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Part 9. Tuesday July 29th

"Rich! Rich!" Beverly called after him. She was walking back to her house after summer school let out(despite being a decent student, a certain number of detentions gets you a week of summer school. She couldn't wait for the 2nd of August.)
"Yeah Bev?" Richie said, slowing down so she could catch up.
"Two things. I'll start with the lame one first." She told him "First: why are you in summer school? Your grades are amazing and you always find a way to wiggle out of detention."
"I'm not in summer school. " He said "I just normally walk Stan back to Bills so he doesn't get lonely. But I didn't know that today he got dismissed at half because they were doing the P.E. course"
"Screw the second question, I'll ask it later" Said Bev, baffled at the thought that Stanley, a straight A, rule following, realist would get summer school. "Why the fuck?"
  "It's a fucking stupid reason. Ms. Spasiuk got mad because he wouldn't sing the super christian Christmas songs and she's making him redo music." Rich scoffed.
    "Schools are discriminatory"
"You could say that again" Rich agreed "Hey beaverly, you have a cigarette I could bum?"
"Beep Beep Richie" She said, but she was smiling. "And always" She grabbed one for him out of her backpack, and took one for herself. They took a seat down on the steps, careful to avoid the views of school windows.
She lit Richies cigarettes first before lighting her own. The taste was addicting, but this was the 90s. Hundreds of people were addicted.
  "Nothing better" Said Richie as he exhaled a steady cloud of smoke.
"Agreed" Beverly said, putting her cigarette to her lips again.
"Remember eighth grade? The steps to Mr. Kravitz's house? Man we got into so much trouble" Richie remembered.
  "That's just because you exhaled a bunch of smoke right into his toddlers face!" Beverly exclaimed.
"I was so high, I thought it was you" Richie admitted.
"Why would you exhale smoke into my face?" Beverley asked.
  "Get me high then ask me again" He told her with a smirk.
"So almost all the time?" She teased.
"Oh" Richie said dramatically "You wound me. The only way I can get back to normal, is if you do it with me"
"You're gay"
"Well you're not a good piano player but I don't tell you that every five seconds"
"You don't like my piano playing?" Bev said, a little quaver in her voice.
"No! No!" Rich rushed "I love your piano playing. I love how you play jingle bells"
"I only know we are the champions"
     "Oh"
"Yeah I have no talent" She admitted.
"At least you know" Said Rich "Bill still thinks he's a good singer. He was singing time warp from the rocky horror picture show, you know how its his favourite musical, and he just went "I r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r fuck". It was weird"
"He's not that bad" Bev countered. "I didn't even know he liked rocky horror. It's my favourite musical too, aside from Jonathon Larsons rock monologue boho days but I'm not even sure if that counts. What's your favourite musical trashmouth?"
"Oh In trousers for sure" he said with absolute certainty "listen I'm a bastard bummer with a penis and I mean us two to be together. Beverly, yes I do, I do, I Mean us two to screw together Me together, you together. Miss Marsh? Miss Marsh? Make Richie a happy boy! "
"God that song is disgusting" Beverly pretended to vomit "it's literally called "the r*pe of Ms. Goldberg"
  "It's amazing. And it's not about r*pe. It's about Marvin, a closeted homosexual, forcing himself to act out a sexual scene with his teacher in a way to force himself to be straight" Richie explained.
  "If you did that, we can't be friends anymore" Beverly said. 
  "I didn't! God, I would never" Richie defended. "Oh what was the second thing you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Oh right!" She recalled "Bill came over yesterday and he told me the news. Eddie broke up with Angela, and he's gay! Yes! You should definitely ask him out"
  "It's not that easy Bev" Rich said, putting out of his cigarette "he doesn't even like me. He likes a guy named Oscar"
  "Yeah. I didn't believe that so I did a little more digging. The Oscar that used to live on his street, moved away! A year ago! He just made that up" Bev told him.
  "Wait fuck really? Why?" Richie asked.
  "Because he likes you! And he wasn't going to tell you in front of all the losers" Beverly explained.
"Beverly. Eddie doesn't like me" Said Richie.
  "Yes he does! " Bev argued "And before you get mad, I booked you guys a date! I invited him to the diner on Friday, told him it would be the three of us. Then I'll get the "flu" and not be able to come"
  "Bev, stop interfering in my life! My crush on Eddie is my business and my business only. Stop acting like it's yours to toy with" Said Richie, rising to his feet.
  "Rich I was only trying to help-" Beverly started.
"Well I don't need your help!" Richie interrupted "So just stay out of it. And you might want to cancel that diner date. Because I'm not going to be there" He stormed off back to Bills.  He was so tired of her acting like Cupid, Richie didn't want to confess to Eddie. Bev was going to have to learn to deal with that. He wished all the other losers would stop asking invasive questions too ."who do you like Rich?" "Any girls Rich?" "When are you going to get a girlfriend?"  He had never had a girlfriend or a boyfriend before and they always lorded it over his head. Plus why was straight and girls the default? Gay people existed too. His personal life was not something to be poked and prodded like everyone else treated it! Fuck love, it's all a lie.
(Song, I think you're really cool by guardin)

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Hey :)
Broskis, if you haven't listened to In Trousers. You totally should! It's the prequel to falsettos(which you should listen to as well) and it revolves around Marvin and his bursting homosexuality. Also the r*pe of ms. Goldberg is more of a bop than you'd think.

Gay musical songs, because.
Dead Gay Son- Heathers
Practically Anything- Falsettos
If Jared sang it, it's gay- Dear Evan Hansen
You'll Be Back is pretty gay y'all- Hamilton
Sweet Transvestite- Rocky Horror Picture Show