Trauma Finds Love | Eddie Munson

Chapter 7

Juliet Harrington

"Her body just like...lifted up into the air and, uh...and she just like hung there...in the air. And her bones..uh, she..." Eddie whimpered as if the subject was difficult to talk about. And frankly, I don't blame him.

"Her bones started to snap. Her eyes, man. It, it was like there was something, like, inside her head...pulling. I...I didn't know what to do, so I...I ran away. I left her there." The whole group took a moment to process what he just said. It was a lot to take in. He watched an innocent girl die brutally and there was nothing visible. It was odd so we had to take a moment.

Eddie looked at us and noticed how we all went silent. He scoffed "You all think I'm crazy, right?" Dustin looked at him before replying "No. We don't think you're crazy."

"No, don't bullshit me man! I know how this sounds!" He exclaimed pressing his fingers against his temple. "We're not bullshitting you"

"We believe you"

Eddie avoided our gazes and looked to the ground not answering. "Look, what I'm about to tell you might be a little...difficult to take." Dustin said with a serious expression on his face. Something that is very rare to see unless we're in a life or death situation. Eddie looks at me then at Dustin before replying with "Okay?"

"You know how people say Hawkins is...cursed?" Dustin asked Eddie. I knew where this was going. And I did not like it one bit.

Suddenly I didn't hear anymore talking. I looked up and saw that everyone was gone. Eddie, Steve, Robin, Max, Dustin...everyone. It was just me. Alone. I stood up and looked around the boathouse. "Steve?" I asked out loud.

Well this was weird.

I looked around and about the boathouse. I stepped outside and saw...red lightning? I had a confused expression on my face before I heard a deep raspy voice.

"Juliet..."

I quickly turn around. "Who's there?!" I shout at whoever was there. There was no answer. Nothing at all.

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Steve Harrington

"They're not...way off" Dustin continued with Eddie. We all stayed quiet as Dustin kept explaining to Eddie with all the Upside Down shit we've been through for the past 3-4 years.

"There's another world. A world hidden beneath Hawkins. Sometimes it bleeds into ours." The curly head further explained. I looked at my sister. She looked almost...tense? I don't blame her. She did lose her boyfriend because of it so I understood why she was acting like that.

Eddie seemed confused but also no confused at the same time. "So like, ghosts and shit?" He asks Dustin. Then Max who seemed to not want to say anything, said something. "There are some things...worse than ghosts."

My sister seemed to not even blink. I knew it was hard for her but for her to seem that tense. It wasn't normal. Not even in her situation.

"These monstors from this other world...we thought they were gone. But they've come back before and that's why we needed to find you."

"If they're back again...we need to know." Max said with the serious expression all of us carries.

Then Robin spoke "That night...did you see anything?"

"Dark particles, maybe?"

Eddie shook his head 'no' Then my child friend said "It would almost look like dust. Swirling dust"