i woke up the next morning to the sound of richie snoring, looking over at the small clock next to his nightstand, I noticed the time,
12:05pm
it read, 'shit, richie! we have to be at the quarry in 25 minutes!'
richie fluttered his eyes open, rubbing them as he sat up in the bed, 'what?'
'richie! we have to get ready!'
he let out a small yawn, and then nodded while getting out of the bed. I got up shortly after he did, and then went into his bathroom, closing and locking the door behind me
while splashing some water in my face to wake me up, I could hear richie walking around in his room
after my face was clean, I ran my fingers through my hair and then put it up in a ponytail. 'richie, do you have any clothes that I can wear? I can wear the hoodie from yesterday but do you have any pants?' I yelled from the bathroom right before I started brushing my teeth using the toothpaste that richie had left out from last night and the toothbrush I have stored here.
'um... let me check, vic' richie said
after aavout 45 seconds, richie knocked on the door, and I let him in
he handed me a pair of red shorts that looked as if they would fit me, 'sorry I couldn't find anything else, I know it's gonna be warm today so I didn't want you to be burning up in sweats, do you want me to find you a shirt?'
smiling, 'no rich, but thanks for the offer. and thanks for letting me borrow these shorts' he smiled and left me alone in the small bathroom
I took off the sweatpants that I was wearing from last night, and folded them and put them on the bathroom counter.
the shorts fit perfectly, and I pulled them up a little more so they would look better.
then I put on the hoodie from yesterday and left the bathroom, making sure to turn off the lights and close the door as I left.
'ready to go, rich?'
he nodded as we left his house, 'can we stop by my house quickly to get my bike?'
he said yes and then we made a quick stop at my house to pick up my bike, since it was on the way to the quarry
'hey vic, do you want to get lunch after the quarry with me?'
'sure richie' I said while biking towards the quarry as we were almost there
once we arrived at the lake, all the other losers were there
bill, eddie, and stanley (and if you're wondering where all the others went, after last summer, beverly moved in with her aunt in oregon, mike moved in with his grandmother in florida, and ben moved back to his old house in washington dc)
they all stood there, wearing nothing but their tightie-whities while looking at us
'who's going to jump first?' stan asked
'i'll go' I said while taking off the shorts and hoodie I was wearing,
leaving me in only my light blue bra and lilac underwear that had lace trim, while jumping into the quarry
on the way down, I could hear richie yell ,'what the fuck' and I laughed
after all the others had jumped win, we started to splash around and play games
we ended up being on each other's shoulders, me on richies and bill on stanleys while eddie watched us, while seeing who could push the other one in the lake first
me and richie won, obviously
we got out of the lake and dried off while listening to some music
i was laying down on my towel that eddie brought for me, when I felt as if there were eyes on me,
and of course, richie was staring at me like I was the only girl in the world
'hey rich, take a picture it'll last longer' eddie yelled at richie
laughing at eddie's joke, we all waited for richie's reply
'oh yeah, ed? last longer than your mom did with me on halloween?'
richie smiled at his own joke and put his hand up to high-five stanley, but all stan did was roll his eyes at him. and I have to admit, that was funnier than richie's joke
'well, victoria, we should really get going to lunch. it's almost two o'clock'
while smiling at the other boys and richie, I said, 'of course, let me just get my stuff and then we can go. bye stan, bill, and eddie'
they all said bye back, and then I went back up to the top of the hill to get my stuff while richie waited on me by our bikes
while I was on the top, I had a clear view of all the boys, I couldn't hear what they were talking about, but I could see what they were doing
eddie was smiling at richie while bill was saying something to him, stan said something too
and then,
richie's face turned bright red in embarrassment
while wondering what they could've said to make richie so red in the face.
when I got to the bikes, richie was leaning against his, 'hey babe, ready to go'
'i'm not your babe, but yes, let's go'
we got on our bikes and drove into town
once we got there, we set our bikes down and walked into the white and blue decorated resaurant
'table for two please, in a booth' richie said as we walked in the restaurant
once we got seated, the waitress handed us our menus and asked what we wanted to drink
'um yes can we get a chocolate milkshake with two straws?' the waitress jotted down what richie had just said to her in her little notebook, and then left
'so vic, describe to me your dream man'
i let out a small chuckle, 'why'
'because, I want to know what I have to compete with'
'alright fine, rich
well, first of all he'd have to have a sense of humor, because without humor i'd actually die of boredom
cute hair, the kind that flows with the wind
and definitely not the type that is held up with a ton of hair spray
i would want him to be friends with my friends,
and only be jealous when I want him to
emotional stability would be nice, I don't want a crybaby or a physcopath
he should be kind, but not afraid to show feelings
and treat his mama right
he should pick me up at eight, and not a minute late
because if there's one thing I don't like to do, then it's wait'
richie's point of view
'alright fine, rich'
as soon as she started, I knew I had to remember all these things, because when we're together, I don't want her to be embarrassed of me or feel like I'm not good enough!
'well, first of all he'd have to have a sense of humor, because without humor i'd actually die of boredom'
if I'd say so myself, I am the funniest one in the group, and most of the time she laughs at my jokes
'cute hair, the kind that flows with the wind'
i have cute hair, and when there's wind you bet it flows
'and definitely not the type that is held up with a ton of hair spray'
this is so easy I don't even own a can og hairspray!
'i would want him to be friends with my friends,'
of course we're all best friends
'and only be jealous when I want him to'
i barely ever get jealous, ever!
'emotional stability would be nice, I don't want a crybaby or a physcopath'
i'm not either, this just proves how much i'm perfect for her!
'he should be kind, but not afraid to show feelings'
sometimes I get sad, or mad
'and treat his mama right'
i'm the best son ever, my mom said so herself
'he should pick me up at eight, and not a minute late'
i'm never ever late!
'because if there's one thing I don't like to do, then it's wait'
victoria's point of view
'are you happy now, rich?'
'richie?'
he was looking at me as if he was deeply in love with me
'richard, get a hold of yourself' I said as I pushed his arm from under his jaw so he got psyched back to reality
'huh what?' he said in shock while blinking his eyes in confusion
'richie, why do you always look at me like i'm the only person in the whole world?'
'because, victoria
you're the only girl in my world'