Chapter Two : Balls-In-Laundry-Baskets EPISODE ONE OF SEASON FOUR ━━━the hellfire club
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MORE THAN ANYTHING, Moonie hated being late to class.
She hated the way every set of eyes turned to look at her, free to catch any flaws that she missed during her five minutes with the bathroom mirror. But tomorrow was Spring Break, which meant all of her worries could fade into silence. She and every other student stumbled into history late, and still yet, they managed to beat the teacher in. Dylan had been waiting for her in the back where their shared table was, his arms crossed over the surface with his head resting in the palm of his hand. He wore a smile, one that basically yelled to Moonie that he was in a very celebratory mood.
Of course he was. His tournament game was tonight. For his girlfriend, that meant a lot of things. Moonie would have to be present, she had to attend the game and show support for both Dylan and her brother. Which was just great. That is exactlywhat she wanted to spend the start of her Spring Break doing. Although being at Hawkins High past three wasn't what she really wanted, it did give her an in with someone she needed to see. You see, Chrissy Cunningham asked her to do something. So that undoubtedly made top priority in the boring life of the Carver girl.
Moonie knew exactly what she had to do. Who she had to talk to. When she lived with her mother, in the Forest Hills trailer park, she learned a lot of things about a lot of people. On that list of people, way down at the bottom and probably underlined in red, you would find the name of Eddie Munson. He lived a few trailers down with his uncle, and every weekend he would blare his music for the world to hear. He was actually who introduced Moonie to the majority of her favorite songs, but she never told anyone that. Especially when her mom died and she was forced to move.
After that, they never really talked to each other again. They never hung out, even though that was practically all they did when she lived at the park. At school, Moonie pretended like he didn't exist. She had to. It saved him from years of torment from her brother, although Jason still had his days when he picked at Eddie the freak Munson. And she would watch, keeping her mouth shut and pleads for him to stop stuffed down. Eddie never blamed her for staying quiet, he knew it was what was best for her. And that was really all that mattered to him. She never had to know that, though.
Before Alice, her mother, died, a lot of things changed. Moonie changed, and all Eddie Munson could do was watch. They used to be secret best-friends, trading secrets and gossip in the hallways or class when no one was looking. Now, Moonie tucked her head down when she saw him and continued watching. Which was because she always had an arm thrown around her shoulder, her brother or her boyfriend. Each one was a huge danger zone for someone like Eddie. A freak, a nerd. He lost his friend, but she lost her life. She could no longer sneak out to play D&D with the Hellfire club, she couldn't smoke on her roof with her friend.
