Eddie Van Halen imagines

One night stands

Warnings: none
Word count: 914

It was him. It was all for him.

My best friend Eddie had gone in and out of relationships with plenty of girls. They'd all use him for meaningless one night stands or lead him on for too long and eventually spit him out. The same had happened to me but it was different. He didn't see the way I looked at him or smiled when he said my name. I looked for guys to potentially rid of my strong feelings towards Eddie but it never worked. I'd always find myself escaping for as little as two weeks and then the feeling of hope coming back whenever he told me that yet another girl had left him.

I walked down the street to his house, I'd always gone every Thursday night. It's the one day of the week that was reserved for me and not some tramp. I wore black bell bottoms and a fiery red top with black converse shoes.

I make it up to his house, gently knocking on the door. His mom answers, smiling upon my arrival. She led me in and said that Ed would be in his room.

I make my way up the steps, almost preparing to head yet another story of some girl he asked out.

"Hey y/n." He says as I enter

"Hey."

"So what's up?"

"What do you mean?"

"Like what've you been up to?" He smiles

"Not much really just the usual."

"The usual? So getting yelled at by your mom or doing your brothers chores or drinking an excessive amount of energy drinks?"

"Pretty much." I say

He laughs.

"Why? What've your been up to?"

"Oh there's this girl that I like."

"Who is it now?"

"You know that girl Brittany?"

"The one with the blonde hair?"

"That's the one! I asked her out."

"Really?" I act surprised

"Yea and she said yes. So that's what I'll be doing tomorrow night."

"Fun." I roll my eyes

"Yea....meet any guys lately?"

"No."

Hours pass, he talks about Brittany a lot. It's like every girl he meets, he thinks she's better this time and she never is.

I finally make my way home, burnt out from all of the Brittany chat. I collapse on my bed and fall asleep.

Days later he asks me to go to his place again, saying it's important.

"Hey Ed what's up?"

"There's this girl and she's super cute and I like her a lot." He says

"Who?"

"Oh you don't know her."

"Oh?"

I listen to him tell me about her, he goes on and on for over half and hour. I finally got fed up.

"I have to go." I say abruptly

"Oh."

I walk out and dash back to my house, tears stinging in my eyes. He never saw how much I care about him, he's just always going on about someone else. I fall onto my bed. I untie my shoes and angrily throw them aside. Tears spilled out, streaking my face and landing in my blankets. It was pathetic. The fact that I'd cared so much for him and he never thought once that I did. He never even considered the fact that his best friend used other guys to try and escape from him, escape from hopelessness.

"He doesn't even fucking care." I muttered

But it always crosses my mind that maybe someday he'd care, maybe someday he'd realize, maybe someday he'd hold me in his arms like I mattered to him, like I was the important thing he was talking about. But no.

I wake up the next day, stains from tears marked my face. And I reminded myself not to be pathetic. So I got ready and held my head high where I was always taught it should be.

I slip in my converse, not bothering to tie them up. I walk to the park, trying my very best to ignore the events from the day before, I'm better than that.

The day drags on and I find myself walking home with an energy drink in hand. I trudge up my stairs, making sure to avoid my mom. I finally make it to my room. I walk in and immediately see Eddie sitting in a chair.

"Y/n!" He exclaimes

"Ed?"

"Y/n I'm so so so fucking sorry."

"What?"

"I've been wrong this whole time."

"Wrong?"

"Every girl I've ever gone out with was nothing, a complete waste of time."

"Really?" I say, not impressed

"Yea. Look I know it's taken me forever to realize this but I'm so fucking in love with you."

I went silent. My face was blank and my skin was pale.

"What the hell." I whisper

"What?" He says

"Eddie I've liked you for so fucking long, I've had to sit back and watch you go around with almost every fucking girl in this town! And while you're getting broken up with again, I've had to wait and wait and wait and I had no idea why I was waiting! I never thought that you'd come around." I say, tears brimming my eyes.

"Y/n I-"

"Look Eddie, you have no fucking idea how much I love you and how long I have but you're a fucking idiot." I giggle

He stands up and pulls me into a hug, warming me inside and out. His hands found my waist and his lips gently fell onto mine. It was pure bliss.