perfect storm

Chapter Six | Eddie's Room

February 4th, 2022, 2:00 PM

school ended in thirty minutes. my last classes distracted me, and i forgot to text Robin and ask if she can drive us. sliding down in my chair to be more discreet, i unlocked my phone and texted her. 

robin <3

hey

hey!

would you do me a favor?

that depends

eddie invited me over to his place after school today

would you drive us to his house?

huh?? eddie munson?? 

isn't he like

20? and failed senior year twice?

yeah but in geometry our seats changed 

and he sits next to me now

we started talking and he's actually cool

he wants to smoke

okay whatever i just need directions

he'll tell you

thank you robin i love you 

i owe you one

i love you too, nerd 

i closed our chat and opened my contacts. i scrolled to the E section. there it was. i clicked his contact and edited his name with a smiley face next to it. don't judge me. i like adding personality to my friends' contact names. i hit 'new message'. 

eddie :)

hey it's rue

robin said yes!!

hey, awesome

meet me at the parking lot doors !

my teacher shot me a death stare as i looked up from my phone for a split second. "put. it. away." she mouthed.

sorry gotta go, this teacher is crazy

see you there :) 

i turned off my phone and took a deep breath in like i just accepted a draft to war. why was i so nervous? we were just going to hang out. for the first time... ever. i looked at the clock. 2:15. fifteen minutes left. i sighed and looked at the board. there was absolutely nothing of substance happening right now and yet we can't go on our phones? i ended up drawing pictures in my notebook of anything i could think of in an attempt to make the time pass faster. music logos, cartoon characters, whatever i could think of. it worked, because when i was in the middle of drawing the Metallica logo from memory, the bell rang. fucking finally.