Atomic | Eddie Munson

16

Katherine and Eddie spent the rest of the weekend together. They split the time between her house and his trailer. The only time they spent apart was at nights, which really just meant from abut 2 AM to 10 AM.

In fact, next few weeks passed in a similar fashion. They would go to school during the week, Katherine would go see Eddie play on Tuesdays, and they would hang out on weekends. Eddie had started driving Mike home from Hellfire Club on Fridays so the two could hang out afterwards. The first time that Eddie dropped off Mike and followed him inside, he was confused.

"Dude! That's my sister!" Mike exclaimed once he saw Katherine kiss Eddie for the first time. Katherine flipped her brother off without breaking the kiss, causing Eddie to laugh into the kiss.

"Just because your girlfriend is in California doesn't mean you I have to suffer," Katherine said, ruffling Mike's hair after she broke away from the kiss. Mike rolled his eyes and went up to his room. Katherine and Eddie laughed at the younger Wheeler as he walked away.

It was nearing the end of October as Eddie and Katherine lay in his bed. Eddie was resting his head against her thighs as they passed a joint back and forth.

"Did you hear about the Halloween party at Patrick McKinney's?" Eddie asked her eventually. Katherine knew Patrick through Andy and the boy was nice enough.

"I mean, I heard he was having one if that's what you mean," Katherine responded. Eddie rolled over and scooted himself up so he was laying next to her.

"Well, despite the basketball team's incessant hatred of me, they want me to supply for the party. So since I have to be there for at least a little while, do you want to go with me?" Eddie inquired. Katherine nearly dropped the joint she was holding.

"Are you asking me on a date to Patrick McKinney's Halloween party?" Katherine asked with a laugh. Eddie gave her a sheepish smile.

"Maybeee... But if you don't want to, it's fine," Eddie said, trying to play it casual.

"No, no, no. I want to go. I just didn't think you wanted to like, go out with me in public, like officially," Katherine responded. Eddie pressed a kiss against her lips to get her to shut up. Katherine smiled as she kissed him back. He raked a hand through her hair and broke away from the kiss.

"Now why would you think that?" Eddie questioned, his thumb grazing her cheek as he had the rest of his hand still tangled in her hair. Katherine shrugged. "Of course I want to go with you. In public. Officially. I want people to see us together. Unless you don't want that."

"Of course I want that. It's just that I don't want any of the jocks giving you a hard time when they inevitably find out that we're dating."

"I don't care about them, I just want to be with you."

Katherine smiled and pulled Eddie into a sweet kiss. She felt him smile against her lips as they kissed. Eddie's hand that wasn't in Katherine's hair was planted firmly on her waist. His thumb dipped slightly below the waistband of her sweatpants. Katherine kept one hand on Eddie's chest and the other was on top of his hand that was on her waist. Eddie brushed her hip bone gently as they kissed, sending tingle's down Katherine's spine. Katherine had a bright idea and pulled away from the kiss.

"Does this mean we can do a couple's costume for the party?" she asked with a grin. Eddie sighed dramatically.

"Do I really have a choice?" he asked, already knowing the answer.

"C'mon Eddie, I have the perfect idea. Plus, you barely have to wear anything other than what you usually wear. It'll be cute," Katherine pleaded, pulling out her puppy dog eyes. As strong as Eddie thought he was, he couldn't resist the puppy dog eyes.