Long Live

Chapter 4: The End of Everything

"It's the ten year anniversary of the upside down and his death. I've never read this to him. Do...do I read it now? Like is it time to tell him everything?" I ask, looking at Steve who sighs softly.

"I honestly have no idea." He says with a shake of his head. "On one side he deserves to know how it happened." He adds while rubbing his palms on his legs, "On the other he's 10." He says, sighing softly.

"I'm old enough, Mama." he says with a pout. His sudden appearance made me jump slightly.

"It's not a pretty thing, baby." I say sitting in the chair to look at him. "I don't want you to have nightmares." I say honestly and watch as he thinks about this before nodding.

"I don't think I will, Mama." he says honestly. "I know Dad died by the demobats, but I don't know anymore than that."

I sigh and nod, "Ok. I'll read you the next chapter now instead of at night." I say softly and watch him go get the book before sitting on the couch and grabbing the blanket that resided on the back of it. Reading this chapter always caused me to feel cold.

He came down with the book and sat down beside me.

                                                            Chapter 4:The End of Everything

"You're so beautiful." Eddie said, playing with her hair as they laid in bed together. Their chests pressed together, legs tangled with the other's, and sated smiles on their faces. They both can't help their laugh as the front door closes with a bang signaling that Wayne was home.

"So are you, I'm a lucky woman." She said with a smile on her face. It had been a long while since they just took a moment to enjoy each other's company.

She got up and pulled his vest on before grabbing her camera and stood at the foot of the bed where his head was. She watched him roll over and cross his arms in front of his chest. His right hand came up to play with his hair as he took in the fact that she was just wearing his vest and her underwear. Which made for an amazing picture. (she would skip the beginning of this chapter when reading it to her son)

"You? I'm the lucky one." He shook his head, smiling softly. "I can't wait to marry you."

She looked up from the picture in thought before she smiled wide. "Why wait? We can go to the courthouse today and get married. We're already skipping school. We'll just go to Indianapolis and get married." She said excitedly which had Eddie smiling at her.

"You're being serious." He said with a look at her as he pulled his hair in front of his mouth.

"Yeah. I mean why not? We're both consenting adults. All we need is a witness. Uncle Wayne could be one and someone from the courthouse could be the other." She said softly and brushed some of his hair back. "We really only need each other anyway."

"You want to marry me today..." Eddie smiled at that as he got on his knees and leaned forward to kiss her softly.

She kissed back a hand resting on his bare chest. She was happy to have him close to her and when he finally pulled away he nodded. "Do your hair and get dressed. I'll go talk to Wayne." He said and got up pulling on his jeans and hellfire shirt before he went out to the living room.

She smiled as she began rifling through her drawer that Eddie gave her at his place since she was there the nights her parents were gone. She felt floaty and just so happy that she couldn't process it.

She found her 50s inspired black and white long sleeve dress that had black hearts and red kisses on the flared white skirt. It had a belt that tied in a bow on the waistline that ended the black top. It was the closest thing she had to a white dress.