Impossible Wishes - 1.part // Reddie Fanfic

12. we are okay now

Eddie was sitting in a classroom waiting for the teacher to give him the paper. He was about to take a SAT exam which he had taken many times before. It was very similar each year and he always got good results, but he was just as nervous as ever because he still didn't want to get bad score.

The students had a lot of time to fill in the questions. There were four sections which were reading, writing, language and math, and students had over three hours to complete it.

After more than three hours, Eddie was done; however, he didn't feel good about it. After taking the SAT exam, students were supposed to proceed normally as scheduled, so Eddie was heading to classroom where a Chemistry class was supposed to take place.

When the teacher entered the classroom, he told the students that they would not be learning anything that day; he didn't want to be hard on them, given the fact that they had taken a three-hour long exam, so Eddie was naturally glad. The teacher told them to get in pairs because they would experiment that day instead.

Eddie was quickly looking for someone to pair up with because he didn't like the idea of being with Henry Bowers. Fortunately, he quickly found Dorsey; he was already looking at Eddie and letting Eddie know that he wanted to be in pairs with him. The teacher told them what to do, so after some time, Eddie and Dorsey started working on it.

The teacher didn't really care what the students were doing, so Eddie could talk to Dorsey more than ever before. They turned out to be very similar. Eddie felt like Dorsey was even more like him than Ben. It was weird, but he felt understood, so thanks to that, they got along pretty well.

Nothing special happened for the rest of the day and Eddie didn't even see his friends that day, not even Richie, and Stanley went to his 'bird club' meeting that day, so they didn't go home together.

It wasn't really a 'bird club', but Eddie and Bill always called it that way because Stan mostly talked about how they were watching birds. In fact, Stanley enjoyed watching birds and their behavior a lot, but they were doing a lot of other things there as well.

It was different on Tuesday. Ben confirmed to Eddie when they were in a History class that he was dating Bev, and he never looked happier. Eddie was happy for them and was also glad that Bev hadn't told him about their conversation.

Later when Eddie came to the cafeteria, the only one sitting there was Bill. Richie and Mike were supposed to come as well, but they haven't been there yet, so Eddie decided to try to ask Bill about Stan. He didn't want to make him feel uncomfortable, so he decided to be smart about it.

''Bill, is there anything you want to tell me?'' Eddie asked. It didn't sound as smart as he thought it would. He didn't want to push him into telling him about what had happened between him and Stan, but at the same time, he wanted to let him know that he could tell him because he already knew.

''Stan has already t-told you, g-good,'' Bill paused, but after a while, he continued, ''I would have t-told you, but Stanley w-wanted to tell you himself b-because he wanted to explain it to you.'' Eddie was glad that he didn't make him uncomfortable by his question.

''I know, I'm proud of him.'' Eddie said genuinely, and smiled at Bill. ''Me too, I don't know... w-when I kissed him... I f-felt that it was r-right, but I also know I like g-girls, so I don't know where it p-puts me... anyway, we d-decided to be friends, but he probably t-told you that?'' Bill asked. It was clear that he had trouble getting it out because he was stuttering more than usual.

Eddie smiled at him again. ''Yes, whatever you guys decide to do, I will stand by your side, and I'm glad you told me too.'' Eddie was trying to let Bill know that it was okay to be confused, and it worked because Bill smiled back. Bill wanted to say something in response, but at that moment, they noticed Richie and Mike who were walking towards them.