Eddie the Banished & Steve the Babysitter

A drunken confession?

Will's POV

I got up from my spot at the kitchen table where Eddie and I were planning a joint campaign to answer the door. I was laughing at a joke Eddie made when I opened the door. My smile immediately turned into a frown when I saw who was standing there. A tall, skinny man with medium black hair in a blue shirt and jeans stood there. 

"I wanted to talk to you." 

"I'm busy." I said, starting to shut the door. He held it open with his hand, "Will, just-....I want to talk. I realized what I've done and I'm sorry I didn't recognise your feelings earlier. It was completely rude and unthoughtful. I was so blinded by El and obsessed with her that I saw nothing else. I treated everyone like shit, especially you. I just wanted to apologize."

I let go of the door and crossed my arms, "Have you accepted some things?" 

He stood there, confused by the question. He attempted an answer, "I liked you. I might've loved you. But I didn't want people-" 

"You didn't want to admit to people that you were in love with the freak."

"What? No!" 

"Come on, it's what you were thinking." 

He took a step back, "Why are you being such a dick?"

I scoffed and slightly smiled, looking at him, all confused, acting like I'm in the wrong. "I'm giving you a taste of your own medicine. For the past 2 years you've been such a dick to me. All I wanted to do last summer was spend time with my best friends and you call me weird and blame it on the fact that I don't like girls. You didn't even care about any of us, it was all about El. Sure, she saved the world. I almost died Mike. I was in that hellhole for an ENTIRE WEEK! I leave for Lenora and all of a sudden you're playing D&D with Eddie. You broke my heart so of course I'm gonna be a dick." 

The entire house was silent, the only noise coming from the TV that was playing Ghostbusters. 

Mike hung his head and closed the door. I turned back around, toward Eddie and bent over, breathing heavy. 

Eddie smirked and walked over, patting my back. "Damn kid, you really gave it to him." 

I held my chest and slowly brought myself back up. "That felt really good." I let out a relieving sigh. 

He leaned down a bit and got in my face, "You know what else will feel good?" 

My eyes widened a bit, not knowing where this was going. "You're taking over Hellfire."

I smiled and grabbed his shoulder, "You're serious? You're not fucking with me?" 

He smirked, "Absolutely. I graduated, technically not allowed to run a club anymore. So you're taking over." 

"You're still gonna play though, right?" 

He walked back over to the table, "Maybe, it depends. I've got a job now."

I giggled, walking over to the table as well and sitting down, "You? Eddie Munson. Hawkins Freak. You have a job?"

He nodded, crossing his arms, "Surprised?" 

I smiled, wide, "Yeah. Actually. Where and why?"

He smirked and sat on the table, "Camelot Music. And conveniently right across from Family Video." 

"Eddie, go home and tell Steve you love him." 

He stared at me for a minute, face completely blank. My face fell. He got up quickly, grabbing my styrofoam sword off the table and running down the hallway. "Eddie!"