Love Turns You Upside Down | Eddie Munson

Desire - 14

My heart quickens and anxiety washes through me like a flood, suffocating me. My heart hammers, and a lump forms in my throat.

"Go Eddie, you need to get out of here. Take the boat I will hold them off." I push him towards it.

"No, I'm not leaving you here. Not like this." He refuses sternly. I shake my head no, trying to push him away.

"There isn't any time to argue please Eddie." I beg, urgency in my voice. He shakes his head, his hair bouncing with the motion. "Eddie. Go, get out of here." I croak out. "I will be okay. We will find each other. I swear." I assure him. I hope he can see the desperation in my eyes. We really really don't have time to argue. The sounds of growing voices comes closer, and my anxiety jumps.

"Eddie take the boat, please. Go!" I cry out. He stares at me, and then the boat.

"God dammit." He curses. He shakes his head, and he climbs in and starts unlatching the hooks. I start frantically running around trying to help him get the boat undone from the launch. He unhooks the last hook, and I turn to grab the oar up against the wall and I hand it to him. He holds onto it tight, and I go to turn away, but he grabs my arm. I face him unwillingly, his somber eyes boring into mine. I take in his face, his features, his hair, everything, computing it to my memory, just in case. I slide his hand off my arm, and grab his hand, squeezing it in my own tightly, my heart jumping pleasantly at the feeling of my hand with his.

"Get out on the lake, lose them, and come back into shore somewhere. I will be watching from a distance and waiting for you. I will find you again Eddie. I promise." Feelings I don't have a name for rush through me, and I can see the emotion and desperation in his eyes. He opens his mouth to speak, and nothing comes out. A part of me wants to say more, do more. But theses no time. Instead I force myself to release my grip from his. I hesitantly look back at Eddie one more time in the boat, a familiar feeling of longing covering me, and I turn and run out the door, the tears falling freely down my face as my heart hammers inside my chest with anxiety. I run across the yard, worrying and unsure if I will see him again. I hear Jason's getting closer.

"Shit." I curse under my breath and sprint for the shoreline, using the trees along the sand as coverage. I stalk the tree line and move further down, and I watch the water anxiously.

"Cmon Ed's." I whisper to myself.

Pride fills my heart as Eddie paddles out into view on the lake. A small wave of relief washes over me, a small smile playing on my lips.

"There he is!" A familiar voice calls out from Rick's yard. My smile fades instantly, as the three boys walk down to the shoreline, watching Eddie frantically paddle out. Panic consumes my mind, and I bend down and search the ground for anything, a stick, a rock. Any distraction, anything I can do to help him. My fingers scale over a rock the size of my fist. I pick it up, crouching and moving behind a bush, and I watch as Jason and the others start to strip.

There really gonna swim after him? I scoff to myself quietly, glancing to Eddie's location. He's not far enough away from the shore- the boys have a chance of catching up to him. I know I have to do something. I grip the rock in my hand and stand, aiming over Jason and his posse, and towards the boat house. I inhale, and use all my force to throw it.

A loud clang erupts on the metal wall of the boat house.

"What the fuck?" They look around frantically, and I crouch back into the bushes, watching. "Someone else is here Jason."