troubled || reddie

freshman year

EDDIES POV:
    i run down the stairs and give my mom a kiss on the cheek as i run out the door. today is richies last day in derry and i intend to spend as much time with my boyfriend as i can. first stop of the day, the park.

   "hey!" richie says as i turn the corner.

    "hi chee!" i say sitting on the bench by him.

when i sit down he kisses me on the cheek. we ended up talking for a few hours before we realized how late it was.

"shit" i mumbled. "my moms gonna kill me"

"i'll meet you in your room at 10:30 okay eddie spaghetti?" richie says smiling with that smile that makes my stomach turn inside out and back again.

"okay chee." i say and without missing a second i run home.

when i walk through my front door, my mom is making dinner. i walk over to her and sit at the table.

"hi mommy" i say trying not to sound annoyed by the fact she makes me call her mommy.

"hi sweetie, dinners ready now." she says bringing her bowl of some weird dinner she found on pinterest over.  i walk over and dish up some food. when i sit down, i look at the clock 7:30 on the dot. richie will be here in 3 hours.

"what are you day dreaming about over there eddie bear?" my mom asks me from the other side of the table.

"oh nothing mommy i was just thinking about something i need to finish for school." i say using the excuse i use everything i think about richie. i finish my dinner, clean up the mess, and run upstairs to my bedroom.

7:54pm. i have enough time to take a shower and clean my room before richie comes over. i get some pajamas and go to the bathroom to shower. my mom makes me use lavender scented shampoo because she claims it's better for me than other scents which is total bullshit but i go along with it. after showering i walk out of the steamy bathroom back to my room.

8:25pm. damn. i cleaned my room a bit then sat on my bed and read a book waiting for richie to come through my window.

RICHIES POV:

  8:37pm. i'm not looking forward to go to eddies for the last time in a few hours. don't get me wrong i love my ed's to pieces, but i'm moving tomorrow and i have to break up with him. i can't do long distance... it would kill me slowly not being able to see him. i want to be friends with him still and talk to him everyday though.

   i finish packing the rest of my room and grab the polaroid picture i have of my kissing eddies check off my floor. perfect, i'll give it to him to keep. 10:24pm.

"shit" i mumbled. i grabbed the picture and made my way over to ed's house.

EDDIES POV:

   i heard the knock on my window and jumped out of my bed to open it.

"hey cher!" i said after he climbed in.

"hey eds" he said. i could tell something was upsetting him.

"don't call me ed's and what's up rich you seem sad" i said sitting by him on my bed.

"nothings wrong spaget, i'm just tired from packing" he said.

"right" i said even though i could see right through the lie. after we cuddled for a few hours, richie sat up.

"ed's i need to tell you something" he said as his eyes filled with tears.

"what's wrong? you look like you're about to cry" i said concerned.

"i really don't know how to do this..." he said as he pulled me into a hug. "i-i have to break up with you. i love you so much i just don't think it's good for us to be in a relationship while we're this far apart"

i went numb. was he messing with me? i sat there not moving in his arms as he started to wipe tears out of his eyes.

"ed's can you say something" he said chocked up. i had a blank look on my face and i took his arms off from around me.

"eddie please i'm so sorry" he said.

"please leave." i said holding back tears.

"i'll call you everyday i promise eddie. everyday no matter what. okay?" he said walking over to the window.

"whatever" i said. "have a good time in new york"

"i love you eddie and i promise i'll come back soon" richie said handing me a polaroid picture of us and climbing out my window for the last time. i locked my window and ran to the bathroom and cried. my the time i stopped it was sunday morning and i went back to my room clutching the picture of richie and i.

i was heartbroken.

hey!!! authors note,
i'll update often i promise. hope i didn't make you too sad already but it'll get better i promise. the rest of the story with bee from sophomore year - junior year. so get reddie.