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There's something about driving at night that's just so peaceful and calm. It's dark, yes, but it's also open. The roads are clear, especially the back roads. Full of possibilities, free of traffic, and free of noise. Silent. Peaceful. You could drive for hours with no destination and not even realize how long it's been. I had always driven at night with my parents, home late from school or running out to the grocery store when our shelves were empty around dinner time. But driving alone at night, now that was a whole other ball park. You get the entirety of peaceful. Not just partially where you can still hear the other person breathing besides you, still feeling the leering gaze of the passenger. Now that I have my license, life is so much better. That meant driving at night for no reason after a long day, alone with the world, collapsing into the night sky.
Tonight was one of the first times I have taken advantage of this, thought, and the more I drive the more I regret not doing this sooner. The only sound the quiet radio and hum of my engine, it's pure bliss. But even when I feel like I need to be alone, I'm lonely. I miss him. More than I should, probably. I love him more than anything in the world, even if we can't share it in public. We haven't even told the losers. Not that we don't trust them enough, but for fear of someone overhearing and it getting out. Being gay isn't tolerated in Derry, most people are either bullied to suicide or killed off by homophobes before they get the chance to take their own lives. As you can imagine, we plan to get the fuck out of this town as soon as we can. I turn right, onto his street. Funny how aimlessly driving somehow always brings me to his street. I pull up to his house, small, two stories with green siding. It's perfectly him. I park the car and hop out quickly, boosting myself onto his short slanted roof and heading towards his window. Inside, a small desk lamp shines from the corner, where a very tired Eddie is asleep at his desk, pencil in hand and head on the table, atop a pile of papers. I knock quietly, sure not to wake Sonia. She'd have a fit if she knew I was here at this hour. Eddie jerks up quickly, startled by the noise, and turns around to face me. A small smirk comes over his face as he rolls his eyes at me, meeting me at the window. His hair is a mess, all misshapen waves of deep brown. He props it open and rests his elbows on the window sill, chin in his hands.
"Can I help you?" he says, smiling his big dopey smile, staring up at me. God he's gorgeous. His big brown eyes staring up at me, the entire universe capsulated in them.
"Fuck, you're perfect." I mumble just loud enough for him to hear before meeting his lips hard with mine. I cup his face with my hands as he kisses me back, smiling through his teeth. I slowly climb into his room, our lips still joined. We walk back until the back of Eddie's knees hit the bed, where he grabs my hips and holds onto me. I move my kisses down his neck, stopping to suck on his ear. He moans softly, trying not to wake Sonia. I lick his earlobe before continuing down his neck. "Do you have any turtle necks?" I ask, looking up at him, he nods. "Good." I say, beginning to suck a large hickey on the bottom of his neck. He sighs softly as I trail more kisses down and around the collar of his shirt.
"Hey," Eddie says, causing me to pause and look up at him, "how about we drive for a bit?" He asks, tiredness showing through in his voice. I nod, kissing his lips one last time before taking his hand and leading him out the window to the car. Once we're both in I start it up and we head down the dark silent road. "So what brought you here tonight?" Eddie asks, reaching his hand over the middle consol for mine. I grab it and put our hands in my lap, a little too close to my crotch.
"I missed the fuck out of you, that's what." I say, bringing his hand up to my mouth and kissing it. "I wish we could do this more, not have to worry about getting caught." My expression turns to a slight frown, it sucks having to hide someone you love with your whole heart from the world.
"I know, it fucking sucks. But hey, we're gonna be out of here soon anyways. College is less than a year away, and we're already eighteen so we could technically leave at any time." I nod, Eddie looks at me with concern in his eyes. "Hey, pull over." His soft voice coaxes me to the side of the road. I stop the car, undo my seatbelt and turn to face him. "I love you, so much. We're gonna make it, Richie. We're almost there." He grabs my head and rests our foreheads against each others. I nod against his and he runs his hands through my hair.
"I love you too, so much Eds." A small tear runs down my face, both from joy and sadness. A mix of both, if you will. "And you know," I say, moving to look Eddie in the face, "you're really hot when you say stuff like that." Eddie's eyes light up as he dives in towards my lips eagerly awaiting what's to come…
Part 2 coming soon!
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