"You know i'm not mean and scary though," He brings me closer to him with the grip on my wrist. "Right, Carver?" We're nose to nose again, his face is down by mine and i'm looking at his lips.
Tilly Carver is sick of her big brother bossing her arou...
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"Let's go over the plan again." Steve states putting his hands out in front of him before we all pile into the RV and ride to the destinations we must be. "Robin, Nance, and I are going to the Creels house to take down Vecna as Max, distracts him in her head..."
Erika chirps from her seat, "While Lucas watches her and I keep lookout!" She holds up the flashlight.
"And then Henderson, Munson, and I distract the bats." I look over at Steve's neck and my face turns to more worry. I'm not worried about me getting hurt. I'm worried about everyone else. I glance at Eddie and he studies my worried face.
"By my awesome metal skills." Eddie tries to joke and I look at him with a small smile, he smiles too but his smile is still not the shit eating grin that I love.
We all look at one another and I try to reassure them, more myself, "We will be okay." They nod but I don't think all of us are making it out alive.
We all like into the RV getting into our spots, a bit of discussion on who's driving and who's sitting where. Making sure everyone is prepared, handing one another
The ride to the destinations are silent, so silent it's deafening. I look to my right where Eddie is gripping his spear so tightly I could see his knuckles under his rings turn white. To my left is 2.1Dustin, he looks so nervous he could shit himself. I put my hand on Dustin's shoulder and he looks to me, his eyebrows creased in the middle in worry. "It'll be okay." I mouth to him and he nods, seeming to be slightly reassured by my words.
Eddie's hand comes down to my thigh, rubbing it with his thumb. I lay my head on his shoulder and I feel as if my heart is being crushed with anxiety. The pit in my stomach grows as we approach the creel house, giving hugs to Max, Lucas, and Erica. "Be safe!" I tell them as they close the RV's door, we watch them enter the house before leaving to the trailer park.
We arrive at the trailer park and all sneak over into Eddie's house, trying to be as silent as possible. One by one we go up the sheet rope, Nancy first, Robin second, Dustin third, Steve fourth, Eddie fifth and me last, using a chair on the other side to help me. We all drop down and I grab Eddie's hand as we pile out of the trailer and look at one another. I feel tears well in my eyes and quickly wipe them away. "Be safe." I say, my voice coming out wry. "Please."
Robin looks at me, her blue eyes also seeming to be glazed with tears. She hugs me tightly and I hug her back with just as much force, "You're like super cool Tilly."
Nancy speaks up from behind Robin, "Nothing like your brother." I nod at Nancy and give her a hug as well.
Steve looks at the Eddie, Dustin and I, "Just... don't be heroes, okay?"
"Do we look like heroes to you?" I joke smiling and he smiles back, hugging me and walking away with Nancy and Robin. Watching us separate causes my anxiety to increase. "Let's get to work." I turn to Dustin and Eddie and we nod to one another before grabbing the scraps of metal around us to hammer it into the side of the trailer.
We all work in sync and in silence. Once we we're done we enter the trailer and Dustin speaks into the radio for the next phase as I grab the amp from Eddie's room and drag it out into the living room. I huff out a breath and watch Eddie grab his guitar hanging by his mirror. It's beautiful. "That's like gorgeous." I say from leaning at his doorway, crossing my arms.
"Isn't she?"
"She?"
"She's the only other she in my life, don't you worry." Eddie walks over to me and cups my cheek, giving me a kiss. I turn a little to see Dustin approach us with a scrunches nose in disgust. He is such a cute kid. "Now. Are you ready for the most metal concert of your life?"
"Fuck yeah!" Dustin says from behind me and I smile.
"Dustin you're too young for that language." I joke, ruffling the hair on his head while walking past him and he frowns. "Have they given us the go ahead?"
Dustin sighs, "Sadly, no."
"They probably aren't at the Creels house yet." Eddie mumbles as he sits down on the couch, that seems musty as hell in the upside down. "Sit down." Dustin sits by him.
"I think i'll stand, to be honest I don't know how to feel about the upside down environment." I joke and stand next to Eddie. All of a sudden he grabs the jeans belt holes and has me sit on his lap, i yelp out in surprise and soon my back is to his chest. "This is nice too." I laugh and his arms come around my hips for his hands to rest on my thighs.
Dustin grabs the walkie, "Next phase?"
"Yes, please hurry."
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We're on top of Eddie's trailer and i'm getting the amp set up, "Fuck, Tilly," I turn to him, "You will be my perfect rockstar girlfriend." I smile and blush at his comment, rolling my eyes to try and play it off.
"You guys are gross." Dustin says by my side and I smile at him, he's obviously joking.
I feed into the humor, "Disgusting."
"Atrocious!" Dustin laughs now.
"Okay Ed, it should be all set up now." I turn to him wiping the grime from the amp onto my jeans.
He nods, "Tilly." I look to him as he grabs the guitar pick necklace that he always keeps on. "This is for you." He turns back to his guitar and starts playing a song.
