Romeo and Juliet, Nah not Today

Wayne and Joyce

Wayne wakes up confused, he can't remember what woke him up. It was probably that pest Billy Hargrove and his damn car. He grumbles and gets up to get some water. He's had a long night at work and now he's been rudely awakened. He makes his way towards the kitchen and stops. He must be having a nightmare. There's two little girls in his kitchen.

"Um, hello?" He says awkwardly, he hopes this is a dream.

Both girls turn towards him and wave politely. He recognizes Hopper's kid immediately. It takes him a moment with the redhead but he knows she lives in the trailer park. He's seen her feeding that crusty white dog. Two little girls are in his trailer and one is the chief's daughter. What has Eddie been up to?

"Please tell me my son isn't dating one of you." Wayne will have to bury Eddie if he is.

"What? No! Oh my God, no! Ew!" Max says in horror.

"He's in his room getting more cassette tapes." El says not helping ease the tension.

"We're helping Eddie make brownies for his actual girlfriend, Chrissy. Apparently Eddie can't do anything without the finest music." Max says watch Wayne relax. "Her birthday is coming up but Eddie wanted to do something before then. He said something about her needing more than one day to celebrate her birth."

"Oh thank God." Wayne says, sighing in relief.

"She's turning eighteen." El says bobbing her head up and down. Wayne's eyes wide. Just turning eighteen.

"I'm Max, your neighbor and this is El my friend." Max says awkwardly trying to change the subject.

"I'm Wayne. It's nice to meet the both of you." Wayne says smiling. This must have seemed like an invitation because El gets up and grabs his hand and shakes it.

"Oh Wayne! I hope we didn't wake you." Eddie says emerging from his room.

"Heard you're making brownies for your girl. Turning eighteen, what a special time." Wayne says, giving Eddie a pointed look. Eddie knows that look means they're going to talk about it later.

"Yeah brownies with nuts in them. We're hoping she likes them." Eddie says suddenly becoming uncomfortable.

"You should get her some flowers too. You should already know which ones she likes." Wayne says then proceeds to walk away.

"Shit. You girls wouldn't happen to know her favorite flower would you or her second favorite?" Eddie looks at them already knowing that answer.

"We could find out." El says, looking at Max. "Right Maxie."

Max struggles to reply. Maxie? When did she start calling her that? "Yeah we could give it a try."

"No, no! You can't just call her and ask, she'll suspect something is up." Eddie says, shaking his head. "I should know this. Think Munson."

Lightbulb! "I have an idea." Max says smugly. "To the car!"

"What? What about the brownies?" Eddie says frantically.

"Hum? Ha-ha another brilliant idea." Max says smugly. "To the phone!"

"Oh my God stop saying 'to the' before everything." Eddie whines, while pointing to the phone.

Max laughs evilly before skipping to the phone. Max grabs it and dials a number Eddie doesn't recognize. She taps her fingers as the call goes through. El walks over to Max and presses her head against Max's to hear the conversation.

"Bingham residence." A voice Max recognizes answers.

"Oh Eden, it's Max. I need to talk to Suzie." Max says excitedly.