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•chapter one•

Hey guys<3 this is my first time writing a story so go easy on me lmao. I hope you enjoy.

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Richie could feel the cool summer breeze, drifting through his unruly hair as he sped down the road on his old bike, which was rusting over in some places. Richie was a lanky, 15 year old boy with curly back hair, and thick glasses.

He was on his way to meet with his best friend, Beverly. They had met in school, and had bonded over the trauma that they had both experienced. They both have alcoholic, abusive dads. Beverlys mum wasn't around anymore, but Richie's was. His mum wasn't abusive at all, quite the opposite actually, but she was just too scared of his father to do anything.

He had gotten just around the corner from Bev's house, making sure that he wasn't visible to her dad since he didn't approve of her having friends of the opposite gender. After waiting there for a minute or two, she came round the corner.

She was wearing a light brown dress that had small flowers littered all over it. Her shoulder length hair was styled in her perfect, natural curls. Her dress was shifting from side to side, the hem was just above her knees so she wouldn't flash anyone, and the light was hitting her from the back of her head which made her glow.

"Hey rich, you ready?" She said softly.

"Sure am," the boy replied.

They had made plans to meet with the rest of the loser's. This group consisted of Bill, Stan, Ben, Mike and Eddie. Oh Eddie, how Richie admired that boy. The perfect wave of his hair, the glimmer in his sparkly brown eyes, and his soft plump lips-

"You done daydreaming about Eddie?" Said the girl, a small smirk playing on her lips. Beverly was the only one Richie trusted enough with this information, that and she found out on her own by the many longing stares that Richie would give Eddie when he thought no one was watching.

"What? I wasn't-"

"Richie, I think we are past the point of you denying your undying love for the boy."

"I just- it sucks knowing that the person you've fallen in love with will never love you back."

"How do you know that Eddie doesn't like you back?" Enquired Beverly.

"Because he's straight, you know, a no boner zoner."

"No boner zoner? Seriously? Anyway you don't know that unless you ask him"

"I'm not just gonna-"

"B-B-BEVERLY! RICHIE!"

Richie stopped mid sentence to the shouts of bill. Bill was a tall boy with brown floppy hair and a stutter, most people called him stuttering bill, actually everyone but his family and friends did, which wasn't very many people.

The two looked at all their friends gathered near the edge of the cliff, which had a quarry at the bottom of it.

"Sup losers" Richie said cooly, looking around for one boy in particular, but frowning when he didn't spot him.

"Where's Eddie?" Beverly asked, knowing the question was gnawing away at Richie.

"He hasn't arrived yet, obviously," Stan spoke up, in his usual sarcastic tone.

"I-Im sure he'll b-b-be h-here soon." Bill stuttered out.

Beverly looked over at Richie and shrugged, then made her way over to Ben. After a few minutes of conversing, and Richie growing more and more worried about Eddie, said boy finally showed up. He was wearing a pale blue polo paired with cute little red shorts, and his iconic fanny pack that he never leaves behind.

"Eddie spaghetti!" Richie called the boy over.

"Don't call me that, I hate it when you call me that," the boy replied whilst sitting down next to Richie.

"Come on, you love it, I know you do," Richie stated, while Eddie gave him the death stare "Jeez, you really need to quit hanging around with bird boy over there."

Stanley, also known as bird boy, made his way into the conversation.

"Stop with the stupid names, Richie, and I think that Eddie should quit hanging around with you, not me." Stan said

"Pftt, whatever dude, also, I will never stop with the names bird boy, it's my form of art," Richie stated proudly.

"Hate to break it to you, but name calling, is not art, it's rude and annoying," Stanley said back.

"Guys, lets go in the lake!" Mike said excitedly.

They all stared undressing out of their clothes so each one of them were in their undergarments.

"W-who goes f-f-first?" Asked bill

That's when Bev runs forward and jumps into the lake. One by one, each of the losers jump into the lake, until theres just Richie and Eddie are standing on the edge.

"You ready?" Richie asks

"Ready as I'll ever be." Eddie replied.

Richie grabbed Eddies hand but looked down so he didn't have to see the expression on eddies face when he did that action. Little did he know was that Eddie was blushing as red as his shorts that lay on the ground with the rest of the disregarded clothing, except for Stans, which was folded in a neat pile.

"3...2...1...JUMP!" Richie shouted at the top of his lungs, as the boys braced themselves for the impact of the water, Eddie squeezed his eyes shut. They had gone to the quarry many times before, but this didn't stop Eddie from being scared of the jump, although he secretly enjoyed holding hands with Richie- even if he would never admit it.

They landed in the water and Eddie immediately grabbed onto Richie's bare shoulders for support.

"Haha, you okay there buddy?" Richie asked the boy who seemed to be gripping onto him for dear life

"Just peachy" Eddie shudder while Richie just laughed

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After playing around in the quarry for an hour or two, the losers decided they should probably get out and dry themselves. When they finished getting ready they all split off into different groups to make their way home.

A cold breeze hovered over the boys, (Richie and Eddie) as the cool, Mid July chill washed over them. It was only 5:30, and Eddies curfew was at seven, so the two of them decided to go to the record store. Richie has a way of communicating through music, which is why it was so important to him when he shared his music with others, a frequent listener was Eddie.

Richie was about to step into the colourful fluorescence store when Eddie grabbed his forearm and ran around to the side of the store.

"Ed's! What the-"

"Shhhh!"

Richie pulled in a smug expression. "If I didn't know any better, Kaspbrak, I would say that your trying to seduce me"

"What? God just shut up Richie," Eddie whisper yelled

They hear a group of footsteps coming around the building.

"Oh no," The smaller boy whined

Then stepped in front of them, Bowers and his goonies.

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Hey guys:) I'm not really sure how your supposed to end chapters, so I hope this was good lol.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of these characters, all rights belong to Stephen King so don't sue me:)

I'm sorry if I get some American terms wrong, I'm British, so if you spot any, please point them out.