Euphoria // Grunge One-Shots

A cigarette - Eddie Vedder

"(Y/N), come on! How aren't you ready by now?" Simon said with a semi-annoyed tone. Simon was your best friend. He got invited to a party and he decided to drag you along.

I put on the last bit of mascara and went outside to meet up with Simon, who was too happy to see you ready. You laughed at his silliness and walked with him to your car.

The drive was a bit messy with Simon being very unclear about the directions. "It will literally take an hour with you driving like this, are you sure you've passed your exam?" he said, trying to sound serious.

I poked him in his side and laughed, "I passed, without failing once, even before you did and you failed twice, so you're one to speak." he burst into laughter and after another twenty minutes we finally arrived at the location of the party.

The house in front of us was huge and through the windows we could see it was packed with possibly hundreds of people. Simon and I got out of my car and reached the front door. We didn't bother knocking, because no one would hear it anyways.

Inside is was bloody hot and I immediately felt the need to get a drink. Simon got us both a beer and he led me to a group of people who I later knew to be his friends. One of them was Alex, Simon's boyfriend.

"I'm (Y/N), it's so nice to finally meet you, Alex. Simon just can't stop talking about you." I smiled and Alex chuckled, Simon had turned into a tomato shade of red and smiled awkwardly.

After about an hour of meeting people and having a great time, I needed some nicotine and decided to go out for a smoke. I made my way into the huge backyard and took a deep breath before fishing in my coat for my cigarettes and lighter, but I soon realised I must've forgot to grab them from my table while Simon was whining about the amount of time I was putting in getting ready.

I sighed, but I decided to stay outside for a bit. The fresh air was nice, especially after being trapped in-between hundreds of sweaty people. I sat down on the porch and closed my eyes for a bit to relax.

"You alright?" a voice behind me spoke up, I opened my eyes and turned my head to find a guy standing behind me.

"Yeah, just enjoying the silence for a bit." I said and laughed quietly. He did too. "Mind if I join you?" he asked and I told him it was completely fine. He sat down next to me and extended his hand, "I'm Eddie." he said with a smile which I returned, "(Y/N)."

We sat there for a while, just staring at nothing and talking about how we ended up here. He heard about the party through one his bandmates and decided some fun wouldn't do any harm to anyone. I smiled and told him about how Simon dragged me here and him calling me 'and old lady' for never having any fun, which I denied, so I kind of had to go to show him I wasn't a party-pooper.

Eddie got something out of his jacket and I noticed it was a package of cigarettes. He offered me one and I took it gracefully with a smile, "I forgot mine at home, so you're kind of my hero for the night." he laughed as he held his lighter at the end of my cigarette and lit it. "Thanks." He lit his own and we both inhaled deeply and let the smoke free.

"So you're in a band?" I asked and he nodded. "Pearl Jam, that's what we're called." I smiled, realising I actually heard about that band before. "Grunge, right?" Eddie smiled and nodded. "We've got a show next week in town, you should come. I'll get you a ticket if you want?"

I thought about it, but there wasn't much to think about. So, with a smile I said: "I'd love that." with made Eddie smile as well. It was only now that I noticed his handsome features. His cheekbones and those ocean blue eyes best of all.

Something clattering behind us brought me back to earth and I stopped staring at Eddie immediately. Eddie and I turned around and Simon was standing behind me.

"(Y/N), there you are, I thought you would go out for a smoke and come back." he said s he was a bit tensed, but relaxed as soon as he saw who was sitting next to me. "Eddie, right?"

Eddie nodded, "You're Simon. Dave told me you'd be here tonight." Eddie smiled and extended his hand to Simon as soon as he stood up, who took it with a smile.

Simon, Eddie and I talked for a bit and I came to the knowledge that Simon's cousin, Dave, was the drummer of Pearl Jam.

It was already 2:45am when I told them it as enough for me.

"I"m staying with Alex tonight, so don't worry about me." Simon said while giving me a hug, "Alright, be safe and I'll see you soon." Alex nodded in agreement and went back inside.

"So, I guess I'll see you at our show next week?" Eddie asked nervously, which made me smile. "Yes, I'll see you there."

"Give me your hand." he said and with a confused look, I did as I was told. Eddie got out a pen and wrote something down on my hand. When he was finished I looked at him and I realised it was a phone number, probably his.

"Text me when you get home, that way I know you're home safe. And that way I've got your number so I can send you the details about the show."

I smiled and without me noticing, my stomach did a tiny flip. I walked up to him and hugged him tightly, "thanks. I'll see you next week."

He hugged me back and smiled. "till then, (Y/N)."

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I just want to inform y'all that I'm not a fan of smoking, but I don't mind if people do. Don't think that this one-shot is something that should make you think that smoking is cool or something, I just thought It'd be a fun story to write :)

~ Emie