"Yeah?" Her smile widens in turn then. She remembers a while back, when Richie and Regan both woke up looking like adults, Regan telling her that she thought Richie was cute. Beverly never really thought much about it after that, but she guesses it must be mutual. Richie looks happy, his teasing about Eddie's mom dropped, if only for the moment, and so it's hard to be anything but happy in turn.

It's unexpected, but not in a bad way. A little strange to consider, given Richie's voices and the way he cracks jokes all the time, but maybe, in a way, that's a good thing.

"She's pretty cool. I didn't know you liked her. You know, like that."