Two Idiots In Love - Reddie

Chapter 6

Eddie's POV

I woke up feeling groggy, the light in my room was still on and there were dried tears on my cheeks. I rubbed my face and looked around for what woke me up. I then realised my phone was ringing. I got up out of bed and went over to my desk sitting down in my chair. I picked up the phone holding it to my ear.

"Hello?" I ask in a sleepy voice.

"Hey Eddie it's me, Richie." I hear him say in response.

"Richie?" I say adjusting more to being awake. "What's up?"

"It sounds like you've just woken up. When did you go to sleep?" He curiously asks me.

"I fell asleep when I got back. So about 12:20pm."

"You've been asleep for 5 hours!" He says sounding surprised. I looked over at my clock and saw it said 5:32pm.

"I suppose I have, no big deal I guess I was just tired." I say in a calm tone.

"Oh ok. Did you get home on time?"

"No, I was five minutes late."

"What did your mum say?" he asks me with a worried tone.

"Not much, she just told me off and sent me to my room." I only tell him half of what happened. He already sounds worried, I don't want to worsen it by telling him the full truth.

"Really, for being five minutes late. That's stupid." he says in an annoyed tone. "I'm sorry, it's just, that's a petty thing to get told off for." he said trying to calm himself down.

"Yeah, I know. But I can't do anything about it." I say in a sad tone.

"Are you alright?" he asks me sounding concerned.

"Yeah. I'm just fed up with it all." I say sighing at the end. "I can't wait until we're 18 and I'll be old enough to move out of this place and go somewhere far away from here."

"Yeah that'd be great. But when you do go, can you take me with you. I don't know what I'd do without you." He asks me sounding nervous of the answer. Hearing him say that forms a smile on my face and makes my heart beat faster.

"Of course. I don't know what I'd do without you either." I say in a cheery tone.

"Good." he says back. I can hear the smile in his voice, which makes me briefly forget about why I was sad at all. "Well do you want to hang out tomorrow?" But hearing him ask me that makes me remember.

"Sorry I can't." I say, my smile dropping a little.

"Why not?" Richie asks sounding disappointed. I can't tell him the truth, which is that my mum hit me. Normally when she hits me it leaves a mark, which I can normally cover up. But this time she went for my face and incase it does leave a mark I don't want Richie or anyone seeing it and getting worried.

"I'm not feeling too well, I've got a stomach ache and incase it's something more I thought that I should stay in tomorrow." I say trying to sound convincing. I hate lying to him, but I don't really have a choice.

"Oh ok. I hope you feel better soon. I'll miss you tomorrow."

"Thanks and I'll miss you too." I say meaning every word. I decide to change the subject not wanting to end the call so soon. "Anyway what have you been up to today while I've been asleep?" I ask in a happier tone.

He then tells me about how Bill rang him up and that he told him I wouldn't be available, which I wasn't. He then summarised what happened when he got there and what they talked about. When he was done we started having random conversations about different things. We got so caught up talking to one another we didn't realise we had been talking to each other for 3 hours.

"Oh wow, it's 8:40pm." I say looking over at the clock surprised at what time it was.

"Really, wow. Well you know what they say, time flies when you're having fun." Richie says laughing a bit at the end which makes me smile.

"Yeah. Well it's been fun talking to you Richie. I'm glad you called me." I genuinely say.

"Yeah, me too."

"I've gotta go now I need something to eat before I go to bed."

"You haven't eaten yet?!"

"No I was asleep for five hours, and now I'm on the phone with you which I have been for the past 3 hours, so no I haven't eaten yet." I deadpanned to him.

"Oh yeah." Richie says chuckling to himself at the end. "Well I'll let you go and I'll hopefully see you soon?"

"Definitely. See you Richie."

"See you Eds." Richie quickly says before I hang up the phone.

Alright, my mum normally goes to bed at 9pm. So I'll just wait until 9:20pm just to be sure she's asleep before I sneak downstairs and quickly make a sandwich without having to see her, because I really don't want to see her again today.

I turn my lamp on by my bed and switch off the main light. I go back over to my bed and lie down on my back, I switch the lamp off and roll over on to my right side and look at the clock.

At 9pm I here my mum coming up the stairs, when she gets to the top I hear her walking closer to my room then stop. After a few seconds I hear her move again going into her room and shutting the door.

Finally the clock turns to 9:20pm, I haven't heard my mum since she went into her room so I assume she's asleep. I roll over onto my back and turn my lamp back on. I get up out of bed going over to my desk to grab the flashlight out of the top draw. Once I've got it I make my way over to my door, I turn the flashlight on and slowly open the door, wide enough for me to fit through. I tiptoe out of my room and down the stairs making my way to the kitchen. Once I get there I turn the light on and set my flashlight down on the counter. I quickly make a sandwich with the leftover meat in the fridge, I also grab a bottle of water out of the fridge. 

I go over to my flashlight and put the bottle of water under the arm I'm holding the plate with, I turn the kitchen light off and pick up the flashlight in my spare hand. I then start making my way back up the stairs and in my room. I put the plate and bottle of water down on my desk before shutting the door as quietly as I can. I turn the flashlight off putting it back in the draw. I sit at my desk and eat my sandwich.

After I finish, I get changed, go to the bathroom to brush my teeth, then go to bed, drifting off to sleep.