soulmates~reddie

chapter thirteen

!warning! Swear words, blood, mention of abuse...

'What the fuck happened here?'

Richie jumped out of his car, running up to the porch where his mom was laying on the ground.

Eddie didn't know if he was supposed to get out of the car or not. He stayed still and looked at the house in front of him. The living room window, that had a view over the street, was smashed and there was glass laying on the ground. Between the glass shards layed a smashed phone.

While the smaller boy still sat in the car, trying to comprehend what had happened, Richie was now kneeling next to his mom. When he pulled up in the drive way he thought she wasn't moving anymore, but as he got closer he could see her shake.

Richie layed a gentle hand on jer shoulder and quietly asked what had happened to her. She tried to sit up but hissed and let herself collaps in Richie's arms. She looked up at him with tears running down her cheeks and Richie now saw the blood on the side of her head.

"Mom, what happened?" he repeated himself.

"He..he hit me- Richie...he hit me with a bottle." The tall boy tensed up and hugged his mom tighter while trying to not hurt her.

There he was, kneeled on his porch, his crying mother, with blood streaming down the side of her head, in his arms.

"We-...we were fighting..because..because he saw a text- one of my friends texted me a-and he said I was cheating on him and then he threw my phone out of the window. And when I tried to run away he- he grabbed a bottle from the table and smashed it on the back of my head. I blacked out and when I woke up I tried- I tried to go outside to call someone and then you showed up."

Richie clenched his jaw and noticed that he now had tears streaming down his cheeks. His mom leaned closer into his chest and Richie went to stroke her hair but when she flinched a bit Richie suddenly remembered that Eddie was still sitting in the car, he could probably help his mom for now with his mini pharmacy in his backpack.

"EDDIE!" he screamed towards the car, he didn't know why he screamed that loud, he's just scared about losing his mother right now.

Eddie flinched at the scream coming from Richie and quickly got out of the car. He looked questioningly at Richie and just when he was about to ask if everything was alright, Richie told him to grab his backpack and come help him.

Eddie rushed to get his backpack out of the backseat and speedwalked over to the porch, where Richie was still caressing his mother in his arms.

"We're going to take her inside, I need you to help her as best as you can for now while I call 9-1-1." the ravenette said while slowly trying to stand up together with his mom.

"Wait, what even happened here?" Eddie timedly asked.

"She's been hit in the head with a fucking bottle, okay?" Richie snapped at the smaller boy which made Eddie flinch a bit.

When Richie noticed this he quickly apologized, ",I'm just very scared right now..I-"

"It's okay Rich, let's just get her inside and I will take a look at it." the brunette answered.