dogfight : reddie

it's just a party

dancing feet, sugar sweet, it's just a party!

"ohh..." eddie groaned, leaning over and clutching his stomach. he was feeling incredibly queasy now, he had barely ever drank before then, but now he didn't feel so great. 

"what's wrong?" richie asked, looking from him to bill. 

"i don't feel so great, rich," eddie cut himself off and rushed to the bathroom, obviously on the verge of throwing up. a new song started, and richie discouraged himself from worrying about it. 

at the bar, bill, mike, and ben were celebrating bill's victory. stanley sat off to the side, drinking more. he noticed eddie run off, and decided to follow him. 

"congratulations, you piece of shit," mike said, bumping bill with his shoulder. bill smirked.

"th-thuh-thank you very much" bill replied, puffing out his chest as he took another drink from his beer bottle. 

"the mouth! where the hell did you find him?" ben asked, fanboying over bill's win. 

"i'm afraid th-thuh-that's above your pay grade, gentlemen, and a long fuckin' s-stuh-story. carry on, assholes," bill answered, nudging ben and wandering off. 

richie walked by them, presumably on his way out, but mike caught him by the sleeve. 

"tozier, my man. how much did you give that boy to drink?" mike laughed, ben chuckling next to him. 

"eddie?" richie asked, confused.

"holy jesus, richie, he's puking up his guts! that's gotta be worth something." ben leaned into mike, and the two laughed heartily together. 

mike pulled out a small wad of cash and held it towards richie. richie kept his hands in his pockets. "here, twenty-five bucks. he earned it." mike said, putting the cash down on the bar. richie still didn't touch it. 

"go on, take your money, before that blimp comes back from the kennel, eh?" ben joked, richie turning red. his hands shot out of his pockets, and one of them grabbed ben's collar. 

"why don't you shut up for once in your life? i gotta swallow a steaming pile of your shit each and every day. i'm fucking sick of it. grow up." richie spat in anger, mike stepping back. richie tossed ben aside, stomping away to another part of the room. ben, a little shaken and hurt, looked to mike, confused. he pocketed richie's prize money.