It's Always Been You [Eddie Munson]

XXIII

6 months later.

July 19th 1987

The Masked Ball Of CTS.

In the middle of July, we were having a dance with two weeks off of school, that was all we got, until November when we get our results if we passed or not, so far everything has been significantly easy and not much work, the teachers were extremely kind and walked you through everything step by step, explaining thoroughly what was expected from the learners and for the first time, everyone did their work without interrupting class or talking, only a few whispers here and there when a they'd discuss the work and ask the person next to them for answers, but it was officially time for a break, even if it was a short one it was well deserved to be honest, considering i had no one to take me to this stupid ball, Theo the surprising boy he was, asked Eddie if he could have my hand for the dance a week ago and Eddie agreed as long as Theo kept me in his eye sight during the night, i was sure Theo would leave me the first thirty minutes within the dance to flirt with someone else while Casey would be entertained by Dean and i would be sat at one of the tables, apparently it's an open bar so I'd be completely open to it. "You better not look like you do right now or else I'm walking away and never coming back." Theo scrunched up his face as he waltzed into my room, "Theo, you should know better than just walking in here." I sighed as he shook his head, "Can i see what you're wearing? The word blue doesn't give off much, i want to know what tie to wear, there's different shades of blue Isabella, be more specific." He grumbled, opening my wardrobe and i got out of my dressers seat, stopping him from digging any further. "Why are you already dressed, it's in two hours." He rolled his eyes, swatting me out of his way as he continued searching through my clothes.

"Exactly three hours and you barely look human." He glances over at me and i rolled my eyes at his comment. "Wear a light blue tie Theo, it's blue, it doesn't matter." I scoffed, pushing him out the room. "Don't you need help with something?" He poked his head back in the room and i shook my head, pushing him further in the hallway. "Just let me be with you, just twenty minutes, my brothers with Casey and i don't want to be with them." He pouts and i crossed my arms across my chest. "Go to your room, smart-ass." He shook his head, "It's way too far, come on Isabella, i'll stop telling you how ugly you look right now and try to compliment you a little more before you get all grumpy." he pleaded and i rolled my eyes, letting him in once again. "I do not mean this in a rude way but-"

"Shutup Theo." He sat on my bed, biting on his bottom lip, "I'm sorry but i have to ask why you got a piece of cloth over your head? Isn't it going to catch flame with your red head." He joked and i gave him a stern look and he put his hands up in defense. "You'll see, it's just there because my hair's in rollers to curl it and keep them in place while i do my makeup." He stood up and dragged my desks chair and sat it next to me as he watched me do my makeup, asking questions about every single thing i did to my face. "To sum it up, you look like a human again." he smiled, lying back in his chair."Really? I have a full face of makeup on and now i only look human?" he clicked his tongue, staring down at his watch, tapping his foot impatiently, "Take the bloody compliment Belle." His eyes glance back down to his watch and i just shrugged, applying my lipstick and eye shadow, with a thin cat eye with my eye liner and mascara that made my lashes look extremely long, seriously, about 2½cm.

"See now that's a face i can compliment." He grins and i tried shoving him off the chair but he remained seated with a smug expression on his face. "Aren't you supposed to go get a light blue tie?" I ask, sitting down on my bed trying to get him to leave so that i could change into my dress. "Are you joking? I have about 20 ties lying in Casey's room, all the shades of blue and a few purple, just in case you were color blind." The way this dude made me want to murder him was unexplainable, i just wanted to strangle him and stop when he breathed his last stinky breath. "I'm just waiting for the two lovebirds to end their shit so i can get them to actually match my partner." He ran his hand through his hair, clearly frustrated. "You don't like Dean do you?" he immediately shook his head, "Besides the fact that his a total dick, he stole Casey from me, he knew that i had feelings for her and then he swooped in and took her, now all she talks about is Dean this, Dean that and i have to put up with the shit because i'm the nice guy." Even though this was the first time he opened up to me, i couldn't help the unlady like snort that left my mouth when he said he was the nice guy, since when? Was i not seeing things clearly?