ɪɴꜱᴛᴀɢʀᴀᴍ ᴀᴜ - ʀᴇᴅᴅɪᴇ +ꜱᴛᴇɴʙʀᴏᴜɢʜ

vingt trois

"hello!" i yelled, looking around myself. everything was black, i don't remember anything. what happened?

"hello! help!" i tried once again, but again nothing answered. i felt the tears falling down my face, i looked around once trying to see anything. but i saw nothing, i fell to my knees, curling up and crying. i felt like i couldn't breathe, i couldn't hear anything besides my harsh breathes and my pants. i tried to calm down but everything felt so much more bigger than me.

"richie!" i sobbed, i want my richie. "h-help me!" i yelled.

"calm down my son" i heard a voice whisper to me, i jumped back and looked up. i couldn't see anything, but then i saw it. i saw where the voice was coming from.

"d-dad?" i gasp, he was dead. how can this be? i ran up to him and hugged him, "i-i miss you so much dad. i'm scared" i sobbed into his chest.

i felt him rub my back, "i know my boy, be calm. i'm here to help you. eddie.. your mom tried to poison you. i don't know why but she tried. right now you are in a coma. you have a choice, i will always be with you no matter what you choose. i love you so much eddie." he smiles while wiping my tears away. i didn't know how to react. my own mom tried to kill me? i felt so angry at her. she deserves to go straight to hell.

i looked up at him, "w-what are my choices?" i asked, scared of what he'll say. it could be anything, "come with me. see the other side. or stay with your friends. grow up and have a life with your losers. i will support you either way, you're to young to be here my son. i wouldn't come with me but that is up to you" he smiled once again, still rubbing my back.

i sat there and thought. i thought about everything i would leave behind if i didn't stay. i couldn't imagine leaving richie, or any of my losers. but my dad.. he is finally with me. i can be with him. i can see my other family that has passed. i can be happy and loved.

but i felt all that with richie and the losers. they make me feel like i'm everything.

"i want to stay. i want to grow up and be with my losers. i'm sorry dad" i whimper, hugging him harder than i've ever hugged him. he hugs back with just as much force and pull away, "i love you my son, i'm always with you" he smiles and points to a light. "go through there and everything will be alright. see you soon eddie, i love you" he smiles and walks away.

"i love you too dad!" i sobbed and started walking towards the light. with every step i started hearing voices. some of them memories, some of the preset time. the only way i can tell was the hospital machines beeping, and people crying. i began to walk faster, which made the beeping go faster. i started to run and the beeping became increasingly faster. i could hear doctors shouting and people crying louder.

"eddie! stay with me! don't leave! please!" i hear richie yell. i almost stopped but i ran as even faster.

please please please. i begged you myself, come on eddie!

then finally i reached it.

"ahhh" i gasp, coughing like no tomorrow. i couldn't breathe, i couldn't see anything. everything was to bright.

"eddie!" i hear richie yell, my richie. i felt arms wrap around me and tears falling onto my hospital gown. "eddie, oh my fucking god i thought i lost you. eddie please don't leave me. don't ever leave me" he clutched harder onto me which made cry even harder. i shook my head.

"i'm not leaving you rich. i'm never gonna leave you."