Us Against The World

Part 8

Eddie's uncle stepped into the trailer to see Chrissy quickly jump off of Eddie's lap and move to the middle of the room, Eddie stood up as well. He could tell by the redness of the girl's face as well as that they were both catching their breath that he had interrupted something.

They all 3 stood there awkwardly. Finally Eddie's uncle spoke. "Who's your friend?" he walked into the kitchen and set down his metal lunchbox.

"This is Chrissy, Chrissy, this is my uncle Wayne." Eddie gestured to Wayne with his hands.

Chrissy looked up and nodded "nice to meet you" she said quietly. "You too. You were the girl who called here earlier right?"

"Yes, that was me" Chrissy felt like a deer in the headlights. His uncle wasn't mean, she just felt bad because she got caught. "Ah well, glad you found him" he chuckled a bit. Chrissy blushed and looked at Eddie. "Yeah.. me too. Excuse me" chrissy walked to the back of the trailer and went into the bathroom.

When the door shut Wayne looked at Eddie. "Your friend huh?" Eddie just rolled his eyes. "Yeah, she's just a friend. What're you doing home? I thought you worked tonight."

"Power went out at the plant, got the night off. Just make sure you and your uh, 'friend' are careful, alright?" Eddie just shook his head and buried his face into his hands. "I'm gonna get some sleep, night Eddie"

"Yeah goodnight Wayne." Wayne went into his room and shut the door behind him.

When Chrissy got into the bathroom she held on to the sink and looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair was a mess, she was still blushing. His uncle knew exactly what was happening. She'd never been more embarrassed in her life.

"What am I doing here.. why did I do that.." she felt an insane amount of guilt for cheating on Jason. Not only because of what she did, but because of what she wanted to do. Most of all she felt guilty because she wanted to go and do it again. She fixed her hair and took a few deep breaths before walking out of the bathroom and back to the living room.

Eddie was sitting on the couch by himself, Chrissy took a look around and didn't see anyone. "Wayne went to bed, if that's who you're looking for" Eddie said. He looked up at her, his leg was shaking. She nodded and sat down at the other end of the couch. Neither one spoke for a minute. They just both looked forward.

Eventually, Eddie spoke. "So do you like, wanna talk about it?" Chrissy didn't know if she did or not. She didn't know what to do. "Eddie.. I.. I don't know.. i'm just so.. confused" Tears were welling in her eyes now. Eddie knew she was uncomfortable and upset so he decided to drop it. They could talk about it another time.

He stood up. "It's okay, it's getting late anyway and we have school tomorrow. You wanna a ride home or do you need a place to crash?" Despite everything she was feeling she didn't want to leave Eddie. "Um.. I'd like to stay here, if thats really okay with you?"

Eddie smiled. "Of course princess. You're always welcome here." She felt thankful that she could sleep here. It was the only time in recent memory she had a decent night's sleep.

"Thank you eddie" she smiled in return. She turn stood up "I just have to call Sam real quick and let her know that I won't be coming over. She's covering for me"

"Okay, I'll go get the bed ready for ya" he turned and started to go towards his room. Chrissy was going to insist she could sleep on the couch but she doubted he'd listen.

She picked up the phone and dialed Sam's number. A very tired Sam answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey its me, turns out I won't be coming over tonight."

"Oh, so I take it things are going well with 'just friend' Eddie Munson?"

"It's been...eventful."

"Oh? I expect full details tomorrow. I'll see you then, love ya"

"Love you too" Chrissy hung up the phone and then made her way to Eddie's room. He had just finished picking up and making his bed when she appeared at the doorframe. "I can sleep on the couch Eddie, you don't have to do all this" she said softly. She sort of hoped he didn't take her up on the offer. She kinda missed the smell of his bed.

"Nah, trust me you wouldn't like it. It's comfortable to sit on and do... well, it's just not to comfortable to sleep on. But I'm used to it" he walked over to his closet and opened it up "if you don't wanna sleep in those clothes you're welcome to sleep in anything of mine." Chrissy nodded. "Thank you Eddie. Seriously, thank you." she wanted to kiss him again, but resisted.

"No problem princess." he grinned before grabbing a pair of grey sweats and walking out. Once he left the room Chrissy shut the door. She walked over to his closet and looked through it. He had so many more shirts than she expected. She grabbed one that had "METALLICA" printed on it. She threw it on the bed before taking off her clothes. She slipped off her skirt and shirt, followed by her bra. She left her underwear on and slid his shirt over her head.

It came down to her upper thighs, it was far to big on her but she loved it. She climbed into his bed and pulled the covers up. The familiar smell was there. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep.

She tried to sleep for nearly half an hour but all she could think about was falling asleep and having another nightmare. So, she got out of the bed and opened Eddie's door to peer into the hallway. Everything was silent and dark aside from the TV in the living room. She crept into the hallway and made her way to where she knew Eddie was. He was already asleep when on the couch when she found him.

She felt bad for waking him but she felt like she needed him. So she poked his shoulder. "Eddie, hey eddie" he immediately sat up on his elbows. His eyes where half open and he looked at her before blinking a few times. "Oh shit, hey, everything okay?" He said to her.

"Yeah, I was just wondering if... if you wouldn't mind coming to sleep with me?" She whispered. She didn't want to upset him but she needed him.

"You sure?" He asked, still looking up at her. "Yeah... im sure, if you want to..."

Eddie sat all the way up now, the throw blanket he had covered up with fell down and chrissy realized he didn't have a shirt on. She looked at his bare chest in the light made by the TV. She was glad it was dark because she was sure that her cheeks were red again. He stood up and stretched his back, she couldn't help but look at his abdomen, followed by his tattoos. She knew he had them but she didn't realize how many he had. She also didn't expect to like them so much. One of her hands gripped her shirt and pulled on it a little bit.

Once he stretched he gestured for her to lead the way. Chrissy turned around and walked back to Eddie's room with him. On the way to the back to Eddie's room, he couldn't help but think about how cute she looked in his shirt. How the light from the TV illuminated her legs.

When they got back to his room they both laid in his bed and pulled the covers up. Eddie laid on on his back and Chrissy laid on her side facing him. They laid like that for only a few minutes before she couldn't resist her urges. She scooted over to him and placed her head and a hand on his chest. His arm came down over her shoulder, he pulled her close to him. "Is this..okay?" She asked quietly. "Yeah, yeah it is" she smiled as she laid there, and shortly after the sound of Eddie's breathing and heartbeat soothed her to sleep.

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A/N: I'm currently watching season 4 again and it makes me so sad knowing what happens to Eddie and chrissy 😭 I really hope he comes back next season.