Bestfriends twin // Reddie

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'Attempted murder?!' Eddie choked out unsure of what was happening, Beverly asked confused. 'Who died?' Rachel rolled her eyes shoving her. 'Probably just some random person.-' Maggie let out shakily. 'Richie.'

How did Eddie feel in that moment? Hurt? Sad? Stressed? No. Surprisingly not. He felt as if someone ripped out his heart and stomped on it, he felt numb. 'Is he ok?! Where is he?!' Maggie quickly grabbed Eddie's wrist. 'He's...stable, calm down.' Eddie nodded chewing on his nails scared. 'Who did it?!'

The cop answers. 'We're unsure, the doctors examined him and said he had older cuts and bruises, did someone?' Beverly shrugged. 'Last I saw him was like, 2am? Then he went off with Eddie.' Rachel nodded. 'I didn't even see him this morning.' The cops looked at Eddie as he answered quickly. 'Bowers! Henry Bowers! He...Oh shit! Can I please go see him?' Rachel nodded. 'Can we?' The cops shook his head. 'We still need to ask some more questions, you two can leave. Eddie, stay.'

Eddie just nodded as the girls left the room. 'So, when was the last time you saw him?' Eddie answered. 'This morning, he was asleep in my bed, I tried waking him up but he just groaned at me and said something like "fuck off i'm tired", so I just wrote something down for him to read.' Eddie could feel the tears in his eyes. 'But seriously! Is he going to be ok?!' Everyone went silent as Josh whispered. 'He has a chance of living.' Eddie squeaked. 'A chance?! What does "a chance" mean?!'

He grabbed his face. 'How many more questions?' The cop answered. 'Not many, what was his shape when you last saw him?' Eddie answered thinking. 'Uh, when he was asleep he seemed fine, he was breathing fine and all of that...when he was awake he was just acting extra...clingy? I accidentally slapped his chest and he whined?' The cop nodded. 'Alright, was there anyone who would hurt him?' Eddie nodded. 'Henry Bowers and his boyfriends! They're seniors!' The cop nodded. 'Why?' Eddie answered furiously. 'Cause he tried to beat the shit out of him last night! He didn't kill him last night cause I stopped him! Is that it?! Cause I need to see him right now this is stupid!'

Maggie sighed grabbing the boy. 'Come on, I'll take you as soon as you finish the questions.' Eddie nodded worriedly. 'Fine, ok! What else?' The cop asked. 'What's your relationship with the boy?' Eddie stammered. 'Uh, we're? He's?' What were they...Eddie was very unsure how to answer, as he had no idea. He wanted to say they were dating but he wasn't sure if Richie would appreciate it. He stammered. 'Uh, we're sort of dating? I think?' The cop nodded writing it down. 'You can go.' Eddie nodded quickly walking to the admin office with Josh. 'Can you please let me leave! I.-' Josh nodded quickly. 'Yep, I'll do it now.'

Rachel was also signed out, they arrived at the hospital and luckily Eddie could blend in enough since Wentworth was tan enough to pass as his uncle, Eddie quickly ran into the room followed by Maggie, the sight in front of them broke his heart. Richie with tubes and needles shoved in him.

Eddie quickly went next to him grabbing his hand carefully, he didn't want to hit anything and hurt him, Maggie asked standing next to him. 'Are you ok?' Eddie nodded with tears in his eyes. 'Yes, are you doing fine?' Maggie sighed. 'He's such a good son...' Eddie nodded rubbing his thumb of Richie's hand. 'For someone who doesn't have a filter, he's very charming.' Maggie laughed a little whipping her eye. 'Sometimes I wonder, how did you two start dating...' Eddie shrugged. 'No idea, he's just...' The tears rolled down Eddie's cheeks shrugging.

Eddie asked. 'What happened?! Like, why?..' Maggie went silent as Rachel and Wentworth entered the room, Wentworth pointed at Eddie signalling for him to come over, he followed and went into the halls. 'Richie was walking back home and from what the doctors could tell, there were three people, one his shoulders is broken and the arm on the other side is broken in three places, they believe they stood on him, stabbed barely missing his kidney, kicked him in the chest and left him to die.'

By the time the explanation was finished Eddie was crying, he couldn't help it. He thought of everything as if he saw it happen. 'Will he?' Wentworth shrugged. 'We're not sure... The doctors aren't sure.-'

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