Two Idiots In Love - Reddie

Chapter 19

Richie's POV

"Alright, I'll go book our rooms at the desk." my mum says turning round to look at me. "I'll give you the keys so you can talk to Eddie privately, It may take awhile so you can take your time." she says in a hushed tone to me.

She hands me the keys and gives me a soft smile, glancing over at Eddie before getting out of the car and making her way to the doors. 

I turn to Eddie and see that he's still looking out the window in a daze. I unbuckle my seat belt and slide closer to him so that I'm now sitting in the middle.

He has a vacant look on his face as he stares out of the window at nothing in particular. I look down at his hands in his lap which are laced together. I grab his left hand, breaking his apart and pulling it over to my lap which gets his attention.

He turns his head to me, I look into his eyes and see the vacant look disappear but instead to a different one which I can't make out.

"We're at the hotel, my mums inside booking our rooms." I say in a soft voice.

"Oh okay." he says in a quiet voice.

"How are you doing?" 

"I don't know. I'm not sure how I feel about it." he says in a calm tone.

"That's understandable, considering everything." Eddie slightly nods his head in agreement.

"I'm glad you're with me. I don't want to be alone right now." he sincerely says. I feel a smile form on my face. I pull him in for a hug, wrapping my arms around him.

"You won't be. I'll always be here for you." I say as I feel his arms loosely wrap around my waist and his head rest on my shoulder.

We sit like that for a few minutes in a comforting silence. 

Time skip to reception

I see my mum sitting in one of the chairs across from the front desk and make my way over to her with Eddie walking along side me.

When we get to her she gives us both a warm smile. I give her the car keys which she puts in her bag.

"I was thinking, we haven't eaten in more than a few hours, so did you want to get something to eat then we can go to our rooms and rest up for the car ride tomorrow?" 

"Yeah sounds good." I say turning to Eddie who nods in agreement.

My mum gets up and we make our way back out of the hotel.

"I asked the front desk and she said that there is one about 10 minutes that way." she says pointing in a direction which we all start walking in.

Time skip back to the hotel

"Alright boys this is your room." she says stopping outside a door and handing me a room key. "Mine is the next one down, if you need anything I'll be there, okay?"

"Okay." I say while nodding my head. We both say goodbye to my mum and head into our room.

There are two single beds with a lamp on top of a night stand separating them. We go over and each sit on one, facing each other with our legs in the middle.

"Do you wanna watch something on the TV or are you tired?" I ask. 

"No, we can watch something." He says moving back on the bed so that he's sitting up with his legs out in front of him. 

"Okay." I say, getting up and switching on the TV and flicking over to a random channel. I find something decent to watch and go back over to the beds.

I put the remote on my side of the bedside table and sit on my bed in the same way that Eddie is sitting. 

After a few minutes of watching the TV, I look over at Eddie who is staring blankly at the screen. I get up and sit next to him on his bed, he scoots over so that we both have half of the bed.

He slouches down lower in the same position and rests his head on my shoulder. We stay like that, content with being with each other.

I won't ask him if he's alright just yet, because I know that he's still processing what the policeman told us and probably doesn't know how to feel about it all yet.

I mean, how would you feel? Sonia was horrible to him, she both physically and verbally abused him, but she was still his mum. 

I'm not sad that she's gone, I'm glad that he's free of her and doesn't have to worry about all of that anymore.

I look down at him and see a content look on his face. I grab his hand and hold on tightly.

I'll ask him tomorrow how he feels, for now I'll just comfort him by being with him.

Time skip to 10 pm

It's dark and I'm lying down facing Eddie's direction. I can't see him to well from the lamp being between us and my glasses being off, but I can see the outline of his body. 

I can't get to sleep, knowing that Eddie is only a few feet away from me and feeling down. I wish I could lie next to him and hold him in my arms, but he probably wants to be alone. Not properly alone, but he probably wants to have his own space in his bed and for me not to take over and get in his way.

Just as I'm closing my eyes with these thoughts swirling around my brain, keeping me from falling asleep I hear Eddie quietly say my name. I sit up slightly and look at where I'm assuming his face is.

"Eddie?" I ask in a quiet voice, so as not to wake him up if he didn't actually say anything. Then I see him sit up as well and face me. "Are you okay?" I ask in a gentle voice.

"I don't know. Can I sleep in your bed, if you don't mind." he says rushing out the last part.

"Of course." I say scooting back in my bed a bit and opening the covers up for him. 

He gets out of his bed and quickly jumps into mine, pulling the covers up over himself. We both lie back down and face each other.

"Sorry if I'm bothering you. It's just that I couldn't sleep and I wanted to be close to you." he says in a small voice.

"You're not bothering me at all. I couldn't sleep either so don't worry about it." I say while wrapping an arm around his waist and pulling him closer. 

I look down at him and see an adorable little smile spread across his face, which just blocks out all the thoughts I had a minute ago.

"Night Rich." he says while snuggling his face into my chest.

"Night Eds." I say as I bury my face in his soft hair.