A Piece Of Eddie

4 - "Has the freak taught you to bite back, bitch?"

I wake up in the morning after only a few hours of interrupted sleep, I make my way ice to the window and open it, the sound of all the birds in the nearby trees floods into my empty bedroom making the room feel alive. I smile as I watch a few birds that have already started feasting on the feeder in my garden.

Achooo

I sneeze loudly and groan as I realise how sniffly my nose is.

ACHOO

I sneeze even louder.

I look back at my bed with a longing glance and decide I can survive having one sick day, its only a few weeks until half term break anyway. I think to myself and I convince my body to drag itself back to bed. I flop down lying on top of my blankets feeling overly warm as I place my hand to my head I realise I have a small fever.

Probably wasn't a good idea to spend hours late at night in the middle of January with the schools well known bad boy. I smiled up at the ceiling as I remembered how openly and honestly we had talked last night, maybe it was because of the weed but I just couldn't help but feel comfortable around Eddie. His presence was relaxing, he made me feel like I wasn't alone in this world, like I was seen.

I shook my head, you've spoken to Eddie for one day, you're being insane. And obsessive. My brain retorts at me. Every time I woke up from my nightmares last night, I thought of Eddie, of sitting with him, of how calm he made me feel. I sigh as sleep starts to take me away.

I get woken up by the loud bang of my front door slamming closed. Mum was finally home. I sigh and sit up from my bed, I drag myself out of bed and make my way through the hallway. Light peers from under the living room door so I open it.

" hey mum" I say and cough slightly not realising how hoarse my voice would be after not speaking all morning.

She looks up from where she was lying on the sofa, her eyes only open a fraction but I can tell she's looking at me.

" is it Saturday?" She asked groggily.

I shake my bed no, " I woke with a slight fever"

She closes her eyes " keep your noise down, I have a pounding headache" I sigh at the response and make my way into the kitchen. My stomach grumbles at me agreeing with my movement. I look around for food and decide to just eat the left over pasta from yesterday as an early lunch.

I heat my food up and head back to my bedroom hearing mum's snores fill the hallway, at least she's getting some sleep. I sit up on my bed as I eat my food, I manage about half of the bowl before deciding to place it on the bedside table.

I glance at the clock on my wall, it had just become lunch time at school, my thoughts couldn't help but wonder to what Eddie would be doing right now. I close my eyes picturing him in the canteen sat on his usual table, maybe he'd be ranting about social injustice, making comments at all the shallow popular kids. Maybe he'd been strategising his campaign for D&D with Dustin or his other friends. What ever he was doing I hope he's enjoying his day. I think to myself.

I drink the whole glass of water next to my bed and decide to pick up a book to read, I think for a moment and choose Romeo and Juliet, we'd be starting it in English after the break so I might as well get ahead with the reading.

I begin reading the long winded Shakespeare play, at some point I just have fallen asleep as I awoke to my mum screaming my name.

She didn't sound happy, but she wasn't cursing which caused a lot of confusion. Why is she mad? Why isn't she as vocal as normal?

As soon as I leave my room I see my mother stood at the door to the trailer, a tall figure with long brown hair stood in front of her. She gives me a pointed look, she did not approve that I had a boy at the door. She moved away from the door and walked past me silently into her room. Eddies knocking had definitely woken her up, that explains the anger.