freak, hero, you pick | e. munson

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quinn pierce.

panic started to rise up inside me when i peered across the lunch room and i couldn't find eddie.

what if we had different lunches? what if he bailed on me? what if he ate in a storage closet and didn't tell me because of the embarrassment and just left me h—

"quinn! there you are." eddie snapped me out of my panic and showed up next to me. i let out a breath of relief when i saw him smile.

"jesus, i was starting to think you left me."

he scoffed, "please, i could never. come on, i'll take you to my table."

he put his hand on the small of my back and pushed me slightly around the large room.

from a few tables away, we heard small yells and cheers, "woo-wie! don't tell me the freak's got a girlfriend now, huh?!" a bunch of jocks stood up from their table and started targeting us.

i scoffed, "fuck off!" eddie flipped them off and yelled at them too, steering me away.

before i knew it, we made it to a table in the near middle of the room. all of the boy's eyes moved to me, and i got nervous.

"these are my fellow freaks," he held his hand out to the table, and back to me. "meet quinn."

they all waved and gave me soft smiles which i returned.

"wait, you're the senior who told off that one teacher right?" one of the younger boys asked. he had long black hair and the same shirt as eddie.

i snorted, "yup. that's me."

"you should've seen it, it was so fucking badass—"

"wait, how did you hear about that?" i quickly set my tray down and moved over between him and another boy around his age.

"everyone's been talking about it," said the other boy. he had brown curly hair and again, the same shirt as eddie. "you don't think hearing a senior tell of a pedophile of a teacher isn't gonna be talked about?"

i sucked in a breath and smiled, "i guess so."

"quinn, meet mike and dustin. the freshman of our group." eddie introduced me to them, and they gave me smiles.

"hey, what's up with the matching shirts?" i faced eddie and a sly grin creeped up on his face.

"you haven't told her?" dustin was in utter shock.

"told me what?" i peered up at eddie again and he smiled, "if you didn't have detention today, you'd be able to see for yourself."

i snorted and cocked my head to the side, "who the hell said i was going?"

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"welcome... to the hellfire club." eddie's hand on my shoulder led me into the backstage area of the school's theater.

the area was lit up by the multicolored lights on the roof. there was a huge table in the middle and a throne on the end.

i snorted, "i assume the throne is yours?"

eddie smiled, "you didn't lie when you said you're fast learner."

eddie ran off and started getting out papers and random shit, "the others will be here in a bit. do you think you'll stay for the whole time? we tend to go on until nightfall."

i shrugged, "i could try—" i cut myself off when i got another, much riskier, idea came to me.

i bit my lip and walked over to eddie, "how long 'till everyone gets here?"