Impossible Wishes - 1.part // Reddie Fanfic

7. hold me closer tiny dancer

Eddie woke up in the morning quite early. He rubbed his eyes, put on his slippers, and went to the bathroom. His mother had fallen asleep on the couch in the living room the day before as usual, so he had to be quiet.

He brushed his teeth first, took a quick shower, and got dressed. Although it would have taken a long time for Eddie to grow a beard, he had to shave already because he hated when he had only a few hairs on his chin. Then he left the bathroom, and headed to the kitchen to make himself a breakfast.

Eddie put cereals into a bowl, and poured milk over them. Then he drank a glass of water as he did every morning, and went to brush his teeth again.

When Eddie was younger, he had been carrying a toothbrush to school to brush his teeth after every meal. He had had a lot of habits like that. It was mainly because he hated the fact that there were germs everywhere. He had also been paranoid about getting sick because of it.

One day when he had been still attending the middle school, Vic Criss had seen him brushing his teeth in the school restroom, and laughed at him because kids normally hadn't done such things. After that, Eddie had always waited until he'd come home, and later when he got older, he had stopped thinking about it that much.

His mother was asleep and snorting when Eddie was in the kitchen, so when Eddie was full, he decided to go to his room to do some homework for school.

Later when his mother woke up, he went to do the laundry, and after that, he went to read one of the books he had borrowed from the local library.

After a few hours, he realized it was almost time to go to the town. He had said only a few words to his mother when he had been putting the laundry in the washing machine, but he had forgotten to mention that he was going out and would come home later in the evening, so he went to let her know.

He told her that he was going with Bill and Stan because he didn't want his mother to ask him unnecessary questions about Ben and Bev, and eventually forbid him to go.

Eddie's mother didn't mind when she thought it was Bill and Stan with whom he was going to Aladdin. She just wanted Eddie to be home soon because they were going outside of town the next day, and Eddie agreed.

He went to prepare to his room. He only had a few minutes before he had to leave, so he quickly put on clothes he had prepared in advance, and combed his hair. Then Eddie looked at himself in the mirror, and was satisfied with his reflection. He was wearing tight blue jeans, a white T-shirt and red windbreaker.

It was not a special outfit, but it was good enough. If Eddie could, he would adjust it by drawing a few interesting pictures on his pants or taking a nice pastel sweater instead, just to make the clothes he was wearing more interesting, but he didn't want to risk being called by an offensive slur again, so he had chosen a simple outfit instead.

After that, he took money and keys, put them in his pockets, and left for the cinema.

Aladdin was located near the Derry Mall which was in the city center where Eddie had met Richie on the first day of school, so it meant it was in the direction Richie's house was. Eddie just wanted to walk past it quickly, however, for the first time since Eddie had found out that Richie lived there, Eddie looked in the direction where the house was standing.

Eddie saw Richie's car parked in front of the garage, but the other wasn't there. He didn't see anyone in the garden, not even in the window where he had seen Richie last time. Eddie guessed Richie was probably home alone. Then he turned his gaze back, and continued walking.

While he was walking to the city center, he was wondering how Richie had been spending time when he had lived in the capital. Did he also go to the cinema? Did he have many friends and had secret parties with them? Eddie was lost in his thoughts about Richie again, which was happening quite often to his liking.