Cheerleader (Stranger Things: Eddie Munson x Reader)

part 3

You, Lucas, Jason, Andy, and Patrick were on your way to a boat house on Coal Mill Road, where Eddie was supposed to be hiding. It was dark outside by the time you arrived in the woods near the house. Jason decided to stop by his house to get some things. And by things, you meant weapons. To beat up Eddie as soon as they got their hands on him.

You couldn't believe Lucas. He had told them where Eddie was. That wasn't the plan. That wasn't the plan at all. If Jason and his goons got to Eddie first then god knows what's going to happen. He would never talk to you then. You would never find out the truth.

Jason opened up the back hatch on his Cherokee so everyone could grab a weapon. All you grabbed was a flashlight. Beating someone up wasn't on your agenda. Jason, Patrick, and Andy had other plans though, grabbing baseball bats and crowbars. Jason shut the hatch and you guys all huddled up.

"So if Sinclair is right, the freak is hiding here," he said, drawing an 'x' in the dirt with a stick. "We move through the woods here together, then Patrick and Andy, you split up. Go around this way." He drew a semi-circle in the dirt going around the x. "Me, Sinclair, and y/l/n, we keep going, then flank his ass from both sides." He aggressively draws lines going into the x. "That freak won't know what hit him."

"Yeah!" Andy hollered.

"Let's get moving," Jason said. The five of you started walking through the woods together, just as was planned. You didn't know what was about to go down, but you knew that you still needed to get Eddie alone somehow. He was doing a pretty good job of hiding, you had to give him that. You understood why he was hiding, but if he wouldn't talk to anyone no one would know the truth. But even if he did tell them the truth, who would believe him? It seemed like the entire town was against him. You had hope though. Lucas's friends must have some reason to also be looking for Eddie. Maybe he had made it somewhere safe. He didn't deserve what was coming to him if Jason got ahold of him.

You and the group had traveled a little further into the woods silently, and once they were close enough to the house Jason motioned with his flashlight for Patrick and Andy to start taking a different route. You, Lucas, and Jason continued on though. You were in the very back of the group of three, with Lucas in front of you and Jason leading, of course.

There was tension in the air, and it was pretty obvious that you guys were uncomfortable. You had been running around all day, following leads that you didn't even know were trustworthy and now it was dark and you were sweaty and tired and it wasn't pleasant. In the end, if you found out the truth about what happened to Chrissy, it would all be worth it.

You weren't paying attention to your feet so it was no surprise when you tripped over a tree root, crashing to the forest floor. You cursed and rolled over, rubbing your ankle.

"Are you okay?" Lucas asked. You nodded and accepted the hand that he offered. You looked at him skeptically but didn't say anything. There were some traces of nervousness, but no guilt in his facial expression. Your first assumption was that Lucas sold Eddie out, but maybe he hadn't. Only time would tell.

"Let's get moving," Jason said flatly. He didn't care that you had fallen. He just wished you would hurry up and quit wasting time. Time where he could be landing blows on Eddie Munson's 'freak' face. You huffed but started moving again.

In no time you arrived at the boat house. There were no lights on inside, no signs of life that you could tell. Jason panned his flashlight on the windows but the curtains were closed. He tried the door, but to no avail. It was locked of course. You groaned internally. Knowing the basketball captain he was going to break in. "Fantastic," you thought, rolling your eyes. Low and behold, he was using the butt of his flashlight to break the glass window in the door. He slammed it into the pane and it shattered, leaving jagged shards on the ground.