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The room was an awkward quiet none of them knowing what to do or say.. "Oh my god what is taking so damn long" Stanley groans walking into the house behind Beverly stopping when he see's the weird stand off going on, he looks between the three before Bill shows up behind him "O-Oh hey E-Eddie! Well I guess w-we do-don't have to go p-pick you up" he chuckles completely obliviously to the awkwardness in the room "Wait what?" Eddie looks at him confused sneaking another glance at Beverly hoping she keeps her mouth shut before he walks forward standing next bill while sliding on his shoes "Beverly had this thing plan that we would just drop by unannounced for some reason she would not disclose with us" Stanley explains giving another confused look between Beverly and Richie then turns around facing the other two.

Beverly's piercing green eyes stay glued onto Richie ignoring the other's, "We need to talk" Richie whispers grabbing onto her hand pulling her down the hall "H-Hey where a-are you guy's g-going?" Bill calls out "Just need to tell Bev something!" Richie answers. Once the two were alone he peaks down the hall making sure the other's weren't ease dropping then stares back at Beverly "If you say anything I swear to-"

"Wow calm down! I won't say anything, I'm not an asshole.. But why didn't you tell me!"

"It's new, just happened last night" Richie shrugs "So it's official! You and Eddie are finally dating!" she squeal's almost sounding a pig her smile growing so wide it forces her eyes to close her hands clasping together, she was acting like this had been the best news she's heard in years. "Alright calm down before your head blows up, it's new okay and you can not say anything!"

"I promise, nothing will be said" 

"Slow pokes do you plan on joining us anytime soon?" Stanley call's out "Hold your horse's stanny boy" Richie roll's his eyes walking back down the hallway Beverly following him trying to contain her excitement, "Where are we even going?" Eddie ask looking over at Beverly seeing her smile making him look over at Richie. "That had yet to be decided, we will go where ever the wind takes us" Beverly says marching out of the house climbing back onto her bike that had been parked next to Ben and Mike who never got off of theirs, Stanley and Bill follow after the red haired girl leaving Eddie and Richie only "Did you tell her?" he whispers narrowing his eyes at his now boyfriend "I don't think I needed to Ed's, she kinda walked in on us"

"So what was that talk about then"

"Relax, I just made her promise to not say anything"

"And she won't..?"

"Well seeing as she was the only person that knew I was gay and didn't say anything, yeah she won't tell anyone Eddie" Richie smiles down at him before looking outside seeing Beverly was talking about something Ben's eyes glued onto her like she was a piece of art work "now come on" he adds grabbing a hold of his arm dragging the smaller boy out of the house closing the door behind him. The two of them climb onto their bikes following after the group as the start to ride down the road, "We could go see what's playing at the theater" Ben speaks up "Yeah a movie would be fun!" Bev agrees making Ben smile larger his cheeks warming up.. He was so in love with this girl it was ridiculous, with a plan now in motion the group zooms down on of the large hills the wind rushing past them. With a loud whoop Richie stands up on his bike now speeding past the other "Hey no fair!" Bev gasp doing the same thing as him picking up enough speed to almost catch up with him "Just stop being slow Beverly, not that hard" Richie calls back as he rides onto the curb slowing down since he was now on the side walk filled with people most of them giving the group weird glances like they weren't just a bunch of teenagers enjoying the nice summer day "I swear these people have a stick up their ass" Richie rolls his eyes as the group bikes closer to one another "They probably just hate their lives" Stanley shrugs looking over his shoulder as he passes a women seeing the disapprove look on her face.

"Eh If I was a middle age women going through her third divorce I would too" Eddie shrugs making the group burst out laughing "Jesus dude!" Bev snorts looking over her shoulder at him "What it's true! Miss park is already on her third.. She's such a bitch too" 

"She's the women that yelled at us once because we were biking on the road for like a second right?" Ben speaks up "Yep that's her"

"Yeah, she is kind of rude" Ben shrugs, he didn't like calling people rude names like that but he did agree with Eddie. The women was awful, "Kind of rude? She was going to call the cops on me because she saw me leaving my dad's office after closing, she thought I was stealing or something" Richie rolls his eyes just thinking about the story "Steal what, it's a fucking dentist office" Bev chuckles "My point exactly"

The group stops in front of the small town theater parking their bikes on the bike rack outside of the building before heading in, after buying tickets and snacks like they always do they rush into their movie room so they could their favorite row of seats. Thankfully it was still open so they all sit down passing around their snacks to one another, "Oh fuck.." Stanley mumbles making the group look at him confused "Everything okay Stanny?" Richie ask placing a hand on his shoulder since he was sat next to him "Bower's gang" he motions towards the row right bellow them since they were sat on the second 'floor' of the room, they all peak over the railing seeing it was in fact the three asshole's sitting there snorting or laughs about something. "Well It's dark, I doubt they'll be able to see us" Mike shrugs "Yeah Mike's right" Bev gives a single nod before leaning back in her seat placing a piece of popcorn in her mouth, after a few more silent minutes the screen finally turns on beginning the play some old school horror movie. Eddie who was sat on the end since he got Closter phobic is he was in a tight space for to long starts to pick at the skin around his nail something he did when he was anxious or stressed about something, it was a bad habit he has tried to break many times but it just let his mind focus on something else for the moment. 

"Ed's stop doing that" Richie whispers from beside him grabbing a hold of his hand forcing him to stop, "What are you worried about?" Richie adds now looking at him with a mix of confusion and worry "Nothing! I guess I just zoned out or something" Eddie shrugs. He didn't really understand why he was nervous maybe it was because of Bower's gang, or the whole Beverly knowing.. But it didn't feel like he was nervous because of that.. It was something else, for some reason he could not stop thinking about the night before and the weird way his mother had been acting.. It was out of character for her to snap at him the second he stood up, maybe she was just over tired..

"You're going to make yourself bleed again dude, then you get grossed out" Richie let's out a small chuckle making Eddie roll his eyes, how come he had never noticed the way Richie noticed everything about him without even having to try.. "Okay Okay fine" Eddie drops his hands into his lap forcing himself to focus on the movie and not the itching deserve to start picking again, Richie notices the tension in his body so he let's out a sigh reaching his hand to hold onto Eddie's. He looks up at him a confused expression his eyes darting over to the group who took up the seats next to Richie then back down at their hands that were now interlocked on Eddie's lap "What are you doing?" Eddie whispers "Making sure you don't pick again"

"But the others-"

"They don't pay attention to anything when their at the movies, ben is to busy trying to seem tough for Beverly while Stan rants to Bill about everything wrong about the movie while Mike, he's at the other end of the row he can't see all the way over here"

"Oh.."

"Relax Ed's, they can't see"

"Okay" Eddie gives him a small smile before looking down at their hands again noting the way Richie's hand basically engulfs his the weird size different making him snicker, looking back at the screen he was finally able to pay attention to the movie playing the itching picking feeling going away with a blink of an eye. He was relaxed now just enjoying the moment with the group.. After the movie was done the seven of them walk over the room heading towards the door that led into the arcade since the two building were connected, "Let's get slushies!" Beverly says cutting in front of the group making them all follow behind her like a pack of dogs. The loser's sit outside on the curb their legs out stretched in front of them their cold slushie cups held in their hands, the condensation on the cups making their hands become wet. They all look off at the town sipping at their stars just enjoying the silence "My tongue blue?" Richie ask while turning his head to look and Eddie sticking out his tongue, "Yeah, mine red?" Eddie ask copying his motion Richie let's at a small chuckle and nods "We should make purple" he whispers loud enough for only Eddie to hear the boys face glowing red in seconds his mouth opening trying to same something to that but he was stumped. "Asshole" He mumbles looking away flustered making Richie laugh "You got so red!"

"W-what are you g-guys laughing ab-about?" Bill ask leaning forward to look over at the two "Nothing!" Eddie says way to quickly his cheeks still slightly red, "R-Richie's just being stupid again"

"Well Well Well.. Look who's back in town!"