Lover Boys - A Reddie FanFic

Chapter 14 - Earth to Richie

Eddie noticed that Rich wasn't doing anything but staring around the room
"Rich, are you okay?" I asked "oh I'm fine" he replied in a shivery voice
"Are you sure, Richie, you sound nervous" "yes I'm alright"
"Come here you are not all right" "no I'm not gonna come to you"
"Rich don't do this again, I'm coming to you you look like you are sick"
"Okay.." Richie looked up and passed out straight after
"RICHIE?! FUCKING HELP GUYS HES JUST PASSED OUT!
Bill, Stan, and Beverley walked over to come help since the rest weren't sure of how to
"Check for and stab wounds, any cuts, scratches, bruises, anything abnormal!"
I was hollering, I was scared. There was nothing else I could be, when I'm at the risk of losing my best friend
I found nausea medication for when he woke up, grabbed water from bens bag, and sat puffing my inhaler every once in a while
"No wounds or anything abnormal" Beverley said
"H h he couldn't've just p pass passed out, c c c could he?" Bill said
"If he were overly nauseous or nervous yes he could"
"O o oh, r r right."
What would he be nervous about, because I know he wasn't nauseous
"Do you have any ideas as to why he'd be nervous?"
"He kissed you without thinking, that's the only thing I could think of"
Beverley replied to me
"H h he's wa waking up!"
Bill stuttered so much when he was worried, and I could tell he was.
"Hey Rich you okay?"
"What?" "Oh" "I don't know.."
He took pauses between his words
"Why don't you know?"
"Well I was nervous and I just passed out and I don't know what I was nervous about"
He was still shivering
"It's okay, Rich, take these pills"
He took the pills and I lyed down next to him in the hammock
I rubbed his hair and felt for a fever
"You aren't feverish so that's good"
"Sorry, Eds"
"About what?"
"About the..kiss.."
"Don't say sorry, if that's what you were nervous about it's fine, I'm fine"
Hours later Richie and I were both asleep in the hammock, the rest of the losers were either at home or sleeping with them in the clubhouse
By the time I woke up, I woke Richie up as well and realized it was 10:00 pm and he had to get home, his friends let him sleep through the night
"Hey Rich wake up they are gone, I need to go home"
"Hm? Oh shit okay"
He got up and we rode home, my mom screamed at me for an hour straight and I went to sleep after, I hope Richie didn't get a bad punishment..

June 15, 1976