lisp [e. kaspbrak]

fourteen

start song— show and tell by melanie martinez

eddies feet carried him as fast as they possible could. legs brushed past the overgrown grass. adrenaline pumped through his veins as the blurry figures became clearer.

"kole?" he called out, his voice quivering. he saw a limp body laying sprawled out on the ground. her blond hair was shaggy, though it looked shorter. it was. eddie saw the ends of koles hair laying around her. "kole!"

"awe, look who decided to show up," henry cackled out, stepping away from the girl. "join the party."

shoving henry out of his way, eddie let his eyes fall to kole. her black stalkings were ripped up the thighs, ruining the material. the grey shirt she wore was bloodied, and stained with muck. kole's face was an art piece with bruises and cuts as paint.her eyes were barely open, and her chest struggled to grasp oxygen.

busted lip, black eye, two split eyebrows and a whirl of different sized bruises.

"what did you do to her?"

"well it's obvious she wears the pants in this relationship," henry paused, giving the mortified boy a smirk. "so we were teaching her how to be a man."

henry dangled a blade from his fingertips, that seemed to have loose hairs hanging from it. patrick kicked at kole's stomach as he chuckled.

something sparked inside of eddie. a hatred that he had created for the four boys in front of him long ago was creeping it's way out. the scene before his eyes made his blood boil. his heart twisted into a red hot burner. eddie clenched his fists, forcing his finger nails to dig into the soft flesh of his palms.

eddie charged at the boy holding the knife, tackling him to the ground. his fists bombard henry's skin. pale porcelain began to stain red. grunts and whimpers fell past eddies lips as he continued to hit the boy under him. patrick and belch were far too shocked to do anything.

they had never seen eddie so worked up. they had barely heard him talk at all over the years. patrick backed away from the scene slowly, belch following.

"g-get off of me!" henry yelled from below eddie. he was somehow keeping the older boy down by using strength he didn't know he had. henrys arms were being crushed under the weight of eddies knees, keeping them pinned to his sides.

"fuck you! you stupid little— ahhh!" eddie never cursed. his images was pretty cookie cutter. but the more he slammed his fists down the more eddie let go.

"eddie!" his name was being called behind him. their voice filled with concern. "eds— get off 'im!"

"dont you ever touch her again!" eddie screamed, punching henry in between every word. henry had stopped responding. his nose was gushing blood, as well as the rest of his face.

richie threw his backpack down on the grass before sprinting over to his best friend. he was a few inches taller than eddie, a tad but stronger too. richie pulled eddie off of the boy, who managed to cough and roll over. "eddie— what the fuck?!"

"look...look what he did," eddie struggled to catch his breath. his hands were shaking as he pointed over to were kole laid. richies eyes soften as he helped eddie up and they scurried over to her.

"what the hell?" richie mumbled to himself, gently placing a hand on koles cheek.

"we have to help her," eddie panted, lifting up her upper body, waiting for richie to help him.

"what about henry?" richie asked, pushing up his glasses.

"fuck him," eddie growled. richie was taken back at his harsh language. but nodded. he picked up koles legs.