i'll love you from afar - a reddie story

~ 4 : Beverly ~

"Alright," Stan said, throwing his hands up in the air, turning around, and walking away. "I'm leaving."

"S-s-Stan," Bill got up fast, helped Bev up from the ground, and ran towards Stan. "Wh-wait up!"

"Uh, oh," Beverly said as she could hear the two talking in the distance. I hope this isn't my fault, she thought. "It's not my fault right?"

"No, Stan's just jealous." Richie said as his hand flew up to his mouth.

"Jealous of what?" Bev asked suspiciously.

"Your guy's relationship, duh." Richie started to sweat.

"Right, yeah." I don't believe him, Beverly thought. He's hiding something.

"Shh, guys," Eddie hushed the two as he was putting on a band-aid on his knee that he got from his fanny pack. "They're coming back." Everyone tried to act natural as the pair came back and stepped over the rope.

"Sorry, guys," Stan said, not making eye contact with anyone. Everyone just nodded or said "it's okay".

"Come on, sissies." Bev said as she undressed and jumped in the water. She loved showing off in front of them, seeing as she was the only girl in the group.

"How does she do that every fucking time?" Richie said peering over the edge.

"I-I don't kn-know," Bill said in awe as he glanced at the others. "But sh-she's amazing, r-right?" He jumped into the water after her. Then Stan, then Eddie, then finally Richie.

They all played around in the water, splashing each other as they did so. Stan, Richie, and Eddie were having a "splash war" and Bill and Bev watched them with smiles in the corners of their mouth. Bill reached out and grabbed Beverly's hand intertwining her fingers with his under the water. They swam towards the others with smiles they would only know the reason for.

When they all got out of the water, they retreated to the spot they usually lied down at after they swam. Bill and Bev were cuddled up on a towel and Stan couldn't help but eye them jealousy. When Bev looked up at him, though, Stan turned away. Weird. Thought Bev. She brushed it off though, and continued to stare into the eyes of her lover through thin sunglasses.

Richie was also laying down on a towel, coke bottle glasses still on his face, facing the sun. Eddie tried not to make it obvious he was starting, so he only stared for short periods of time. Richie occasionally glanced up at him, too, hoping he wasn't being too obvious either. Stan noticed this and rolled his eyes.

"Someone play some music or something," Bev's muffled voice said. 

a/n: tomorrow's update will have more reddie in it, i promise :)