#reddie richie eddie it fanfiction fanfic part one trip of a lifetime

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Trip of a Lifetime: Part One (Reddie)

No warnings for this part~

Summary: The Losers go on a trip to wrap up their 18th summer. 

Pairings: Richie x Eddie --- Bill x Stan --- Ben x Bev

Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4

Part One:

                 How can anyone be so perfect? This question echoed through Eddie’s head as he stared longingly over at his good friend, Richie, who sat perched on the hood of his station wagon. Richie had a cigarette hanging loosely from his soft lips and a wrinkled map outstretched in his lap. His face was twisted into a look of confusion as he tried to interpret the contents of the paper he was looking at. His curly hair fell haphazardly over his forehead, seeming to glow in reaction to the morning sun’s light.

               “I swear we are at the right spot” he muttered to himself, adjusting his glasses. “Why aren’t the others here yet?” Richie took another drag of his cigarette before looking of at Eddie.

“Whatcha lookin’ at there, Eds?”

               Eddie suddenly fell out of his trance, awkwardly pretending to look somewhere else.

               “You know I don’t like you calling me Eds” he responded, choosing to avoid his question.

               “Alrighty, Eds” Richie said, a smirk sliding onto his face as he looked back down at the map. There was a short silence before Richie spoke up again. “Why the hell didn’t we just meet up at someone’s house? I swear Bill always has to over-complicate things like this.”

               “We’ve explained this a million times”, Eddie answered, “Bill and Stan’s parents don’t want them going on this road trip together. They don’t exactly support their kid’s relationship with each other.”

               The sound of breaking sticks could be heard as Stan emerged from the trees behind them, buckling up his belt.

               “I heard my name. What are you guys talking about?” Stan inquired, still struggling to buckle up his belt.

               “Can you explain again to Richie why we have to meet here?” Eddie sighed, “Apparently the reason didn’t get through his thick skull the first few times we explained it to him.”

Richie made a face at Eddie causing Stan to chuckle.

                “It’d be an understatement to say that neither Bill nor my parents support our relationship. So that’s why I made my parents think I am going on this road trip with only you guys, and Bill told his parents that he is going with only Bev, Ben and Mike. Because both of our parents have eyes all around town, we need to meet somewhere will no one will see us meet up.” He explained. “If they find out we’re going together, they’ll freak.”

               “Well you guys are sure making things complicated” Richie joked, scruffling Stan’s hair.

                The boys sat there making small talk for a few minutes when a small red truck pulled up beside them causing dust to fill the summer air. Out of the vehicle emerged the four remaining Losers: Bill, Bev, Ben, and Mike. 

Stan jumped up and ran over to Bill, enveloping him in a passionate hug, and then giving him a big wet kiss.

               “Blech! Get a room” Yelled Richie jokingly. Everyone in the group laughed.

               “Good to s-see you t-too, Richie” Bill responded.

               “Alright guys, we don’t have all day”, Bev said, “Let’s get going!”

               The others agreed and hopped into their respective vehicles before heading out onto the road.

               Richie’s hair danced delicately to the warm summer air as a soft breeze blew in through the open car window. His voice filled the air as he sang along to the radio. Although his singing voice was not spectacular, Eddie loved listening to it. It had a sort of calming effect for him. Eddie had liked Richie basically since they first met, and he had only grown to like him more and more over the years. Richie had come out as bisexual 3 years prior, yet Eddie still remained in the closet and hid his true feelings.

               “Do you mind?” Bill groaned from the backseat, “Stan and I are trying to sleep here.”

               “Why did we end up with the snoozer losers in this car? Sleep is for the night. Live while you can!” Richie exclaimed playfully. But he knew Bill and Stan were not planning on sleeping much that night, so he turned the volume down and turned to look at Eddie. He had his head resting against his seatbelt as he gazed out at the passing trees, his dark hair swaying to the flow of incoming air.

               “Want me to put up the window, Eddie Spaghetti? I’d hate if that breeze ruined your perfect hair.”

              Eddie turned around to look at Richie. “You should be worrying about your own hair instead, Rich. It looks like you used it to mop the boys locker-room.” 

               Richie displayed a look of fake hurtfulness, then replaced it with a warm smile. “I’m glad your mom let you come on this trip, Eds. It would not be as fun without you.”

               Eddie let out a soft laugh and glanced back out the window. “When are you going to stop calling me ‘Eds’?”

               Richie grinned, “I ain’t kidding around, Spaghetti… I’m super happy you’re coming.”

Eddie turned to look at him again and their eyes met briefly before Eddie looked away blushing.

“I’m happy I am coming too. This is going to be a trip of a lifetime”

Thanks for reading. This is the first part of the series so any feedback y’all have to give would be sick.