Milkshake •Eddie Munson

Chapter Eight: Skull Rock

Tired, Desiree grabbed her time card and inserted it into the machine to clock herself out, She turned around and saw Louie clocking himself out as well, "Do you work tonight?" She asked him while putting her coat on. He shook his head, "No, my wife and I are celebrating our anniversary tonight." He replied with a small smile on his face.

Desiree scoffed in shock, "Louie, you're married?" She asked and he nodded while crossing his arms, "Teeny, I have been married to my Amelia longer than you've been alive. I even got kids not that much older than you. Hell, some of them are even younger than you." He admitted. Desiree stood there with shock on her face, "Louie, I never knew you had kids!" She cheered as she slapped his hand.

Louie shrugged his shoulders, "You never asked." He said as he lifted his hand up and showed her his wedding band. Desiree smiled at him and took his hand, "Congratulations for being married for..." She waited for him. He smiled and looked down, "33 years." He finished as he grabbed his wallet and showed a picture of them from their senior year.

Desiree furrowed her eyebrows, "How old are you Louie?" She asked as she looked at him. He snatched the picture from her hands and pressed a kiss to it before putting it back in his wallet, "I'm 46, do the math toots." He concluded the conversation by saluting to her and leaving the diner through the back door. Desiree laughed as she shook her head and grabbed the rest of her things. She made her way to her car and got in, taking a minute to let the car warm up before deciding she needed a minute to herself. She pulled her car out of the diner parking lot and made her way to her favorite place to sit and think about things.

As she walked through the woods trying to remember the way Steve used to explain the directions to get to Skull Rock. She couldn't help but think about how things used to be with Steve.

"Steve, we've passed that tree twice already, I think we can officially say we're lost in the woods." Desiree complained as she let go of Steve's hand and crossed her arms. Steve blew a raspberry, "Babe, we're not lost. I have been here so much, I basically know my way to Skull Rock from the surroundings." He confidently told her. Desiree furrowed her eyebrows and stopped walking. Steve continued to walk a few paces farther than her before he realized she hasn't by his side anymore. He turned to look at her, she had her arms crossed, her eyes squinted, and her tongue was poking the inside of her cheek, "You're not gonna like, murder me out here, are you?" She asked.

Steve chuckled and walked back over to Desiree, "I'm not gonna murder you, Des. I just want to show you Skull Rock. I wouldn't be Steve Harrington if I didn't." He answered as he slid his hand in hers. "So you just bring all of your girlfriends here?" She asked while not once budging from her position. Steve shut his eyes and sighed, "Yes." He answered quickly and immediately regretted it, "I mean no, no babe, not all of them got to see Skull Rock." He said as he tried to cover up his urge to say something that would piss her off but failed by letting stifled laughs escape his lips, "It was too dark for them to see it." He joked while bursting into laughter.

Desiree rolled her eyes and continued to walk away from Steve and further into the woods. Steve runs after her to catch up, "Aw, come on. You're not mad are you?" He asked as he tried to catch up to her but she was walking too fast for him. She somehow got out of his sight and he panicked as he looked around the area for his girlfriend. Steve sighed as he looked behind bushed and trees, "Babe! Babe, this isn't funny." Steve shouted out as he continued to look for her.

A few more minutes passed and Steve was now worried, "Baby! Baby, where are you?" He called out. The sound of twigs snapped and he shook his head, "Nope. No, fuck this shit." He whispered as he ran his hands through his hair. He sighed, "As much as I like you babe, I will kick the shit out of you if you're fucking with me right now!" He called out as he looked at his surroundings. Skull Rock was right behind him. He heard twigs snap again and quickly turned in the direction of the sound, "Desiree, come out." He shouted out while inching closer to Skull Rock.