My Year ~ E.Munson

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PENNY-

"Shit! What do we do?" Eddie asks as he scoots into the shed and behind a wall. I look around trying to find a better place to hide, but there is nowhere for him to hide here without Jason and his friends catching him.

The boat

"I'm going to go distract them, I have no idea how, but while I'm doing that, take the boat out into the water, and try and get to the other side of the shoreline," I crawl on my hands and knees over to the boat and grab my walkie and my bag out of the boat.

"Take this, and try to get in contact with the others and tell them what's happening," I slide the walkie over to him and he stops it with his foot.

"W-What about you? Where do I meet you at?" He asks as I crawl over to the opening of the shed. "Go to skull rock, I'll meet you there," I make it to the edge of the concrete and stand up. I look back at him and he's still on the ground.

"What are you doing!? Eddie move!" He stumbles up and grabs the walkie as I turn and leave, throwing my bag over my head, and the strap resting on my shoulder, crossing my body like a seat belt.

"Hey Dustin, you there?" I hear him ask as I make my way quietly to the back of Rick's house. I enter through the kitchen and race up the stairs as I hear Jason and his friends walk up the porch. I duck into the first room I see and take a deep breath.

"What the fuck do I do? What the fuck do I do?" I ask myself softly. I hear everyone enter and talk with each other as they pace the first floor. "He's here," I hear Jason say, followed by footsteps coming up the stairs.

I scramble around as I look for something as the voices get clearer. I drop to my hands and knees and pretend to look under the bed with my flashlight.

"Penelope Harrington?" Jasons asks. I look over my shoulder at him and stand up. "What are you doing in here?" I look around and frown at him. "Looking for Eddie, what are you guys doing here?" Jason chuckles "The same thing, why are you looking for Eddie?" He asks me.

I cross my arms "Well, I mean he's a Satanic cult leader who killed your girlfriend. Who says he's not the one who started the mall fire and killed Billy?" I ask, he raises an eyebrow at me. "But why are you all the way out here?"

Fuck

"I mean Reefer Rick is a drug supplier, first thing I thought of was to come here to see if he had any leads on him, but his place is empty so I assumed Eddie would hide out here," Jason steps closer to me and smirks.

"And how do you know that?" He asks. I raise my head up at him slightly

"I can ask you the same thing since you're clearly here looking for him as well," Jason and I are now inches away from each other. "You sure you're not helping him? Considering you're friends with those Hellfire freaks?"

He did not just say that about Dustin and Mike.

"I'm friends with Dustin and Mike, not Eddie, I'm doing this for their safety," I say with hostility in my voice. "And where are they?" I smile at him "You ask a lot of questions, don't you? You're making me feel like we're on a first date," I tease. Jason looks over at his friend and back at me scoffing.

"As if I'd ever date someone like you," He steps closer to me "You're just a nobody who lives in her brother's shadow, a nobody who dated Billy Hargrove," I grit my teeth at his words. "I don't know what he ever saw in someone like you anyways, a nobody,"

A nobody
A nobody
A nobody

His words ring in my ears as he takes a step back laughing. He and his friend leave the room talking about me.