Chapter 1

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Eddie hops off his bike, letting it crash into the ground beneath him. He takes another puff of his cigarette as he makes his way up the small cement steps to the paint-chipped door. A loud crashing sound catches his attention, it sounds like shit breaking. He grabs an old baseball bat off the grass and holds it tightly as he readies himself to swing. Slowly, he nudges the door open, "Who's there?!"

There's no answer, but the sound of rummaging comes to a stop. He cautiously makes his way towards the back of the trailer where he last heard the noises. Eddie checks Angelica's room first to see if it was just her getting ready for school. There's no one in sight, so he heads towards his own room. Its a total disaster, but there doesn't seem to be anything out of place. He lowers his bat thinking he was just fooling himself.

Then, there's a sound of hangers rustling in his small closet. Once again, he raises his bat to fight as he cautiously pulls on the handle. A figure jumps out at him, screaming, as he takes a powerful swing.

Wait, he recognizes that scream.

She drops to the floor as to avoid the swing and quickly removes the mask, "Chill, Eddie! Its me!"

"Angie! What the hell!?"

"Holy shit! You almost took my fucking head off, bro!"

He smacks her warningly on the arm, "What the hell were you thinking?! I thought somebody was in the house!"

"That's the point! Its Halloween, Eddie! I wanted to scare you."

"Fuck," he groans throwing the bat down to the ground as he places his hand on his head, "you really did scare the shit out of me."

"You should probably change then. Don't want you smelling like shit all day. Might give somebody yet another reason to insult us." Angie teases him sarcastically.

"Shut up," he shoves her away lightly as he grabs his bag, "come on. Its time for school, you little shit."

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They place their bikes lazily a their slots outside as they head to the parking lot before the first bell. Its always a good place for entertainment before the ultimately boring school day.

"So, I heard that you're failing chemistry now, too." Angie starts, "Is that true?"

"Yeah, but that bitch hates me. I swear she's failing me on purpose."

"Eddie, you've gotta stop failing. If you keep this up, you're not gonna graduate."

"I'll graduate. they're not gonna let me stay here. They all hate my ass, they want me outta here." He chuckles to himself as he sees Nancy Wheeler looking over Steve Harrington's application paper in his car.

"You're a fucking dumbass, you know that?"

"I'm not a-"

Suddenly, loud revving of a car drowns out his voice.

"What the hell? Who the fuck is that?"

Angie pulls her sunglasses up to get a better look but she doesn't recognize the driver.

"I have no idea," the driver exits in a full denim outfit, "But he's hot."

"Ew, Angie. No," he sees her continuing to check him out, "no, he looks like a total asshole."

A younger redhead pulls out of the passenger side with a skateboard.

"Looks like he's got a little sister, too." Angie considers, "she looks badass."

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