𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐋 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐒 | eddie munson

part four 😻💖😜

I have two more classes to get through, then I can finally go home. Unfortunately for me, one of these classes is with Adam and Gareth.

I walk into chemistry, trying to not look at the boys who are obviously staring at me. I sit in my seat, one chair away from them, suddenly feeling way too crowded in the small classroom. Luckily they don't say anything to me and Mr. Kennedy starts teaching as usual.

For a split second I think that I might make it through the rest of the day with no Eddie-related drama, until the girl in between me and Gareth hands me a note. I debate just tossing it onto the floor, but decide not to. I'm not reading it immediately though, that would just be desperate. Or would they know that I'm trying too hard? They can definitely tell. Maybe I'm just being insane.

I open it after 5 minutes of pretending like I'm not dying to know what it says.

"Eddie wants to talk to you after school"

Oh. That's anticlimactic. But for some reason there's still butterflies in my stomach.

I look at the boys confused. Why can't he tell me that himself? I start to write a response onto the note, but just decide to talk to them when class ends. They keep staring at me throughout the period, which is more annoying than anything I think I've ever experienced in my life.

Finally class is over, and I wait outside for Adam and Gareth. They see me, and share a panicked glance.

"Why couldn't Eddie tell me this himself? He's being a coward."

Adam hesitates. "Well, he says you keep ignoring him." Gareth joins in, "Yeah. He said this was the only way to tell you without you running away or something."

I try and ignore that last part, taking a breath before asking, "What does he want to talk about anyways?"

"Something about a conversation you had in the bathroom? I don't really know, we weren't paying attention."

I stare at the boys for about 5 seconds before saying, "Tell him to meet me at my car at 3:00." I turn and walk away as quickly as possible, so I don't have to look at the dorky expressions on their faces. Idiots.

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My last class is spent staring at the clock and absentmindedly bouncing my leg. At one point, the girl next to me glares because of my shoes tapping the tile floor. She looks sort of familiar, curly brown hair and blue eyes. Nancy, maybe? I whisper a quick apology and stop with the anxious leg thing.

After what feels like years, the final bell rings. It takes everything in me to not run to my car. I walk out of the side door and see Eddie leaning on my car, arms crossed and tapping his right hand on his other arm.

He sees me from across the small parking lot, and it feels like he's staring into my soul. I begin to walk over to him, eyes locked on his face. Then a car horn honks and I look over, realizing I almost got hit by Nancy, the girl from class. There's another girl in the passenger's seat, short light brown hair with freckles.

Suddenly everyone's shouting at me. Some are asking if I'm okay, others telling me to watch where i'm going. However i can only focus on Eddie, he's running towards me with a worried and shocked look on his face.

"Julia! Are you okay?"

I look around confused, still a little in shock. The car is about an inch away from me, a disaster waiting to happen. Nancy and the other girl get out of the car, also coming to see if I'm on drugs or something.

I begin to assure them that I'm okay, while Eddie finally reaches me. He puts his hand on my back, and I look to my right just to see his face inches from mine. I can see the panic in his deep brown eyes.