Impossible Wishes - 1.part // Reddie Fanfic

10. hold on to me

It was a beautiful Saturday morning. It was a sunny day and it looked like it was still summer outside, even though it was the end of September. Eddie didn't get much sleep because he had been thinking late into the night about how that day would turn out.

Eddie had plenty of hours before he was about to leave, so he had stayed in bed reading a comic book for at least one hour.

When he finally decided it was time to get out of bed, he got up, and walked to the bathroom in his pajamas. He brushed his teeth, shave the almost invisible hair he had on his chin, and then he went to make himself something for breakfast.

He hoped his mother would be awake and breakfast would be ready on the table, but he was used to the fact that his mother slept late into the afternoon because she was watching a television late into the night, so he was the one who was usually making breakfast at weekends.

When he entered the kitchen, his mother was still asleep on the couch like he had predicted, so he decided to take only an apple because he wasn't in a mood to cook that day, and went back to his room. After he had finished eating the apple, he started packing all sorts of things into his backpack.

After Eddie had packed everything he thought he would need, he went to take out his sleeping bag out of the closet. After a while, he went to choose the outfit he would wear that day.

Given the fact that he wasn't going to school, he could wear something he didn't normally wear, so he decided to wear light blue denim overalls. He decided against wearing them to school, even though they were very comfortable. He had small patches on them with various pictures that Eddie had made himself.

He also chose a plain black-and-red T-shirt and a gray sweatshirt, even though it was warm outside. It was nothing special, but Eddie immediately felt more like himself.

After he got dressed, and put everything he needed into his backpack, he started working on a homework he was supposed to complete until Monday. In the meantime, his mother woke up, and asked him what he wanted for lunch.

Later when the lunch was ready, she called him, and they had a short conversation at the table. She told him to be home early and to be careful. She told him exactly the same thing every time he went somewhere, so he was used to it, and just nodded.

When it was time for him to leave, Eddie took all of the things he needed and prepared in advance, said goodbye to his mother, and went to take his bike out of the shed. Then he got on the bike, and headed towards the house where Bill lived.

He left the house after five in the afternoon, and was at Bill's place in less than ten minutes. He was there early, but he didn't mind, quite the opposite. Eddie preferred when he was everywhere earlier or in time.

They had agreed that Eddie would wait for Bill in front of the house, so Eddie just waited outside for him to come out the door.

After a short period of time, Bill showed up. Instead of coming out of the door, he led his own bike out of the garden.

''Hi,'' Eddie said simply when he saw him, and smiled at him. Bill smiled at him right back. "Hi Edd-die" Bill said simply. Eddie hated when Bill stuttered his name, but he didn't want to upset Bill for doing so because it wasn't his fault, so he decided against telling him.

Bill has had problems with speech since he was born. When the boys were still going to kindergarten, Eddie often had trouble understanding Bill. Later The Bowers gang started bullying Bill in the middle school because of it, and when they started attending high school, Bill started visiting speech specialist who was helping to this day. Bill still could hardly say a sentence without a stutter, but he was getting better at it with time.