Eddie Munson: 2023

Episode 13: Hourglass

Two years later the plan that's been worming its way into Eddie's mind finally comes to fruition. I laugh at myself, the rings iH ad bought nearly two years ago, had made itself home between my socks, and boxers. Waiting for the day it would come out into the fresh air, and be placed on Lilly's hand. My thoughts had gotten to me that Christmas and they had led me to not asking her to marrying me that year or the following year. This year would be different, I thought to myself as I stared at the velvet box in the draw. Lilly's shower is taking extra long due to her need to be prim, and proper for dinner tonight. Two years ago I was able to graduate from a night class school, and get my GED. With that I was able, sadly might I add to leave my job at the auto body shop. The old man was more then sad to see me leave, so when I did leave. Lilly made a whole meal out of it. Packing several meals for the old man, and even getting him a little vacation gift card to Indy.

I had sued my GED to become a pretty good contractor, and with that job came a pretty good salary. So months ago when the wallet was thicker, and the afternoon was cold. I grabbed my phone and called a restaurant not far off in Indy. a steak house that served the best of the best for special nights like what I had planned. I called during my lunch break. I asked for the best glass of wine, and that I was going to be proposing to my girlfriend. I wanted something not to far, but far enough away from people that nobody saw what was happening. The hostess was kind enough to give us a private room, and so a part of the dinner was planned. Getting there would be the harder part, telling Lilly without telling her would be the harder part of all of it. Two weeks before our planned dinner I scheduled some time off, a whole week. The whole week leading up to, and the day of the proposal I'd take off. Let Lilly and I enjoy our time together. There would be no need for jobs, or anything else to get in the way. Now it was time to tell her what was going to happen.

"Lils, I need to tell you something babe." I yelled as I walked into the trailer. The trailer was still the same. Furniture here and there. More hots, and books littered across the urface. The kitchen cabinets had grown to fit the mugs that Lilly had gifted me almost every year. Possibly starting a tradition of mugs for christmas. Regardless I waited for her. My boots were killing my feet so I sat at the kitchen table and waited for her there as I unlaced my boots. There's a soft padding of feet from the back of the trailer. Socks are the first thing in my view. She's all wrapped up. The new year, and valentines just having passed. The cold weather had yet to leave Hawkins. "Yeah babe." She said standing there in froint of me with fuzzy socks and wrapped in warmth. "We are leaving town in a few days. Going out to Indy, so get to packin' baby." I said setting my boots off the side.

"What do you mean we're leaving town, and going to Indy?" She asked me. "Exactly what I mean babe, you and I are going to go relax for a few days because when was the last time either one of us stopped for more then a rest or a dinner date out?" I ask her. Sure we had dinner dates, and went over to Steve and Robins but nothing with just the two of us. She looks down at me, I still can't tell even now after two years if she knows when I'm serious or joking. Lilly goes to say something, but closes her mouth. "You got off from work?" She asks, I nod. "Now go pack I wanna leave in the morning." I say standing and kissing her forehead softly, before making my way towards the bathroom. She stands there util I gather my things from the bedroom, and slip into the bathroom. The shower is just what I needed from a hard day at work, the work wasn't hard per-say but it was nice being able to come home and relax under the hot spray of water. I hear the door open, "I'm just grabbing my stuff for our trip. Oh, wait how long are we gonna be gone?" Lilly asks me. I shrug, not that she can see through the shower curtain. "I'd say at least a week, and plan for a dinner at least once." I say over the spray of water. I hear a few seconds later the door close back up. I finish my shower up, and get out wrapping the towel around my wasit. Indy is a few hours drive from Hawkins, so that means we would be leaving early in the morning.