Until I Met You

What Are We?

You wake up on Eddies couch with you head on his lap. You look up and him leaning back on the couch sleeping with his hand in your hair. You look at the clock. It's almost 6:30.
"Crap!" You say as you get up quickly. Eddie wakes up and rubs his eyes.
"Eddie you gotta take me home cause I need to get ready for school." You say as you grab your bag.
"What... wait what time is it?"
"It's 6:30."
"Oh... OH! It's Monday?" He says confused.
"Yes Eddie you need to drop me off at my house." You walk toward the door. "Let's go!"
"Okay okay!" Eddie grabs his keys and you both rush to the car. You see Eddie's uncle come outside with pajama pants and a cup of coffee.
"Eddie where you going? School doesn't start till 7:30!" He yells.
"I gotta run and errand!" Eddie yells as he drives off.
"I'm so sorry, Y/n." He says out of breath.
"It's fine it's just my mom's gonna kill me." Your leg starts shaking.
"Just tell them you want over to Nancy or Robin's and slept there."
"Yeah, okay." You try to calm down. Eddie puts his hand on your leg to stop it from shaking.
"Hey, it's gonna be okay." He looks you at you with those eyes again while your at a stoplight. The light turns green and he looks away and keeps driving. You finally pull up to your neighborhood.
"Eddie let me out here." You tell him.
"But this isn't your house." He says, confused.
"Just pull over Ill walk from here. I don't want them to see you."
"Okay fine." He pulls over to the side of the road.
"Do you want me to take you to school still?"
"There's not enough time. You still gotta get ready for school." You say as you get out of his car.
"Okay, well I'll see you at school then." He says. You wave goodbye as he drives off. You walk home and knock on the door.
"Where were you? I was worried sick!" Your mom answers the door.
"Sorry, I um... I went over to Robin's and stayed the night there."
"On a school night?" She gives you an upset look.
"I know I know I thought it was Saturday yesterday. Just please let me get ready for school." You shove past her into the house.
"Is Eddie taking you today?" She asks as your going up the stairs.
"He's uh... sick so you need to take me." You run up to your room and quickly get ready.

Your mom drops you off at school.
"Have a good day, girls!" You wave and walk into school to see Eddie at the entrance.
"Hey, Y/n." He smiles.
"Oh hey Eddie. How long have you been waiting here?"
"Just about five minutes." He puts his arm on the small of your back as you two walk down the hall.
"So was she mad?" He says.
"A little bit. By the way, sorry if I came off as rude this morning. I was just, well you know, I was scared she was gonna get really mad and when she's really mad, things end badly." Eddie looks at you with concern.
"What does she do?" Just then, you realized you've already said too much. You've never opened up to anyone about your family problems. At this point, you just decide to tell him everything.
"Well she um... she gets physical." You look down cause you don't want to see the look on his face. You continue.
"Ever since my dad passed, things kind of went downhill. She started drinking and she hasn't won't stop. I've tried to stop her but when I confront her about it, she screams. And it moving to Hawkins hasn't helped at all either. Our old house was all that we had left of my dad, and now that's gone too." You look at the ground and start tearing up.
"Oh, Y/n." Eddie knew you were crying. He pulls you in for a hug and you bury your face into his chest. He rubs the back of your head.
"Hey, do you want to skip today?" You nod. He takes your hand and you two walk out the door.

"Excuse me what do you two think you're doing?" Says Principal Higgins. You feel your stomach flip.
"Oh we um, Y/n got sick so she has to go home but she can't drive so I have to take her home."
He looks at you then back at the principal.
"Okay but I expect you to be back in no more than 45 minutes or you're getting a demerit."
"Don't worry I will." You two walk toward his van.
"Eddie you're aware you're getting a demerit right?" You look over at him and he has one hand on the steering wheel and he puts his other hand on your leg.
"Yea, I honestly don't care though." He chuckles. You guys pull up to his trailer. You walk in and see his uncle.
"Oh, Uncle Wayne..." Eddie puts his arm in front of you so you don't walk in the door.
"Hey Eddie." He peeks behind Eddie. "Oh hey Y/n! What are you two doing here?"
"Y/n wasn't feeling so well so I took her here so I could take care of her."
"Don't like to me boy, I know you're skipping." His uncle says with a smile.
"Please don't get mad I just wanted to-"
"Hey, it's okay. I can't act like I didn't skip in high school too. Just don't do anything stupid." His uncle says cutting Eddie off. Eddie lets out a sigh of relief.
"Thanks Uncle Wayne." Eddie says. You two go to his room and you sit on his bed.
"You're uncle is really chill." You say.
"Yea... usually he's not but when there's a guest he's like... super chill." He says walking around the room. Suddenly he gets a random burst of excitement.
"Ooooh Y/n!! You want to see what I've been learning on my guitar?" He jumps up and down and you giggle.
"I would love to!" You say, still giggling. He grabs his guitar and swings the strap over his shoulder. He starts playing "Master of Puppets." He's so focused he pokes his tongue out, which you thought was cute. He messes ip a few times, and gets frustrated every time, but you still admire him. He finishes and looks at you with a big smile on his face and his eyes lighten up.
"Did you like it?"
"I love it. Eds."
He blushes and tries to hide his face with his hair. "Thanks, I still need to work on it cause I keep messing up."
"It was flawless to me." You smile at him. His face lightens up. At this point he's reminding you of a child getting ice cream and you giggle. He leans over you to hang his guitar up on the wall right above your head. You look up and can't help but admire him. The way his hair perfectly dangles above you. His necklace dangling where it is almost touching your face. The way his eyes keep looking down at you then the guitar. He's just so perfect.

"Y/n?" He says.
"Oh, yea yea." You jump.
"You're staring." He smirks.
"Oh, um, sorry. I um... I-"
"Hey, it's okay. It's cute." He says and smiles. You look up at him and smile as he looks you in the eyes with his big, brown, sparkly eyes. He leans down and kisses you and you feel a smile creeping on his face. You feel a rush of heat run through your entire body, and you just know you've turned bright red. You let go of the kiss.
"Eddie, we can't be doing this." He looks you in the eyes and and his smile slightly fades.
"What do you mean?" He asks confused.
"We can't just kiss every once in a while then continue acting like we are just friends. Eddie, what are we?" You look down and he puts his finger under your chin and lifts your head up to  look at him.
"Let me ask you something. Do 'just friends' kiss each other?"
"No..." you say, hesitantly. He leans down and kisses you again.
"Then that should answer your question." He says. He smiles and walks out of the room. You continue to sit there in shock after what just happened.
"You coming or what?" He says leaning on the door.
"What? Where?" You ask.
"To the mall, dummy! I heard there's a new store that's like... so metal." You stand up off his bed.
"Yea I'm coming!" He grabs your hand and you two walk out the the van. He blasts the radio and recklessly drive to the mall. You sit back and think about everything that's happened in the past few days. You're finally happy.

________________________________Hey yall! Sorry I haven't posted in like a gazillion years. I've been working a lot (gotta get that bank💪) and have just been super busy. I hope yall are enjoying Y/n being happy, cause some stuff is coming...👀