It was a secret

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Amelia's pov
I'm driving Eddie's van to Mike's house "why are we going to wheelers house?" Eddie asks "because we will crash there tonight, bring everyone over" they look at me "everyone?" "Max, Lucas, Will, Mike, Eleven, Nancy, Steve, Robin, and Johnathan" "uh why fucking Jonathan!?" Jenny groans

"Because he knows what's going on in this fucked up town and might be able to help! After we all talk we will make a plan and go from there, Eddie if and when your uncle goes back home he's gonna see... Chrissy." It was still hard to say "He will call the cops and then you're gonna be suspect number one" I look at him and see the flash of panic in his eyes

I grab his hand "it's gonna be ok just trust me" he nods and squeezes my hand

"Ok let's go, be quiet though" I walk up to the front door and open it, we all walk inside and see Mike and Nancy "So why are y'all here?" Mike asks with an attitude "Some crazy shit just happened and I'm pretty sure it has to do with the upside down" they both look at me in terror

"What?" Nancy asks "I'll explain everything tomorrow, but can we please crash here for tonight?" They nod "what happens at your trailer?" Mike asks "it was my trailer" Eddie says "Why are y'all hanging out anyways Eddie? You know her kind doesn't talk to people like us" I roll my eyes

"Mike get over yourself, the only person I don't like in y'all's little club is you" Eddie smirks at my attitude and Nancy laughs "We set up an air mattress down there, it's a king size. It should fit you all but if you don't wanna sleep together there's a very uncomfortable couch down there too" I nod and walk down with Jenny and Eddie

"I'll take the couch" Jenny says and Eddie looks at me "wait what about if they come down and see us cuddling or something" I shake my head and walk over to him "that's the least of our worries baby" I kiss him sweetly and he smiles "ok"

I get into bed watching Eddie as he takes off his shirt and pants (cause who would wanna sleep in skinny jeans) and climbs into bed next to me

"Get some sleep, we're gonna have a rough day tomorrow" I say and he nods, cuddling into me quickly falling asleep

I feel awful

I just sat and watched as one of my friends died, then ran and now I'm here. And Eddie and Jenny don't deserve to have all this trauma now. I didn't want them to ever have to find out about the upside down because it's horrible but now I have to explain everything to them.

Fuck I just wanted it all to go away I wanted my life to be normal again

I lean into Eddie more trying to get as much comfort as possible. I squirm trying to get comfortable and all I feel is him pull me closer and start playing with my hair softly. He's been doing that since the nightmares have started because it calms me down

"I love you" I whisper "I love you too princess" he says in his very tired deep voice
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I wake up at about 4 am which sucks but it's better than getting no sleep I look over at Jenny and see she's wide awake too, Eddie is still asleep which is good.

I get up slowly not wanting to wake him up and I tiptoe over to Jenny

"Hey" I say "hi" she says quietly

I sit by her on the couch and sigh "I think I should explain it all to you right now because it's a lot to take in, she hesitantly nods. "So basically what happened to Chrissy last night was some paranormal shit right?" "Yeah" she says "Well basically there's this place called the upside-down. And this place is full of these very dangerous creatures with crazy powers and stuff" I say and she looks at me with fear "And for all I know it's been around for a while but it just started doing stuff to this town a few years ago, do you remember when Will went missing?" She nods