Chapter 1.

Eddie's P.O.V

I was walking down the steps of my house as they creaked under my feet, sounding as if the leaves of Autumn were under my soft feet as I wore long white socks that almost reached my knee. My inner thighs rubbed together lightly as I was wearing my short red pajama shorts that were red with white lines outlining them. I pulled my dark navy blue sweatshirt sleeves down over my hands so that only my finger tips were showing. I lightly grazed the wall as I stepped carefully down from each step, hoping that my mother, Sonya, couldn't hear me. I was walking downstairs to see if I had gotten a letter from Derry High to see if they'd accepted me yet. I took the last step, looked around, and saw the coast was clear. My dark caramel curly brown hair slipped in front of my deep brown eyes as I walked to the kitchen. I pushed my hair back behind my ears and started to look through the mail quickly.

'Come on...please be here...'

I thought in my mind as I flipped through the papers. I went to fast, I felt the paper pierce through the skin on my middle finger. I gasped slightly from the sudden sting as I quickly put my finger in my mouth to stop the blood.

'Ehh...this is so unsanitary...'

I complained to myself in my head again. I heard my mothers light flick on as I glanced over at her door. I saw some light shinning out from under her door like the sun reflects off water. I started to panic so I just grabbed the rest of the pile of mail and raced back up stairs quickly and quietly. I shut my door slightly just in time before she saw me. I sighed in relief and slid down the back of the door. I kept flipping through the papers until my phone dinged from my nightstand. I got up and looked down at it as the light from the screen stung my eyes. I blinked a few times and looked back down at it. I had gotten a text message from Richard Tozier. I rolled my eyes slightly as a small, warm smile spread on my cheeks. Me and Richie haven't talked since ninth grade, which was last year...I opened the message.

R.Tozier- 'Heya Ed's!'

Eddie K- 'hey Rich. Why are you texting me at 2:30am at night?'

R.Tozier- 'wanna see whatcha doin tomorrow. I wanna hang out with you. You know we haven't hung out since last year. It's been awhile. I miss you!😩'

I rolled my eyes at his message. He always plays with me like that. It annoys me sometimes.

Eddie K- 'yeah...it has been awhile...what time do you wanna hang out??'

R.Tozier- 'Umm...10:40, morning, ride your bike to the arcade. I'll be waiting!😋'

Eddie K- 'Okay. I'll try and get there.'

After that, he left me on read. I figure he went to bed or something so I turned off my phone and kept looking through the pile of mail. I couldn't find any exception letters so I gave up, got up, and went over to my bed. I slipped under the covers as I laid down and pulled the warm, filling blankets over my bare, cold legs as I turned over and sighed. I looked over at my door and saw light from downstairs. I turned over on my other side and shut my eyes as I tried to think of how the rest of the Losers Club is doing.

I woke up to the sound of something hitting against my window. It sound like rain but as I sat up and rubbed the sleepiness from my eyes, I saw rocks being thrown at my window. "What the fuck..." I groaned, to tired to get and yet I did. I got up and walked over to see who it was. I opened my window and looked down to see Richie. "Tozier what the hell are you doing!?" I called down to him he looked up at me and smiled that wide smile he always had around me. "Well it's already 10:40 so I thought I might check on you!" He called back. I peared back at my clock and saw that, indeed, it was already 10:40. I looked back down at Richie. The wind blew his curly black hair around as his glances glinted in the sunlight. I blushed slightly as I saw how much his body shape has grown. "Ed's? You okay?" He asked me. I snapped back into reality. "Y-Yeah! I'm fine."

"Well can I come up or not?" He asked looking up at me. I nodded. "Yeah. Here." I threw him down some rope that I had lying on the floor for some reason. He climbed up and came into my room. I glanced down at his biceps as he pulled himself up.

'You're not gay you're not gay...'

I said in my head as he climbed through the window looking around my room. He then turned to me, raised an eyebrow, and smirked as he looked me up and down. "Wow Kaspbrak, were you expecting me?" I looked down at my outfit which I had worn last night to sleep. I blushed and shoved him softly. "Shut up Tozier!" I looked away and crossed my arms. He laughed slightly. "Aw come on. I know you've missed me and my jokes." He said as I felt his warm arms wrap tightly around my waist as he pulled me slightly closer to him. My heart was beating fast as he rested his head on my shoulder. I felt his breath on my neck. "Richie...come on. I gotta get changed...you still wanna go to the arcade right?" I asked him softly. He nodded. "Yeah...just, a few more minutes like this." He whispered. "No...come on." He groaned and let go of me. "Fine..." I walked over to my closet and got out a pair of kaki tan shorts and a red shirt. I walked to my bathroom and started changing. "Hey Ed's!" I heard Richie call through the shut door. "Yeah?" I answered. "Will you finally show me what's in this little green notebook of yours?" He asked me. I pulled my shorts on and put my belt thought the belt holes. I pulled my red shirt over my head. "No." I finally answered as I walked out of the bathroom buckling my belt as I pushed my hair over to one side. He looked at me with puppy eyes. "Please?" He started begging. "No. Now come on." I said as I walked over to him and grabbed the book out of his hands. "Will you ever let me see it?" He asked me as he kept looking down at me. I lifted my shoulders then put them down. "Time will tell." I said as I shoved it back into my book bag. "Can we go now?" He nodded and we headed out the window, Richie going first then me. We made it down and we both got on our bikes and started to head to the arcade. "By the way I asked everyone else if they wanted to come. Stan, Bill, and Bev are already there. Just letting you know." I nodded. "Okay..."