The Runaways - Book 1

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"Hail lord vecna" Indigo was mesmerised as Eddie spoke, watching him become a completely different person, doing what he did best. It turned out she wasn't the only new comer either, what with Mike and Dustin bringing along Lucas' younger sister Erica, both Mike and Eddie had made a deal that neither could complain about who the other brought, much to Mikes annoyance when he noticed his cousin sat in the corner of the room, but after witnessing the way both Eddie and Indigo moved around one another as though they were in sync, he couldn't help but let it slide all together. "If I May interject gentlemen, lady applejack, there is no shame in running" his eyes flickered up to Indigo momentarily as the players huddled together to talk, both Eddie and Indigo gave each other a small smile, neither of them wanting to ruin the atmosphere that filled the room.

"Didn't we just decide to fight?" Erica's voice broke through their moment causing them both to look over at the others. After a couple more furious whispers they stood apart.

"We fight" Dustin declared, rolling the dice. Indigo had no idea what she was waiting for, but much like Eddie, she was leaning over the table, waiting. The sudden jumps for joy and Eddie's sudden movement, if she hadn't of been so intent on staring at the dice, probably would have made her smile in delight, however, instead of that the shock had her falling back, off the chair, and pouring the bottle of water over herself.

It was Mike who noticed first, jumping up and rushing to his cousins side.

"Oh my god, Inds! Are you okay!" He grabbed her hand, pulling her up. She nodded, cheeks burning red with embarrassment. She kept her eyes on her own feet, not wanting to look anyone in the eye.

"I'll... I'm just going to the toilet" she managed to squeak out before fleeing from the room, her school bag in hand. She ran into the toilets, slamming the door behind her. Looking at her reflection in the mirror she wanted to scream from the top of her lungs. Her cheeks were a deep shade of red, and her iron maiden t-shirt was soaked through, sticking to her stomach. She sighed, placing her bag on the floor before grabbing toilet roll and trying to dap as much of the water out as she could. It didn't take long before she realised how useless that was.

She'd just about given up when the toilet door opened just a crack. "Indigo? You in there?" Once again indigo found herself becoming even more flustered at Eddie's voice.

"Yeah" she tried to make her voice sound loud, strong, but instead it came out quiet, cracking slightly.

"Can I come in?"

"This is the girls bathroom?" She questioned, stepping back from the sinks so she could see Eddie stood outside.

"Yeah..." indigo couldn't help but laugh at him, his lack of care astounding her once again.

"Yeah, come in" as he opened the door fully she noticed his change in appearance instantly. Where he was wearing a hellfire t-shirt with a leather jacket and denim vest jacket, he now only had on, a slightly small, black t-shirt, his jackets and hellfire t-shirt held in his hands.

"You okay?" He knew the answer, she knew he did, but she nodded anyway, going back to dabbing her t-shirt.

"Did everyone go?"

"Yeah, Mike wanted to wait but I said I'd take you home so... did you have fun?"

"Up until I embarrassed myself, yeah, it was great"

"Embarrassed? Don't be, we don't care that it happened, hell, I once fell flat on my ass running out of a record store, ending up bumping into a kid with an ice cream... it went everywhere" his story, true or not, had made Indigo smile, forgetting about the dabbing of her t-shirt. "Here" he thrusted his hand forward, his hellfire t-shirt in it. "Wear this-"