𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬

Chapter Six.

EDDIE HAD found a little mat to put at the back of the boat where they now laid together, sharing a pillow and the blanket with the tarp hanging over them. Allison is a little tensed up and so is Eddie who's gripping the same beer bottle he held to Steve's neck.

"I can't sleep... can you?" Eddie whispered suddenly and Allison sighs. "No. And I think it's because I'm scared that you'll stab me with that thing." She says and he sighs. "Right, sorry." He put it down to the side and rubbed his hands together sort of nervously.

They also couldn't really sleep because of the fact they were so close together. Last night at Allison's was different. Eddie was above the blanket and they were a couple feet apart, but in this boat, they're so close together. "My dad's gonna be so worried..." Allison whispers and Eddie looks at her right away.

"You didn't leave a note?" He asked and she looks back at him. "Of course, I did, but you know my dad, he's always worried." She says and he froze, realizing how close their faces were as he glanced down at her perfect pink lips. She quickly turned her head, pursing her lips together out of sheer nervousness.

"And what about your mom?" Eddie mumbled and Allison sighed. "You know... always jealous of how I chose my dad over her. But she's the one that made me chose who to live with. It's like she expected me to say her after how she treated me when we were teens." She whispers as she turns her head to him again and he just stared up at the blue tarp.

"Yeah... she was kind of a bitch sometimes. No offense! I love her, Joanne is my favourite... but she was always so mean to you and only I can do that." He says, looking at her and she rolls her eyes, shoving his face away as she looks up at the blue tarp. "You're so annoying..." She whispers and he chuckles.

"Hey, Al?" He says and she looks at him. "Can you hug me and make sure I fall asleep?" He asked and she nods right away. "Yeah, of course." She said and put her arm around him and he turned the other way, being a little spoon which she didn't mind.

His hand went over hers suddenly and she got butterflies as she looked at the back of his head, smiling softly to herself. Once he fell asleep, she mostly laid there and watched over him, just like he had done the night prior. And in the morning, since he was still alseep, she went over to stand by the window at the front.

When the car pulled up, she went outside to greet Dustin, Robin, Max and Steve. "Hey, good morning. Please tell me one of you brought coffee." She begs and Steve held up a takeout cup. "It was for Eddie, but Dustin said he didn't like coffee... we also didn't know you were here." He says as his hands go on his hips and she raised the takeout cup.

"Well, why would I leave his side at a time like this? I'm his best friend." She said then took a sip and Steve scratched his chin. "That's funny because I thought Dustin was," he pointed at Dustin who filps him off before looking at Allison as Robin and Max glanced over at one another, both looking slightly annoyed.

"So, is he awake?"

They walk into the shack and sure enough, Eddie was awake and by the window. "Jesus!" He exclaimed as he raised his beer bottle again. "Good morning to you too, Ed." Allison says and Dustin raised some bags in his hands. "Delivery service." He says and Eddie lets out a big sigh, looking to the side before looking at them just as Steve waves at him while Dustin and Robin smiled widely at him.

While Eddie stuffs his face with Honeycombs, Allison ate an apple. "So, we got, uh, some good news and some bad news. How do you prefer it?" Dustin asked the two sitting together. "Bad news first, always," Eddie says before he takes a swing of his chocolate milk.

"Alright. Bad news. We tapped into the Hawkins PD dispatch with our Cerebro, and they're definitely looking for you. Also, they're, uh, pretty convinced you killed Chrissy." Dustin says making Allison look at Eddie who glanced down. "Like, 100% kind of convinced." Max says and Allison sighed. "And the good news?" She hopes for it to be reassuring at least.

"His name hasn't gone public yet." Robin says, making Allison look at her. "But if we found out about him, it's a matter of time before others do." Robin explains before finally looking at Eddie. "And once that gets out, everyone and their shallow-minded mother is gonna be gunning for you." She added on and Allison sighs. "Hunt the freak, right?" Eddie asked.

"Exactly." Robin says and Eddie looks at Allison. "Shit." He says and the girl sighs. "So, before that happens, we need to find Vecna, kill him, and prove your innocence." Dustin says and the pair sitting together look at him. "That's all, Dustin? That's all?" Eddie asked. "Yeah, no, that's pretty much it." The curly haired boy says in response. "Wow, sounds like a piece of cake, Henderson." Allison nods.

"Listen, Eddie, Allison. I know everything Dustin is saying sounds totally delusional, but we've actually been through this kind of thing before. I mean, they have... a--a few times." Robin explains as Eddie looked at Steve and Allison looked at Max, both of the two nodded so Allison and Eddie now glance at one another. "And I have once. Mine was more human-flesh-based, theirs was more smoke-related, but bottom line is, collectively, I really feel we got this." Buckley sounds hopeful of it.

"Yeah, see, we usually rely on this girl who has super powers." Steve says suddenly making Allison look at him right away. "Super powers? Like comic shit?" She asked and Steve nods. "Yeah, but, uh, those went bye-bye, so..." he explains, crossing his arms and Allison squints his eyes at the boy. "So we're technically in more of the--" "Brainstorming phase." Max nods, looking up over at Robin.

"Brainstorming." Steve snaps his fingers. "There's nothing to worry about." Dustin says and Steve scoffs, smiling at the pair. Allison sighs, digging her hand into Eddie's cereal, then in the distance, sirens wailed loudly.

"Tarp! Tarp! Tarp!" Robin repeated quickly to Eddie as Allison got out of the boat and Eddie covered himself with the tarp before they rushed over to the window at the front of the shack. The cop cars however speed on by, followed by ambulances and such.

"Should we go check it out?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

authors note
nancy wheeler <3 she's my gf (real) (not jonathan's or steve's)
+ mb i haven't updated in 3 days, i've just been busy with work and when the weekend started i kinda got lazy lmao