#I love so much that smile that Jean smiles at Nickey with every time she comes in to harmonize in the second verse :'D

[musicrunsthroughmysoul]

"I can work, slave all day 'Till that right man comes my way But 'till that man comes along I've got too much time on my hands I've gotta find me a superman And when I get him in my bedroom alone He'll never wanna go back home 'Cause I'm a hot lovin', good lovin' Sweet lovin' woman and I know how to love"

Fanny performing their cover of "Young and Dumb" by Ike & Tina Turner live on Beat-Club, 1972 (x)

[1mfa0]

Oh fuck

Fandom : IT

Characters (as of right now) : Riche, Eddie and Bev

Word count : 2068

Warnings (as of right now)  : Excessive swearing, kissing, implied sex, and alcohol

Summary : Don't wanna spoil nothin but it's the summer before senior year and Richie and Eddie get drunk at a party. Shit happens, and then life gets a lil wacky

Disclaimer : I have never really written anything before but I had a lot of fun with this so I hope you like it!

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Richie has been Eddie's best friend for as long as he could remember. They did everything together and they still do. Practically inseparable.. that was until the incident the summer before their senior year of high school. 

It was a crisp summer afternoon in Derry maine, Eddie and Richie were getting ready at Richie's house for Bevs “end of summer” party later that night. It was supposed to be more of an inner circle gathering but Richie and Bev wanted summer to go out with a bang so they had a little surprise bruing for the losers. 

“Hey eds!” richie yelled to eddie from the bathroom walking out in just a towel holding up two almost identical hawinin shirts.

“Which one looks better?”

Eddie looked up at him only to immediately look away, his face turned beet red, richie had really grown into his looks over the years.

“Uh-um the blue one.” he replied 

“Cool cool” riche went back into the bathroom to continue getting dressed. When he came out he was wearing blue jeans perfectly cuffed with a white tee and the shirt Eddie had picked out.

“Now it's your turn spaghetti,”

“I think i'm fine with what have on right now thank you very much, and don't call me that”

“Awe common eds, you gotta loosen up a little bit, let go summer is almost over we have to make the most of it”

“And that requires me changing my clothes, I think you just wanna see me undress trashmouth” he shot Richie wink and a smile.

“AA you caught me!” Richie yelled as he jumped on his bed right next to where Eddie was sitting and pinned him down pretending like he was going to kiss him.

Eddie could feel his face getting hot again, hating himself for how that statement backfired on him like that.

“Ah-uh fuck you richie get off of me!”

“Only if you agree to dress up spaghetti” he said while leaning in closer as if he was threatening to kiss him if he didn’t.

“FINE whatever just get the fuck off of me” he said pushing richie away even thought he knows he wouldnt have been able to push riche off of him if he didnt let him.

Richie handen Eddie a pair of his older jeans that are too small for him now, a button down shirt and sent him away to the bathroom to get dressed. After a couple minutes Eddie walked out. He looked pretty cute, Richie thought. Like richie, eddie had also grown into his looks (he just don't have the growth spurt richie had)

“Ok can we go now please?”

“Yes we can, and i'm driving! My dad said I could take his car!”

“There is know fucking way I am getting into a car with you behind the wheel richie, you drive crazy remember what happened the other week! And anyways I'm the designated driver remember?”

“Awe common eddie Im not even drunk yet, please let me drive you,” he said with puppy eyes.

“agh fine.” Eddie didn’t feel like fighting richie on this, he just wanted to get going so he could go home and sleep. He had been really stressed lately and didnt feel like going and seeing everyone. The only person that knows is richie but he had the idea that getting out of the house is just what he needs.

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It's around 8:00pm and they finally arrive at Bev's house.

“I thought this was gonna be inner circle only,” eddie whined to Richie as they maneuvered through the crowded doorway, making their way to Bev

“I don't know what happened eds, I guess somehow everyone at school heard about the party somehow” Bev winked at richie.

“Of course you're involved,” eddie rolled his eyes at him,

As the night dragged on everyone seemed to be having a jolly old time except for Eddie who was sitting at the counter drinking a cherry cola. RIchie seemed to be having a blast, drinking too much and dancing with girls. In this moment Eddie is not sure what comes over him be he says fuck it and throws caution too the wind. After he's had a couple of beers in him, and he runs into Richie, after avoiding him the whole time, who is equally and if not more wasted then eddie.

“EDUARDO! Finally decided to join the fun didn’t you?!”

“Richie I wanna go home.”

It's around 10:30 and Richie typically likes to stay as late as they can but when he saw that look in Eddie's eyes.

“Ok Eds whatever you say, go get our coats and I’ll tell Bev we are leaving” 

Riche gives Bev a quick peck on the cheek and says goodnight for the both of them. Stumbling through the hallway threw all the people Richie couldn't help thinking that he really shouldn't be driving, but neither should eddie. It will be fine. It's late the roads are almost empty here during the day anyways.

By the time Richie got out to the car Eddie was already sitting quietly in the passenger's seat. Richie slipped in putting on his seatbelt and turning on the radio, but not too loud.

“Here's your jacket, I couldn't find mine..” Eddie said, holding up richies leather jacket he wears with almost every outfit, he loved that thing so much.

“Yeah know what Eds you can wear it if you want, im fine and I know you get cold easily and i-”

Richie stopped when he noticed Eddie had already started putting his jacket on. He looked absolutely adorable in it, and the arms were way too long on him.

The drive home was quiet. Not in an awkward way, but in a, we can appreciate each other and the silence simultaneously. By the time they arrived at Eddie's house he was completely turned away from Richie, he slowly parked across the street so hopefully Eddie's mom wouldn’t see them arriving.

“Hey Eds we are here,” He said as they both started getting out of the car.

Riche always did that, he never just dropped him off he always walked him right up to the door.

“Alright goodnight spaghetti, I hope you feel better,” as he started back to his car he could hear Eddie's footsteps coming back towards him so he turned around.

 “Ok Eddie, what's your deal are you ok-” Eddie cut him off with a hug, Richie was surprised. It's not like they never hug but richie is typically the one that initiates it.

“Oh Eds..” He could hear him start to cry even with his face muffed against richies chest. He held him tighter

“I don't wanna go back in t-there with her rich.. I just-” 

“No no, Eds it's ok lets just go to my house, you don't have to explain yourself to me” He said wiping the tears off Eddie's face.

Richie whips him around and holds his hand as they walk back to the car, Eddie could feel himself stumbling, he’d never really be drunk before so he was pretty out of it. They both climb back into the car and start to get systuated.

“Before we go..” Richie said with his hands on the wheel. “I just want you know know Eds that you never have too keep anything from me and if you're hurting you should let me because you my best friend and I lov-” 

Cutting riche off with perfect timing Eddie leaned and kissed Richie right on the lips. Richie was shocked and Eddie pulled away,

“I'm sorry I have know idea what that was, I just..”

Rich looked at Eddie for a moment with an almost no expression of emotion on his face. Then all of the sudden he pulled Eddie by the collar back onto him and pressed his lips against eddies.

“Oh richie”

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Eddie shot up out of bed,

“Oh fuck,” he whispered to himself. His hangover was so bad he couldn't remember much of the night after leaving the party. After rubbing his eyes and bringing himself into reality he started to take in his surroundings. 

“Oh fuck. oh fuck. oh fuck” 

“Shuuussshhhhhhh” he heard a voice coming from the other side of the bed “im still fucking sleeping asshole”

But suddenly Riche shot straight up, still turned away from eddie.

“um-” 

“Richie, um- are you naked?” Eddie said with his eyes shut tightly.

“Yes- uh eddie are you-”

“Yes.”

Which was true except one thing. Eddie was still wearing richies leather jacket.

“Oh fuck”

“NO FUCKING WAY. nope nope” richie jumped out of bed and once eddie heard the bathroom door close he finally opened his eyes again. trying to find his clothes from yesterday when Richie made him change but he couldn't so he just grabbed a pair of richies running shorts and one of his T-shirts.

The bathroom door swung open. Richie was still fucking naked 

“RICHIE WHAT THE FUCK. PUT YOUR FUCKING DICK AWAY!”

Before he was able to close his eyes again he couldn't help but notice the nickeys on richie's neck that were not there the day before.

“Shut the fuck up eddie my mom is still asleep across the hall.” he said in a hushed tone while putting his shirt and boxers.

“Oh fuck” Eddie said while rubbing his eyes “it's all coming back too me, fuck”

Riche was pacing back and forth from the bathroom. 

“Well aren't you gonna say something?” Eddie said with anger in his voice.

“Well geez Eds, sorry I don’t really the proper reaction to fucking your BEST FRIEND!”

“Richie you don't know that we-” 

Richie glared at him. Eddie was bright red, but he didn't look away this time. He walked up to Richie and got in his face.

“Just because we don’t want to, doesn't mean we can’t talk about this, we need to talk about this..” he said calmly while he slid his hand into richies and squeezed it tight.

They both sat down alongside each other on the floor against the wall. All the memories and details of last night just flooding back into their heads.

“You kissed me” richie said laughing

“Whatever dickwad you kissed me back.” 

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As the last couple weeks of summer were coming to an end Eddie and Richie only saw each other when all the losers got together instead of almost everyday like before. And instead of staying over at richies to avoid his mom, Eddie had been staying with beverly.

“Eddie are you ever gonna talk to richie again?” She said to him one morning as they were having breakfast.

“What do you mean bev? Me and richie talk all the time” he said, which was not a lie but it was also a stretch.

“You know what I mean Eddie, maybe if you would just tell me what happened I could help.”

“no never” 

“Oh common eddie, it couldn't have been that bad of a fight. What did you fuck or something?” she laughed at the audacity of her statement. 

Eddie almost choked on his bagel.

“Oh my god, eddie- DID YOU AND RICHIE F-”

He shot her a look “BEVERLY SHUT UP. KNOW OF COURSE WE DIDN’T”

“I knew it, I fucking KNEW you to where gay for eachother.” she proclaimed with pride.

“What the fuck do you mean you knew we where-” he said defensively.

“Who came on to who?” she said excitedly

Eddie looked away from her and she jumped for joy at the lack of his response.

“Oh my god! EDDIE YOU CAME ON TOO HIM?! Now there's a twist-”

“OH shut the fuck up beverly, if anything is a TWIST, the twist is that I fucking fucked my best friend”

“HA SO YOU ADMIT TO IT!”

“Oh fuck you. Like really, fuck you”

They laughed and the rest of the morning Bev forced Eddie to tell her the whole story. By now he remembers it all.

“And now we are here, he doesn’t know how to act when we are alone anymore and honestly neither do I.. so we have just been taking a break I guess. I'm just- it's all so confusing and I don't know what to do.”

“Well do you like him like that?”

“That's the problem bev, I mean I love him but we were drunk.. What if that's the only reason it happened.”

To be continued.

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Notes : 

I'm gonna keep writing but i'm not sure if I wanna wrap it up or keep going. So we will see, I guess!

[musicrunsthroughmysoul]

I'm thanking every good thing in the universe that there is live FOOTAGE, much less audio, of Fanny performing "Hey Bulldog" live. THANK YOU EVERYTHING GOOD IN THE UNIVERSE. :')

Some bullshit notes from yours truly on this:

Mimicking their recorded version of this song, Nickey (pianist/keyboardist/vocalist) starts them out nice and soft and slow to build intensity (and interest! It's a cover! It should be different than the original version, noticeably!)

(Nickey or June, but I think it was Nickey)'s "wooo!" right before the first verse, as though to remind everyone who forgot what a classic riff "Hey Bulldog" has that the song is, in fact, "Hey Bulldog"

Jean (bassist/vocalist) and Nickey in particular enunciating their revision of the lyrics very carefully: "Some kind of innocence is measured out in years/I know just what it's like to listen to my fears"

For anyone who doesn't know/hasn't heard this version before (and is confused, at the end, why it seems like it's longer than the original version by The Beatles), Fanny added an extra, third, verse: "Hedgehog rubbing in the sand/Leapfrog giving him a hand/Some kind of attitude is measured out inside/You think you're going/But you haven't got a ride"

JUNE'S (guitarist/vocalist) SMILES THROUGHOUT! I know it isn't music related but you can't convince me they aren't notable. :')

June easily demolished any and all expectations on that guitar solo.

Alice (drummer/vocalist)'s intense facial expressions of concentration throughout. Again, not music related, but drummers have the most interesting facial expressions, and Alice is one of my favorites to watch. 😂

NICKEY PLAYING THE KEYS WITH THE EDGES OF HER FINGERS right after June's perfect guitar solo, omg.

"Come ooooon bulldog! Dry your feet, now" 😂😂😂😂😂 (I also know for a fact that Nickey had at least one dog at that time, because she wrote the song "Conversation With a Cop" based on her own experiences - "I've done no wrong; I'm just looking for some place to walk my dog" - so I bet she used that phrase often!)

In comparison to the original version, I just want to point out how well their three- (and four- in the chorus) part harmony works for this song - it gives it a different dimension especially given the unique tones of the main vocalists (Jean, June, and Nickey), but it really lends credence to the words in the chorus "You can talk to me" (repeated) - the more people [singing] it, the more accepting it feels, right? And on that note, I especially love when it shows June singing that because she's always smiling, making the words feel more inviting (like 'Yeah, [smiling] you can talk to me!')!

Just wanted to note the importance of great drummers like Alice, but particularly drummers who work well for their respective bands - Alice drove the song perfectly, so subsequently the rest of the band was perfectly in sync. They played their best version of that song, and so they played the best version of that song. Despite the song's classic riff, it could easily fall apart if the interworkings of the band were not perfectly in sync (The Beatles' version certainly reflected that, although there was probably less pressure in recording the studio version), but Fanny were PERFECTLY in sync on this all throughout. And yeah, plainly again, that's thanks to the stellar drumwork by Alice.

And last but not least: THE BEATLES WHO? I ONLY RECOGNIZE FANNY'S VERSION literally though, my mind gets so confused listening to The Beatles' version because I'm expecting a third verse before the last verse and god dammit Fanny's version is just so much more authentic, and so much more care went into its performance, studio and live versions considered! Fanny OWNS this song, as far as I'm concerned!