Chapter Three:
"Buy Me Dinner First."
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Jack scoffed, letting out a yawn as he watched Eddie and Richie bickered over the size of their spit.

"Can't you guys just fucking jump?" Jack rolled his blue eyes, "I mean.. seriously! Eds, I didn't know you were friends with pussies."

"I-I-" Eddie stammered as he looked at  Jack, previously unaware that he had been there. "I mean-"

Richie rolled his eyes, "Fuck you, dude. You're not jumping either."

"I'm wearing clothes, dipshit." Jack tugged at the black plaid shirt he wore.

"Take them off, then." Eddie shrugged, his cheek tilting pink when he realized what he said. "Wai-"

"I mean, a little bit early in our friendship for that, don't you think? At least take me to dinner first." Jack chuckled, his fingers moving to unbutton his shirt. "But if you insist."

Eddie rolled his eyes and crossed his arms as he watched Jack kick off his dirty shoes.

He pulled off his jeans and stepped beside the boy.

He slowly looked over the edge, quietly gulping as he stepped back, "It's, uh, it's not even that far down, pussies."

"Then jump!" Stan scoffed, rolling his eyes. "Prove us wrong!"

Jack looked over the edge briefly again, "Uh, no. No, I'm okay. I don't need to prove myself to any of you!"

His cruel mind brought him back to that day all those years ago.

It's your fault! All of it. He would still be alive if it weren't for you.

Jack shook his head, shaking off the thoughts.

"Sissy." Richie muttered under his breath.

"Fuck off, four eyes. I don't need to prove myself to you." Richie rolled his eyes, mocking him.

"Well, s-s-som-someone needs to go first." Bill put his hands on his hips as he spoke.

"I'll go!" A girly voice called. He recognized it immediately.

Jack turned his head, smiling when he saw Beverly. She smiled brightly as she pushed past Jack, "Sissies!"

"What the fuck?" Richie shouted, watching as Beverly's body crushed into the water below. "We just got shown up by a girl!"

"D-Do we have to do that now?" Stan stammered out, peering over the edge.

Bill nodded, taking slow steps forward before he jumped.

Jack watched as Ben jumped, then Richie jumped, then Stan jumped.

"Are you scared or something?" Eddie joked.

"What? Uh, n-no! No, of course not. Pft.. scared." Jack scoffed, shaking his head.

The sounds of splashing water below caused him to yawn.

Eddie looked him up and down. "Are you scared of heights?"

"Heights? No. I don't give a shit about heights.. and I'm not scared, dude." Jack spoke quickly, looking away from his warm brown eyes.

"I don't know if I believe you."

"Druggie! What the fuck is taking you so damn long?" Richie's vice rang out through the quarry.

"Why don't you shut the fuck up, asshole!" Jack shourd back, not taking his eyes off of Eddie.

"Are you actually scared?" Eddie asked again, his voice much softer this time.

Jack looked away, crossing his arms.

"You don't know to jump, you know. I mean, I'm sure the water down there is filled with so many diseases, it's unbelievable. Like, there cold be sepsis, or or or, like, herpes or scabes or-"

"You're rambling, short stack."

"Oh my fucking fuck! What the hell is going on up there?"

"I'm confessing my entire life story! So, please kindly, shut the fuck up!"

"Fuck you!"

"That's fucking gay!"

Laughter from the others filed his ears, Eddie Eddie included.

The laughter from Eddie caused Jack to grin and his cheeks to heat up.

"I can jump with you." Eddie offered, taking him by the wrist and pulling him to the edge of the cliff. "Since you're scared of heights."

Jack scoffed, "Am not! I just.. uh.. I can't.. swim."

After the accident his mom never let him anywhere near water. So.. no water means no swimming.

"We'll teach you." Eddie smiled softly at him, "Don't worry."

Jack sighed, looking from the water below to the boy beside him. "Okay."

Jack inhaled sharply, stepping off of the edge.

The wind blew through his hair as he fell into the water below. The cold sent goosebumps writing onto his skin.

"Took you long enough!" Richie groaned, rolling his eyes as Jack gasped for air when his head popped up.

"Fuck you, man."

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Music played over the boom box as Jax forced his to stay awake. The sounds of Richer rustling though Ben's school bag filling Jack's ears.

"News flash, Ben! School's out for summer!" Richie laughed, raising his fist to his mouth and presenting it's a microphone. "Oh, that? That's not school stuff."

Jack rolled his eyes, leaning back as the hot summer sun shined onto his face. He stretched out, accidentally knocking into Eddie. "Oh, sorry dude."

"Who sent you this?" Richie gasped, pulling out a postcard and flipping it around to read it.

"No one!" Ben's cheeks reddened as he pulled the postcard from Richie's hand.

"Wait, what's with the history project?" Eddie pointed at papers in the bag.

"Oh, well when I first moved here I didn't have many friends." Ben explained sadly. "So.. I, uh, went to the library."

"You went to the library? Like.. for fun?"

"Some people actually have the brain capacity to do that, Tozier." Jack groaned, "Leave Ben alone!"

"Wait, I wanna see!" Beverly stood from the towel she previously laid on. and moved to sit next to Bill.

"Y-Y-Yo-Your hair-" Bill stammered out, gulping as he glanced down at her lips.

"Your hair is beautiful, Beverly." Ben interrupted, a lovesick smile on his face.

"Oh.. right, thanks." Beverly grinned, tucking a piece of her red hair behind her ear.

Oh, shit. A love triangle! Jack thought, his mind wandering as he tuned out Richie's comments.

His mind wandered back to how Eddie taught him to swim.. to how close the germaphobe was to him.

Jack gulped nervously as he looked over at Eddie.

Fan-fucking-tastic!

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{ Word Count: 1022 }

{ A/n: Jack has my heart. }

{ Edited: No }