Starting Over with Eddie Munson

Wanna go for a walk?

"Hey, do you wanna get something to eat? " I asked him after I walked back into the bedroom.

"yeah I'm actually pretty hungry."

"I can call a pizza in and we can get it on the way back to the house?" I asked.

"sounds good." He said putting his shirt back on.

We pulled up to the pizza place.

"I'll be back" I said

"you have money?" he asked

"yeah dad gave me some." I said hopping down out of the van. I returned, putting the pizza in the back of the van. I got back in the passenger seat, he was smoking. He handed me his cigarette as he started the van. I took a drag.

"You can finish it if you want." He said.

I nodded, blowing out a puff of smoke.

Eddie

Sometimes I don't know what she needs. Sometimes she's just fine, sometimes she just looks drained or sad or something. But I know I do the same shit. Sometimes I'm just pissed, I don't blame her for it. I guess we all feel alone sometimes, even when someone is standing right In front of us.

We got back to the house. I grabbed the pizza as she unlocked the door.

I put the pizza on the kitchen table while she grabbed some paper plates. I fallowed her into the living room.

"why are you sitting on the coffee table?" I asked her. She was sitting cross legged facing me.

"I don't know maybe I just want to face you." she said stuffing her face with pizza. "god, have I ever told you how much I love pizza? Like so much."

I just laughed and shook my head.

"so tell me something I don't know. Like tell me a funny story or something."

"uhhhh.." I kinda stared at her blankly

She laughed. " your funny. Im sure you've got some good ones. But ill go first. I saved a kid that almost died one time at the beach. His stupid parents weren't paying attention and he had gone out to far in the ocean. My friend Emily and I were out there already and had to pull him back in."

"that's pretty cool. Look at you." I said

"yup pretty much felt like a super hero. Emily and I made a pretty good team. At least we did for a while." she said getting up to get more Pizza.

"what happened?" I asked.

"oh she was super close with Jose's little sister and didn't want to believe me that he was beating me until the very end when I had to go to the hospital. When I told her we were moving she tried to apologize and we tried to be cool for like a day but it all felt pretty fake."

"Damn fake bitches..." I said.

"yeah."

We finished eating. " You wanna go for a little walk with me?" she nodded. We headed out the door. We got to the end of the driveway and I pulled a joint out of my pocket. "Do you mind if I smoke?" I asked her, "nah, your good." I pulled the joint out of my pocket and lit it as walked up the street.

"its a nice night." she said as we turned the corner. She was right. It wasn't too cold, the road was damp but it wasn't currently raining. We continued around the block, she hooked her arm around my elbow. We got back to the front door she looked up at me and smiled back. Then she smiled and I smiled back at me, then she laughed.

"what's so funny?" I asked her.

"Nothing." She giggled. "I just like you."

"oh well I have good news..." I leaned down and whispered In her ear in an excited tone. "I like you too."

We both laughed and she kissed me.

"so uh, should we go inside?" I asked.

"yeah might be a good idea." She laughed.

We chilled in the living room watching TV for a while. She had gotten up and came back with something in her mouth.

"you want a cookie?"

"Uh yeah." I told her. She handed me a couple cookies.

"Mom made them yesterday."

"These are delicious." I said shoving the second cookie in my mouth.

We finished our cookies.

"I'm gonna get ready for bed." She said.

I continued watching TV for a bit. I could hear her in the bathroom washing her face. A couple more minutes passed and I herd her yell out.

"Eddie! Come here!..... Hurry!"

I ran down the hall. She wasn't in the bathroom anymore. I went to her bedroom, She was sitting in her bed.

"Are you ok? God you scared the shit of me."

"This bed is cold. I need you to warm me up."

I shook my head grinning at her, peeling my jacket off, digging in my bag for my pjs. I glanced over at her as I pulled my shirt off., she bit her bottom lip. She scooted over and I crawled into bed next to her. She was right, the sheets were kinda cold. I rubbed my hands up and down her arm to warm her up. She giggled "Much better."

She brought her hand up to my face rubbing my cheek. "I love you here with me."

I leaned in and kissed her, moving my hand down her body. She had a big t shirt on , I moved further down to her thigh and all I felt was her soft skin.

"and I love being here with you." I told her.

"Hey I saw a book peeking out of your bag. Are you reading Eddie Munson?" She asked me.

"Ha yeah, I read."

"what's it about? Will you read to me?" she asked.

I reached over the side of the bed into my bag.

"it's called 'the hobbit'."

"what's a hobbit?" she asked

"it's a small person like half the height of a human with big hairy feet. They're pretty happy. This one's named Bilbo, and he's going on an adventure."

She snuggled down into my chest and I started from the begging. I read to her for a while then I noticed her breathing change, it became more rhythmic. I looked down and she had fallen asleep. I closed the book, placing it on her nightstand and turned off the light. I warped my arm around her and fell asleep.