teenage crush ~ reddie

ch. 1

why would bill do that?

i thought he was my friend.

I thought I could trust him.

that son of a bitch.

calm down eddie.

take deep breaths.

in

and

out

I finally fell asleep.

-

i woke up from a ringing noise and loud thumps.

I rolled over and looked at my old dusty clock,

2:21 am

I tiptoed down the carpeted steps and saw my mom holding the telephone up to her ear.

"oh hi Richie, i'll get e- oh eddie's already here, one second."

I heard my mom say.

"why are you being so loud."

I said in a raspy voice.

"richie is on the phone, here."

she said holding out the phone for me to take it.

I grabbed it and held the cold phone to my ear.

"hi Richie ?"

i said in a confused tone.

"hi eddie, i'm sorry for waking you up."

he said.

he sounded tired, like he didn't get any sleep.

"it's ok, I was already kind of awake i guess, so what do you need?"

I asked.

"i heard that you liked me an-"

why did I do that.

I hung up.

damn it eddie

you idiot

i dialed the number again and waited.

ring, ring, answer.

"what was that about."

Richie said.

he sounded annoyed.

"sorry, my mom was telling me to go to bed,"

I quickly said.

he started to lighten up.

"so anyways, i heard that you like-"

i cut him off.

"oh um ya don't worry about it, i'm over it."

i said.

"wait yo-you don't like me anymore?"

he asked.

"n-NO I- yes I um well I do still like you but um I know you don't like me ba-"

"just because you think something, doesn't mean it's true."

then,

the line cut off.

he hung up.

-

I watched in silence as the sun rose and heard roosters crowing and dogs barking.

i didn't get any sleep all night, i've been thinking about eddie all night. then I called him, and pretty much told him i liked him, too. god damn it Richie you idiot. I mean, am I a idiot?

-

I sat on the swings in my backyard, my parents were out with their friends, and i was sitting alone, in my backyard.

"hey."

i heard a familiar voice say.

"have you heard from Beverly?"

i heard him say"

"no"

I said turning towards Richie.

"oh well, um, you know, you look really good today."

he said.

"you look h- really nice too"

shit, hot? hot eddie are you serious?

"well i'm sorry if me liking you makes you uncomfortable."

i said.

"why would i be uncomfortable?"

he asked setting his hand on my shoulder.

"well um I don't know I guess um i don't um,"

and that's it.

i set my hands on his waist, pulling him closer and kissing him.

I pulled away quickly throwing my hand over my mouth.

"holy shit i'm so sorry."

-

a.n

hi I'm watching stranger things for the 30th time (literally)