His Eve|| Eddie munson

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Genevieve's pov
Eddie munson wants to hang out with me. Me! And he blushed with me. I get ready excited. I don't quite know what we're going to do but I don't mind.

I look at the time and realize he's going to be here soon. I wait....and wait....and wait. He's late. I get more and more deflated as time passes. My phone rings. I answer "hello?" "Hi Gen!" It's chrissy. "Chrissy? Shouldn't you be at the game?" I ask confused. Eddie's an hour or so late already. Almost two hours. She says "you'll never guess what I just did!"

Eddie's late....she skipped practice. Where my mind goes makes me sick to my stomach. "I just smoked with Eddie munson. We got to talking and he's actually very sweet" she tells me. He chose her. I'm not the kind of girl who smokes and does drugs. I'm not normal like everyone thinks. She says "i can see why you like him" it sounds like she likes him too. Maybe I should just leave it and him alone. He doesn't want me. He'd rather be with her.

I nod "yeah" "you gonna make a move on him yet?" She asks me. I mutter to her hurting at being his second choice "he's um...he's all yours" I hang up and hear a van pull up to the house. He's two hours late now. He was with her. I head down and out and he gets out the car "hey eve! You ready for some fun?" I shuffle on my feet wringing my hands together "Eve?" He asks.

"Youre two hours late" I say to him. "I lost track of time and I'm so sorry." He tells me. I ask "and you couldn't call and tell me? I was here waiting for you and you never showed" nibbling on the skin of my lip. I hate confrontation. "I got piled with deals last second Eve. I wish I could've and I didn't and couldn't call you I'm sorry" he sighs. He's lying to me. I clear my throat to fight back the want to cry "I uh...Chrissy called and told me she had fun hanging out with you" I tell him. His face drops "eve" he sighs. I sigh "I just uh...wanted to see if you'd tell me the truth about where you were but you lied."

"Eve please" he begs coming closer and I take a step back "if you'd rather hang out with her and smoke I wish you'd have just picked up her phone and told me...instead of leaving me here waiting for you for over two hours..." "eve" he says begging and I continue "I'm tired of being put on peoples back burner Eddie. Just...go home Eddie" "you're not on my back burner eve. Please come out with me. I'm sorry I lied and was late. I want to hang out with you. I had a deal with Chrissy today and she wanted me to smoke with her and I told her I could only stay for a bit because I had plans! I smoked and I lost track of time because of it eve. I'm sorry I left you waiting for two hours for me to show and I'm sorry I didn't call." He tells me coming closer and he smiles "there's a cute diner just a little bit outside of Hawkins I wanna take you to. We can stargaze from the hood of my van too. I just...really wanna spend time with you eve"

Chrissy wants him and I see the way he looks at her too...

"I um...it's not a good idea Eddie." I tell him. I have to let him go. I have no place with him. Even as a friend it seems. "Eve please just give me a chance to make it right. Please?" He begs. "You should go to the diner and stargaze with her....she seems to really like you" I reply with a small smile. "I don't want to do that with her. I want to do it with you" he replies. He takes my hands in his, his rings cooling me "please?"

His touch makes me feel things I never have before. I look away and he makes me look back and he pleads "please" his thumb stroking my cheek gently "I was excited when you asked me to hang out with you. I've been waiting longer than two hours to. I just uh...didn't know what to say or how. And then you asked me today. I got ready and the time came...and you weren't here. You just...werent. Time kept passing and my hopes of you showing dwindled to nothing. Maybe it was a cruel trick? Get back at Jason and the others as well by doing this? Part of me worried for your safety. What if you got taken? Hurt? I didn't know what else to do but wait. And then she called. You weren't hurt. You were fine. Hanging out with her though we made plans that made me excited. I just...wanted the chance to be someone's first priority and choice...and I'm still not. And now you're here and...I don't even want to go anymore. The excitement died. I just want to curl up and forget it since you did too"

"I...I can't explain just how sorry I am Eve. I wish I never took that deal and just stayed home and counted down the minutes to see you again. But I didn't and I should've. I'll never use you as a joke. You aren't a joke Eve." He tells me. "It feels like I am eddie. You stood me up. You hurt me. Please just go eddie" he sighs "I won't quit on you eve. I'll give you your space as you wish but I'm not quitting on you. You don't have to forget. I only wish to get you to forgive me and we start new" and he kisses my cheek making me freeze "I'll see you tomorrow Eve" I head inside and my mom asks "I thought you were going out tonight?" I shake my head and head to my room closing the door and I get dressed for bed and I peek out the window and he's there still talking to himself and he puts his hand on his face and hits the steering wheel and....he looks upset. I turn out the light and get in bed.