Stand Up And Fight

Chapter 5 - Eddie The Superhero!

Eddie leaned against the brick building, taking long drags of his cigarette, trying to push the words he had overheard far from his memory. God, how did he get so wrapped up in this in a span for 48 hours? 'You are losing it, Munson,' he shook his head as he lit another cigarette behind the first one as it smoldered down to ash.

He knew what it felt like to be in love. He fucking knew it and he was well on his way with Y/N. 'How could that even be possible? I just needed to get out of here for a couple of days, clear my fucking head,' he thought. He would finish the rest of what the band needed him to do then maybe just chill for a few days.

Maybe the time away would help him to chill. Because his emotions were rampant right now. He had to get his shit together.

Eddie tossed his cigarette away unfinished as he watched Y/N push out the door, walking angrily toward Eddie's van. Things must not have gotten any better, Eddie decided as he made his way toward the singer.

Y/N rested her arms against the door of Eddie's van feeling frustrated. She knew Garrett was worried about her, but what she said was true, she needed some time to feel like crap before she would be ready to finally move on. She had thought about it so many times, and she would come to the same conclusion every time. What had hurt her the most was the fact that Scott had betrayed her trust. She took a number of deep breaths trying to calm herself down and fighting the urge to storm out of the place.

"Hey," Eddie said softly as he walked up next to Y/N, leaning against the van.

"You ok?" Eddie squinted at Y/N as the sun blinding his eyes. He knew she wasn't but he wanted Y/N to be the one to tell him she was not ok.

"No," Y/N replied. "I'm just having another one of my drama queen episodes before I swallow it all up and go in there and back to work."

"Garrett?" Eddie replied as he lowered his face. It definitely had not gone well. Eddie knew Garrett's intentions were good, but his timing sucked to hell. "I doubt that," Eddie told her as he played with the antenna on Eddie's van, twisting the metal through his fingers. "You're not a drama queen Y/N," Eddie stated, looking over at the singer, seeing the pain on her face.

"It doesn't matter," Y/N said with a sigh. "I need to get back to work or the studio will have our heads soon."

"Ok, but just know...you can talk to me if you want to, I'm a good listener, I won't judge you. And I won't ever betray your trust," Eddie told her quietly, meeting her eyes. "I know you don't know me that well, but I will promise my life on that."

Y/N smiled. "I know. I just... I need some time. I need to figure myself out before I can let anyone into this mess in my head," she said truthfully.

Eddie smiled as he nodded. "Time is all we have," Eddie heard himself saying in an attempt to comfort Y/N. Why couldn't he take his own advice especially when it came to easing back his emotional rollercoater of feelings about his new lover. "Let's go get some work done," Eddie told her as they headed back inside.

Once back inside the studio, Eddie sat back down and began to work while Y/N lounged on the sofa with her journal and Eddie's notebook. She read some of her more recent lyrics before going to Eddie's notebook.

"I really think some of these are gonna work together," Y/N mused as she hummed along with a melody in her head.

"I hope so," Eddie said as he concentrated on the computer screen in front of him. "If I say we have one song finished, I'm exaggerating."

"Well, I've got half a dozen unfinished songs in here, so together we should be able to come up with something," Y/N replied, trying to sound positive. "You have so much in here, man, so much great stuff too," Y/N smiled as she took in a couple of sketches in the margins. "Nice art work too," she snided softly at the robotic characters outlining the edges. "How about if I read you some of my stuff and see if it matches with anything in your head?"