Impossible Wishes - 1.part // Reddie Fanfic

15. anything for you

Eddie woke up after having a beautiful dream. After a few minutes, he realized it was not a dream, but a reality. He felt butterflies in his stomach and smiled to himself at the memory of the previous day and the thought of Richie.

Stan and Bill were still asleep when Eddie had woken up, so he decided to stay in his sleeping bag for a few more minutes thinking about what had happened in the previous days, especially previous hours. He was still wearing the jacket Richie had lent him, and the letter Richie had given him the day before was still in the pocket of that jacket, so Eddie pulled the letter out, and read it again.

After a while of thinking and smiling to himself, Eddie decided that he didn't want Stan, Bill or anyone else to know what had happened because he hasn't even told them he was gay yet, so he decided to take off Richie's jacket and hide it in his bag; he didn't want Bill or Stan to ask him questions about it or Richie. He wanted to give the jacket back to Richie later when nobody was going to be around.

After a few more minutes, he decided to get up and go brush his teeth.

When he wanted to enter the bathroom, Beverly was just coming out of the room. ''Good morn-,'' Beverly didn't even finished what she wanted to say, and started laughing while she was looking at Eddie, so it left Eddie confused.

''You have something on your face, Eddie, it looks like makeup.'' Eddie blushed because he knew very well how it got there. ''Oh... I...,'' Eddie stuttered because he didn't know what to say to her without telling her the truth about how it got there.

''I'm going to make breakfast, come downstairs and help me if you want,'' Beverly had said before Eddie came up with an excuse about the makeup he had on his face. Then she smiled at him, and headed downstairs.

Eddie was just standing there embarrassed for a moment. He was convinced she must have known what had happened. After all, she knew about Richie's feelings for some time. He just didn't know if it was good or bad that she knew about them.

When Eddie entered the bathroom, he changed from his pajamas, washed his face, brushed his teeth and did everything he needed to do before going downstairs. He was little nervous because he knew he would have to face Richie and Bev again. It wasn't because he didn't want to see Richie, quite the opposite, but he had to pretend that nothing had happened between them in front of the others.

When Eddie entered the kitchen, Bev and Ben were standing by the stove. They didn't even notice him at first, so Eddie approached them while they were talking about what to cook for breakfast.

When Bev noticed Eddie had arrived she smiled at him again, and Ben turned around. ''Good morning Eddie,'' Ben greeted him, and Eddie refused to look at Bev, instead he faced Ben.

''Hi, what are you cooking?'' Eddie asked him. ''Nothing so far... we wanted to make pancakes for everyone.'' Beverly answered instead of Ben. She had amused expression on her face. Eddie was sure it must have been fun for her to tease him silently about Richie. She didn't even have to say anything.

''Oh, I can help; I actually know a very good recipe.'' Eddie offered help. He also wanted to keep his mind busy with cooking, instead of thinking of Richie who was probably still asleep right next door. Moreover, pancakes were his favorite dish, so he was happy to help. ''Great! Let's get to work then.''

The three of them started making the dough and after a few minutes, Mike and Stan came to the kitchen, and started helping them with cooking as well. After some time they were done.

Eddie went to set up the table next door in the living room, so he knew he would see Richie. He took a couple of plates, and went to place them on the table while the others were washing the dishes and cleaning the mess they had made.