"Shut the fuck up, Richie," Eddie squawked, his eyes threatening to bug out of his skull. And then Jamie spoke up, and Eddie didn't know which part of the conversation to freak out over more.

"Don't listen to him, he's just being stupid," Eddie hissed, his hand tightening convulsively around Jamie's before pulling away.

Now that the idea had been implanted, it was there and he was imagining it, his face getting redder by the second.