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The very last thing Richie wants to do today is go shopping. But Bev had asked, said she needed help finding stuff, so Richie's there anyway. He could be at the arcade. He could be hanging out with— and maybe even kissing— Regan.

Christmas isn't for weeks, so he doesn't see the point of doing this now when there's still time. But he's tagging along anyway, carrying a few bags for Bev as they head to the next store in the mall that she wants to check out. They don't hang out as much these days as they used to, even now that they go to the same school, and there's a part of him that feels guilty for that. They're Losers, and nothing is supposed to come between them. Not school or new parents or girlfriends or boyfriends.

He wishes they were hanging out at the arcade instead, though.

"I think you've reached your limit on parsels, my good Lady! It may be time to retire for the evening, wot-wot," Richie says, putting on a Voice, if only because he's pretty bored. This sucks.

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runtowardsomething

Little by little, Beverly has been saving up money to get Christmas presents. She knows it's probably not that big a deal, that most people won't be expecting anything and won't be insulted if she doesn't get them a gift. It's nice to be able to, though, and nicer still to have friends — and a guardian — she wants to get things for at all. There are still days that strikes her as completely, wonderfully surreal, even when a part of her can't help but wonder if they're going to move on without her, Eddie and Richie both in relationships now, and the two of them and Stan having been friends for ages before she came into the picture.

Today, though, she's not letting herself worry about that. Shopping is a good way of getting out of her head, actually, a welcome distraction from some of the shit that's been weighing on her, and while she's sure this isn't Richie's favorite way of spending an afternoon, he's at least been a good sport about it.

"I just want to check this one last store," she promises with a grin. "Then we can go get food or something."

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the_trashmouth

"It better not just be clothes," Richie whines, dropping the Voice as he follows her. The promise of food is enough to sustain him for now, at least.

"Where'd you get all this money, anyway?" he asks, not thinking about how much he's spent at the arcade over the past few months that could probably be used to buy his own presents for people right now.

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runtowardsomething

"It won't just be clothes, I promise," Beverly says, teasingly rolling her eyes at him. "And I've been saving." It's been easy to do when she's not used to having a lot of spending money anyway. She hasn't put aside all of it, spending some on herself occasionally, but trying to hold on to what she has is a habit deeply ingrained in her after growing up with very little. Even having been here for almost two years now, it's still sort of a weird adjustment, realizing that she doesn't have to worry about money like she used to.

"Which I'm gonna guess you haven't done at all, huh?"

Edited Date: 2019-12-30 08:45 am (UTC)

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the_trashmouth

Richie feels like he's been caught with his hand in the cookie jar for a second, because he's done a lot of things in the past few months, but saving definitely hasn't been one of them.

"The arcade's expensive, okay?" he says with a deep shrug of his shoulders. Though, that's not where all of his money has gone. Sometimes there's enough for a movie or to get pizza with Regan.

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runtowardsomething

"Why am I so not surprised?" Beverly asks rhetorically, shaking her head at Richie in amusement. It's not like it's actually a big deal. Any exchanging of gifts they do will probably be small, fairly inexpensive ones; she doubts anyone will be expecting more than that. Given the opportunity, though, and the fact that she's been saving up for a while, she can't resist giving him a bit of a hard time over it.

"You know you've kinda got limited time for this, right?"

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the_trashmouth

Richie starts to argue with Bev until he realizes she's absolutely right. He's only got a few weeks and it's going to be a while before he gets any more money from the people at the Home.

"It's not everybody buying presents though, right?" he asks, because he's going to feel like an idiot if Eddie and Jamie and Regan and Stan are all doing it too.

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runtowardsomething

"I don't know," Beverly says, shrugging. "Nobody's planned anything." If their other friends are buying gifts or not, she hasn't heard one way or the other yet. There's plenty of time, anyway, and she wouldn't be surprised if Richie isn't the only one who was going to wait until the last minute. Even if no one else buys presents, though, she'll be glad to have figured out something small for each of her friends. She's still barely used to having them in the first place.

"It'll be fine."

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the_trashmouth

Bev reassures him that everything's fine, but now that he's thinking about it, there's a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.

"Do you think Regan would buy something?" he asks, dreading her answer. Because he hadn't even thought about having to buy her something for Christmas, but that's probably what you're supposed to do with girlfriends, right? Shit. He's fucked. He's seriously fucked.

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runtowardsomething

"Maybe?" Beverly makes a face, uncertain. Aside from being completely unsurprised that Richie hasn't bought any presents yet, it's hard to guess at who will and who won't. If Regan gets anyone anything, though, she thinks it'll probably be Richie, and that it's also probably better to be on the safe side. Better to have something and be the only one than to turn up empty-handed. Not that she'll care if any of her friends don't get her gifts, but none of them is her boyfriend, so it seems sort of different.

"You might at least want to look for something for her, if not anyone else."

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the_trashmouth

"Shit," Richie says, because Bev is right, and he probably should have thought of this sooner. Because now he has limited money and not a fucking clue what Regan would even want.

"What do girls even want for Christmas?" he asks Bev, because even though he really just sees her as another pal, every once in a while, he's reminded that she is, in fact, a girl who might know something about all this.