This is OUR Year (Chrissy X Eddie)

〰️ Chapter 5 〰️

〰️Eddie's Pov〰️ 

     I just finished up my Dungeons and Dragons game with the group, and I walked the halls of the empty school, taking my mind off things. I thought I heard some fuss, so I decided to investigate. 

     When I turned the corner, I saw Jason pinning Chrissy against the wall. My blood began to boil as I saw fear ever present on her face. I began to think of the outcomes if I intervened in their conversation. The pros outweighed the cons and I came up with a game plan. 

    I began to run, letting my feet carry me towards Jason as his hand collided with her face. I began to huff, and pushed him over as hard as I could. He yelped as he hit the ground. Chrissy stood there confused as Jason stared daggers into my own. He quickly tried to flip me over, and I knew he could succeed so I tried my best to not let that happen. He cocked his fist back and swiftly. 

     " Stop you guys! Stop!" Chrissy screams, trying to get me off of Jason. I started to get off of him and stand as he throws a punch, hitting my cheek. I gasped and backed away from Jason, who just stood there, hands clenched. I could feel blood in my mouth, but still focused on Jason. Chrissy was crying, trying to de-escalate the situation. " Please, stop..." She let out. Jason stared at me. 

     " If you tell anyone about this, your dead nerd." He fumed. I put my hands up and backed away looking at Chrissy. Jason looks at Chrissy. " Come on Sunshine." He grabbed her hand but she yanked it out. 

     " I'm not going with you. Not a chance in hell." She seethes. He frowns and tries to take her hand again. 

     " I said, let's go." He repeated once again. She stared at him. He looked hurt. " You bitch." And he began to walk towards her. Chrissy began to walk towards me. She looked up at me and got behind me. He glared at the both of us, but then walked off. Chrissy sighed and clutched onto my arm.

     " Thank you Eddie." She sobbed out. I felt heartbroken for her so I lead her the opposite direction through the side doors towards my van. She began to climb into the passenger seat, shivering from both fear and the cold. I turned on the heat and sat in the parking lot for a while. She just sat with her knees covering her face, her eyes closed. I put a hand on her back and she flinched at my touch. I frowned and took my hand away from her back. " Sorry, I just-"

     " You're fine Chrissy I understand. Do you want to head home?" By this time its 10 o'clock, and everyone else was home. She nodded, and I began to back up out of the parking space. " If you want to talk about it I'm always here Princess." I say. Chrissy looked at me for the first time since we had been in the car. 

     " Maybe later, right now I just... Need to process this shit." She said. I hum in response. We pulled up to her drive, and she sat in the van for a while. She pulled own the visor and looked in the mirror. " God I'm a mess huh?" She chuckled.

     " I think you look fine. There's some tissues in the back if you want me to grab them for you." I asked and she nodded. I gave her the box as she wiped the makeup off of her face and smiled at me. 

     " Better?"

     " Better." I reply, " Though, you looked perfect in the first place." 

     She smiled and opened the door saying a small thank you and went inside the house. 

〰️ The Next Day 〰️

     All I could think about was Chrissy and if she was alright, I barely slept. I turned on the van ang began my adventure towards the school. I saw Chrissy walking down the road, dressed in flare jeans and a light green sweater. I honked at her and pulled onto the curb. She turned around and smiled I leaned over and unlocked the passenger door. She climbed in and I noticed she had more makeup on then usual and I chalked it up to her being hit by Jason. I frowned as she looked at me.

     " Good morning," She said. " Did you sleep well?" 

     " Well, you could say that," I laughed, " How about you?" 

     " I didn't get much but I'll be fine!" She chirped. Considering she just learned she got cheated on and got fucking slapped she seems fine. 

     " I hope you are ok after all that happened..." I left off and she plays with her sweater.

     " Yeah, I'll be fine. It all just, ya know, happened so quickly. And he's a dick, I can't believe I even trusted him." She scoffed. I smiled and traveled down the road to the school. " Say, do you have a piece of paper I can write on?" She asked and I hummed. 

     " My backpack has a notebook in it, there should be an empty page in there somewhere." I say. She leans to the backseat to grab my backpack when she stopped. 

     " You have you guitar in here! Can I see it?" She beamed and I nodded.

     " We can get it out when we get to the school." 

     " Sweet! I've always wanted to hold one." She says, bringing the notebook in the front seat with a glitter pen she had. She flipped to the next empty page and wrote something down. She smiled and ripped the page out and folded it up and put it on the dashboard under a hat. " There's my number for later, ya know, if you ever wanna call me." I nodded and smiled. Chrissy Cunningham gave me her number. 

     We pull into the parking lot and she barrels out of the seat to open the vans back entrance to reveal my guitars case. She popped the latches off to reveal my prized possession. Chrissy's eyes sparkled when she lifted it out of the case, she smiled from ear to ear. " She's a beauty isn't she?" I say and she eagerly nodded. I chuckled and came next to her. I saw a Lincoln pull into the parking lot out of the corner of my eye and I frowned. Chrissy seemed to infatuated to notice the other body come out of the car along with Jason. 

     Catherine stalks out of the car and saunters over to the drivers side to meet Jason. I tensed up when I heard Chrissy turn around. 

     " What the actual fuck." She gaped.