18

 The morning sun peaks through the shitty see through blinds doing nothing to protect Bev from getting blinded, she sits up letting out a small groan shielding her eyes from the sun so she could look around seeing everyone still asleep well that's what she thought until Eddie walk's out of the bathroom his toothbrush hanging out his mouth as he slide his shorts back on in the middle of zipping them up when he looks up. "Oh morning"

"When did you wake up?"

"Uh about thirty minutes ago, I just wanted to freshen up I felt gross"

"You and me both" Bev sighs sliding out of bed the rest of the blankets Ben was still cuddling up with, as she passes the other bed her eyes land on Bill and Stan the two had moved closer to one another through the night Bill's hand rested on Stan's pillow a few inches away from his face... "Why don't we go get breakfast!" Bev quickly spins around to face Eddie again seeing his was now spraying deodorant on his armpits "Where would we get that?" He asks his eyebrow cocked upwards "There is a gas station walking distant to here, we can grab stuff there"

"Alright sure, let's go" Eddie nods letting Bev slide on her flip flops before they opened the door making sure to close it quietly, so they wake up the others, the sun was bright shining down on them as they began to walk. Bev took a deep breathing letting it out in a sigh "I love summer"

"I can tell" Eddie chuckles "What's not to love about it Eddie! The warmth, the swimming, road trips like this!"

"Yeah... You have a point, this has been pretty fun" Eddie says a small smile on face, it had only been a day that they had been gone but leaving Derry felt great... Not having eyes on you all the time because of rumors that spread faster than the common cold, here the group could do what they want without the fear of being judged... After another three minutes the pair walk into the gas station sighing a cold gust of air hits them from the A/C blowing, Bev locks their arms together while they walked down the aisles. Their eyes scanning the old metal shelves that held a mix of different things "Oo look!" Bev points out small boxes of popular cereal brands, the things were made so kids had a good portion and didn't overeat and end up fat, but she grabs them anyway showing them to Eddie was a big smile "That works"

"I want a muffin, let's check if they have muffins" She gasp dragging him with her "What is up with you and muffins!"

Eddie didn't get an answer he was just dragged over to the other side of the room watching as Bev looks over the baked goods wrapped in layers of plastic to protect them, he looks around his eyes landing on the small fridge area, so he walks over leaving Bev on her own. His brown eyes scan the shelves through the glass seeing a small juice pouch, as he stares at it more it hits him... He had seen that before, Richie used to drink those things everyday which caused Eddie to tell him he needed to drink more water, or he was going to ruin his organs. But Richie didn't have the chance to listen to him because the company that made the things had stopped shipping them to the small town of Derry, forcing Richie to stop drinking them... It had to be at least three years since he'd seen it. With not a single thought he pulls the door open and grabs the drink holding the cold pouch in his palm "You ready to go?" Bev cuts him out of the weird trance he was in "Oh yeah let's go" He nods letting the door close behind him keeping the juice held in his hand until he puts it down on the counter watch Bev pull some money out of her back pocket sliding it on the counter, once everything was paid and put into a bag Bev tosses it over her shoulder the two starting the walk back to the motel.

"So, what were you and Richie talking about last night?"

"What?" Eddie looks at her with a confused expression until he remembers the talk the two had the night before "Oh nothing important, just blabbering"

"You two are cute" Bev smiles making Eddie stare at her his expression frozen, did he have a fever because his face was suddenly burning hot... "W-What do you mean?"

"Like your friendship silly, you two fight all the time but are still best friends It's cute" She chuckles, Bev knew what she was doing... She was testing the waters for Richie, because she for one was tired of watching the two flirting with each other without even noticing it! And the way Eddie's face went red within the span of five seconds it told her everything she needed to know... Now it was time to play matchmaker. Once the two turn the corner walking back into the parking lot of the motel they were met with the familiar loud laughing of their friends coming from the pool,

"Oh, jack don't let go!" Richie gasped loudly throwing the back of his hand against his forehead as Bill stood behind his arms holding his arms up, "What the hell are you guys doing?" Bev laughs loudly catching their attention "I'm becoming an actor duh"

"Might want to work a bit harder" Eddie teases making Richie stick his tongue out at him, "Well we have breakfast" Bev smiles holding the plastic bag in the air making all of them gasp and run over not caring if they were still wet. She holds the bag open letting them all dig into it Richie lets out a loud gasp basically shoving everyone else of the way before digging into the bag pulling out the fruit juice he had fallen in love with "Where did you find this!" He asks looking back up at Bev only getting a shrug in response "I don't know, Eddie grabbed it"

Richie turns his head looking over at Eddie who was digging for something in his fanny pack mumbling something under his breath, with a sudden movement he wraps his arms around the smaller teen making him yelp "Wet! You're wet dumbass!"

"You sweet sweet boy! You got me this!?" He grins brightly holding the pouch in his hand like it would break with any sudden movement, "It's not a big deal, I just saw it and remembered how much you used to the pure sugar you call juice"

"You have a heart!" Richie teases stabbing the straw into the pouch taking a large sip, he lets out a large sigh his arms closing making Eddie roll his eyes "God I forgot how good this stuff is!"

"Well don't go chugging it dumbass" Eddie scoffs taking it from his hand following the rest of the group as they walk over to one of the picnic bench's dropping the bag on it the seven of them surrounding it, once Richie was sat down next to Eddie he finally gives him back the pouch giving him a narrow glare making sure he didn't start chugging it down before looking back down at his fanny pack picking up a bottle of sunscreen. The group talks as they start digging into the random food items the two got while Eddie rubs sunscreen on his arms, legs and face before sliding it over to Richie "Put it on, or you're going to burn"

"Yes sir" Richie teases with a smile making Eddie smile to rolling his eyes... Bev who was sitting on the other side of the table watched the two interact, how could they not tell that they already acted like a couple? Eddie always made sure to take care of him like it was his job while Richie never said anything... He enjoyed having Eddie's attention...

They both enjoyed each other's attention...