freaks ✾ eddie munson

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Dustin's ringing the doorbell like a maniac and screaming for Eddie and Reefer Rick as Max and I start to explore.

"So.." Max starts.

"So?" I say.

"Do you like Eddie?" Max asks.

"What? I like Eddie, he's one of my best frie-"

She cuts me off. "No, Sage. Do you like him? I mean, you were all over the place in Family Video. Like, too concerned."

"No, Max, I don't. We're just.. really close, that's all."

As we talk we both notice a shack in the back of the house.

"Hey, guys?" Max says, getting the attention of the others.

We walk over and start to shine our flashlights through the windows, trying to see inside.

"Ugh, I can't see anything. I'm going inside."

"No, Sage, wait!" Steve says but I ignore him as Robin and I peek through the door.

"Hello? Is anyone home?" Robin says.

We all go into the room and I start to look around.

"What a dump." Steve says.

"It's a shack, Steve. Of a drug dealer. It's not going to look clean." I say, rolling my eyes.

"Whatever." He mutters as he turns off his flashlight and picks up an oar.

"What are you doing?" Dustin says as he stabs around at the boat.

"Steve, stop!"

"He might be in here." Steve says.

"So what? You wanna stab him?" I say, grabbing onto his arm trying to get him to stop.

He continues to stab it. "So take the tarp off." Dustin says.

"If you're so brave, you take the tarp off."

"Steve, stop! I'll take the goddamn tarp off. Move."

"Hey, look over here." I hear Max say. "Someone was here."

"Maybe he heard us. Got spooked and ran."

"Seriously, Steve. Stop it. Move out of the fucking way I'll take off the tarp."

"Don't worry, Sage. Steve will get him with his oar." He said sarcastically.

"I know you think you're being funny but considering everyone in this room has nearly died a hundred times, personally, I don't find it funny in the slight-"

As if we were living in a horror movie, Eddie jumps out from under the tarp and pushes Steve against the wall with a broken bottle to his neck.

He scared me so bad.

"Oh my god!" I say.

"Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!" Steve pleads.

"Woah! Woah! Eddie! Eddie!" The room is full of screams as we try to stop Eddie.

"Stop! Eddie! Eddie! It's me... it's Dustin!"

"This is Steve, Sage's brother! He's not going to hurt you, right Steve?

"Right, yeah."

"Why don't you drop the oar, Steve." Dustin asks and when he hesitates I say.

"Drop the fucking oar, Steve."

As he drops it, it startles Eddie and he presses the bottle deeper into Steve's neck.

"He's cool! He's cool!" Dustin is trying his best to calm down Eddie.