Steve can't know

Chapter VII

The sun was shining on your face as you woke up.You slowly opened your eyes and yawned softly.It took you a moment to realize, but Eddie was right there beside you, with his left arm lazily lying on your stomach as he breathed slowly, clearly deep in his sleep.You smiled, as flashbacks of last night ran through your head.Everything felt so surreal. You were laying in bed with Eddie Muson, the bad boy of the school, the criminal, the outcast, the drug dealer, and still, you felt happier than ever.How was this possible? You were a good student, from a nice family and your brother was the most popular person at school while he was... we all know what he was. You were polar opposites, you weren't supposed to be together. You should have been dating one of the basketball players while he was supposed to be fucking a different girl every night.Instead, there he was, in your bed, sleeping like a baby.You had no idea how this had happened, but however that was, you were grateful for it."Good morning sleepyhead" you whispered to Eddie's ear.He groaned opening his eyes to look at you.He smiled as he saw you, and he leaned closer to you, kissing you briefly, before quickly leaning back, you saw his features change,as worry took over. "Shit, sorry. I fell asleep" he said, his voice raspy. You smiled at him, reassuringly "It's fine Eddie" you mumbled before going back to kissing him, not being satisfied with the previous one.You felt him ease up as he kissed you back, this time more passionately.You granted his tongue access to your mouth as you started to explore his chest with your hand, wanting to feel him even closer.he propped his right elbow on the bed while he grabbed the back of your head with his other hand, tugging your hair to kiss you more deeply.With one swift move, he was on top of you, touching all of you, starting from your neck down to your ass.You moaned softly as he started kissing your neck while his hands found your breasts under your shirt."How can you be this pretty" he whispered placing a kiss on your neck, just below your ear" when you have just woken up?" he asked, starting to suck that same spot.A giggle escaped your mouth and you brought a hand up to the back of his head, running your hands through his hair.You felt one of his hands traveling down towards your panties and you bit your lip, bracing yourself for what you knew was coming."WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?" You froze."WHAT THE FUCK ARE DOING TO HER?"Eddie got off of you.You turned your head towards the door, Steve was staring at Eddie looking like he was about to kill him with one hand still on the doorknob."Steve-" you tried explaining to calm him down "I'll deal with you later," he said not even looking at you, "But right now, I need you to get out of my sister's bed so I can kick your ass" he threatened, his eyes never leaving Eddie."Look, man, I can explain" Eddie said, getting up while looking for his clothes that were somewhere on the floor "I'm sorry alright?" He said, putting on his pants,"I really am, but this isn't what you think, ok?" He put on his shirt and got his shoes " I actually like her" he said, looking at you briefly before going back to steve, who looked even angrier than before. You could see him making a fist with his hand so strongly that his knuckles were turning white.You could feel a lump in your throat "Steve, please-" you pleaded, your voice breaking."get out" Steve said sternly, pointing at the door.Eddie did as told, looking at you with a reassuring look before getting out, followed by Steve.There was silence, you couldn't hear anything besides your heart pounding and your breathing getting faster.You just wanted to cover yourself with your blanket and cry, but you had to see what was going on.You put on your shorts and ran down the stairs.Just as you opened the front door you saw Steve punching Eddie, making him fall to the ground. You ran towards them, at this point not able to contain your tears anymore."You touch her one more time," Steve said, stepping closer to him"You even look at her one more time" he leaned closer to his face "and I swear to god, Munson. I will kill you" he said through gritted teeth, grabbing him by his shirt, ready to punch him again.You stopped him, desperately trying to pull his arm back.Steve looked at you "Please" you almost whispered.He let go " go away" he said, looking at him.Eddie got up and looked at you with a sorry look " I'm sorry" he said quietly before turning around and going away.You knew it was a bad idea to go to school but you needed to take your mind off of everything that happened that morning.You didn't have the strength to do anything, after seeing him walking away you locked yourself in the bathroom and started to sob uncontrollably. Steve had knocked on the door but you hadn't answered, how could you have? He made the only good thing that had ever happened to you escape, and now you felt empty, like nothing made sense because he wasn't there anymore and he was never gonna be again. You had cried and cried and cried until you thought there was no water left in your body to even shed a single more tear.You had gotten up and put on some jeans you found on the chair in front of your desk. You had taken your bag and put on your shoes and left the house, deciding to walk to school. You had heard Steve call for you, but you couldn't do it, you knew that the moment you would have looked at him you would have started to sob again, so you continued walking, pretending to be someone else for a while, someone whose life was good, someone who was happy, someone who was just walking to school, worried about their math test.And so now here you were, taking a test while all you could think about was the way Eddie had looked at you while saying that he was sorry.Sorry for what? That was the question. was he sorry that Steve had found out? Was he sorry for even pursuing you? Was he sorry for sneaking into your room? Was he sorry for not making Steve understand? Or was he sorry because Steve was right? that he was using you and that he was just having fun. What was he sorry for?The bell rangYou had finished the test in the first twenty minutes, somehow all that studying yesterday had worked and you hadn't needed an actual functioning brain to fill in the exam.You had lunch now but you didn't want to see Steve so you made your way to your usual spot behind the bleachers.You would have been lying if you said that you hadn't hoped at least a bit that Eddie would be there waiting for you, ready to tell you that everything was gonna be all right and that this morning had just been a bad dream. But he wasn't there, there was nothing there. it was empty, just like you.You sat down and started looking at a spot in the distance, there was a flower in the grass, you could see it from there, just existing, all he had to do was stay in the sun and he was gonna be all right, what a nice life that must be, you thought, getting a cigarette from your backpack and lighting it, what a peaceful existence, you kept thinking, taking a drag.You were in bed, staring at the ceiling when you heard a knock at your door. You already knew who it was and for all the effort you had put in avoiding him the whole day, you knew there was nothing you could have done now."Come in" you said, your voice almost a whisperSteve opened the door and looked at you, but after seeing that you weren't doing the same he sat on your bed."Y/N," he said, trying to get your attention. You kept looking up, fearing that the moment you would have looked at him you would have broken down"Y/N, I know you are mad, and I know you are sad, but-" he stopped a moment, trying to find the right words "but he isn't what you think he is" you could feel his eyes on you "He-he has a reputation,y'know? And I know you think you can change him, but you can't. No one can, guys like that don't change." he put his hand on your calf "He uses girls, he only wants sex and I know you think that I'm the bad guy now, but I did it for you Y/N, I did it for you because I don't want you to get hurt ok?" silence filled the room as you tried not to cry and he tried to get something out of you, even a gesture would have been enough, he just wanted to know that you understood why he did what he did, and the worst part is that you did, you understood, you understood where he was coming from, that he was tryng to protect you, but you also understood that he was wrong, Eddie wasn't like that, and even if he was, he wasn't like that with you. But you knew how pathetic you would have sounded if you had tried explaining that to him, so you stayed there, motionless, saying nothing."Y/N please talk to me, please, tell me anything" you felt the hurt in his voice"Go away"And so he did.Steve had just gotten out of the stall.He walked up to the sinks to wash his hands as he felt someone's eyes on him.He turned his head to the right and immediately saw whose eyes those were.Eddie Munson, the same guy who had fucked his little sister, that same guy who he had just punched yesterday, that same guy was right there looking at him while leaning on the wall behind him, looking like the calmest person in the world. I'm gonna fucking kill this guy, he thoughtBut just before he was about to do so Eddie opened his mouth."We need to talk"