Impossible Wishes - 1.part // Reddie Fanfic

4. he just wants to be your friend

Thursday was not special for Eddie in any way. He was already looking forward to the weekend. He was feeling bad because he had been mad at Bill the day before for something that was not entirely his fault. Stan was still little mad at Bill for inviting Bev and Richie, but it passed eventually, and they all were talking just like nothing had happened.

During a free period, Eddie decided not to go to the cafeteria at all to avoid the possibility of running into Richie. He still didn't want to see him, that has not changed. Luckily for Eddie, he only saw him in a hallway once, but as soon as he realized he was there, he decided to go to the opposite direction, they didn't even linked eyes.

After school, he met up with his best friends again, and Bill invited the two boys to spend the weekend with him at his house. It was Bill's mom idea because she wanted to meet Georgie's new friend who he had started talking to the first day of school, so she thought it would be a good idea to invite Bill's friends as well.

The two boys agreed not knowing if their parents would agree, but they were almost eighteen, and Eddie's mom and Stan's parents knew Bill, so it was never a problem to spend a night at each other's houses. They planned to go to Bill's place right after school on Friday.

Eddie was thrilled to be able to spend time with his best friends and his best friends only, without someone like Bev or even Richie.

On Friday, Eddie woke up in a very good mood. He packed his sleeping bag, his hygiene supplies and everything he thought he would need, and headed for the kitchen to tell his mother that he would be staying at Denbrough's house overnight.

Fortunately, Eddie's mother loved Bill and Stan, so it wasn't a problem. They both were from decent families. Expect for that one day when they had gotten into a fight with Henry Bowers, they have never gotten in trouble, and never hurt Eddie.

Even though Eddie and his mother weren't close anymore, Eddie still wanted her permission and was afraid that if she didn't know where he was, she would do something like calling the police to look after him because he knew she was capable of doing it. She was still very worried about him, despite Eddie's refusals to do what she was telling him.

When he entered the kitchen, his mother was making breakfast. ''Good morning Ma, I was thinking...'' Eddie started, but he changed his sentence from question to announcement quickly: ''Bill invited me and Stan to their house today, and I'll be there until Saturday, so you don't have to wait for me when you get home.''

''When are you coming back?'' His mother asked with an absent expression on her face. Every time his mother answered his demand with a question, Eddie knew in advance that his mother would allow it.

''Probably sometime in the afternoon,'' Eddie said simply. His mother nodded, and continued making breakfast. When she put all the food on the table, Eddie was already seated, and she sat down at the table as well.

''Do you have everything packed? A toothbrush? An extra inhaler? Do you want me to help you with packing?'' Even though Eddie knew he didn't actually have asthma, he still carried an inhaler with him, not only because his mother wanted him to, but also because he had something that always helped him to calm him down when he felt anxious.

Eddie shook his head. ''No, Ma, I have everything, you don't have to worry.'' That was basically how it has always happened whenever he wanted to go somewhere or spend some time with Bill and Stan.

She had no idea what he was doing during the day and she has never been particularly interested in it, but he always had to be home for dinner or she would have started looking for him and freaking out.

She had embarrassed him like that in front of his friends and their families many times when he was younger, but they were used to it and knew what Eddie's mother was like, so they adapted and even lied for him a couple of times. Eddie was grateful for that because one of the things he hated the most was when his mother was making a fuss and embarrassing him in public.