not the freak ~ eddie munson

thats why we play

after school.

i walk out of the classroom to see dustin and mike sitting against the wall outside the room "jesus christ it's about time!" dustin says impatiently

"i'm sorry i was actually learning you know so I can get A's" i sass back and raise my eyebrows "alright whatever let's go" mike says walking down the hall to the room where we are playing tonight. dustin opens the door and lets me and mike in, eddie is sitting on his.. throne? i guess you could say

"lady of the hour! we should do a fine welcome for the first.. lady?" he asks making sure it's okay, i nod my head and mike rolls his eyes "lady! to play d&d in the hellfire club" he starts clapping and hold a hand out "welcome to hellfire" he says with his voice going deep.

i shake his hand and take a seat next to dustin.
we were about a few minutes into the game until shit started getting deep according to dustin "-he's not only missing his left arm" eddie puts an arm behind his back "but his left eye!" he covers his eye with his opposite hand.

i start hearing "no's" and "shit shit shit" from dustin and mike as well as everyone else around the table "vecna was dead i thought" i whisper to dustin "he killed my cat!" mike still says in disbelief

"so it was thought dear friends, but vecna? lives!" he says putting the figurine on the game board. a few minutes go by and we are all deciding on what to do.

eddie walks around the table taunting us "and what oh what will you do?" he asks leaning down next to me, i can feel his breath on my ear faintly "you'll just have to wait and find out" i look at him and he looks at me with a serious face then smiles sweetly

"okay" he says squinting his eyes and going back to his seat "we are going to kick some ass" dustin and mike agree. 

we all huddle together making a team decision, i was thinking to myself on what we could do and eddie starts talking "-don't try to be hero's... not today-" "eddie shut up" i say looking at the board "someone's getting feisty!" he claps his hands once

"what do you think?" dustin leans over and asks me as we sit back down "let's do this shit" i say as i give dustin the dice. he didn't roll what we needed so i was handed the last roll.

i look to eddie them mike then dustin. i shake the dice in my hand and it rolls across the board in what seems like slow motion, the dice lands on   20

"ho-ly shit" dustin says and the rest of the guys start cheering as we won the game "that's why we play!" eddie says bowing with his hands out to me.

i let the boys have their cheer session "i gotta go steve is my ride guys" dustin gives me a high five and the rest of the boys pat me on the back.

i leave quickly with a smile on my face "hey wait up!" eddie jogs catching up with me, he opens the door for me as we walk out to the parking lot "that was awesome back there, thank you" he says putting his hands in his pockets. i smile, as we get closer to steve's car he stops me

"now i could be totally out of line but uh.. do you maybe wanna grab a movie? or maybe just hang out?" he asks me. i open my mouth to say something but i think

billy.

eddie's smiles starts to fade a bit "i would love too yeah!" i say as i put a hand on his arm "how about the spot? and maybe i'll bring some beers?" he asks and i look over to steve who's getting impatient like a mother

"that sounds.. like a plan" i say as i start walking off "i'll see you tomorrow" eddie shouts "last day!" i shout back with a laugh.

steve and robin let me get in the car without any questions to my surprise about eddie. me and robin get home to no surprise our parents are gone again for work, i shower, change into my night clothes and doze off to sleep.