OUTCASTS • Eddie Munson

Pyscho Killer

Max, Dustin and Robin were practically sitting on top of each other in the back of Steve's car. The looks on their faces were priceless as none of them could move without elbowing one of the others, causing many shouts of disapproval, and almost ended in a full on fist fight when Dustin attempted to put his arm across the back of the seat just to allow himself a little more room.

Ellie sat in the front passenger seat, trying to hide the smug look but failing miserably, catching Robin's eye in the rear view mirror a couple of times only to get a sarcastic smile back.

"She should get shotgun if she knows where we're going." Steve had told Robin as they first headed towards his car.

Ellie of course was not going to argue with anyone, knowing full well that if Steve hadn't have said that, she would be sat in the back cramped between two kids who both valued their personal space.

"Take a left here." She told Steve as they reached the west side of Lover's Lake.

"This is not where I expected a drug dealer to live." Steve spoke as he observed their surroundings.

"Good money in drug dealing." She joked.

"How is it that you know where Reefer Rick lives anyway?" Dustin asked from the backseat.

Ellie didn't justify his question with an answer, instead she turned to look at him and winked.

Dustin obviously got the wrong idea, as he asked "Are you together?" eyebrow raised and a look of disgust on his face.

Max rolled her eyes as Ellie laughed, "No, Dustin, just in love with what he sells."

Dustin's facial expression turned to one of realisation, before he asked, "Can I try it?"

"No!" Robin, Steve and Ellie all exclaimed.

"You wouldn't like it." Ellie told him, "Rots your brain and kills your lungs."

Dustin seemed satisfied with this response, until his face changed again, "So why do you do it then?"

Ellie regretted getting into this conversation, she knew someone would ask how she knew where they were going eventually, but she only told them for the greater good. So technically it wasn't her fault that she was trying to talk a kid out of trying drugs.

"Oh! This house on the right!" Ellie told Steve at a mere moments notice, causing Steve to slam the breaks, and throw the contents of the backseat of his car forwards, resulting in a couple of yelps and Max shouting "Get off me!" to Dustin.

"Thanks for the warning." Robin stated, rubbing her knee that had made contact with the centre of the car.

"I'm sorry, it's dark." Ellie said as she opened the door to the car, walking over towards the house shrouded in shadows.

All of them followed her to the front of the house, and stood a couple of steps back as she rang the bell, their torches being the only source of light.

Impatiently she rang the bell again, and again, and again.

"Okay, well that's settled." Steve spoke over the sound of the reverberating bell. "I guess he's not here."

Dustin moved Ellie to the side, slamming his fist against the door multiple times.

"Knocking on the door like that isn't going to make anyone want to answer! Especially when it's a dealer's house." Ellie told Dustin.

Dustin nodded in acknowledgment, "Eddie!" He screeched, causing Ellie to flinch at the sudden noise, "It's Dustin! Look we just want to talk, okay?"

Robin peered through the windows with her torch as Dustin tried to reason with the door frame.