𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐒 - 𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃

𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘, 𝗦𝗘𝗫𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧, 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗘

𝙺𝙸𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁𝙻𝚈 𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚂𝙸𝙳𝚈

My heart had been racing the entire ride back to Eddie's trailer and it was so empowering; Knowing that our love was so real that there was a ring to prove it was the best feeling in the world. I hadn't a clue what I would tell people, if I would keep the ring on during day to day activities or if I'd only wear it around Eddie but one thing I did know, was that I had never been physically happier than in this moment.

"You're very quiet, Princess." Eddie stated as he kept his eyes on the road, one hand on my thigh whilst a cigarette hung loosely on his lips. "Not having second thoughts, are we?." He asked with a small chuckle, making me shake my head with a scoff.

"Definitely not second thoughts..more like..what the fuck am I supposed to tell people." I decided it was time to start speaking with Eddie about what was happening inside of my head now that we were halfway to being whole. I needed to let my fears go and become a part of him for good. "My parents are going to kill me-"

"I wouldn't add your father into that equation." Eddie murmured through his concentration of driving over the speed limit.

"Why?." I asked flatly, not understanding exactly what he was saying to me.

"I asked him for his blessing. He's part of the reason that ring sits on your pretty little finger." Eddie said in response. I looked over to him with furrowed brows as I tried to wrap my head around it.

"He gave you..his blessing?." I said slowly, not sure if I was dreaming the words or if Eddie had actually just told them to me.

"Evidently." He lifted his hand from my leg and pointed at the rock.

"Okay..my head is starting to spin." I said and held onto my forehead, hearing too many voices talking inside of it at once.

"Listen, Princess. Everything is going to be fine, okay?. There's going to be people who don't agree with it and there's going to be people who are over the moon for us. Just because that ring sits on your finger doesn't mean we'll be wedded and bedded within the next month..hell! I doubt even the next year." Eddie began to reassure me. "This shit is expensive, and I'm going to get a proper job and put in the work to make sure that you have the best day of your life becoming my wife.." Eddie's eyes glanced over at me as he held a smirk on his face. "But that isn't going to be for a while, so people can have their silly opinions of us but when you know, you just know..you know?."

"Yeah." I sighed. "Yeah, you're right." I nodded and held onto his hand, looking down at my own and falling in love all over again with todays events. "God..I can't believe it." An anxious chuckle escaped the back of my throat as I absorbed it all in. "It doesn't feel real." I turned to look at the boy who was holding his cigarette over the steering wheel.

"It'll feel real on Monday when everybody in Hawkins knows." Eddie snorted at the image in his head.

"That's what I worry about." I chewed on my lip at the thought of the looks on my peers faces, my teacher's disgust at the thought of their students eloping one another whilst some of them were still searching. I dreaded the gut wrenching feeling when Steve found out and hated me for being 'stupid' or the way my mother would screech at the top of her lungs and show me why I shouldn't do it.

"You can take it back..I won't be mad." Eddie said softly, trying to convince me that his words were true. I scoffed and shook my head.

"I don't want to. This is what I want..you. All I've ever wanted since the day I saw you was for us to be this. I may not have expected it this early, that's for sure..but I've dreamed about this for so long now that it's causing my chest to tighten so much at the thought of-"