Trauma Finds Love | Eddie Munson

Chapter 1

Juliet Harrington

Here I was again. Back at the Mall. Where everything took place and was covered as a mall fire. I walk out the mall into the darkness of the sky. Except...nothing happened. Everything seemed to be normal. As if the Mind Flayer never possessed Billy. As if no one ever died. I looked up at the mall from the outside. I heard footsteps from behind me.

"Jules..."

I didn't want to turn around. But it was as if my body was acting on it's own way and was forcefully turned around. There he was. Billy. Just as I remembered him from that night. The blood...all over his shirt.

"Why didn't you save me?"

I shot up from my bed panting. I looked around. It was just a dream. A nightmare. I hear my door open and saw my twin at the door, Steve.

"Hey...you okay?" he asked me with a concerned look on his face. "Yeah...yeah I'm fine" I pushed my hair out my face and calmed myself down.

"Okay well...start getting ready. We gotta pick Robin up and drop her off at the Highschool. Then we gotta work" He said pushing the door open a little bit. I nod "Okay..." Steve walked out and I sighed. I forced myself out my bed and started doing my makeup and getting ready.

I had stopped having nightmares a while back. But they've started again and I was scared. I didn't want all this to happen once again. It was always as if I was reliving the moment. Remembering his death...

I finished getting ready and ran downstairs to where Steve was waiting.

"C'mon we can't be late" He grabbed the keys and walked out the house. Once again our parents were out of the state doing God knows what. They were never around. No wonder me and Steve almost died multiple times.

We picked Robin up who was looking a hot mess. She took the passenger seat as I took the backseat since Robin needed the mirror.

"Then there's Heidi tomorrow night but the problem with Heidi is that she's going out of state for college. So it's like do I really wanna start another relationship that has no point other than sex?" Steve's been talking about his love life problems for the whole time we've been on this ride. And I highly doubt that Robin was even paying attention.

I just looked out the window listening to whatever Steve was talking about. "I mean I-I don't know. Does that make sense to any of you two?"

"I mean yeah...you just want a serious relationship with someone who you actually love instead of a relationship that's simply being used for fun." I said looking at Steve through the rearview mirror.

"Precisely that! Robin, what do you think?" Robin doesn't answer. She was so focused on her makeup it made me snicker. "Robin! Are you listening?" Steve looked so annoyed at Robin and I just smiled at the two.

"Uh, yes." She stuttered. Clearly she wasn't listening being focused on her makeup but I understand her. "Okay, what did I just say?" My brother asked her occasionally glancing at her.

Robin just took her eyes out of the small mirror and looked at Steve trying to answer his question. "Um, you said something about sex...! wi-with Linda." Steve looked at her in disbelief. "No! I'm talking about Heidi! Is Jules really the only one listening to me?"

"Cut me some slack please! Your love life is one of labyrinthine complexity, and it is 7:00 in the morning, we have the stupid pep rally and I woke up looking like a corpse!" She dragged her hands along her cheeks and I raised my eyebrow at her.

Me and Steve looked at each other knowing exactly what this was about. "Oh, you're worried about a basketball pep rally? You expect us to believe that?"

"Yeah, so?"

I popped up from behind and looked at her. "What do you mean 'so?' So! We all know what this is about. This is about Vickie!"

She looked at me from the front and immediately denied my statement. "Absolutely not" This time, Steve spoke up. "No she's right. This is about Vickie and you know what else?

"I really don't care-"

"I think you gotta stop pretending to be someone else when you're around her, okay? You just gotta- you just gotta be yourself" Out of everyone in this car I don't think Steve should be the one giving anyone relationship advice judging by the fact he still can't find a girlfriend.

"You're...literally quoting me to me. You do realize that?" Robin looked so stressed. All three of us knew that this was definitely about Vickie. "Well, maybe you need to listen to yourself. You ever think about that, smartypants? I listened to you and look at me? Boom! Back in business"

"Really?" I raised my eyebrow at him and he glanced back at me. "What are you trying to say Juliet?" I smirked at him before speaking up. "What I'm trying to say is that I still don't see you having a girlfriend" He glared at me but didn't answer. Then Robin spoke up.

"Okay but whether or not he has a girlfriend it's not the same thing. You ask out a girl and she says no. Big deal. Nothing happens. Maybe your ego's a little bruised but I ask out the wrong girl and bam i'm in town Pariah"

"See, normally I'd agree with that except Vickie is definitely not the wrong girl." I said looking over st her. Robin has liked Vickie for as long as I can remember and she still hasn't made a move. Me and Steve have been trying to get her to make a move but she doesn't think it'll work between them.

"We just don't know that, do we?" I roll my eyes at her comment. I knew it, I just didn't know how to prove it.

"She returned Fast Times, paused at 53 minutes, 5 seconds" I knew where this was going. I did not want to hear that. I watched as Robin sprayed some breath spray into her mouth and grimaced. "Do you know who pauses Fast Time at 53 minutes 5 seconds?" Neither Robin or I answered.

"People who like boobies, Robin!" I cringed at Steve's choice of words. "Ew Steve!"

"Ew, gross. Don't say boobies!" Robin said having the same reaction I did. Steve kept repeating the word. "Not a big deal, okay? I like boobies, you like boobies...hell, maybe Jules likes boobies!"

"I have boobies, Steve! What is wrong with you?" I shake my head at him in disbelief. "Vickie likes boobies! Definitely!"

There was a small silence with only the music on the radio being played.

"It's boobies" He repeated and me and Robin glared at him. We made it to the school and dropped Robin off. She called for her friends and I stepped out the car to move to the passenger seat. I look across the school and saw the towns' "Freak" I never understood why people called him a freak. It was quite stupid.

I moved to the passenger seat and we made our way to Family Video to work our shift today. I hated it but it wasn't too bad.

a/n: The fact that i've done my intro, cast, prologue, and first chapter today when i'm supposed to be cleaning is outrageous to me

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