Falling for The Freak (Eddie Munson)

The Distraction

After a month, people have turned their attention away from Brandon's death and got back to their everyday lives. School flew by as we prepared for the holidays. The weather outside started to cool and the leaves began to fall. It was finally looking like fall. 

At the gathering after the funeral, Chrissy had come up to me to tell me that she doesn't think it was drugs that caused Brandon's death, but to look into the town's history. She told me that Brandon was having nightmares and getting bad headaches. Jason tried helping him, thinking parties and drugs would be the best option, but he was obviously wrong.

Thinking about what Chrissy had said, I slowly started learning more and more about the mysterious deaths that circled this town. I learned so much about the Starcourt Mall fire, killing so many people, including the previous sheriff and even Max's brother, Billy. A list of names popped up from different occurrences, all sharing a common name: Hawkins Lab. That name sounded like something I had heard before. 

My mind started going back to the gathering once more, remembering how Mike told me that my parents looked familiar. It didn't seem like anything at the time, but then I started to put two and two together. I came up with the idea that maybe my parents played a part in the Hawkins Lab mysteries. Maybe somehow, the strange curse was coming back to haunt Hawkins again. But, if my parents knew about all of these deadly events, then why would they have us stay here?

The theories kept my mind busy, taking me away from the world around me. Everyone became worried about me as I was always reading and bouncing my leg in anxiety. I took so many notes and even went all the way to make myself a board with red yarn and articles, trying to connect the dots.

"You're going to drive yourself insane." Steve told me as he munched on popcorn. Robin agreed as she stared at me with a concerned look. 

"I know there is something here, Steve. I'm not crazy. I just have to find out what it is." I told him simply, acting like it was no big deal that I was wasting my life away, consumed inside of the world of mysteries and theories. 

"Why don't we do something tonight? It'll keep your mind off of everything." Steve insisted. I gave him a look to show him I was fine and needed to keep busy, but he wouldn't budge. "Movie night at your place. Robin and I will bring the movie, possibly scary since it's the season of the witch-" Steve stopped for a second and nudged Robin to get a reaction from her at his word play, but she just rolled her eyes.

"We'll get everything situated. All you have to do is go home, take a nice long shower and wait for us to show up with the best movie night ever." Robin finished for Steve. I went to protest, but Robin wouldn't let me and started pushing me out of the door. I groaned and accepted the fact that I did need to give myself a break. 

Juliet was at Hellfire Club, so I took that time to completely depress as soon as I got home. Walking into my room, I stared at my board before sighing and facing it the other way, showing off the blank side. I needed to get away from that mesmerizing red string - the blood trail that wanted to tell me a story, but couldn't find the words. 

I turned on the shower and as I waited, I grabbed my boombox and placed my cassette tape inside. I created my own playlist full of my favorite songs of the year so far. The first song that played as Careless Whisper by Wham! followed by Tears for Fears and Phil Collins. I sang along as I let the hot water wash away the worries. 

Once my fingers started to wrinkle and I had enough, I stepped out of the shower and dried myself off. I walked into my room and almost screamed from the person laying on my bed. It was Eddie and he was laying like a school girl while looking at a magazine, his legs bent so that his feet swung in the air. When he noticed I walked in, he turned to his side and smiled at me.