forever and always ~ Stanley Uris

chapter one

Lydia lay in her room, Fleetwood Mac playing softly from her record player across the room. She quietly sang along to the words of 'songbird' when she heard a light knock at her door.

It was so quiet she thought she had imagined it so she ignored it and focused on her book as she continued to sing the song.

But, the knock grew louder so she slowly stood up, trying to be as quiet as possible, it was around one o'clock in the morning and she had been living in the Tozier house for about four months now.

They had already gone through all the court cases and meetings, all the talking with police and everyone else and she was finally completely a Tozier. Her mom had been sent to jail for a long time and slowly, the losers club were beginning to forget about what happened in the summer.

Once Lydia reached the door and pulled it open she had to immediately duck as Richies fist almost landed right on her face.

Richie threw his hand over his mouth, slightly worried but mostly trying to hold in his laugh and not wake his mom.

Lydia stood up and let out a breath, trying to hold in a laugh as well "what on earth are you doing?" Lydia whispered, walking over to her record player and turning the volume down.

Richie followed her into her room and closed her door. He walked over to the window, looking out for a moment before he began to open the window.

Lydia, who originally had her back towards him as she fiddled with her record player, immediately turned around to look at him "Rich!" She whisper yelled, running over to him and looking out the window.

But instead she let out a laugh as she looked down and saw the whole of the losers club standing there, minus Bev. Eddie could be seen waving his hands around and his mouth jabbering on and on, presumably ranting about how it was too late for him to be out.

Lydia rolled her eyes and looked over at Richie "Maggie is gonna kill us if she finds out..." she nervously whispered. Richie let out a soft laugh and continued to open up the window, using some of the pipes around the house to climb down.

Lydia groaned and turned around, grabbing a jacket and following down after Richie. Richie pulled out both of their bikes and handed Lydia hers "it's mom, remember?" Richie asked her. Lydia furrowed her eyebrows as she sat on her bike "what?" She questioned

Richie let out a laugh "you need to stop calling her Maggie, it's mom, she is going to end up killing you if you say it again" he answered, Lydia playfully rolled her eyes and sighed "I know, I know I'm just not used to it still" she answered truthfully.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw Stan approaching her, a smile on his face. She turned around to face him and smiled.

They were, obviously, still together and were both very happy. "Hey" Stan spoke quietly before leaning in for a kiss, Lydia returning it before she was hit on the head.

Lydia groaned and turned around, scowling at Richie "hands off my sister!" Richie called out, riding away from the group who all laughed and followed after.

They all had an amazing night, of course until Eddies mom called the police and demanded they search for Eddie.

Thankfully, Maggie was okay with it.