I sit in silence, not creating any conversation with Eddie. "God how long are they gunna take" I mumble, causing him to sit up "yea this must be torture for you" he laughs as I roll my eyes.
"Do you remember when we sat in the woods together, high as fuck and you thought the birds were going to fly down at grab your eyelashes" he bursts out laughing. "Yea... I do" I snigger a little thinking back.
"Do you remember when we first met" he looks up at me "of course" I turn and smile "I walked into hellfire club super scared and nervous because no other nerd group would accept me because I looked too 'pretty and normal" I shake my head laughing.
"Well yea, you walked in and I thought it was a joke" he claps his hands together "but at the same time, I couldn't believe such a gorgeous human was just like us" I stay quiet for a moment. "those days were fun" I turn my body so im facing him more.
"Eddie I want us to be friends" he looks up at me, shocked "I, I thought-" I quickly cut him off "I don't hate you, I cant physically hate you, god you have a part of my heart for the rest of my life Eddie, I really care for you" I watch as his eyes scan my face.
"But im with Steve, and I really really love him, he changed me for the better, and I'd just like it if we could be friends, and just that" I smile at him, he slowly nods his head "uh yea, yea sure" he turns himself back on the couch.
"you'll always have a part of my heart too y/n, I'll always love you no matter what" I let out a sigh and stand up to look and see if they're close by yet. "Shit" I shout and run.
"What?" Eddie jumps up, "grab the radio, we need to hide now!!" I grab hold of his hand, tightly in mine and pull him away. "what is it" he whispers. "Shhh, its those basketball players" I push his head down. "Fuck, okay follow me" he takes hold of my hand in his, pushing a window open.
"come on, ill help you out" he jumps out and stands below the window, his arms open waiting to catch me. I jump, letting out a groan as I land on the ground, falling into his arms and chest. For a moment, it felt...nice.
"Thanks, lets go" We sprint to the shed hes been hiding in and close the door quietly. "Dustin, its Eddie you remember me right?" he says down the radio. "if anyone is there, I really think we might be in a bit of trouble here" he places the radio down as we get no answer. "Shit shit shit" I start to pace around the place.
"Okay okay uh..." he freezes "the boat" he points "what" I whisper "come on we need to get in the boat and in the water" he starts to drag it out of its place. "Thats crazy" I slam my hands on the boat. "I know you're terrified of water but this is our only shot and I do not have much hope in the fact you, y/n, can stop 3 basketball players from killing me" he says as sweat drips down his face.
"...alright you've got a point" I give in and help pull the boat out to the edge of the water. "Okay get in, ill push and up" he takes hold of my hand, helping me get in. "Jump!" I shout as he pushes it into the water. He leaps, landing in the middle of the boat, shaking it side to side. "Oh my god im gunna die" I mumble as I grip onto the sides.
"No you're not, I am" He grabs the oars. "Hey freak!!" Jason shouts out. "fuck" I groan "where do you think you're going!" he shouts again. "Eddie row, come on!" I shout while grabbing the other oar. "Move" he pushes past me and stands directly behind me. "Come on come on" he groans while trying to start the engine.
"Uh Eddie..." I groan as I watch Jason and his friends dive into the water. "come on you piece of shit come on!" he shouts, jolting his arm back and forth. "Goddamit!!" he shouts while punching the box. "nope okay all right okay" he sits back down opposite me.
"Row!" he shouts, I fumble around trying to grab my oar before placing it in the water. "Shit this is hard" I groan trying to push it through the water "Babe I know this is your worst fear and you have zero strength but for the love of god, row" he says without turning back to look at me.
Babe? What? I ignore it as we are in a life or death situation, but is it something I pul him up on? or tell Steve?
"Stay back!" Eddie stands up with his oar as the boys are now right behind our boat. "Patrick come on!" Jason shouts as his friends stop moving. "come on we are close" he shouts again. We all go silent, I move around so im beside Eddie and can see what's going on.
"Patrick?" Jason calls out again before his friend is dragged down into the water. "Eddie!" I scream and grab his arm. "what the-", "Patrick!" Jason shouts again...
"Patrick!!!" he shouts even louder as his body is lunged into the air, bones snapping in every direction, his eyes... sucked into his skull before his body drops back down into the water.
"oh my god Eddie" I cry out, I grab hold of his hand tight as he squeezes it even tighter. "Shit come on" he grabs both oars and starts rowing us away from the situation.
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I sit in silence, in shock at what I just saw, my mind replaying it over and over and over. "Come on" he boat stops by some grass, Eddie hops out and holds his hand open for me. I take it and step out beside him. "You okay?" he asks. I push past and walk to a bush where I start to vomit everywhere.
"Oh okay, no, no you're not" he stands behind me rubbing my back. "what the fuck, what the fuck" I repeat "I know, I know what the fuck" he says too. "Come on we need to get somewhere so we can radio Dustin" I nod and wipe my mouth before following him into the woods...
"Dustin? Dustin are you there" he whispers into the radio. "Eddie holy shit are you okay" Dustin answers, forcing a sigh of relief out of myself. "Nah man, pretty... pretty goddamn far from okay" Eddie holds his head in his hands. "Where are you?" Dustin asks.
"Skull Rock, do you know it?" he responds. "Steve will know" I whisper.
"Yea I know where that is" I hear Steve down the radio "is, is y/n there, is she okay?" Steve grabs the radio and asks. Eddie turns the radio on but I stay silent, unable to talk "uh.. yea she's here but not okay no" Eddie responds for me "alright we're coming" Dustin says as Eddie puts the radio down.
"Theyre on their way" he turns to me, I sit with my back against a Rock, my knees pulled close to my chest as I shiver.
"you want my jacket?" he starts to take it off "No- no im okay, thanks..." I look up at him "Steve?" he says "yea don't want him to kick your ass for keeping me warm" I chuckle.
"I gotta say, you two are great together" he sits down beside me in the same position. "and im sure he won't hurt you like I did" I turn and look at him. I nod as a tear rolls down my cheek, placing my head on his shoulder for some comfort.
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Meeting Steve Harrington (X Reader)
FanfictionYou join a new school and meet new people but your past also seems to follow you as you meet the wonderful Steve Harrington. Your life spills out as everyone finds out who your older brother is... your new life takes a huge turn, the upside down, wh...