Sweetheart........ An Eddie Munson story

Chapter 7: Reefer Ricks

Kali's POV:

We had been driving around the dark streets of Hawkins for hours. Eddie had been in complete silence since we left the trailer, he didn't even have any music playing as he drove around looking for somewhere to hideout.

In all the years I've know Eddie, I've never known him to be so quiet. It was weird and kind of terrifying, he was always talking about something. Even in his sleep he would mumble a few words every now and again.

I could understand his silence though.

After everything that happened last year, learning about the upside down, fighting alongside someone who had super powers and loosing Billy, I too stayed silent for a long time. So Eddie's silence after the horror we just witnessed was completely justified.

I kept thinking back to the way Chrissy died. Something just didn't sit right with me, but it couldn't be what I was thinking.

Could it?

I was pulled from my thoughts when a tree branch scraped across the window, causing me to jump closer to Eddie, holding onto his arm as I tried to steady my breathing. I was so lost in thought that I didn't realise the van had stopped moving and we were now sat in complete darkness, the only light coming from a small porch opposite us.

"Where are we Ed's?" I whispered as I slowly shifted my gaze to the metal head I was clinging onto. I could feel his arm trembling as he removed the key from the ignition and began climbing out of the van, grabbing my hand and helping me out in the process.

He still didn't speak as he intwined our fingers and pulled me towards the house. I had no idea where we were but I couldn't help but feel like I had been here before as we made our way towards the front door.

Eddie searched around the small porch for a spare key but to no avail. Normally he would just lock pick his way in but it was pitch black and neither of us could see much. He continued to pull me along as we moved down the side of the house, towards a smaller building that sat against the lake.

Wait.

Lovers lake. Boathouse. Holy shit!

A small amount of relief washed over me when I realised where we were. Of course Eddie would come here, he used to hide out here all the time when he would have a falling out with Wayne.

Reefer Ricks.

I'd only ever met Rick twice. Once when Eddie came by to pick up some weed for a party he was planning to sell at and the second time was when he and Wayne got into a heated argument and he disappeared for a couple of days, of course I went searching for him because I was worried and found him holed up here.

Geez, what a rollercoaster that night was.

Rick, unfortunately, was doing time for getting caught selling so I knew he wasn't around but this was still Eddie's little runaway spot and thankfully the boathouse was unlocked.

"Wait here" Eddie spoke softly as he closed the door behind us. I crossed my arms over my chest and began rubbing my hands up and down to try and emulate some kind of heat as I watched Eddie pull the tarp off of the boat, that was situated in the middle of the room and begin searching for something.

After a little while he pulled two blankets out from underneath one of the seats. He moved to the corner of the room and laid one of the blankets on the floor, and made a makeshift pillow with the other one. Eddie looked over at me and motioned for me to sit down.

I tried to get him to sit down next to me but he was still on edge. He kept glancing out of the window that was just above us before getting up and pacing around the boathouse. I watched him as he kept running his fingers through his hair, mumbling to himself as he continued to pace.

"Ed's?" I whispered as I slowly stood up from my current position, "Ed's?" I whispered again as I made my way towards him. He was in a world of his own as he paced up and down, pulling on his hair slightly.

"Eddie!" I whisper yelled once I reached him, causing his gaze to meet mine. I felt my heart break as I looked into his eyes. The fear and sadness had consumed him, light trails of tears stained his cheeks as he stared back at me.

"Eddie, it's okay. It's going to be okay" I tried to reassure him but I knew there was nothing I could say to calm him in this moment. His face contorted as he listened to my words "okay? How is it going to be okay Kali?" He whisper yelled as he moved away from me and began pacing again.

"She's dead Kali. There's a fucking dead girl lying in our trailer and you think it's going to be okay? Nothing about this is okay!" I could feel the rage coming from him as he continued to pace, more tears spilling from his eyes as he thought back to what had happened.

"Oh my god! Wayne! Wayne's gonna find the body and.. and he's gonna think... fuck!" He yelled as he threw a broken piece of wood to the other side of the boathouse, causing me to flinch slightly.

"And you. I never should've dragged you along with me" he turned to face me slightly before continuing on with his rambling "and Juliet. Fuck, what's gonna happen with her? Everyone's going to think I'm a murderer"

"Ed's" I tried once again to get him to calm down, his voice was becoming louder and louder with each ramble that came from his mouth. He was panicking and I needed to calm him down.

I slowly approached him, calling his name as I inched closer but he still rambled on. "Eddie!" I whisper yelled once more as I grabbed his face with my hands and turned his gaze to mine. I didn't know what else to do to calm him down, so I did the one thing that I knew would clear his thoughts.

I kept my hands on either side of his face as I roughly placed my lips against his. I could feel him slowly relax as his leaned more into the kiss, wrapping one arm around my waist while the other held my face. I removed my hands from his face and intwined my fingers in his hair as the kiss grew more passionate.

I had been craving this feeling for so long and yet it felt so bittersweet.

Eddie was the first to pull away as he rested his forehead against mine, a small smile pulled at his lips as he stared into my eyes. I could see the sadness and fear he once had in his eyes had been replaced with adoration and lust as I stared into those beautiful deep brown pools.

Eddie still had one hand gently holding my face while his other arm was snaked around my waist, pulling me closer to him as he placed another soft kiss to my lips. He let out a deep breath and held the gaze on my eyes as he spoke.

"You don't know the hold you have on me, sweetheart".