tickly and he can't figure out why. Eddie picks up his phone and checks the time. 7:30am.

"We have enough time to go to your house, pack your stuff and then go to Bev's. But we have to leave now" Eddie goes over to his shelf and picks up the clothes he left out yesterday to wear today.

Eddie takes off his shirt out of habit while Richie stares blankly with rose tinted cheeks, he quickly realises what he's doing and speeds to the bathroom to get changed. He steps out all dressed, quickly rushing around, filling his smaller bag with extra pills and emergency items.

"C'mon lets go Rich!" He grabs his arm and pulls him out of bed. Luckily Richie only lives a two minute walk from Eddie's house so he can take his luggage.

Eddie drags his suitcase down the stairs and out of the house with Richie following him holding his other bag. They arrive at Richie's in only a few minutes, Eddie leaves his suitcase out the front of Richie's house and they go inside.

"Hey boys, where are you off to?" Richie's dad asks while reading the morning paper.

"Hi Mr Tozier"

"Hello dad. Were going to pack, remember I asked you about the cabin" Richie says as he's running up the stairs to his room. Frantically filling his suitcase with random messed up clothes from around his room. Eddie lays on Richie's bed, taking in a deep breath. He loves the smell of Richie's room. It reminds him of his childhood, the scent of cologne and cherries.

"Okay i'am ready to go!" They rush downstairs as it's now 8:10am."Dad do you mind driving us to Bev's house? We can't possibly ride with our suitcases.

"Sure, I need to go grocery shopping anyways" He grabs his keys and opens the door, helping both boys put their suitcases in the boot and they go on their way.

They arrive at Beverly's at 8:25am, Stanley and Ben are already there putting their stuff in the car. Eddie and Richie both get out of the car, Eddie goes over the others while Richie says bye to his dad.

"Hey! You guys arrived on time, surprising" Beverly jokes.

"Did anybody tell Mike?" Ben questions, because Mike gets homeschooled he often gets left out of things. But they all still love him, as a friend of course.

"Yeah, I messaged him last night. He should be here soon" Eddie replies.

Everybody soon arrived and all their luggage is packed in the back of the van.

"Okay i'll drive. Somebody sit next to me, three people in the back and two people in the back back" Bev says as she gets into the front seat, not really caring who sits where.

"I'll sit next to you!" Ben rushes to the passenger seat with a big smile stuck to his face. Stanley sits next to the window in the back so he can see birds, Bill sits in the middle and Mike sits next to him. Leaving Richie and Eddie to sit in the back back together, they both don't mind but Eddie still can't stop thinking about how he woke up.

"Oh by the way Eddie, why is your mum away?" Stanley questions.

"Because she's busy in my bed" Richie says before Eddie can speak.

"That's disgusting Richie" Eddie rolls his eyes. "There is something going on with Grandma, I don't really know. Something to do with a guy" Stan nods along to what Eddie's saying.

"YEAH, I'M THE MA-" Richie starts to say before Eddie interrupts him.

"SHUT UP!" Eddie snaps while Richie chuckles to himself.