MONEY, MONEY, MONEY || EDDIE MUNSON

|| 20: what the fuck? ||

Kathy contemplated leaving Eddie where she had left him, but she couldn't do that, not now. The boy had fresh blood running down his face when she returned, she winced in sympathy.

Quickly, Kathy started to unpack the Med-Kit she'd stolen from the Nurse's office. She ripped the packet for the antiseptic wipe and frantically rubbed his face, no amount of hissing from Eddie made her be any more gentle.

When she could finally see the boys pale skin, still stained slightly in spots she didn't quite catch, she started to put bandaids over the leaky spots. It wasn't a perfect fix, some of the cuts might have needed stitches but she wasn't a doctor.

He was lucky she was doing this much for him.

The tense silence between them was nearly suffocating, Eddie wanted to apologise and Kathy wanted to leave, but the pair were both too scared to act. The intimacy of the girl holding his face made Eddie's breath hitch, he honestly thought he was dreaming.

But, all good things must come to an end, as Kathy placed the last bandaid over his nose Eddie swore he felt tears sting his eyes, threatening to spill over and destroy all of Kathy's hard work.

Kathy put her lips into a thin line and tapped his knee, indicating she was finished. Just as she was about to leave, he grabbed her wrist again. Kathy sighed tiredly, she couldn't handle this but she was too exhausted to stop it.

"Just let me explain myself." Eddie begged. "Just give me 5 minutes Kath, please." The girl wanted to scalp him for calling her Kath, but instead she looked him in the eyes briefly before her eyes returned to her lap. She nodded lightly.

"I'll be honest, I did start talking to you because I was paid." He was off to an epic start, quite the opener, truly. It made Kathy shake her hand and she nearly got up again, but he squeezed her hand slightly.

"But, the more I got to know you, I really did fall for you." He spoke breathlessly. Kathy shook her head again, this time in disbelief. He was lying, obviously. She was dumb, but not that dumb.

"I'm not lying. You're funny and sarcastic, and literally one of the only nice girls I've ever talked too, ever." He explained, desperately trying to get her to listen.
"I'm the only girl you've talked too, Eddie." She stated. It was in a joking tone but the girl didn't laugh.

Eddie did though, a sad smile forming on his lips. He grabbed her other hand. "See? Kathy, you were so good to me. You listened to me play music you've never heard and asked questions about the bands, you totally ripped the shit out of me for liking strawberry milkshakes." He laughs as he talks, but Kathy won't let herself smile with him.

"But I was so, so bad to you. You trusted me and I should've told you why I was with you but I didn't and I'm so fucking sorr-" Eddie cut himself off, looking away from Kathy's face as he started to cry. A single tear rolled down his cheek as he held her hands impossibly tighter.

She shouldn't feel bad for him, she should hate him and tear him a new one for lying to her. But, all she wanted to do was grasp his face and wipe his tears away, hug him until he felt better and for god's sakes kiss him.

But for now, all she could do was let him speak, see if he really meant the words that came out of his mouth. Eddie took a deep breath. "Fuck- I'm so sorry Kathy. I never thought that I'd miss anyone the way I miss you. You made my life so much better and maybe that's selfish but I really like you Kathy. I love you."

Kathy froze, never had she been told that by anyone but her family, and sometimes Willow. She barely had time to collect her thoughts before he let go of her hands, much to her dismay.

He wiped his nose with his arm and started to fumble with something in his pocket. When his hand returned to the surface, it held a $50 bill. Fuck. "Here's the money he gave me, I never even spent it, I felt to guilty, ha." He laughed with no joy now.

He grabbed her hand and shoved the bill on her palm before forcing her smaller hand around the paper. He stayed like that for a moment, before releasing her hand once again and getting up, hands on knees.

"I'll see you around Kath. Thanks for the medical attention." And with that, the metal head left as the first bell rang. Kathy was frozen in place as silent tears made their way down her face. She didn't know what to think, what to say, she was broken.

So she walked home. She walked all the way home and screamed into her pillow so loud you'd think she'd been stabbed. She felt completely hopeless.

In a state of exhaustion she stripped herself and redressed in Eddie's t-shirt before blasting whatever was on the rock channel on her radio and screamed and cried like a toddler.

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a/n god this was hard to write because I fucking hate Eddie in this situation LMAO. She's gonna forgive him dw but I don't know how I'm gonna write in believably 😭 thank you for reading though, enjoy!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️