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zunniva · 2 years ago

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Return of the Freak

I grew up thinking that whatever would happen to me I would never do what my dad did. I would never fall head over heals for someone and just give myself to them without hesitation. Well... I did good on this until this year, my 21st year on this rock in space.

I had heard my dad speak of his old friend Eddie for as long as I could remember. Telling me about the time they fought in, what they called, the upside down. How they thought for a long time that Eddie died there, killed by... demobats? I used to pet my dads head and tell him that the weed they smoked back then must have been strong AS FUCK...he just smiled at me and said

“Sweetie I WISH it would have been just some drug induced nightmare...” then he'd fall silent again. Anyway, he talks a lot about how they all thought Eddie died there. But then apparently they went back to try and find his corpse and bring it back to sweet old Wayne, Eddies uncle and one of my favorite people ever. Well...they found that Eddie had survived, badly hurt, but alive. “Scarred for life” dad said “just like the rest of us, we were just kids Hailey. I was 19 and Eddie was 20 and we were the oldest in group”

I grew up with these stories. Dads friend Dustin always cries when dad mentions Eddie. He was with him when he was attacked and he was the one having to leave him for dead. He was also the one to make the rest of them go back to find Eddies body. He's the sweetest guy but I don't get how he's also in on this idea of some alternate dimension, monsters, mind flaying, some dude called Vecna controlling it all...yeah and a lot of other creepy stuff. You hear the way it sounds? Right? Not just me?

The thing though is that ALL the others from back then tell the same kind of stories. But how come none of this is to be found in our city's past then? Not one word about any paranormal activities or a lab in Hawkins meddling in turning “gifted” children into some kind of spies and weapons. Dad swears by it, he's even introduced me to one of his friends he says is one of these kids. Jane, or Eleven as she was called back then in the 80's. Nice enough woman, but I don't see anything special about her.

All of this happened back in 1986 the year before I was born, they lost Eddie just before graduation that year. They found him again just before Christmas, that's when Dustin had pestered the rest of them to get Eddies body so that Wayne could get closure, and to try and clear Eddies name. Apparently some kids were killed and they thought Eddie did it for some reason. All of this is very unclear to me. Eddie spent the following 3 months in the hospital. My dad and Dustin visited him almost daily. Dad and him grew very close then. They talk at least once a week, so far my contact with Eddie has been

“Hello”

“Yeah hey Hailey, Steve in?”

“Hey Eddie, yeah I'll get him” or “No, but I'll have him call you back”

He has a deep melodic voice which I like very much but I have never met him personally. After he was discharged from the hospital he packed his stuff and left Hawkins never to come back to this day. Dad calls him a nomad, he never stays more than a few months anywhere apparently. Making a living as a mechanic or guitarist. Whatever he can find, he also calls in on Wayne twice a week, Wednesdays and Sundays. But that's it, the only people he has contact with here is dad and his uncle, not even Dustin hears from him.

I've seen pictures of him from high school, nice looking guy. Big beautiful smile and mischievous eyes. Long hair and ripped jeans always in a leather jacket and his Hellfire club shirt. He's always been some kind of ideal man in my thoughts. I thought that if I can find a guy like him I'll settle down and be happy. I'm ashamed to say I had many wet dreams about the guy in my dads yearbook...

I mentioned a Hellfire shirt, when the club thought he died they framed his shirt as and homage, Dustin still has it. When he was found alive they talked about bringing Hellfire back again but when Eddie left town the club died in his memory, Dustin said it would never have been Hellfire again without Eddie. I find this sad, I can hear that to this day Dustin misses that club. They played Dungeons and Dragons together and they were all like his brothers he says. When he gets really sad about it I always hug him and say I can learn to play and make a new Hellfire club with him. He always hugs me back and tells my dad he got the greatest daughter ever and that Eddie would love me.

My dad was once considered the king of Hawkins High, they called him Steve “the hair” Harrington. I laugh when I hear people still call him this. His hair lives in infamy. I mean he still has great hair, and for a guy that just turned 41 he's pretty alright looking. Or as my friends say “He's such a total dilf!” I don't think I have now nor have ever had a friend that hasn't wanted to do my dad, which is very disturbing to me. But ok he's not THAT old and I mean he works out and he doesn't look like he's past the big 40.

That October after “the incident” he met my mom and well one thing led to another and hey there I was... He was 20 when I was born in July of 87. Dad and mom never made it as a couple, I still see my mom but she moved to New York when I was 14 and I had to chose. I wanted to stay with my dad and my friends here in Hawkins. I visit her about twice a year and we talk all the time. Dad and his old high school girlfriend Nancy got back together a few years back and he's as happy as can be with her. I see them together and I want that, but I guess I just haven't found the one for me? And that is not from a lack of trying so to speak. I've dated and I've had boyfriends, I like sex but somethings always been missing, I don't get like horny and wet by someone's touches. I mean sex is good and all, but I think there's more to it, there has to be. I can't seem to find that “I want to be with you forever, I can't imagine life without you, take me now and keep me forever” feeling. Dad has this idea that whatever happened in the Upside down altered his DNA so I was born screwed up, he's sweet but that's just a bit far fetched even for him and his stories. In the back of my head there's always been the idea of finding someone like Eddie, and since there's only one of him maybe I'm destined to be alone?

So when I turned 19 I kind of gave up, and I've been single since then. It's been two years and honestly I don't mind, my friends are worried that I might dry up and become some crazy cat lady spinster by 25. I mean seriously? I have time to find someone... God I'm only 21! When they bother me too much about it I just say

“Hell yeah, I'm going to move in to uncle Wayne's trailer when he's too old to live there and become a loner” then they shut up, I think they believe me. I would NEVER kick Wayne out, and I never want him to become too old to be there. But the truth is he is getting old, he's not as healthy as he once was and dad is worried about him and so am I. He got a cancer diagnosis 6 months ago and he's gone down hill ever since. I overheard dad talking to Eddie the other night.

“Yeah I know Ed, but c'mon the man's been there for you forever! You kinda owe it to him to come now that the doctor's not giving him long to live. I mean I would love to see you and so would everyone else. It's been over 20 years Ed...”

I heard Eddies voice on the other end, then my dads again

“Really Ed? That's great I'll pick you up. Just let me know when. Awesome man can't wait to see you... what? Yeah, no I won't tell them. We can surprise them”

I smile to myself, dad is so excited. Seems the famous Eddie Munson is returning to Hawkins, Indiana for the first time in 21 years. He was turning 21 when he up and left so he's 42 now. I know everyone will be equally happy to see him. Might even get to see Jonathan and Will, I think they'll wanna meet Eddie too. They are the only ones besides Eddie that moved away after they graduated school, but they come back and see us all and their mom Joyce a couple of times a year. I like them both very much. I remember when dad and Nancy got back together they thought that Jonathan might think it was weird, seeing as him and Nancy were a couple for quite some time. But he was SO happy for them, he's married and has the cutest twins ever! Barb and Chrissy, named after the two girls who were killed back then. One of which Eddie was blamed for, but they soon realized he was innocent but by then it was too late.

Two weeks go by and I go to see Wayne almost daily, he's gotten worse and this Sunday as I drive over to the trailer park he's always lived at and I think to myself that it's weird Eddie never showed up. I haven't heard dad say he was picking him up, I know it was supposed to be a secret Eddie coming to town but I told dad I overheard in case he needed me to cover for him when picking Eddie up. But I heard nothing more about it. I park outside Wayne's home and I get my key out, he gave it to me when I had my teen angst years and sometimes needed to escape dad. I never knock I just enter, he told me to do that. Usually he's on the couch in front of the TV so I see him straight away when opening the door. Not today though, I open and I let out a happy

“Hey Wayne, how you doin' today sweetie” but he's not there. Instead I freeze in my tracks. In the kitchen I see THE sexiest backside on a man I have ever seen. I feel my entire body catch fire and I hear myself let out a short but very loud “oh wow” I can't stop staring. Like, for real, I. CAN. NOT. TURN. AWAY!

The guy stands with his back towards me when I hear him say “It's rude to stare like that without introducing one self! You always enter without knocking? How did you get in by the way the door was locked?” I instantly recognize that voice and I feel my knees go weak, fuck no! He turns to face me

“Oh...ehmmm. Hi Eddie... I'm Hailey, Steve's daughter. Wayne gave me a key many years ago, I ehh...I never knock. I'm so sorry but I didn't know you had arrived, dad didn't say” I can feel myself blush. What the hell?

“You're... Hailey?” He eyes me up and down and a small smile plays in the corner of his mouth “Yeah, Steve picked me up last night” he explains

“Oh...wait a minute. He had to go in to work last night, said there was some delayed deliveries he had to sign for” I say with a smile

“That'd be me... I was a delayed delivery. Plane got in later than expected” he's standing by the counter leaning towards it just looking at me. I feel flustered, what the actual hell was this?

“Oh, ok then I see. Ehmmm... how's Wayne today? “ I ask

“He's sleeping, we stayed up late. He actually cried when he saw me coming through the door. Made me feel awful staying away this long.” he says and looks back towards the closed door of the bedroom.

“He always speaks of you Eddie, he's very proud of you and he loves you so much. Your calls were the first thing we had to go through on my visits” I say and smile.

“Really? You don't say, who'd thought. You visited him often then I take it?” Eddie's gaze is intense and I have to look away

“Yeah, almost every day. He never mentioned that? He's my favorite person ever” I say and the feelings flow through me making me smile one of the smiles my dad says can heal the world. I can hear a small gasp exiting Eddie and his gaze is even more fixed on me.

“He talked a lot about Hal coming over, and that she was the best. Didn't put two and two together that that was you” he gives me a beaming smile and I feel like passing out. Jesus fucking CHRIST now I see what my friends mean when they say they wanna jump someone's bones because they're so hot! I don't know where to look, I feel ashamed for thinking this about a man twice my age and who's a friend of dad's. In the corner of my eye I can see Eddie tilting his head as he studies me, a smirk on his lips. I hear him chuckle softly and then he turns away from me and goes in to the kitchen.

“You want some coffee or tea or something?” he asks looking at me

“Ehm, coffee please. If you're having some, no need to make it just for me” I say and when he nods and turns to get water I can really look at him. He hasn't changed much from the pictures my dad has at home, just a bit scruffier and more mature. Same build, that lean but seemingly strong body. Tattoos cover his arms and what I can see of his chest. I never knew arms and hands could be sexual but god damn! I think I unlocked a kink as my friend Macy would say. I can not take my eyes off his muscles moving under his skin when he makes the coffee. I feel a throbbing down under, well... apparently I CAN get horny for someone. That's a first... I can feel that my panties are getting soaked, what the hell am I to do? Can't sit on the couch now... I will fucking stain it I'm wearing a skirt for fucks sake. I look around feeling like I might panic. I can sit on the floor...no that'll look strange. I see the blanket Wayne keeps on the sofa for when he's to tired to go to the bedroom. I can sit on that, it's not as sensitive to...wet stains as the fabric of the couch. I go and I fold it and sit down, feeling my juices actually soaking down in to the blanket...fuck. Eddie finishes the coffee and comes over, set the mug down in front of me.

“Take it black or you want something in it?” he asks

“Some creamer if Wayne has any otherwise black is ok.” he goes to the kitchen and looks in the fridge.

“There's milk...” he says “can't find any creamer”

“Milk works too, thank you” damn I'm polite all of a sudden. Eddie returns with milk, I take it and pour some in my coffee. He then sits down and looks at me with those incredibly brown eyes.

“So Hailey, this is the face of the voice on the phone. Nice to finally meet you” he holds his mug up as a cheers sign

“And you're the voice on the other end always looking for dad, nice to finally meet you as well Eddie. I've heard a lot about you.” I cheer him back with my mug.

“Well...most of it is probably lies I would say” he fakes an innocent look

“Well if you say so, but seriously though you're very missed around here”

Eddie looks at me, his face does this small grimace and he looks sad. Then he shakes his head as if to get rid of something bad and then he smiles again.

“Well Hawkins is small... must be boring here without the town freak to keep them occupied. I have no idea why'd they miss an old fart like me”

“Hey you're not that old. C'mon as dad says you're in the prime of your life here” I giggle at him and he looks at me with that intense stare again making me choke on my coffee. I then flinch from having to cough, which then leads to me spilling coffee down my top... which then of course makes me let out a squeal and turning my top wet and plastered to my boobs. Yeah...ok... I can die now right?

“Damn! You alright there?” I can hear the underlying laughter in Eddies voice “can I get you a towel or some napkins or some....thing” the voice changes and I look up at him he's staring at my chest.

I go blood red and get up

“No...I think I'll just...you know leave before I do something worse and, I don't know set fire to this place. I'll see you around Eddie. Thank you for the coffee tell Wayne I stopped by. Bye!” I fly out the door and out on to the stairs, I lean on the door for a minute, out of breath and panting. What was that tone in his voice and that look? Did he... like what he saw? I feel a flutter in my stomach at the thought of Eddie Munson liking the sight of my coffee soaked boobs. I shake my head... No, that wasn't it, he must have just been amazed by my clumsiness. Yep, that's a far more logical explanation I tell myself as I go to my car and head home.

When I get home I hear dads voice the instant I close the front door. Since I've just graduated college and haven't found a secure job yet I moved back in with dad and Nancy for a while. Saves me some money and they get some help with the bills.

“Heard you met Eddie! Sorry I didn't tell you when I called from work. But Dustin was next to me so I had to be stealth” he chuckles

“No problem, but you could have told me before I left today, he damn near scared the living crap out of me when I went in with my key seeing him in the kitchen. I thought someone broke in” I tell him

“Sorry love, but he seemed to like you. Said you were very polite and friendly”

“Well... I tried” I say and feel myself blushing. Lucky he's in the kitchen and I'm in the hallway.

“I spilled coffee all over myself, probably looked like a moron...need to shower and change”

I hear a roaring laugh “Yeah he told me, said you looked like you were panicking there for a moment, but he didn't seem to think you looked like a moron. He was worried you burnt yourself?”

“Yeah, no I'm ok... had a lot of milk in the coffee it wasn't that hot... well, I'll be down soon” I rush up to my room and remove my clothes throwing them in my hamper and hitting the shower. I think about the events of this day and I realize I might have the hots for a man 21 years older than me... I need to talk to someone about this, definitely not dad. I don't think Nancy is it either... Mike or Jane? Maybe Max... Nah... hey I got it ROBIN! She doesn't judge anyone about anything ever, being the first girl to come out as gay in Hawkins in the late 80's she's been through hell, she's both mine and dads best friend.

Yeah I need to call Robin after dinner, before this eats me up from the inside. I get in the shower and let the hot water drench me and I attempt to clear my mind. But no, of course not, my mind goes straight to Eddies arms and hands. The water hits my pussy and I let out a moan, fucking hell. My knees turn to spaghetti as I feel the tension building up. I can't stop, it feels too good. I change the setting on the shower head to a jet stream and I just go to town thinking about Eddie. This is sure as hell not hurting anyone. The sweet feeling when the release comes and I slide down the wall as my knees give in when the orgasm hits is amazing. I've come before, of course I have by the help of others and by my own hand but this...this was something else. I sit there panting for a bit, then I feel myself blushing. How the hell am I going to look this man in the eye again after this? He's not going to be able to see what happened here but I will know it and I will probably find a way to be soooo obvious. I sigh and I step out of the shower, and wrap myself in a towel and go back in to my bedroom and sit down on the bed. The phone rings and I pick up

“Hello?”

“Hello sweetheart”

“Oh Wayne, how are you sweetie?”

“Not gonna lie love, I'm spent. Think I might give up soon, the hurtin's begun. The one the doc's talked about. Sorry I missed your visit though, Eddie told me you stopped by” he sounds uncomfortable and out of breath

“Awww Wayne, please don't say that I'm going to cry” I say and feel myself tearing up “yes I met Eddie, he seems as nice as you've always said” I tell him

“Ah shush now, no crying over this old bag 'o bones. You'll be fine without me, you're going to rule the world love. Yeah Eddie liked you, said you're a hell of a lot prettier than your old dad. Couldn't agree more” he laughs but that only makes him cough, the cancer had spread to his lungs now.

“That's nice of him” I say and feel those butterflies again. He thinks I'm pretty, this makes me smile. “But Wayne, I can hear this is taking a lot out of you, you go rest now and I'll be over in the morning. Ok?” I say

“Sure thing sweetheart. Just wanted to hear your voice y'know. Bye now and have a good night”

“Bye Wayne you too, and tell Eddie I say good night as well” I say and I hear him convey my message

“He says likewise and wishes you sweet dreams” Wayne hangs up and I'm stuck sitting on the edge of my bed, phone in hand thinking “Sweet dreams” who wishes someone they just med sweet dreams? Did he...suspect something? Oh god I hope not, I feel myself blushing once again. I get dressed, go down and have dinner with dad and Nancy. We talk about dad wanting to invite the “old gang” this weekend, Nancy seems surprised.

“Well we're closing in on someone's 40th aren't we... and seeing as we're going to go out of town I thought...I'd you know surprise you” he smiles, I know why he really wants to do this I also know that the biggest surprise isn't Nancy's birthday party. It's Eddie's return. Nancy seems happy about this and says she'll give Mike and Jane a call and Jonathan if dad can call Max, Dustin and Lucas. She goes in to planning mode, she loves hosting parties. Dad and I look at each other and smile. I go up to give Robin a call, I say that I'll talk to her about the party so that I've helped as well. They laugh and say that they're thankful I'll take on the difficult one. I get to my room and I crawl up into the bed and dial Robins number.

“Y'ello?”

“Hey Rob, it's me”

“Hey me, how's everything?” I hear her smile

“Pretty good, say can I come over just for a quick chat?”

“Sure, must be something important...or bad if you can't talk on the phone. I'm not too busy so you just come on over sweetie” well she's not wrong there...and I don't want to risk dad overhearing.

We hang up and I head down stairs again.

“Hey, I'm just going to go over to Robin's real quick. She was a bit busy but I could come over if I needed to talk she just couldn't be on the phone.” I call in to the living room.

“Sure honey, say hey from us. Remember to tell her about Saturday at 6” dad calls back

“Ok, will do! Good night if you're asleep when I come back”

“Night sweetie” they call back to me in chorus.

I drive the short trip to Robin's apartment building. I knock on the door and let myself in. She's elbow deep in some kind of dough?

“Ehmmm... what'ya doin' there Rob?” I ask and giggle

“Saw this amazing thing on the net on sourdough bread, thought I'd give it a try” Robin is always trying new hobbies with a passion...for about a day then she moves on. I'm thinking she'll be over this craze by the time the bread is out of the oven.

“Oook...well good luck with that” I say and laugh as I walk into the kitchen and help myself to a coke from the fridge. I sit down at the counter and watch her “sooo... I need to talk to someone who's VERY non judgmental...” just fucking grab the bull by the balls.

“That'll be me love! What's up?” she says dough up to her elbows

“I sorta...kinda...I think I might have you know THOSE kind of feelings for a man...” I say and watch her closely

“WHAT!? Noooo way! Oh My God! Not that I get that whole thing with men but that's just awesome. Told you you weren't a freak! So spill!” she gets so excited she splatters dough all over the walls, the counter...me

“Thanks Rob” I say and pick some dough off my face grinning at her “I don't know of there's really anything to spill right now. I just met this guy and well... he just started something inside of me. Like that sweet horny feeling” I know I can say stuff like this to her without it being weird.

“Oh my... oh sorry...wait I need to clean this up. You need my full attention that much is for sure! Hold on, or better yet help me and we'll hit the couch after” of course... the times I've come over just to end up a cleaning lady. I laugh at her and get to scraping dough of the kitchen surfaces. Takes about 15 minutes and by the time were done so is Robins fascination with sourdough.

We sit down on opposite ends of the couch and she glares at me

“So...man...horny...go on” she says

“Well yeah, you know I've always thought I couldn't feel like that. Like there might be something wrong with me. Well...there isn't apparently. I just hadn't met anyone that did it for me. Or as Macy says I hadn't unlocked any kinks” Robin is nodding along as I speak “well so... last night I went to see Wayne as I always do and then” I think to myself if I'm to keep dads big surprise I have to rewrite this a bit “he was asleep so I went outside to head home. This guy, he must be new there came out from one of the other trailers and we started talking. And sweet baby Jesus Robin... I had to get myself off when I got home... I realized I have a thing for arms and hands...” I look at her, she looks shook. Eyes wide, jaw dropped.

“It was THAT intense? Wow! But...ok you sounded like there was an issue with this... so far I see no issue sweetie?” she pets my knee

“Weeeeell... thing is he's a bit older than me... like your age older”

There is silence... then

“Oh...well I see the issue now. Also why you came to me and not Steve...yeah...hmmm... I'd say, see if you can accidentally bump in to him again and talk some more. Maybe he isn't as nice as he seems after a while. Remember I told you about Max's brother Billy... make sure he's not one of those...” she says and shakes her head. Yeah I remember the stories about Billy. Hot as fuck, mean as fuck too.

“Yeah that might be a good idea, I'm going over there tomorrow mid day. Maybe he's not as fine in the daylight” I laugh and Robin snorts

“That's one way to put it! Nah but you know age is just a number and us late 60's kids aren't that old yet! We got a lot of juice left in us” she says and winks at me

“Well put Rob, well put. Speaking of late 60's kids. Dad and Nancy are having a party for the old gang on Saturday at 6. You NEED to be there, for me if nothing else” I say and give her my sweetest face

“A party...with the old peeps...” she sighs “why?”

“Nancy turns 40 in two weeks but they're going away for that and dad just wanted to surprise her.”

“Fuck that's right...well since it's Nance's birthday I'll be there.” she sighs and smiles at me. Robin is great she just has some social anxiety and doesn't like a lot of people at the same place any more. “They're calling them all in huh?” she continues

“Yeah, Mike, Jane, Jonathan, Will, Max, Lucas. Yeah and of course Dustin” I say

“Only one missing” Robin sighs “God I miss that fucker...like every day. And we weren't even that close. But every time Steve tells me about his latest calls I feel that pain again. You know where about he is now?” she looks so sad I just want to ruin dads surprise just to get her to smile

“I think dad said something about Nebraska and some bike dealership that needed a experienced mechanic. But that might have been last month too” I smile at her

“Well... as long as he's happy and healthy there's always hope he might swing by some day. At least to see Wayne before he...you know. Has Steve told him?” she looks at me

“Yeah, he did. I didn't hear the full extent of that conversation. Dad closed the door and then he said nothing of it after and I didn't want to be nosy” I tell her and she nods

“Well ok so party... dress code?” she tries to lighten the mood

“I was actually thinking the 80's... as a suggestion”

“YES! Cool! You know what” she rushes up off the couch and runs in to her bedroom. When she comes back out I roar and then I give her a loud cheer

“YES! Rob just yes!!” she is wearing her old Scoops Ahoy outfit that she wore for work the summer she and dad became best friends. “that's the perfect thing to wear! Dad's going to LOVE it I can't believe you still have it”

“Well that's because I'm a sentimental fool... Some things I just can't let go of” she grins at me “So this is a yes then”

“One thousand percent yes Rob! Now I'm SO pushing for the 80's for a theme” I laugh. She returns to the bedroom and changes back to her normal clothes. We talk a little more about my dilemma, agreeing that I should definitely talk some more to this guy if the opportunity arises. If there's a spark Robin will be my wing woman when telling dad. Oh... I hope that won't change if or when the cat's out of the bag.

We say good night and I head home. It's late so the house is dark when I come home. I sneak in so I don't wake dad and Nancy, and head straight for bed. I need to go to the library tomorrow and apply for a part time job there. Nancy had heard they were looking, and then I need to head over to Wayne's. That night I dream, and I dream VERY dirty things about a certain returning freak. I wake up while it's still dark out, panting and sweating. Not quite remembering what the dream was about just feeling that it was a hot dream, and well knowing WHO it was about. I try to turn on my stomach to fall back asleep, but the burning sensation inside of me and the throbbing between my legs will not subside. I lay back onto my back and sigh, ok so twice today I need to get myself off after meeting Eddie Munson. What the actual hell.

I let my hand wander over my body, it's quite nice as I've been told on several occasions. Just never paying any real attention to it. Nice decently large boobs, a nice smallish waist and wider hips making me have the hourglass figure Nancy always says she'd pay good money to have. I let my fingers play over my belly and go lover. I slide them in between my legs ans I feel how soaking wet I am, even my pajama shorts are wet. I start circling my clit with my fingers, imagining it being Eddies fingers doing it. Takes about a minute before I have to bite my pillow to keep from screaming his name out loud into the night. I lay there panting for a while feeling very satisfied and at ease. Then sleeps comes to me and I drift off only to wake to my alarm blasting some old school Metallica through the speakers of my clock radio. I stretch and feel like a new person, “imagine what a few orgasm can do for the mood” I think and smile widely.

I get up, hit the shower and then I go down to make myself some breakfast. Smiling all the while. Then I head out the door and set my sights on the library, I get there only to find out I'm the fifth person that day to apply for the job. But seeing as I studied literature at college I have a slight advantage I'm informed. I smile and thank the head librarian for seeing me, he says they'll be in touch at the end of the week. I go to the grocery store and pick up some of Wayne's favorite snacks and some beers for him. Then I head over to the trailer park. Being in my own mind I forget once again that Wayne isn't alone anymore and that I maybe should knock instead of using the key and just entering. But that would have been too easy... so as I'm used to I just open the door and go in. At first I'm concentrating on the contents of the bag making sure I didn't forget anything in my car, so I'm not looking around. I put the bag and the beers on the counter and look up.

I stop breathing... in front of me I see Eddie, wearing nothing but a towel around his hips. Probably just out of the shower, I feel my knees once again going weak. He's with his back towards me, with headphones on so he hasn't noticed me yet. I study his back, it's muscular with a big tattoo across his shoulders. It says “Never forget” with a picture of some dark, pretty fucked up woods. They look like what dad described the woods they trekked through in the upside down looking like. Nice ass too, under that towel. I smile

Then he turns, he lets out a small yelp and flinches. I'm frozen... besides being so sexy it hurts to look at him... I stare, jaw dropped... those scars...like ten of them all over his torso. Looking like something scratched the flesh of...or ate it...could all of it be... true?

I can't take my eyes off him, I go up to him. Still not fully aware of what I'm doing, just going on instinct. I reach out and I touch him, I touch the scars. One by one I let my fingers drag over them. Then I snap out of it, looking at the scars, the chest, up at Eddie and down again. This is when I realize that when he flinched he dropped the towel, all that is shielding him from full exposure right now is his hand and the small part of the towel he has managed to grab before it fell completely.

“Ooooh... shit... sorry. I... but like wow Eddie” I just motion down his body with my hand. Then I turn blood red and I run off in to Wayne's bedroom. I hear a small laugh as I close the door behind me.

“Hey sweetheart, I'm so glad you could make it. Hey did you see Eddie? I would like a cup of tea but I think he's in the shower. Would you mind?” Wayne is smiling at me from his bed, I can't say no. No matter that the last thing I want to do now is go back out there.

“Sure Wayne, 2 sugars and a splash of milk right?”

“Perfect honey” he says. He looks worse than he did just 2 days ago. I open the door quietly and go out, I can hear Eddie is back in the bathroom. I sigh and I hurry out to the kitchen. I put a mug of water in the microwave and I get the tea, sugars and the milk out. I open the microwave before the beeps. I make the tea as Wayne likes it and I head back. Taking the bag of snacks and a beer with me as well.

“Here you go sweetie, I stopped and got you some snacks and beers too. I didn't know if Eddie has been out yet.” I say and set the things down on the table next to the bed.

“Oh aren't you the best ever! No he hasn't left the trailer park yet. He just sits on the stairs staring out into nothing smoking” Wayne looks worried “what happened really did a number on him sweetheart. I'm not sure he's ever really dug into that and talked about it with anyone.” he sighs. Then he sees the bag and smiles “lets see what you got me there” he ohs and ahs over the snacks I bought him saying I spoil him rotten then he kisses my forehead and I feel how hot he is.

“Wayne, do you have a fever? You're really hot” I put my hand on his head “Gees man you're burning up! Do you have any paracetamol at home?” I ask him

“I don't think so, began feeling really warm last night but I didn't want to bother Eddie...” he looks so broken

“And me? Forgot about me? I told you whatever you need Wayne I'll come running! I'll go check and if you don't have any I'll go get you some. You do not need that fever on top of everything else” I say with a stern voice

“Yes sweetheart, I know but you know me...old fart who won't bother people...” he looks ashamed and I just shake my head at him as I leave the room to check the medicine cabinet for paracetamol or anything that will make his temperature go down. I'm just about to fling the door open when I realize what might meet me in there so I give the door a careful knock.

“Eddie?” I say, the door opens and I meet his brown eyes

“Yeeeah...?” he drags the word smiling at me

“Do you have any paracetamol or something like that in here? Wayne is running quite a fever” I say hastily

“Ehm... oh... let me check” he turns around and opens the cabinet “doesn't seem like it”

“Ok, thanks for looking. I'll go buy some then. Keep an eye on him, if the temperature spikes call an ambulance...please” I say and I can feel my eyes tearing up. He looks at me and then he grabs me and pulls me in to his arms and gives me a hug.

“You really are every bit the angel he says you are” he whispers into my hair. I can't breath... he smells SO good. I draw one deep breath and he lets me go.

“Thank you, you're not the only one who loves him you know” I say and wipe the tears off my face before I turn and leave him standing there. I get in my car and drive back in to town. I run in to the pharmacy and grab whatever I can find that can lower a fever, and then I hurry back to the trailer park. When I turn on to the lot I see the ambulance and my heart sinks. I hurry out of my car and in to the trailer.

“Eddie what happened?” I throw the bag on the counter

“The second you left I heard him drop the mug and I ran in. He wasn't coherent anymore so I called right away. They got here like a minute ago.” he looks pale and I go up to him and without thinking about it I take his hand and I hold it tight. He looks down at my hand and smiles slightly.

The paramedics roll out Wayne and all I can see is his pale face and closed eyes. I don't even hear what they're saying. I have no idea how long I've been standing there but suddenly I'm shaken quite aggressively. I draw a deep breath and look into Eddies big worried eyes

“Oh thank God, I thought I'd have to call them back here...or that it was one of my nightmares” he sighs and lets go of me

“What?” I can't really wrap my head around anything he's saying

“You went totally blank, you haven't moved or made a single sound since they left with Wayne” he says and looks at me

“Left...they left already?”

“Sweetheart....that was 20 minutes ago... they're probably at the hospital by now.” Eddie says and he looks at me like he thinks I'm joking

“What? No? But I just... what did they say then?” I can feel the tears running down my face

“They'll call here as soon as they're able to stabilize him. He had a very high temperature, it was good they said that you caught that otherwise he might have slipped in to a coma like state before I would have noticed him. He was a bit more coherent when they rolled him out to the ambulance though. But how about you, are you ok?” he puts his hands on my arms and rubs them. I look up at him with tears streaming down my face.

“I... I don't know Eddie... But would you mind if I stay here? Dad and Nancy are away for the night at some business thing. I don't want to be alone in that big house... I won't be in your way I can sleep on the couch I've done that many times before...”

“Uhhhh... of course you can stay. But you can take Wayne's bed if that's ok. I mean I've been sleeping on the couch since I came so I don't mind” he smiles at me and all I can do is nod. I feel numb.

“I need to go home and get some things. Are you sure you're ok with me being here tonight? I can go to Robin's... but I kinda wanna be here when they call...” I say in a small voice

“I don't mind at all, could be nice having some company. Wayne has been sleeping a lot the last couple of days so. You come back when or if you feel like it, I can make us dinner.” he's so nice... I start crying again. He pulls me in and hugs me tight again “It's going to be ok sweetheart...it's going to be ok” I feel him kissing the top of my head and then he gasps and I feel him getting tense. What happened? He lets me go and clears his throat “Well...ehmm...you said you needed to go?”

“Yes...ok... yeah I guess I'll go. I will be back in a while. Do you need anything? Can I pick something up for you?” I ask, I so want to do something nice for him seeing as he has to have me around all night

“Some smokes, I saw you bought beers for Wayne. Mind if I drink 'em?” he smiles

“Smokes, got it! No absolutely, go ahead, I can get more. I might need a couple myself” I smile back at him and then I head out.

I sit in my car and at first I can't seem to get my mind organized enough to get going. But then I shake my head and convince myself that everything will, as Eddie told me, be ok! I drive back home and I pack the necessities. I also pack dads old high school yearbook. Thinking I might get some inside scoops about dad and the rest of the gang. IF I get Eddie to talk to me about those days. I drive in to town and get the smokes and some more beers. I also buy some chips and I have a strong need for some ice cream and not the cheap kind. I indulge in some Ben and Jerry's. Chocolate of course because we all know that mends a broken heart! I decide to stop along the road to call dad and tell him the situation.

“Well...you sure he's ok with this? I mean... I know you love Wayne, we all do...” dad sounds skeptical.

“Yeah, I asked like three times. He's ok with it, I even suggested I stay with Robin, he wouldn't hear of it... it's just one night, and I really need to be there if they call about Wayne. Plus I think he's lonely dad... Wayne said he hadn't left the trailer at all since arriving. Just to sit on the stairs smoking. I... he's nice... I want to get to know him.” I can hear my dad smiling

“Yeah he is great. Ok but call me if there's any news. If you're upset have him call me ok?”

“Yeah I will, I'll tell Eddie you said hello. Give my love to Nancy and have a great time see you tomorrow night dad. Love you!”

“Love you to honey”

We hang up and I sit there thinking for a bit. I do like Eddie...just...well not ONLY the way I made it sound to dad. I can still feel his arms around me, rubbing my arms, that kiss on my head...and his intoxicating smell... oh my God but then the memory of him tensing up when holding me just before I left. He has no such feelings towards me apparently so there's that... but damn I would want him to! I must be fucking delusional wishing a man twice my age would fancy me. But a girl can dream, can't she? No harm , no foul... I shake my head to snap out of these thoughts before my mind wanders too far. I start my car again and drive the rest of the way back to the trailer park. Just as I stop the car my phone rings, it's Robin.

“Hey sweets, heard your dad and Nance are out of town tonight. Girl's night?”

“Hey Rob, nah sorry. I'm going to hang at the trailer park tonight.”

“Wayne ok?” she sounds worried

“No, not really...had to send him in an ambulance. He was burning up... but I told the paramedics to call there if they got him stable enough to back home. You know he hates the hospital” small lie but...

“You gonna be ok there on your own then? Should I come over?” I love that she cares so much

“I'll be fine, might call you later though if don't fall asleep early. I feel totally beat” I tell her and she agrees to stay at home and tells me to call about anything. Just before we hang up I hear her

“HEY! That guy? Seen him again?” now she just sounds curious

“Yeah I had a quick chat with him earlier... I think he is one of the good ones, but I don't think he fancies me. I think I'm to young...” I say

“Men!�� she scoffs “don't know what's good for 'em. The times I had to lead your dad in the right direction” she laughs “well if you'll really be ok sweetie I wish you a good night then and I'll talk to you later”

“I'll need to hear more about that dad thing later!” I say and laugh “night Rob” then I hang up, smiling about that comment about dad. I mean I know he was a real ladies man back in the day. It's just now I see that Eddie is sitting on the stairs looking right at me. I get out of the car and I get the things in the back.

“Has anyone ever told you just how much you look like your dad when you laugh?” Eddie smiles at me

“Ha ha...yeah Wayne points it out often. Saying I look like him a lot, but most of all when I laugh. Only that I'm prettier”

“Hell yeah, no argument there” he smiles. I look at him, what was that?

“Yeah? Not seduced by the hair Eddie?” I say and wink at him, why the HELL did I wink?

“Don't really swing that way, but I did envy him for making it look so easy back then” he laughs and the sound of it sends a shiver down my spine. I want to make him laugh all the time!

“Really? It?” I say as I walk past him and open the door

“Yeah getting the pretty girls, was never good at it myself.” he gets up and follows me in again. He sits down on the couch and watches me put away the ice cream and the beers. I throw the smokes at him he catches them mid air. “Thanks! What do I owe you?”

“Forget about it, I'm just happy you agreed to show up. For everyone's sake, even if only dad and Wayne know at the moment. But believe me you'll feel some real love on Saturday...” I say and I give him a warm smile. He snorts

“Yeah right... From who? None of them really miss me I bet, except your dad then perhaps”

“Eddie Munson! Now you fucking listen to me ok! Every time dad mentions talking to you Dustin starts crying, I spent the evening with Robin the other night she said she misses you every day! Mike is heartbroken... STILL...he won't even say your name. Nancy loves you and wants to know every single detail about your calls with dad. All I ever heard growing up here is how amazing you were and how much they all wished you'd come back to them. So get over yourself and accept they all love you and they will be SO happy to see you Saturday!” I don't know what came over me raising my voice at him like that. He's stunned...just looking at me. I see tears forming in the corner of his eyes.

“I... I didn't think... I'm just...me...” he sounds defeated.

“Yeah, and just YOU is what everyone wants” I say and sit down on the other end of the couch

“Everyone?” there's a curious tone in his voice I can't really place

“Yes...they all want you back in their life. Couldn't you just consider letting them have that for a while? I bet you could get some work as a mechanic around here somewhere. Or do you have employment you need to get back to? Or someone you need to get back to?” I ask my voice getting smaller at the end

“No...on both accounts. No job at the moment and no one waiting. I can tell you I have thought about it, but it's...hard being here” he looks out the window and a dark shadow falls on his face

“You want to talk about it Eddie?” I reach out my hand and I put it on his knee. He stares at my hand then he gets up.

“No!” then he leaves and goes outside, slamming the door behind him. I feel like I was just hit across the face by him. I... I just touched his knee. I mean he didn't even react that bad this morning when I touched the scars... Tears flood my eyes and fall down my face. I get up and go lock myself in the bathroom, I need a shower and then I'm going to crawl into bed with Ben and Jerry... they don't act like this! They only give love...and calories! When I get out of the shower and go to the kitchen to get the ice cream Eddie is still out there. I can see him sitting on the table outside the door looking up at the sky. I take what I was looking for and I go back to the bedroom and close the door behind me. I lie down in bed and I turn on the small TV Wayne has at the end of his bed. Dirty Dancing is on, I love that movie. It's just easy going enough for this evening. I hear the door opening and steps heading towards my door. They stop outside...then I hear a faint

“I'm so sorry” then the steps go back to the living room. I have to stop myself from getting up and run out there to tell him I would forgive anything he said or did if he'd just...what? Touch me? Kiss me? Love me? I finish the ice cream then I turn the TV off and pull the covers up and faster than I thought I would I fall asleep. It's early, like 6 am when I am woken up by muffled screams from the living room. Like the ones you can “hear” yourself screaming in your dreams. I get out of bed in a second thinking they've called about Wayne and he's not ok. I run out to the couch fully thinking I'd find Eddie sitting there crying. But instead I see him asleep on the couch, writhing and “screaming” in his sleep, he's drenched in sweat and his breathing is really agitated. I kneel next to the couch and I softly shake him

“Eddie, sweetie... you're ok. Please wake up” I shake him a little harder and his eyes jerks open and he looks at me with panic in them. I rub his arms and I smile at him “see...you're fine I'm right here” he's panting and he sits up dragging his hand through his hair still not talking to me. I get up and I sit down on his lap and put my arms around him. Not because I want to, but more because I feel like he needed me to be near. I can feel his heart beating SO hard in his chest. I hug him tight and I nuzzle my head against his neck. At first he isn't moving a muscle, then I feel him relaxing and I can feel his hands. One is around my back, stroking it and one lays on my thigh softly caressing the skin with the thumb. His breathing has gone from heavy and agitated to just heavy. I hear him draw breath and say in a coarse voice

“Uhmm... thank you Hailey... but could you please get up?”

“Oh sorry” I blush “I know I must be too heavy...sorry” I start to get up but his hands are still holding me “ehmmm.. Eddie I can't get up. You have to let me go”

“The issue is NOT you being too heavy, never ever think that... I don't WANT to let you go... but if you keep sitting there dressed like that...lets just say I like it too much ok?” he groans.

“Dressed like....oooooh fuck” this is when I realize I'm sitting on his lap wearing only my panties and a very small top... Wayne's bedroom was too hot to wear a pajama so I took it off. “Sorry...well you still have to let me go Eddie... I'm already liking this too much myself“ I say with a hushed voice, I can't look at him

“Like Sunday night when you came here? And you made my blanket all wet with your juices?” he whispers, his fingers now moving slowly up my thigh

“You...noticed?” I think I might die now... this is too embarrassing

“Yeah, the way your eyes were full of panic and I saw you were eyeing me..then the folding of the blanket and the sitting on that instead of the couch... God I must say you smell soooo good. I couldn't let that blanket go all night...I rubbed myself with it...” he goes silent like he isn't sure if this is too much. I pull my head away from his neck and I look at him, is he for real?

“You? From my...scent?” I blush

“Ehm... yeah three times... Your scent and the image of you looking at me with that look you have... I don't know if you know this but when you're turned on your eyes burn...” he mumbles

“I've never been turned on like that so no... I had no idea...” I say with honesty, he looks at me perplexed.

“Never? Are you...?” he lets me go

“Oh no, I'm not a virgin. No, not at all... just... I've never been really...horny for anyone... until...that night” well...this it then. Hit or miss, win or lose it's out there now. There is a tense silence for a second, neither him or me move a muscle. Then I feel the hand on my thigh is back, tentatively moving further up than before. I look at him, before I can stop myself I press my lips against his. At first he doesn't move, then his hand grabs the flesh of my inner thigh and he kisses me back. Fuuuuuck he's a good kisser. I part from him and I get up so I can change position and straddle him there on the couch. I sit down again on his lap and now I can tell he does like this as much as I do. I moan, and I move my hips so that the hardness I can feel below the blanket rubs my pussy just right. A deep groan slips out from Eddie mouth and he grabs my neck and pulls me in to kiss me again. His tongue plays on my lips begging to be let in. I open my mouth and meet his tongue with my own. We kiss as his hands move over my thighs around to grab my ass. He moans loudly

“God damn girl...this is some good quality ass. Can't wait to show you what I can do with it”

I might fucking pass out now, I have never felt anything like this. Never ever from any sexual encounter, or from any time I've played on my own. So this is what everyone's on about. I arch my back and lean slightly back, Eddie looks at me and his hand slide up my belly, up my chest and grabs my boobs.

“Fuuuuck these are just as perfect, can't wait to see them. Can we move this to the bed? More room...” he groans and I can only nod at this point. He grabs a hold of my ass and then he stands up carrying me to the bedroom with me wrapping my legs around him. He sets me down on the bed, this is when I realize he sleeps in the nude. I had such easy access... I would have only needed to reach down under the blanket and I would have gotten a handful of Eddie... and full it would have been. Holy shit what a cock!!! I think I actually lick my lips while admiring his naked frame. He lets out a guttural laugh

“See anything you like there?” I nod, can't seem to find my voice “well... seeing as I'm all naked I think I need to help you slide out of what little you're wearing too babe” he grabs the edge of my top and yanks it up over my boobs and then over my head. “Wow would you look at those, just as I thought, perfection” his eyes are glittering at me like dark brown pools of water, he motions to me to lay down. I do and he smiles and bends down to grab my panties and slowly start pulling them down “now the real price...oh my god...you're so fucking sexy” I could get used to this I think and I feel myself blushing at his intense stare.

“No need for that babe, you are a very sexy woman. Trust me... I've got seniority here” he smirks at me. Then he lies down on top of me, he starts kissing me deeply. Moving his hands over my body moaning softly as he does. I let my hands slide up his back and grab a hold of that hair I've been dying to touch since I first saw his picture in dads yearbook. It feels every bit as fantastic as I thought it would when I bury my fingers in it slightly tugging at it making Eddie moan coarsely.

“That's a good girl right there, I like having my hair pulled... especially when I do this...” he smiles at me as he looks down at me. Then he trails kisses down my neck, down my chest. Giving the boobs some much wanted attention, then he creeps further down. He plunges his head down between my thighs, drawing in a deep breath and moaning

“Fuuuuck, this scent... it's fucking mesmerizing” then he leans in and lets his tongue do the work. He licks the outside of my folds with a light touch making me squirm trying to press harder against his mouth, he chuckles “Oh I'll get there babe, don't worry” he slides the tip of his tongue in between the folds finding my clit and flicks it. I let out a high pitched gasp. He starts eating my pussy with a passion alternating flicking my clit with the tip of his tongue and licking the juices from between the folds. He keeps making these incredible sounds of pleasure and I grab a hold of his hair again tugging it while also pressing his face into me. He groans and I feel him sliding a finger in to me, hitting exactly the right spot right away. Oh this man knows his way around... holy shit. I'm writhing now, screaming out my pleasure. It's almost to intense, being the first time I ever felt anything like this. I feel like I'm about to explode everywhere, my breaths are just exiting in small gasps now and I moan like I'm possessed. He slides one more finger in and starts scissoring them inside. That sends me over the edge and I let our a guttural scream as I feel myself literally explode on his face. The orgasm he gives me is the best thing I've ever felt, how is it even possible to feel this level of pleasure? As I come down from my high and he crawls up next to me I see his face is WET like just out of the shower wet.

“That's one good girl... squirting your first time with me. I take that as a compliment like no other” he purrs and I feel confused. I look down the bed and it looks like I fucking peed the bed...or no more like I poured a glass of water in it. I almost panic and I look at him, he instantly reassures me

“No, NO babe it's all good...really...this is a good thing. It was so fucking sexy” he growls at me leaning in for a kiss. I can smell and taste myself on him. I feel his massive hard-on pressing at my leg and I let my hands slide down to it. I softly touch the tip, rubbing the bead of pre-cum that's leaked out. I pull my hand up and I lick my finger to taste him. He tastes so good, he groans and stares at my finger intensely. I grab a handful of his hair and I tug it back making his neck exposed, he grunts and I lick his neck while my other hand strokes what I can barely get my fingers to meet around. I can't help myself, while licking down his neck I bite down. Just a small nibble but it seems to send this man into a frenzy. He growls and grabs me, pulling me up on top of him, he feels like a mad man when he impales me with that massive cock. It slides right in with ease and I groan feeling him fill me up entirely. He fucks me with a desire that's almost scary, moaning and holding my ass in an iron grip. Feels like I'm being fucked by a jackhammer. I lean down and kiss him deeply, moaning in his ear

“Eddie babe, slow down a bit. I'm not going anywhere this won't be your last time with me” I sit back up and he looks up at me with burning eyes, he does slow down. Letting me set the pace for a while. I roll my hips and go slow up and down, just as a total opposite of what he did. He groans loudly, his hands still on my ass massaging the flesh. I lean back so he can see me play with myself as his big cock goes in and out of me soft insides.

“Fuck babe...fuck... you feel amazing. Come on me please, come on meeeee... fuck I'm close babe” I rub my clit feeling I'm closing in again myself, I pick up the pace of my hip-action too. I feel it now that sweet feeling right before release, but this time SO much stronger than ever before. I scream as I am sent over the edge once again, I feel my pussy squeeze the cock inside me. I hear Eddie's tipping over too now, his fingers are digging in to my flesh and he growls and then he lets out a guttural scream as he fills me up with his hot seed. He spasms under me and I feel his cock throbbing inside me as the last squirts leaves his body. I slump down on his chest to catch my breath. His grip on my ass loosens and he wraps his arms around me.

“Do you have any idea what you're doing to me? But...we didn't take...ehm precautions babe” he whispers

“I'm on the pill Ed, I'm not about to do what dad did...” I smile as I press my face against his chest breathing in his scent. I don't ever want to get up...never ever.

“Well that's a responsible girl right there” he chuckles caressing my back kissing the top of my head “but I do think we need to talk right?” I look up at him

“Yeah... I guess we do. Maybe get up, take a shower and meet in the living room?” I say and kiss him

“Sounds like a plan, ladies first” he gives my ass a small slap and smiles. I get off him and roll out of the bed and head for the shower

“Hey Hailey” I hear as I'm about to go out the door I turn and look at him “don't think I regret this at all...ok?” he says and I smile at him

“Likewise Eddie...not for a second” I say and leave for the shower. I let the water rinse the smell of him off me, sadly. I look down and see he left some marks on my boobs and well... my ass will look like I've taken a beating. I smile widely, being branded by Eddie Munson isn't the worst thing. I giggle as I leave the shower to dry off and put on the clothes I left in here earlier. I get out of the shower and I call in to the bedroom

“Your turn Ed” I hear him answer a thank you and then he shows up in the doorway, still naked and looking like a million dollars. I feel weak at the knees again and I blush.

“Wow, what's this? My naked body makes you blush now? Forgot what you were doing to it just a little while ago?” he smirks at me

“That's why I'm blushing idiot, you have no right being that sexy...not all the time.” I say and now it's his turn to blush

“Oh...stop it... I'm not...you can't” he stutters

“I'll decide that for myself thank you. Accept it and move on Munson. Now shower” I smile and give him a wink. He looks up and gives me a salute and goes in to the bathroom and I hear the water start running. I go in to the kitchen, suddenly feeling ravished. Right, I haven't eaten anything but ice cream since breakfast yesterday. Eddie said he'd cook but the weird moment on the couch happened and I went to bed instead. I look in the fridge, looks like I could make some pancakes and bacon. I love cooking, I start singing to myself as I prepare the food for us. I'm really in to rock from like the 70's and 80's. They just made it better back then, one of my favorite songs to sing is “Crazy train” by Ozzy, dad always smiles when he hears me singing it “Eddie would be proud you have his taste in music” I'm zoning out cooking and singing to myself. I don't hear Eddie coming out of the shower positioning himself in the doorway watching me. I finish the food, putting it on plates and turning to get some drinks for us when I see him standing there. I yelp

“The fuck Eddie? You scared me...how long have you been there?” I say suspiciously

“Long enough babe, you can sing! Like really good Hailey. That's not the easiest song to sing without music... Also I strongly approve the choice” he applauds me

“Yeah... I bet, you know being brought up to stories of the famous Eddie Munson and his rock 'n roll ways influenced my music taste. Dad always says you'd be proud if you knew” I blush “yeah and of course I've heard all about Corroded Coffin!” I say and smile

“Hell.. I haven't heard that name in probably 15 years...” he spaces out for a moment probably reliving his band days. He snaps out of it “but yeah Steve has a point you do have excellent taste if Ozzy is in the mix.” he leans on the counter looking at me.

“Lets sit down and eat I'm starving” I say and motion for him to take a seat at the table. I bring over the plates of food and some orange juice, and I take a seat opposite him.

“Ok...so... fucks like a goddess, cooks AND sings... You sure you're a Harrington?” he chuckles

I roar with laughter at this

“Well the fucking is your opinion I had no idea...thank you I guess” I smile “But the cooking dad taught me yes, the singing is from mom, she's a really good singer.” I say and Eddie starts laughing

“Riiiight you have a mom... Steve was always the mom of the group so I just keep thinking he did it all on his own” I laugh at this knowing well what he meant, I heard the stories. Steve the babysitter/ mommy Steve.

“No, I do have a mom, granted I think dad forgets sometimes to” I giggle

Eddie looks at me, now with a more serious look to his face

“What are we doing here? I can't really believe we did what we just did... you're Steve's kid... you're so”

“If the next words out of your mouth is 'so young' or some other crap like that I'm out” I warn him

“But... it's not like we're the same age here sweetheart. I mean I don't mind, I don't feel like 42 and you don't act 21... But the rest? Your dad... society at large?” he's so serious now

“I don't know how to deal with dad just yet... Society can fuck it self. You've always been some kind of ideal for me. The thing I always wanted, the guy for me, but finding another you has been impossible. I found the real deal here and I sure as hell don't want to give it up...unless you want me to...” I look at him, I can feel the tears. He stares at me

“Ideal? Me? How is that even a thing... I've always been the screw up, the freak.” he sounds like he doesn't trust me to tie my own shoes even

“Well, I've been brought up hearing all the stories about you. How you we're the best 'brother' Dustin ever had, how you we're so sweet to everyone who got to know you. How you saved them... The talk of your music taste, your taste in films, the way you looked. Hell that made me fall in love with that guy, idolizing him for years, wanting to find a guy just like you... believe me... there ARE NO guys like you out there” I give him a shy smile with a tear running down my face

“I...don't know what to say. They talk about me like that? By the way...the way I looked? Yearbook?” he asks and I nod, get up and go to my bag and bring out the old copy of Hawkins High 1986. I lay it down on the table put my hand on it

“Dads most treasured possession, I used to flip through this with him growing up asking him to tell me about Eddie. When I got to the age where hormones started flying I'd sneak this in to bed with me...” I say whispering the last words and getting a gasp in return

“You...with yourself to MY yearbook pictures?” I nod shyly “wow...that's...intense. I mean now that you're an adult I would take it as the best fucking compliment ever. We don't need to talk more about that teenage hormone thing” he shrugs “That's a bit disturbing”

“Yeah I heard the way that sounded as I said it... I mean I've done it now as an adult to... the first night we met...” I look down at the table “but I didn't need the yearbook with me anymore... I was just fine without it”

“So that night, when you came here and met me for the first time. You what? Went home and got yourself off thinking about me?” I can see the underlying doubt in his eyes like he can't believe anyone would do that

“Yup... twice...” I really needn't say more than that...

“So I win then” he gives me a goofy smile “I jacked off to that blanket and your scent three times... I win” he explains when seeing my confused face

“Idiot!” I say and laugh “it's not about who came the most number of times to thinking about the other... it's about how HARD you came... quality over quantity Munson. Who knows maybe I won” I can't help myself teasing him, it just feels so natural. Like we've been friends forever and we seriously JUST met, that's how long my head has been filled with all things Eddie Munson. I know him, and I feel safe with him already.

He looks at me jaw dropped, then he roars

“That was the best fucking thing I've heard in like forever! You're funny too, who'd known with that dad of yours? Also from your mom I guess” he chuckles

“Hey be nice to dad, he never needed to be funny he got the ladies anyway” I make a face at him

“HA! Yeah you're right there I suppose, love the guy but he wasn't exactly a bright light when it came to humor. Hell even Mike was funnier” I can see Eddie drifting off into his memories again and I can feel myself giving him a warm smile from across the table

“Promise me to always smile at me like that Hailey” I hear him whisper “that smile heals me somehow it makes me feel like life isn't that fucking bad anymore” a tear has spilled out of his eye slowly making it's way down his face.

I get out of my seat and I go up to him and sit down in his lap. I look him deep in the eyes as I wipe the tear way with my fingers. I kiss his cheek and wrap my arms around his neck and give him a warm hug.

“I promise to smile at you like that forever if you promise me that some day you'll talk to me... about this” I say and I touch one of the scars on his shoulder. He tenses up

“I don't... I can't... Not now”

“No, no Eddie. It doesn't have to be now it can be 10 years from now...just some day. Because just like Wayne I think you need to. He's so worried about you” I lean in to kiss his cheek again but he turns his head so I hit his lips instead. At fist it's just a soft kiss but it turns into something so much more within seconds. There is no denying the explosive chemistry we have. The kisses deepen, become more desperate more passionate. Eddies hands are everywhere at once, like he doesn't know which part of me he wants to touch first. We're suddenly jolted back to reality by the phone ringing. I jump up from Eddies knee and go to answer it

“Shouldn't I?” he says

“It could be Robin calling to see if I'm ok... you know on my own” I wink at him and he nods

“Hello, Munson residence” I say

“Hello. Is this Ms. Harrington? This is Doctor Wells from Hawkins Memorial. I wanted to tell you that Mr. Munson is now awake and fully lucid again. But he is still running quite the high fever so we'd like to keep him here a few more days for observation. He was due for his labs and cancer exams as well so we're doing those at the same time. He's not too happy staying” I hear a smile at the other end

“Oh thank you! No I know he's not a fan of hospitals. But he's ok... you know as ok as he can be? Can I visit him?” I say and feel a lot of tension just drain from my body and I fall down on to the floor my legs can't hold me anymore. Eddie panics and runs up to me

“You ok? Say you're ok or ask that doctor to send someone” I pet his arm and nod

“I'm ok...” I whisper

“Well... the fever isn't a good sign but if we can get that under control there's nothing keeping him from coming home on say Thursday afternoon. Visiting hours are between 2 and 7. He wanted me to tell you to bring him snacks and a fishing magazine” I hear the doctor continuing on the other end.

“Ok, I'll see to it that he gets what he wants. Thank you again doctor.” I say and we hang up. Eddie is watching me intensely

“So?”

“He's awake and lucid now. The fever is still there so they're keeping him a couple of days. He's to undergo all lab work and exams for the cancer too now that he's there already. I might be able to get him Thursday afternoon. But for now he wants snacks and a fishing magazine” I start to giggle, then I begin to cry. I'm a blubbering mess on the floor I feel Eddies strong arms wrap around me picking me up from the floor and carrying me to the bedroom. He puts me down on the bed and lays down with me wrapping his arms around me again.

“You cry sweetheart, you cry. I'll be here for you” he caresses my back with one hand and the other hand is in my hair holding my head close to his chest.

“I love you....” I freak out what the fuck was I saying? “I mean... oh wow... I mean I love how you're so sweet to me”

“Ahem... well that's not hard princess. You're easy to be sweet to seeing as you're such an amazing person yourself...and don't worry I didn't take offense. You're growing on me too”

I start to giggle at the same time as I'm still crying about Wayne. He didn't mind...

“Well good... I am sorry though...it just kind of slipped out” my face is a very pleasant shade of beetroot right now and I can't look at him. He puts a finger under my chin and tilts my head up so our eyes meet

“I know that you didn't mean for that to come out the way it did. But Hailey...you can't love me” he sounds so beaten o small

“Why? I'm fully capable of feelings you know AND of deciding for myself what those feelings are ” I argue

“Darling, I'm 100 shades of fucked up... and yes some day I might be able to talk to you about it. But I don't know when that might be... Why would you put yourself in that situation? With me?”

“Eddie...sweet sweet Eddie. I've loved you without knowing you for years... I didn't change from meeting you, it just made it so much stronger. When you look at me I feel things I've only ever read about, when you touch me Oh My Fucking God Eddie...you rock my world. I never ever thought I was even able to feel like that from someone's touch and here you came and it was just apparent I wasn't broken I just hadn't found the right person... and the right person is you. I don't fucking care about the age thing, those are just numbers. I don't care about the looks or the whispers that will come. I want to be here loving you and helping you cope with whatever it is that's hurting you so bad. I know, yeah dad and the others might be a hurdle on the way but all anyone ever wanted was for you to be happy. And I mean they all love me so... I guess they'd want happiness for me too. But we'll take this slow, we're not outing this on Saturday if that's what you're worried about. But Eddie please...PLEASE do not say I can't love you. It's way to late for that...” Now that I finally seemed to find the words for what I was thinking all along I couldn't seem to stop. All the while as I'm talking Eddie is looking right at me, his eyes burn from the inside. When I'm done I just look back at him and there is silence for like a minute and I begin to think I've fucked up so bad here. He draws a deep breath and then he pulls me even closer and lets his lips softly brush against mine.

“You really are everything I didn't think I'd ever need” he whispers and then he presses his lips against mine in a deep desperate kiss. We lay there for a while kissing, touching. Only wanting to be near. Then I hear the sound of my cellphone ringing.

“I'm sorry Eddie” I pant as we release from each others lips “but I need to answer that so no one comes here looking for me” I get out of bed and I find my phone

“Hello”

“Hey sweetie, you ok?”

“Oh hi Robin, yeah I'm ok. Just about to head to the hospital to visit Wayne. They're keeping him for a few days.”

“Oh, but he's better now?”

“Yeah, a bit of a fever still but the doctor thinks he might be able to go home Thursday” I explain

“Well that's good to hear, you want me to come with you?” she asks and as much as I would have loved to see her right now I have a plan that would falter completely if she came around.

“Nah I'm ok, gonna buy him some snacks and a magazine and then I think I'm gonna head home, take a shower and a nap. Didn't sleep well” I look over at Eddie and I smile, he smirks back at me and gives me a wink.

“Ok, but if you change your mind..”

“Yes Robin, I'll call and you'll be right over. I know. Love ya”

“Love ya too weirdo!” she gives a small giggle and hangs up

Eddie's still on the bed looking at me. I SO want to crawl back there and just lie in his arms for the rest of...well forever. But I know I need to get home, change, get the stuff for Wayne and then be back home before dad and Nancy return. I tell Eddie this then I say

“Would you like to come with me to see Wayne? No one you know works at the hospital, well as far as I know anyway.”

“I don't know... Wasn't I supposed to hide?” he says and smiles at me

“Yes you're to be invisible until Saturday if dad has his way. But I thought you could hide in the backseat of my car. I know Wayne would be happy to see you.”

“Sure, let me just have a quick change”

“I think I'm going to go home and do the same, and then stop and get the stuff from the store. Then I'll pick you up. Visiting hours start at 2 the doctor said so say I'm back here at 2:30?”

“Eddie looks at his watch “1,5 hours? Sure sounds great, but Hailey”

“Yeah?”

“Come here” he reaches out for me I go up to the bed he pulls me down on top of him

“Thank you for pouring your heart out... If that's the way you feel I can't stop you. And it did make me very happy to hear” he kisses me and lets his hand slide down the back of my body landing on my ass. He grabs it and presses me close “I know you can feel the effect you have on me, and I hope you'll be back tonight because I want to really show you they way you make me feel about your touch” he growls in my ear and I feel like I'm about to pass out. I feel the twitch against my lower belly and I let out a moan.

“I'll be back as soon as I can because THAT sounds very very much like something I wanna know more about” I whisper and I let my tongue slide from his earlobe down to his collarbone, there I give him a little bite and he groans.

“Fucking go now before I tie you to the bed and have my way with you instead of visiting my sick uncle...go” he slaps my ass and I giggle

“Ok Mr boss man... I'll be back at 2:30” I say and I leave and head out to my car. My mind STUCK on the “I tie you to the bed and have my way with you” comment wishing he'd actually do that. I get home, I jump in the shower and then I put on a dress I know Wayne really likes. If he's to be stuck in the hospital I want to make him happy, and he always said that dress made me look so pretty it lit up any dark day when I wore it.

I remember that I still have dads yearbook in my bag. I need to get it back in case they return home before I'm back from the hospital. I flip it open to the page where a grinning Eddie is seen with his Hellfire pals. I love that picture, he looks so carefree. I touch the image of him and I put the book back on the shelf. I head out and go to town to get snacks and the magazine. There's literally 12 different magazines all about fishing... I buy 6 of them, seeing as a few of them is about fly fishing and a few about deep sea fishing. Two things I know Wayne doesn't do. Then I buy and abundance of snacks and I leave for the trailer park again. I go up to the door and I knock this time, I can hear nothing inside but I notice the curtain by the window move slightly. Then the door opens.

“Hell I wasn't sure if that was you or someone else. NOW you knock?” he chuckles and stands aside so that I can go inside. He closes the door behind me and pulls me close. “fuck Hailey, that dress... you look stunning!” he kisses me deeply and lets his hands slide over my body

“Awww thank you, but as much as I want to say it's all for you... Sorry but this one is for Wayne, he always loved me in this dress” I say and Eddie fakes a heartache grabbing his chest and gasping

“I am replaced...by my own uncle” he smirks at me “But he's not wrong for liking you in that dress. Though I have a whole other line of thought about it...and what's under it” he squeezes my ass through the thin fabric. I feel my panties getting damp and my nipples harden.

“Eddie.... I wish we had time for this right now but we need to go. But I promise I'll be back tonight...and you CAN tie me to the bed and have your way with me” I say and press my tits against his chest making him let out a rumble like moan.

“I can? Like... for real? Don't tease me woman...” he holds me tight so that I can feel his dick against me.

“If you calm down now... you can go crazy later... yes” I purr and wiggle free from his arms opening the door and stepping outside to make sure no one is around.

“Calm down... easy for her to say... can't tell she's horny” I hear him mutter behind me as he locks the door and follows me to my car. I smile at him

“I love that I can tell you want me Eddie, and if I thought it wouldn't make things even worse for you I'd have you feel me so you could tell I'm just as bad off as you” I say and he moans.

“Yeah that would have made us late, thanks for being the level headed one here” he scoffs

He sits down in the backseat of my car, then I have him lie down on the seat and I put a few blankets over him so it just looks like I'm hauling around a bunch of stuff back there.

I drive off, luckily for Eddie the hospital isn't far from the trailer park. Must be getting hot under there. We get there and Eddie draws a deep breath as I remove the pile of blankets from him and he gets fresh air again.

“Hell... it was almost as hot under there as it is between your legs” he murmurs at me with a smirk

I blush “Eddieee... behave please” I say and he chuckles at me as we leave the car and head in to the hospital. We get up to the ward where the nice lady at the front desk tells us Wayne is admitted.

“He's in room 214” she told us. We find it straight away and as I open the door my heart sinks and I push against Eddie making him stop.

“Hi dad? You're here... alone?” my voice sounds so strange that both dad and Wayne look at me with weird looks .

“Yes... I'm here. And yes I'm alone... Nancy had some errands to run why do you sound like that?”

I sigh a deep sigh of relief and I motion to the door. Eddie walks in

“This is why I wanted to know if you were alone... I brought Wayne a gift” I say and I go up to the bed and hug the man in it. “Hey sweetie how you doin'?” I say

“Oh! Hey Ed, I sure wasn't expecting you...” dad looks at me

“No dad no one saw him I hid him in the backseat under some blankets” I say and I smile he laughs out loud and so does Wayne.

“Hell Munson I thought your days of hiding in backseats were over” dad laughs and Eddie blushes. Oh really now? I look at him, raise one eyebrow and smirk

“Yeah...” he clears his throat “y'know old habits die hard. Plus I wanted to visit this old geezer and she had strict rules to not let me be seen until Saturday so we had to improvise” he says and drags a hand through his hair with a smile at dad.

“Yeah she always was the smart one in the family” dad chuckles. I lean over to Wayne and I fix his pillow and I take out the bag I have with me.

“So Wayne, snacks and enough reading material to keep you occupied at least for a couple of days” I say and smile at him. He takes the bag and looks down in to it.

“I said A fishing magazine love...” he laughs

“Yes, well math was never my strongest subject... and how was I to know which one you'd like. Better be safe than sorry” I laugh and he takes my hand and squeezes it hard. He looks a lot better today than he's been doing the last week or so.

“Well Steve, you did good here. Who'd have thought something this good could come from you” Wayne looks at dad with a grin and Eddie roars

“Well put Wayne, been thinking the same myself. And I don't even know the girl like you do”

Dad looks from one to the other of the Munson men in the room.

“Yeah I can feel the love here...”

I hug dad and whisper in his ear “remember one is sick and the other...well the other is Eddie” he chuckles at this and nods at me

“You are so right honey didn't think of that. But now that you're here I'm going to leave so Nancy doesn't show up an spoil my surprise. See you at home sweetie. See you Saturday Ed, and Wayne... you take care now!”

We all say good bye to him and we sit down by Wayne's bedside

“So how you doing Wayne? You look better today” I can tell by the tone in his voice that Eddie is super worried about the man who raised him.

“Yeah, doctors said I was hell'a lucky this one felt how warm I was when she did. And that she told you to keep an eye on me. I think I had a fever for quite some time...” he looks over at me with a shameful smile “but I didn't think it was that bad.” I look at him with a stern face he smiles again and continues “but yeah I feel a lot better now that they got the fever down and fluids in me. I seem to have...ehmm...forgot to drink as much as I should have. Apparently tea and beer don't count” he chuckles

“No shit Sherlock” I sigh at him and Eddie laughs

“This one is tough Wayne I see why you like her”

“Told you, but you always said Steve's kid had to have become something like him.” Wayne scoffs at him and I look at him amused

“Something like Steve? What exactly does that mean? I cook like him and I'm stubborn like him. Is that what you mean or do we need to have a long discussion about what you and dad were really up to back in the days?” I say and Eddie blushes

“Nope, we do not need that... But yeah I can tell the stubbornness... and I must say I think you have the caring nurturing side from him as well. He always did care a lot about the kids in the gang back then. We didn't hang out before the...thing... we didn't even like each other, to different y'know”

I laugh “Yeah Basketball and girls versus DnD and drug dealing. I'd say that's opposites yeah. Dad said pretty much the same when I asked him about what you were like before ...then” I say ending in a hushed tone as I can see Eddie flinch a bit at my words.

“Yeah, you probably should have asked this one” pointing at Wayne “ or Dustin or Mike if you wanted those stories” he smiles

“This one hoped you'd home back an tell her your self” Wayne smiles at him from the bed taking his hand

“As for Dustin and Mike... well that was impossible. One wouldn't stop crying when trying to talk about you and the other just flat out refused to acknowledge you ever existed” I say and I feel sad for Dustin for all the times I tried asking about Eddie. “Wayne has told me some amusing anecdotes of course but I would have liked to hear some of the more naughty stories too” I wink at him and smile

“No, noooo you would not” he laughs “no need to tell you anything of the sort. Besides I was never naughty...I was an angel” the man in the bed starts coughing so badly I think he's dying.

“Wayne...? WAYNE! You ok?” I feel panicked and I reach for the alarm when he shakes his head and I see he's smiling, he finally manages to stop coughing, draws a deep breath, and turns to Eddie and says

“You were a WHAT you said? Why you lying to her?”

“What?! I was a good kid...”

“Oh...yeah right you were... you want me to tell other kind of stories about you there Edward Munson?” Wayne looks mischievous and smirks at Eddie

“No... Ok so maybe I had a wild side... Don't listen to him...he's old and delusional” he scoffs but I see him smiling lovingly at the man in the bed.

“Now, now behave. I believe you were a good kid with a naughty side Eddie, just like the rest of us” I say and I look at Wayne who's laughing

“Yeah this one wasn't an angel all the time either Eddie, I tell ya”

“Oh really? Well we'll have a story time then when you get back home. I wanna hear all about it” Eddie says and looks at me with a devilish smile

I just shake my head, of course Wayne had to bring up my teen years when I would do absolutely everything dad told me not to do then get in trouble and call Wayne to help me so dad wouldn't find out. We sit and talk a while with Wayne who's looking better by the minute. I feel such relief. Then I look down at my watch and I gasp

“Shit! Oh sorry but is that the time, I'm sorry but I have to bury Eddie under a load of blankets again and take him home. I need to be home for dinner in like 30 minutes.” I say as I kiss Wayne on the forehead and promise to come back the next day.

We head out to the car and I once again pull blankets over Eddies body and drive back to the trailer park. Once there Eddie gets out and does a big stretch, his shirt rides up his stomach revealing the amazing v tracing down into his pants. I sigh and can't take my eyes off him. He sees me and he chuckles

“Well thank you babe, I like that look. But you need to leave now so you can come back later. Wouldn't want to keep Steve waiting.” he smiles that amazing smile at me sending shivers down my spine.

“I'll hold you to that tied up in bed thing Eddie” I give him a promising smile and get back in the car. I see his cheeks turn pink and his eyes dark. Then he lifts his shirt up revealing his muscular abdomen, I sigh and feel myself get wet. Fucking man! I start the car and drive back home, I get there just on time.

“Hello, I'm home” I call out as I enter

“Hey honey, we didn't think you'd make it. I'll get you a plate” dad calls back as I take off my shoes and jacket and go in to the dining room. There I get a surprise

“Jonathan! Will! Oh my god HI!” I run up to them and give them both a big hug “When did you get here?”

“Nancy picked us up while Steve was visiting Wayne at the hospital. How is he doing?” Jonathan says

“Errands huh?” I say and smile at dad “Well, he seems to feel better by the minute. I guess getting rid of the fever was the first step. He's apparently had it for a few weeks, being a stubborn ass not wanting to 'bother' anyone about it” I snarl

“Seems he hasn't changed” Will laughs “still as stubborn as ever. But how are you doing love? I know you care deeply for him”

“I feel better now that I can see that the deterioration in his health these past weeks has been a lot to do with the fever and not the cancer in it self. The doctor said it was stable at the moment, no major changes” I say

We all sit down to eat, I'm so happy they're here. I like them both a lot, I almost slip and tell them Eddie will be so happy to see them but I bite my tongue last minute. I look over at dad and he nods and mouths “Me too” at me I smile. Good I'm not the only one having problems keeping that a secret at least. We talk for a couple of hours but then I start to feel like I want to get going. I get up and say

“Well I'm sorry but I promised a friend I was going to come over tonight. I'm just going to hit the shower and change, I smell like a hospital” I make a face at them and they laugh

“Who are you going to see?” dad asks, I know he hopes to hear a guy's name one of these days

“Macy, she has some problems so I'm going to be the good listener for the night, might stay over. But you guys have a great evening and I'll see you tomorrow. I guess you're meeting up with the guys?” I ask Will and he smiles

“Yeah, haven't told any of them I'm back. Thought I'd surprise them” he says

“I can drive you to Mikes. I guess we're starting there” I say

“Thanks love, yeah I thought so. Guess he'll call in the others. See you tomorrow Hailey, and you have a good night too” I hug him and Jonathan and I go upstairs to take a quick shower and change. I opt for a long dress, conveniently “forgetting” to put on underwear. I smile to myself and feel the heavy feeling down below as well as a familiar wetness. God I can't get enough of that man... I blush thinking about the people downstairs and what they'd say if they knew where I was really going. I go back downstairs, say good bye and head out to my car. I think I broke quite a few speeding limits getting out to the trailer park. As I park the car I see a familiar silhouette sitting at the table outside the trailer. I get out of the car and walk up to him swaying my hips just an extra little bit.

“Well don't you look good enough to eat... and make no mistake I will be eating you until you scream my name princess” I hear a husky voice from the shadows. I gasp and feel my juices quite literally starting to drip down my inner thighs.

“Oh...” my brain has shut down I can't find any words to express all the feelings rushing through me at the moment. Eddie chuckles

“Cat got your tongue there babe? Or you too horny to speak now?” he grabs me and pulls me close so I end up standing between his legs. He runs his hands up under my dress, up my legs and grabs my ass. “oh la la no panties I do believe someone is very eager tonight. I better finish this cigarette and get you inside before the neighbors call the cops on us for indecent exposure” he chuckles and slides one hand in between my thighs “oh fuck you're wet babe” he growls and I feel weak to the knees. I need to fucking sit down or I might pass out, he's good!

I lean down and I kiss him deeply, biting his bottom lip as I pull away. His intense eyes stare in to mine and I moan just from his look alone.

“Fuck Eddie, what are you doing to me” I whisper

“Oh I'm doing almost nothing now, you just wait until we get inside” he smiles at me and I moan again “Good girl, I like to hear you moan for me” he says with a deep voice and I feel a shiver going through my entire body.

“Hey Ed... I might need a moment... I think I need to sit down” I blush and he purrs at me

“Hell no, if you can't walk I'll just carry you. I need you inside like this fucking instant” he swoops me up into his arms and carries me in the trailer. He continues in to the bedroom with me still in his arms. He sets me down on the bed and towers over me with a seductive smile playing in the corners of his mouth. “Now... were you really serious about me tying you to the bed and having my way with you babe?” he looks down at me and I think I might pass out. All I can do is nod and stare at him, he's so incredibly hot my mind is having issues dealing with this

“Words sweetheart, I need words here... You know I'm a sucker for your voice” he mumbles and lets one hand grip my jaw tilting it up making me look him straight in the eyes. I gulp and take a deep breath

“Yes, I think I would like that very much” I manage to get out

“You think? Never tried before?” he smiles

“No, never. All vanilla here Ed” I whisper

“Oh no babe, you're not just vanilla. Didn't you come here wearing nothing but that dress all wet and ready for me? That points to some adventurous spirit in there. And I'll love to find out what it is that'll do it for you babe. If you'll have me around for that long” he smiles at me

“What? You mean like longer than forever? Because I mean that's how long I was planning on keeping you” I blush again and I look up at him, he's just staring at me

“Forever? Sounds like just the right amount of time” he leans down and plants a soft kiss om my lips making me gasp. “Now, would you please lie back so I can start having my way “ he growls “I've waited too long already”

I scooch back on the bed laying down and watching him as he turns around and starts picking something out of the dresser. He sets whatever it was down on the top of the dresser and then he tugs his shirt out of his jeans and pulls it over his head. Now only wearing a pair of VERY fitted ripped jeans low on his hips he turns to me again. In his hand I see four different ties. Four?! Oh...my...god I'm really going to be tied to the bed hands and feet. I start to squirm where I'm laying on the bed being watched by those intensely brown eyes. I move my hands down on my body and he tuts at me

“No, no sweetheart. No touching... that's all my job tonight.” he gives me a smile that I can literally FEEL in my pussy.

“Oh, ok sorry” I say quietly

“No need to be sorry that I make you want to touch yourself, I just really want to do it” he coos at me and I smile

“Then touch me Eddie...please” he draws a deep breath, closes his eyes and when he opens them again his eyes are black with arousal

“First we need to remove this” he takes a hold of the hem on my dress “ I like it but I will ruin it with stains if I keep it on you” he groans softly “May I?” I nod then I remember

“Yes, you may” I say and I hear him chuckle quietly

“Good girl” he purrs. He straddles me, one knee on either side of my hips and he slowly start to unbutton my dress... Opening a couple of buttons then bending down to kiss the skin freed. He does this all the way down my dress. As he opens the last buttons, conveniently placed right over my crotch he pauses and looks at me “Imma need you to sit up now and remove the dress” I feel a bit disappointed he didn't kiss the last bit as well, but as I sit up and pull the dress down from my arms I see his idea clearly. He's kneeling right in front of me, at the perfect height. He slowly unzips his jeans and pulls them down on his hips. His cock springs forward and I moan

“Well... you can say hello” he winks at me and I look up at him

“Please” I open my mouth and I deliberately sit on my hands, making sure he understands I have no intention of touching

“Ooooh, you're good babe” he takes his cock and gives it a few long strokes in front of me making me drool a little. He smiles and places the tip on my tongue “Taste me love, please” I close my mouth and let my tongue play on the tip licking up the drops of pre-cum. I suck him in as far as I can in one go making him groan coarsely “fuuuuck Hailey...that damn mouth”

I'm not a fan of rough blow jobs. I hate gagging, I can go very deep if I set the pace, I feel his hands on the sides of my head and he nestles his fingers in my hair. But he doesn't push for me to go faster or deeper, he let's me be in charge of this. Is he real?

“C'mon babe, suck me, please your mouth is SO fucking amazing” I suck with long slow strokes as his hands hold on to my hair. I slobber on him making him slide with ease in and out of my mouth.

Suddenly he pulls out and I can't help a disappointed “Awww” slipping out between my lips. Eddie smiles at me, he leans down and kisses me

“Babe, as amazing as that was I have other plans for my cum tonight” he winks at me and kisses me again. “Now lets move this dress to the side and get going tying you up and making you scream my name” he takes the dress and tosses it on the floor. He motions me to lie down on the bed. As I do he looks at me “Ok, so you're sure? I'll tie each of your hands and feet to the bedposts. Let me know if it feels too tight ok.”

“Ok” I can't seem to form any other words

“Sweetheart... ARE. YOU. SURE? Don't want you panicking and hurting yourself”

“I'm sure Eddie. Begin with my hands and ask me again” I say and he nods like he thinks that's a good idea. He takes one of the ties and leans over taking my right hand and placing it up against the bedpost. He makes a knot, then tugs at it making sure I'm restrained. He does the same on my left side.

“Ok, so this feels?” I can hear the expectation on his voice

I tug a bit on the ties, I really am stuck to the bed. At first a small ball of anxiety forms in my stomach. But then I see a flash of me writhing on the bed with Eddie doing all sorts of things to me and I can't move. That idea sends electric bolts through me and I feel how insanely wet I become from that idea. As I've been deciding how this feels I've had my eyes shut, I open them and stare at Eddie

“Wow, ok I'd say you like this... am I right? Your eyes are fucking burning at me babe”

“Keep going, and don't fucking stop touching me until I scream” I say and I hardly recognize my own voice. I am so turned on right now

“Fuuuuck... I promise babe. I will do my best to make you go insane before I fuck your brains out” he growls at me as he descends the bed and start tying up my legs in the same fashion as my hands. When he's done he looks at me “Ok one more check, you still ok?”

“Eddie... I need you to touch me now”

“My pleasure babe, I mean for me I could just stand here and look at you while stroking my cock and I'd come like crazy. But this isn't about me is it.” he gives me that devilish smile that sends flutters all through my body “I'm not leaving, I'm just getting something from my bag out in the living room. I'll be right back” he says and hurries off. He's back within seconds. He comes up to the bed and leans over me “Do you mind one more thing?” he purrs and holds up a mask, one of those you wear to sleep. I gasp

“Ooooh... I think so, lets try Ed” I say. He slides the mask over my head and places it over my eyes. Instantly I feel more aroused, I think it has to do with not knowing what he's up to.

“Now, if anything feels like it's too much babe you stop me ok? If you want to stop just say watermelon ok?”

“Watermelon?” I say

“Yes, watermelon.” I can hear him smile

“Ok, Ed...but please can you touch me I'm going insane here” I squirm against the sheets

I hear him move, then I feel the weight of him landing on the bed. He straddles me again and leans down over me giving me a passionate kiss. His lips move from my mouth to the side of my head kissing me right below the ear, trailing kisses down my neck making me moan. He nibbles at the skin on my neck, letting his tongue play along my jaw. I am hyper aware of every touch, and of his cock twitching against my belly. He continues kissing me down my collarbones stopping right before hitting my boobs. I can feel him sitting down on my hips, his cock heavy on my belly

“This ok babe, I'm not to heavy am I?”

“No Ed...perfect” I whimper now every touch is just so... soft and teasing. I'm losing my mind here.

“Good, see I wanna try some more stuff on you right now. I think you'll like it” he says in a deep rumbling voice and I let out a long moan making him chuckle “good girl, loud already and I'm just getting started” I feel him shift his weight, probably reaching for something. He leans over again, kissing my boobs, sucking in my nipple hard in his mouth, playing with his tongue around it. Then he moves to the other boob, same thing but his hand is pinching my nipple on the other side. I squirm, God this feels good, I feel my pussy throbbing and I'm pretty sure I've already left a wet spot in the bed. Then he sits up and I feel something soft brushing against my skin, I gasp. What is that? This whole new sensation on my skin, feels like fur...or feathers? He softly lets it play on my neck, down towards my boobs. He plays with the soft, whatever it is, around my boobs making me squirm even more.

“Oh you like that? Doe's it feel good on your amazing tits?” he murmurs

“Yeeesss Ed, yes... I want...more” I pant and I hear him let out a low purr

He continues sliding the soft whatever on my boobs then he starts moving it down my belly. I hear him draw breath as it probably touches not only me but also his cock. He moves stands up on his knees shifting position, so he sits between my restrained legs. I can feel him reach for a pillow and he puts that under my ass lifting my whole pelvic area from the mattress. He starts kissing me from my bellybutton and down over my hips, softly sliding his tongue over my mound then moving away and beginning to kiss my legs. I want to scream at him to just fucking eat me, but I want this to keep going as well. I squirm and moan with every soft touch now. The soft whatever is now playing on my mound and on my inner thighs, this is insane it feels so good. Eddie keeps kissing me on my thighs as he lets whatever it is slightly just brush over my pussy, I let out a small guttural scream.

“Ooooh babe, you like that? Feeling the feathers brush your folds?” so they're feathers... well I wouldn't care if it was the whole fucking bird it feels amazing. I can feel him putting the feathers away, grabbing the soft flesh of my inner thighs more firmly now. He trails kisses up towards my pussy, nibbling at the skin. Then I hear him fiddle with something and he says, with a voice that sounds really weird “you ready babe?” his fingers now softly playing on the outside of my pussy

“Yes, Ed...oh fuck yes... touch me” I squirm

I feel his fingers enter my folds “God so wet...good girl” he groans and he slides his fingers up and down spreading my juices all over my cunt. Then he leans in and I feel his tongue finally touching me, but it feels so strange. Then I can feel him smile against my pussy. I hear a low click and I fucking scream with pleasure. He's got a tongue vibrator, I've seen pictures and read reviews but never thought I'd get to experience one. The feeling is beyond amazing as he works my clit with a vibrating tongue, his fingers digging in to my thighs. I scream and writhe under him now, this is almost to much pleasure at once. I want to grab his hair, and I try to move. Yeah right I can't that just makes the pleasure even more intense, I am totally in Eddies mercy now. He licks me and sucks my clit all the while his mouth and tongue is vibrating on me. I feel his hand sliding up my ass and two fingers enter me. I might actually black out, If someone saw me now I bet they'd think I was doing a great impression of Linda Blair in the Exorcist... Eddie is slowly fucking me with his fingers, then he picks up the pace and starts scissoring my insides. I feel the tension in my body growing, I moan, I scream, I pant.

“I'm gonna come Ed...please I'm gonna....fuuuuuuck EDDIEEEEE!!!!” I scream out my orgasm feeling that explosion again and the insane wetness gushing out of me. He growls a low deep growl as I feel him standing up on his knees, grabbing my hips and plunge his rock hard cock in me. I scream again, he fills me up so good. He fuck me with a frenzy I've never ever felt before. Tightly gripping my boobs and fucking me like there's no tomorrow.

“Fuuuuuck here it comes... Hailey fuuuuck” I feel his cock throbbing as he releases inside of me with a guttural scream, I feel squirt after squirt filling me up with his hot cum. He slumps over on my chest panting. “Jesus fucking Christ babe” He kisses me deeply then he removes the mask and then starts to untie my arms and legs. I stretch and then I wrap my arms around him and hold him tight

“Thank you Eddie, that was beyond amazing” I purr “next time I get to tie you down, deal?”

I can hear him laugh a soft growling laugh

“Oh I'd fucking love to put my body in your hands like this”

We lie there talking and cuddling for an hour or so, I can hear Eddie's voice getting sleepy and his breathing calm and relaxed. He drifts off to sleep and I just watch him. He's beautiful, like no man I've ever seen before. I put my head on his chest and listen to his heart beating as I too fall asleep.

I don't know how long we've been asleep but I'm suddenly jerked awake by Eddies muffled screams again, like the first night he's sweating and squirming. Obviously trying so hard to get away from something. I wrap my arms tightly around him and press him close

“Eddie... I'm here you're safe. Whatever it is isn't going to get you. Eddie...babe” I hum and rock him as he slowly calms down in my arms. He flinches and his eyes shoot open, full of panic. He's panting like he's been running. He looks around and then without hesitation he begins to sob. Big heart wrenching sobs and he hides his face in my chest. I just hug him, stroking his hair and I keep quiet. He doesn't need me to talk he needs me to be near. I keep stroking his hair and hum to him until the sobs stop and I feel him relax and I can tell by his breathing he's fallen back asleep. I wiggle down so his head id resting on my neck and I kiss his forehead and drift off to sleep myself. The rest of the night is peaceful, no more nightmares. We wake up almost at the same time, sun is high in the sky so it must be late in the morning. The phone is ringing. I crawl out of bed and answer it thinking it must be the hospital

“Hello, Munson residence this is Hailey”

“Hailey?”

“Oh, hi dad...”

“What... are you doing there? Weren't you supposed to be at Macy's?” I can hear my dad sounding very confused I look at the time 10:15

“Yeah I just got here, thought I'd stop by before coming home to see if there was any news on Wayne”

“Oh ok, so nothing new?” dad asks

“No, Eddie hasn't heard anything yet. I suppose you wanted to talk to him? He's out for a smoke I'll get him” I say feeling this panic giggle bursting out as I lay the receiver down on the table and hurry back to the bedroom

“Hey babe, come back” Eddie reaches for me with a husky very sexy morning voice

“I'd love to but... DAD is on the phone and I answered it... He's obviously looking for you”

Eddie chuckles “Oh my god babe, I could tell something was up you were giggling just a little to frantically. Wait here and I'll talk to him for a bit. Then I need to thank you properly” he gets out of bed, butt naked and sexy as fuck, kisses me softly and goes out to get the phone

“Hey big boy, what's up? Yeah, no she didn't wake me up...no worries.”

They talk for a bit something is arranged and then I hear him put the phone down and steps coming back to me.

“We're going fishing today. Nancy is spending the day at Jonathan's so your dad thought it was a perfect time for me to get out some. Yeah and you shouldn't be bothering me like this, I can call you if I have news I don't need you running around here” he chuckles and crawls in to bed and lies down on top of me “Let me show you how you can bother me more babe” he kisses me hungrily and his hands start trailing up my thighs

“Eddieee” I squeal “I need a shower, but you're welcome to join me”

“Oh you just try and stop me following that perfect ass to the end of the world” he says and kisses me again, gets up and holds out his hand for me to take. He wraps his arms around me from behind and we walk like that in to the shower. I can't help but grind against Eddie as we're standing in the shower letting the water soak us. “oh you're killing me here babe, I soooo wanna bend you over and fuck you right here but I'm sorry there just isn't time. Steve's picking me up in 45 minutes and I think you need to leave before that, I can't think of a good explanation as to why we both have wet hair...can you?” he mumbles in my ear

“Oh...damn... Well no I can't think of anything either. Rain check on the shower sex then?” I poke my ass out and rub it against him one more time He grabs it and squeezes it hard

“GOD yes! Tonight?” he keeps fondling my ass kissing my neck. Yeah this is going great, leaving each other alone right now.

“Ed, if you don't want my dad to walk in on us you need to let go of my ass and step back. Or even get out of the shower or so help me God I will pin you to that wall and suck you dry” I say and I hear a moan

“Fuck, yeah you're right. As much as I want that...” he lets go of me and he steps out of the shower. I quickly wash of then I get out and let Eddie have the shower to himself.

“Babe, I'm going to leave before dad gets here. But call my cell when you get home. I hope I can get away for a quickie at least. And call if there's any news on Wayne ok?!” I pop my head in the shower and get a kiss from him

“Of course, on both. I'll call, have good day sweetheart. Don't go thinking of me too much now, you might get so frustrated you kill me with your eagerness” he smiles at me “I still want to thank you properly later...” the look in his eyes is suddenly very serious

“Thank me?” I don't get it

“Later, it's not really a naked in the shower thing” he smiles at me and I nod. Still not entirely sure what he means. I get dressed and I leave, as I get in the car my phone rings. It's Will telling me he decided to take a walk over to Mikes so I didn't have to give him a ride. I take the back road from the trailer park so I won't meet dad somewhere along the ride. I've supposedly left like at least 30 minutes ago. I decide that if Nancy isn't home, and I don't feel like being alone I might as well go see Robin and then later on take a trip to see Wayne. As I get to Robins apartment I hear loud music which is a bit weird seeing as Robin has a bit of a problem with loud sounds. Something about “that year”

I knock on the door... no answer. I knock again harder this time, the music is lowered

“Hello? Someone at the door?” I hear

“Yeah Rob, it's me. You busy, should I come back?” I hear footsteps and she flings the door open smiling at me

“Stranger! Hey, no I'm just... well I found this new workout thing... It's called Zumba. You exercise with dance... I need the music loud or I can't concentrate because the guy on the DVD... his voice is so annoying” she laughs... oh good another 1 day hobby

“Zumba Robin? Isn't that a bit expensive I've been told? And why would you need to do this you're already fit?” I say and I hug her and go inside

“Nah, the 40 something mom bod is quickly approaching... I need to stay looking flawless for the ladies” she laughs “All those ladies you see hanging around here waiting their turn...”

“Robin we've talked about this, to actually have ladies falling for you, you need to leave the apartment once in a while” I say and smile at her

“Yeah, yeah I know” she sighs then she lightens up “speaking of falling, someone is looking very happy... the dude?”

“Oh “ I blush “yeah we've hung out...you know” I giggle and Robin lets out a squeal

“OH MY GOD! Couch right now I need details!” she drags me along and flops down on the couch

“Well... I mean I like him A LOT Rob, he's so pretty and so sexy and so nice to me. Yeah he's older but I mean I can't really tell, it's like we're the same age but like we met in the middle? He's one of the good ones Rob, I'm so happy”

He giggles and leans over and gives me a big hug “I'm so freaking happy for you Hailey, SO freaking happy! I knew you'd find your person sometime, never believed this 'something wrong with me' bullshit” she smiles so widely at me I feel a little tug at the heartstrings when I realize that I have to tell her, after Saturday and the big surprise I HAVE to tell her because I will need her when telling dad.

“I'm glad you're on board, I'm going to need you when I tell dad... I don't this it will be taken with joy at first” Robin looks at me

“You know I think you underestimate the love Steve has for you... He's just going to be happy that you're finally happy sweetie” she pets my hand and I smile at her, hoping I look natural.

“Thanks Rob, but you know I've never thought about what dads opinion on age gaps are... What if he's totally against it, thinking it's sick?”

“I'll just remind him of that 45 year old he banged for a couple of moths when we worked at Scoops...” she says and raises an eyebrow

“THE WHAT!? You're kidding? But weren't you like 18 that year?” I say feeling the laughter bubble up inside

“Yup, we sure were... That didn't stop Stevie-boy though” she giggles and I flat out break down screaming with laughter

“Ok so that's probably more than I EVER needed to know about dad, but still totally priceless!” we talk some more about this and that before I tell her I'm going to go see Wayne and then head home to prepare dinner. “Oh and it's on with the 80's theme, Nancy loved the idea” I tell her and she claps her hand and giggle

“Awesome! Scoops Ahoy it is! YAY!” she calls out and I laugh at her, hug her and leave. I get in the car and head for the hospital. I get there at 3 so I think I might stay like a couple of hours. I get up to Wayne's room expecting to see him in bed like always, but no Wayne. I panic and I think he's died an no one told me. I run out to the nurses station and no one's there then I hear a familiar laugh in the visitor's lounge. I head over there and there is Wayne, laughing and looking as good as ever. He has visitors. I smile and I wave at him

“Hailey sweetheart! How good to see you, look at this old bag 'o bones... not looking too bad today right?” he's all smiles and I feel so warm inside

“No Wayne you're looking like a whole new person. I'm so glad! But I see you have company” I nod and smile at the three men I know he used to work with at the factory “I'll come back tomorrow and see if I can take you home” I say and I go up to him and give him a hug

“I think the doctor wanted to talk to you about that” he says “I believe he's still around here somewhere”

“Ok I'll go see if I can find him then, see you tomorrow sweetie” I squeeze his hand and I go back and try to see of I can find the doctor. I see him through one of the doors to a patients room so I wait outside for him. He comes out in about 10 minutes and I call out for him

“Excuse me Dr. Wells?”

He turn to me “Yes

“Hello, I'm Hailey Harrington, we've spoken of the phone about Wayne Munson. He said you wanted to talk to me?”

“Oh hello Ms. Harrington. Yes, follow me” he points at an open door into an office, I go in and I sit at the desk “Yes, well Mr. Munson is feeling a lot better as you can tell. His fever is gone and also it seems the latest rounds of chemotherapy we put him through last month has had some effect. The growth of the tumors have slowed down, the ones on his lungs are still there but they've shrunk in size. The one on his kidney is operable but he doesn't want to be put under when he's still going to wake up sick as he puts it. But it's the one in his abdomen that's the real good news. It's almost gone. I would label it a medical miracle or maybe just that we switched the sort of chemo we gave him. He's responded very very well to this treatment. But of course the cancer is still there but he's been given more time.” I try to comprehend what he's saying to me...

“Wayne is going to feel better? And I get to keep him longer?” I can feel the tears and that lump in my chest growing

“He will have a very much improved life now. I am glad that we got to do such extensive blood work and scans on him this time, he's never been much for staying other times. So this fever was probably a good thing dressed in a devil's suit” the doctor smiles at me “with that said he can go home today if he wants to, I see no need for him to stay. As long as you can get him here in 3 months for check-ups.”

“Today? I can take him home now you mean?” I'm crying now, the doctor hands me a box of tissues

“Yes, I haven't told him yet. I thought you's want the honors” he smiles at me

“I have to fix some things at his home, like go grocery shopping for him and make the bed and stuff. Can I pick him up around 6?” fucking hell I need to go over there and strip that bed from mine and Eddies adventures

“Yes of course, should I tell him or?”

“No, no I want to surprise him later. He thinks I left now anyways so” I say and we shake hands and I leave feeling so happy for Wayne but a bit sad for me, the nights with Eddie are now over. We can not do THAT with Wayne back in the trailer.

I leave the hospital and go pick up some stuff I know Wayne likes to have in the fridge. Then I head back to the trailer, I run inside and I put all the grocery's away and I go to the bedroom. I smile when I look at the bed, forget Disneyland! This where the real magic happens, I giggle to myself before pulling the sheets off the bed and throwing them in the washing machine dad helped Wayne install a couple of years ago. I change the rest of the bedding and put new sheets on. I look around and I pick up every single little clue that anything has happened in here besides sleeping.

The vibrator and a feather duster is lying beside the bed, so that's what that was I smile thinking back to the night before. I pick them up and I remember Eddie saying he had to get them from his bag so I go out into the living room and I open his bag to put them back. I see a small photo album in there. I know I shouldn't but Eddie isn't coming back any time soon so I take it out and I sit down on the couch. I open it. On the first page I see a very pretty girl, blonde with an amazing smile. I think I recognize her from dads yearbook. Someone, most likely Eddie, had written “I'm so sorry Chrissy” under the photo. So this was the girl they blamed Eddie for killing? I feel a tear falling down my cheek. I turn the page, there's Wayne when he was younger with a very cute couple holding a baby. “Mum, dad and uncle W -67” so this was Eddies parents? And baby Eddie, I smile, he was sooo cute. Next page, older Eddie and his dad all dressed in black. Oh, this must have been at Eddies mum's funeral. I wipe away another tear. I turn another page,I see the Hellfire logo drawn on a piece of paper. The following three pages are pictures of Hellfire Club during the years it existed. The last picture of the bunch is the one from dads yearbook, 1986 when Dustin and Mike joined. There are like 4 pages left I turn and there's dad, smiling at the camera along with Robin flipping the camera off, I smile always with the attitude. Nancy and Dustin smiling at the photographer. Will and Jonathan sitting on a bench talking to Mike and El. Max and Lucas is the last picture, they're sitting there looking at each other seemingly oblivious to the photo being taken. I knew they were a thing back then, now they are friendly but reserved with each other. I'm just about to close the album when I see the corner of one more photo tucked in to the lining of the album. I pull it out and I gasp and I drop the album. There on a gurney I see Eddie, pale as a ghost with dried blood all over and these vicious looking wounds all over his upper body, the scars I think, he looks dead but I mean I know he isn't. The environment surrounding him doesn't look real, it's all dark, twisted and ...sickly. I cry, I cry so bad. Is it really all true? Did he have to survive in THAT for months with those wounds. No wonder he has nightmares. I take one more look at the horrific photo and then I put it back and close the album and put that back in the bad and close it. I hide my face in my hands and I sob for o while. I feel awful not believing dad, but I mean... who would have it just sounds so much like a part of some wicked horror story. I need to get a grip! I'm picking up Wayne soon and I can't look like I've been crying my heart out or he'll start asking questions. I go to the bathroom and I splash my face with cold water. I look in the mirror, yeah ok it'll do.

As I'm about to leave I remember one thing I thought I needed to do. I write a note to Eddie

“Hey Ed, picking up Wayne today. In case you're back before we are. The things are back in your bag. We'll talk later -Hailey”

I get in the car and I head over to the hospital again, Wayne is very happy to see me but a bit confused

“But you've visited me once today. You needn't come this much think about the cost of gas sweetie”

“Well Wayne, this isn't a visit. I was promised I could take you home if I came back now” I smile at him when I see what I said sinking in.

“I can go home? For real the doctor said that?” I see tears falling from his eyes.

“Yeah so get your things now mister and lets get you back home.” I hug him and he hurries to get what few things I had brought over for him.

“Ok as ready as I'll ever be!” he looks like a kid on Christmas morning all giddy. We head out to the car and drive back to the trailer park. He sighs deeply when he sees his home. “That's a sight for sore eyes Hailey. I hate hospitals” he scoffs and I giggle at him

“I know you do Wayne, but wasn't it kinda worth it this time? You got better news than you have in months?” I say and I hold his hand

“Yeah, that's true. Can't wait to tell Eddie” he smiles, then I see his smile die “oh...but now I'm better he don't have to be here no more” he looks so sad

“Don't worry Wayne, I talked to Eddie I think he's planning on staying around for a while” he looks up at me with a hopeful smile

“Really? Oh I would love that” we get out of the car and head inside. Wayne plops down on the couch sighing deeply “This right here is heaven!”

I laugh and I put his bag in the bedroom. I go back in to the kitchen I see the note hasn't been touched so they're not back yet. I put the note in my pocket “So you want something to eat Wayne?”

“Nah they do feed you pretty good at the hospital, the only good thing. Yeah and the nurses are pretty” he chuckles

“Ok, so you're ok? What about a cup of tea then?” I ask

“That sounds great sweetheart. But where's Eddie?” he looks around

“Oh him and dad went fishing, I guess that's the only thing dad could think of where no one would see them” I say and Wayne looks stunned

“Edward Munson fishing? I'll be damned” he laughs. I make us some tea and I sit down on the couch with him. We talk about the news the doctors gave him, how I'm doing, how stressed Nancy is about the party etc. It's been dark for quite some time when we see the headlights of a car outside. We hear dad and Eddie talking and we hear

“Huh,is Hailey here again? Oh fuck did something happen to Wayne” we hear running, we smile at each other. The door bursts open and Eddie comes in, he stops dead in his tracks just staring at us. “Oh... hey” I think he's to surprised to speak, dad comes in after him and he also looks just as surprised.

“Hey Wayne, Hailey?” dad says

“Well hey there boys, you get any fish or did this loser scare them all off not keeping quiet?” Wayne chuckles and looks at Eddie who's still on shock

“Haha yeah, no we got a few small ones. Nothing to keep so we threw them back. But we had a good time, didn't we Ed” dad pokes Eddie in the side making him flinch

“Yeah, sorry. Yeah good time no fish... You're home? How are you feeling?” he goes up to the couch and hugs the man he lived almost his entire life with. Wayne looks surprised at first but then he hugs him back patting him on the back.

“Well I feel just fine son, I'll tell you all the good news later. But now I would like to hear what the hell Steve promised you to get you to go fishing? His firstborn?” he looks at me and winks, I blush

Eddie clears his throat “Nah nothing that dramatic, he just wanted to get me out of here for a while. I mean...fishing isn't my thing no but the fresh air and nature was nice” he says and sneaks a glance at me.

“Oh Eddie, don't for a second believe that dad is some kind of fisherman either I can count on one hand the times he's voluntarily gone fishing in the past.” I say and dad scowls at me

“Hey don't ruin my bad ass fisherman vibe here!” he chuckles and both Wayne and Eddie laugh at him

“Good, so not just me then scaring the fish away” Eddie pats dad on the back. I get up from the couch and I hug Wayne.

“Ok you take care now, call me of you need anything. Same goes for you Eddie” I say and smile at him “I went shopping so there's food in the fridge. And I put fresh bedding in your bed for you Wayne” I say and I glance over at Eddie quickly. He's looking down at his feet, but I can see a smile on his lips

“Thank you sweetheart, you're truly the best. You did good here Steve” Wayne takes my dads hand and squeezes it.

“Yeah thanks Hailey, what do we owe you for the food?” Eddie looks at me

“I'll have to check the receipt later I think I have in my car. Can I call when I get home and let you know?” I say

“Works out, talk to you later then. And Steve man, this was fun!” he hugs my dad and then he takes my hand to shake it. But I feel his thumbs caressing the side of my hand and his eyes burn at me.

“Ok Hailey let's these two to talk and get home. Nancy should be back by now” dad and I leave and I can't help but think about that comment from Wayne “His firstborn?” does he suspect something? Or was that just a coincidence him saying that. We get home and Nancy has just finished dinner.

“Yeah I thought you guys might be back soon. I came home about an hour ago. Where have you been?”

“I went to see Robin then to the hospital to visit Wayne, they told me he could go home tonight so I went shopping for him and cleaned up a bit in his trailer. Then I went and got him, stayed a while and talked with him” I say and Nancy smiles

“Oh what a relief he's home, is he feeling better now?” she asks

“Yeah much better” I proceed to tell them all about the great news the doctors told me and they're both very happy to hear that he's doing so well on the new treatment.

“What about you? Work run late again?” Nancy turns to dad

“Yeah, we have this new supplier that I'm thinking I have to let go. They're never on time and someone has to stay back and wait for them. Then there's the paperwork that follows. Me and Hailey timed it perfectly though” he chuckles “how about you love, how's Joyce and Hopper doing?”

“Oh just fine, they send their love. Joyce is SO pleased to have her boys home when it's not a holiday” she smiles

“I bet” dad says and we sit down to dinner. We talk some more about Wayne's good news and how the Byers are doing. Then I get up I clear the table and I go back into the kitchen. Dad comes in and whispers “Don't forget to call Eddie” I nod at him.

“I'll do it in my room so Nancy won't hear me” I whisper back and he agrees. I finish cleaning up after dinner and then I head up to my bedroom. I take the phone and I dial Wayne's number

“Hello?”

“Hey Ed” I say

“Oh hello Hailey, thanks for calling” oh so Wayne is right there with him

“I just wanted to let you know that the food is on me, but if you really want to repay me you can start by using that vibrator thing next time as well. That thing was amazing... hell I think I wanna use it when going down on you” I purr into the phone

“Ehm... ok I'll see to it that that's arranged. Maybe we can meet up tomorrow? I need to start getting out, I felt that today the fresh air did me good.” I can hear his voice is strained

“Yeah, I'd love to. I can pick you up at 11 and take you somewhere secluded for that fresh air?” I say

“Ok, sounds like a plan. See you at 11” I hear a noise in the background and a door closing “you're such a tease babe, God the things I wanna do to you right now” he growls at me

“Wayne leave the room?” I giggle

“Look I'll bring that vibrator if you bring that dirty mind of yours” he whispers

“Deal Munson” I say and I hang up

I go back down stairs and I watch some TV with dad and Nancy and we talk about what needs to be done for Saturday. Nancy fixes food and I get the decor, dad the drinks.

“I can go get the gift dad” I say and smile

“What gift? I thought the trip was the gift honey” Nancy blushes

“We wanted to spoil you a little extra for your big day, thank you Hailey that actually works out great. We'll talk about the details later” dad winks at me and smiles

“ Oh you two spoil me rotten as it is” she hits dad on the arm and smiles a warm smile at me

At around 11 I feel I'm almost asleep on the couch so I say good night and I go up stairs and get ready for bed. I crawl down between the covers and I fall asleep instantly. I woken up by a strange sound, like a clicking sound. I look around in the darkness. I almost scream out loud when I see a figure outside my window. But I recognize the outline, I turn on my bedside lamp. It's Eddie, outside my second story window. I get out of bed and hurry up to the window to open it

“Eddie? What the hell? It's like 2 am” I help him in he looks awful “did you walk here or something?”

“Ran...” he's panting heavily

“But... Eddie love... why?” I take him in my arms and I hold him

“This... because of this. I tried to sleep, but they came for me the second I closed my eyes. I need you to sleep Hailey... I need you” he whimpers and I see he's been crying

“Ok, ok... come on lets go to bed. I'll set an early alarm and you can hide while dad and Nancy get ready for work” I say, he nods looking more relaxed

We crawl in to bed and he lies down head against my chest like last time I helped him sleep after a nightmare. I stroke his hair and I hum to him like I did that time and before I know it he's sleeping. I lie there thinking that this grown, sexy, strong man needs me this much I must be doing something good for him not just... sexually. I fall asleep to holding Eddie tight. At 6 am my alarm wakes us and I hurry to shut it off before it wakes the others as well, I have no real reason being up this early.

Eddie looks up at me, kisses me softly and says

“Thank you Hailey...” there's a pause “I... love you too” he looks at me and I feel the tears burning in my eyes.

“What” I hear my voice breaking

“You told me you love me... Well... I love you too. I realized that running here last night because the dreams were so horrible and you weren't there to make them go away. I need you... and yeah I know it's been like what 4 days since we met. But what you told me? You meant that?” he asks

“I meant it, I do love you Ed. I meant it when I said I've loved you, or more the thought of you for years. I want to be able to help you with this Eddie, I want to be there for you. But we can't keep sneaking around like this. We need to come clean. I can't have you sneaking in here risking to get caught and I can't come sleep at yours any more seeing as Wayne's home again.” I kiss him

“I know, but can we wait til after the party. I don't want to ruin this for Steve he was so excited telling me all about it yesterday. Maybe I can get a room at the motel outside of town? You can come sleep with me, please” he looks at me, begging me

“Ok, when I pick you up today we can go there and see if they have any rooms available. But what are you going to tell Wayne?” I ask him

“He knows about the dreams, I'll just say they've been getting worse when I'm so close to the... place. He'll understand.” he wraps his arms around me and draws in a deep breath “I wanna get to smell your body every morning, kiss you and love you as much as I want to” he kisses my breast and up to my neck, tracing small kisses along my jawline then he kisses me for real and the intensity in his kiss takes my breath away.

“God Ed, I wish we could continue this like right now but I can hear dad stirring so it won't be long before he walks by here. We can't have him hearing us and checking in on me.” I kiss him back and press my body against his. I breath in his smell and I let out a soft moan.

“You sure? We can be quiet...soooo quiet” he whispers as I feel his hand finding it's way in between my thighs cupping my pussy “so very very quiet right” he purrs and lets one finger slide in between my folds. I gasp and bite my lip, no sounds, I nod at him

“So fucking quiet Ed” I whisper as my breathing gets heavier. He smiles at me and he presses his finger in to me while his thumb has found my clit circling it. I hide my head in the crease of his neck and I kiss him to keep from moaning, I bite down as the pleasure gets more intense

“Ouch you little vixen, trying to brand me for all to see” he snickers at me working one more finger into me.

“Ed, I need more... I need you in me now” I whisper at his shoulder and he purrs. He pulls his fingers out of me and he whispers to me to turn to the other side. I do as he tells me, he lifts my leg up and he slides in to me with that exquisite cock. Slow and steady he fucks me while whispering dirty little nothings in my ear making me go crazy. He can tell he's about to make me come, so he lets his fingers slide down my belly and start circling my clit.

“You better bite that pillow babe because I'm about to fuck you hard now so we came come together” he whispers in my ear. I grab the pillow and I put it up to my face, Eddie picks up the pace, he wasn't kidding he really was going to fuck me HARD. There is no way this isn't heard all over the house I think. I feel the orgasm hit and I bite down on the pillow but still letting out a long moan,I feel that he timed it perfectly. His cock throbbing in me releasing his seed in me. Now it's his turn to bite down on my neck with a deep grumbling groan as he comes. He lets go of my leg and grabs my boobs pulling me in close to him. Kissing my neck.

“That was amazing babe, and you were such a good girl keeping quiet like that” he whispers in my ear sending shiver down my spine. Then there's a knock on the door

“Hailey, you up I thought I heard a thump, you ok?”

“Yeah dad, just went to the toilet. Banged my foot” I'm ok, gonna try to get some more sleep”

“Ok, well... See you tonight then have a good day. Don't sleep to long”

“I won't I promised I'd visit Wayne today so I'll get up in like an hour, have a good day at work” I say hearing Eddie giggle behind me. I hear dad walking down stairs and we hear voices so I guess Nancy's already down there. I reach round and I grab Eddies hair and I pull it so his head comes real close to my neck, he groans “That was fucking mind blowing Ed, But I must say I'm not a fan of being quite... I love to scream your name” I tug some more at his hair and he moans in my ear

“I love when you scream my name also makes me feel like a million bucks”

“Good, you fucking feel like a million bucks Ed. I'd suggest sleeping some more but I wouldn't dare until they leave. So cuddle, then shower and then sleep a little more? “ I suggest to him and I hear him smiling

“I like the way you think” he lays on his back and I turn back towards him resting my head on his chest. His arm stroking my back and the other one playing in my hair. I kiss the scars on his chest and he shivers.

“Do they hurt still?” I ask letting my fingers softy touch them

“No, well only mentally.” he says in a hushed voice. We lie like this for a while not speaking just soft touches. Then I hear the front door open and close. I get out of bed and go out into the hallway.

“Dad? Nancy?” I call out, no answer, they've both left. I turn back and no Eddie on the bed... What the? Then I hear the shower, fast little fucker isn't he I think to myself and smile. I open the bathroom door and in the shower is Eddie waiting for me with a big grin

“No need to be quiet now right?” he eyes me up and down and motions with one finger for me to come to him. I step in to the shower and Eddie moves so I can stand in front of him. He turns my back to him “remember what I said I wanted to do to you last time we were in a shower together?” he purrs in my ear and I moan. He takes some shower creme in his hands and lather them up real good. Then he starts washing my body, taking extra care to make sure my boobs are clean. His hand move down and he kneels down, lathering up my legs from my feet and up.

“Saving the best for last there Ed?” I murmur at him

“Oh you bet babe, the very best for last” his hands move up my legs. He puts the palm of his hand on the lower part of my back “would you please lean forward babe I wanna make sure I clean you real good” I gasp and do as I'm asked. I lean forward do my ass is now right in his face. “Thank you” I hear ans his hands move up the inside of my thighs and starts cleaning every inch of me. He stands up and gets the smaller shower head and he rinses me off. He hands me the shower head and says “I don't know if you use that for what I imagine you do but feel free to when I fuck you in just a short while” I groan “Oh you like that do you, good girl” he kneels down again and plunges his face in between my thighs, licking me and fucking me with his tongue. “Fuck I need to come in now, can't wait” he groans and stands up. I feel the tip of his cock teasing me sliding it back and forth in my folds before sinking in to me to the hilt.

I scream! “Yeeesss Ed!” He grabs my hips and holds on tight as he fucks me with long deep strokes, I fiddle a little with the shower head but I finally get the jet stream working. I lower it to my clit and I feel my knees turn in to spaghetti. Before I know it I scream out my orgasm when it hits like a freight train. My legs wobble and I giggle “Well I'm going down on my knees for you now babe” I fall to the floor and I turn so I'm facing Eddie, I reach up and I grip his hard cock and I start stroking it. I look up at him, he's panting looking at me with black eyes nodding at me, I open my mouth and I take the tip in just to tease a bit. I can taste myself on him. I play with my tongue around the head for a little bit then I let him slowly slide all the way down my throat. I let my tongue play on the shaft with every upstroke. Eddie is moaning so loud now. I grab his hips and I pick up the pace, not so deep now but faster. He grabs my head burying his fingers in my hair

“Yes, oh fuck Hailey, fuck babe you're so good at that... close now” I let my hand slide up and cup his balls, I massage them softly and I feel them tightening. The hand in my hair grabs on tighter and I hear by Eddies breathing this is it. I take him in real deep one more time and he lets out a guttural scream “AAAAHHH babe here it comeeees” as I feel the warm fluid shoot down my throat. The grip on my hair releases and he slides down the shower wall so he's face to face with me. He laughs a soft laugh “That was... fucking heaven babe” We're sitting on the shower floor panting looking at each other.

“Sleep or food” I ask him

“I'd say maybe breakfast then a nap? Maybe I can make you food this time?” he smiles at me

“I'd love that Ed. Let's get up from here it's not the most comfortable floor” I giggle and he agrees. We get up and leave the shower. I hand him a towel and I wrap myself in one. We head out to my bed, I sit down and dry my self then I start dressing. Eddie hasn't moved “Uhm something wrong Ed?” I ask

“You're just so fucking beautiful” he's staring at me and I turn blood red in the face and down my chest

“Stop it, Ed”

“No but you are, in this light. In this normal room, not a dirty old trailer bedroom, you're the most perfect woman I've ever seen. I mean not that you weren't back at the trailer but it's just so much more obvious here” he comes up to me and wraps his arms around me “how the hell did an old freak like me get this lucky?” I smile as I'm wrapped in his wonderful arms

“You found the one girl crazy enough to have a crush on a guy she'd never seen on anything more than a photo” I say and he laughs

“That's true, you are crazy. But I did mean it you know... I love you” he says his voice getting lower at the end. I look up at him and kiss him.

“Hey freak, I loved you first” I smile at him “now get dressed, I'm hungry”

“Ok, wouldn't dare keep a hungry girl waiting that much I have picked up on over the years” he puts his clothes on and we head down the stairs and in to the kitchen. There's a note on the counter

“Remind me to oil that bed of yours...it creaks. But happy for you, I hope you'll tell me some day Love Dad” I groan and I blush handing the note to Eddie who laughs out loud

“Ouch, poor Steve. If he only knew”

“Well... as he wrote 'some day' he will know. And yeah poor dad” I laugh to now

Eddie makes me breakfast and we sit at the table talking and laughing like any couple. It feels so good doing this with him, feels so natural. By the time we finished eating and had some coffee it's noon.

“I'm sorry Ed, but I don't think we can risk having a nap together... Sometimes Nancy comes home for lunch and I can bet my ass if we go to bed now she'll be home in 30 minutes” he smiles at me

“Well, I didn't really tell Wayne I was leaving so he might be wondering where I'm at. I need to get back to him, make sure he's ok. Then I was thinking of going out to that motel outside of town to see if they have a room. I mean not only so we can sleep together but I would love to sleep in a bed, that couch is killing my back” he laughs

“Ok, well I have some stuff I need to help out with for Saturday too so. Call my cell when you know if you're moving out to the motel or if you're still at Wayne's tonight then” I say and I lean in and kiss him. He grabs my head between his hands and kiss me back with so much emotion it almost makes me tear up. It's fucking crazy how fast I fell for this man. “Hey Ed, how are you going to get out to the motel by the way? You don't have a car? I know I said I'd drive you but I'm running late as it is” I ask as we part

“Well, I think I got Wayne's old crap mobile to work. Been fiddling with it when I've not been with you” he says and kisses me again, stroking a lock of my hair off my face. “It should at least get me to where I need to go now, and when the news that I'm back is official I'll look for a better car”

We finish cleaning up and we leave. I drive Eddie home and then I head in to town. I was put on buying decorations duty, which is always fun. I like planning parties, I think Nancy influenced that in me in recent years. I got to think 80's I tell myself... So over the top and colorful. I head from store to store picking up bits and pieces everywhere, but I think I have a perfect 80's party in my car as I head home. My phone rings, me thinking it's Eddie I just answer with a

“Hey”

“Hello? Is this Hailey Harrington?” a mans voice asks

“Oh, yes it is. I'm sorry I thought it was a friend calling”

“This is Owen Brown from the library”

“Yes, of course Mr. Brown how are you?”

“Very well thank you. I wanted to let you know we are gladly offering you a position with us at the library if you're still interested?”

“Really!? Yes! Of course I'm still interested.” I say feeling like screaming

“Well great, could you come in Monday to finalize the paperwork etc? You're set to start on the 1st at 8” he says and I agree to this. We hang up and I actually let out a scream, this is so good! If I'm lucky maybe they'll like me enough to offer me more hours and I might be able to get my own place. Don't get me wrong here I love dad and Nancy but I need to live on my own... or with Eddie I think and smile. I get back home and I carry all the things in to the garage. I'm so happy about the job I need to tell someone! I decide I'm going to go see Wayne. I hop back in my car and I drive over to the trailer park. I get there and I see that Wayne's old beat up Volvo is missing so apparently Eddie got it running. I knock on the door and I enter. Wayne is smiling up at me from the couch

“Hey sweetheart, since when do you knock?”

I hug him and giggle “Since that nephew of yours came along. I don't want to embarrass him by just walking in here”

“Right, yeah...” Wayne sounds a bit weird, I look at him with a questioning face “sit down sweetheart” he pats on the couch beside him. I sit down feeling uneasy, had Eddie changed his mind and left all together?

“What's wrong Wayne?” I say dreading the answer

“Well... I don't really know how to say this... But here goes. I'm old, not an idiot” he looks at me and I'm even more confused “I see the way you two glance at each other when you think no one is noticing. He had terrible nightmares last night, I heard him, then he disappears and you come driving him home this morning. Him saying you passed him on the road as he was out for a walk... I love you both very much and I AM happy for you, even more so if he can sleep around you so that's why he left last night and why he gave me some cock and bull story about getting a motel room because he couldn't sleep on the couch any longer” I look at him and I do have the decency to blush “But Hailey, what about Steve? What's he gonna say to this you think? And the rest of 'em? 21 years is a lot honey.”

“I... don't know what to tell you Wayne... I'm sorry we tried to hide it, I never ever thought you're an idiot” I smile at him “but I love him Wayne, I've been in love with the idea of Eddie since I was a teen. Now it just kind of manifested when I got to meet the real man. I know 21 years is a lot, but I really don't think of that or care for that matter. Dad is a complicated thing we're just going to have to deal with. We've decided not to tell anyone until after dads party, we don't want to ruin his surprise.” I sigh and I look at Wayne

“That's good thinking, not wanting to ruin Steve's party, he was so excited when he visited me at the hospital. But as I said, you have my blessing and if I can be of any help with Steve I'll do my very best. Hailey” he takes my hand “thank you for this... Now I know I'll get to keep him around for a bit”

I start to cry, feeling so bad having kept this from Wayne, also feeling good that one person around us was happy about this. Wayne strokes me over my hair as I sit leaning forward with my head in my hands crying

“There, there it's ok I didn't mean to make you sad love”

We hear the door open, I can't look up but I hear the gasp and Eddies voice

“What's wrong what happened?” he runs up to me and kneels in front of me rubbing my arms “What's the matter Hailey, please say something”

“I don't think anything's really wrong, I think it's just built up tension from keeping secrets leaving the body” I hear Wayne say and I can tell he's smiling

“Tension? Secrets...? Oh” Eddie's voice changes to almost a whisper at the end

“Yeah I just told her I wasn't an idiot, that I figured out something was going on. Didn't think this one here has fallen in love with you Ed, you're a lucky one” Wayne says in a calm voice

Eddie is still rubbing my arms and I can hear his breathing has changed. He pulls me down on to the floor with him and he wraps his arms around me and hugs me “ Wayne, I have no idea if you're on our side or not...”

“I am son, I am” Wayne interrupts and I hear Eddies heart racing

“You are? Because... well... I love her too. We just thought it was better to keep it hidden until after Saturday. We meant no disrespect” Eddie says while hugging me tight and I keep sobbing

“I know you didn't, none of you are disrespectful people so the thought never crossed my mind. How ever I didn't suspect love if I'm to be honest... I knew there was a thing...maybe a fling or something but now I'm even happier for you”

Eddie lets go of me and he puts a hand on my jaw and makes me look at him “Babe, you don't need to cry, he's happy. You heard that right? Don't feel bad for keeping it from him ok. I know that what's bothering you most right now am I right?” I nod and wipe my tears and I look over at Wayne, he's just smiling at me holding his arms out. I get up and I fall into his arms

“There there sweetheart I love the both of you, you both deserve happiness. But I'm going to be honest Hailey I think Ed deserves it more, and I'm so happy he found it in you.” Now it's Eddies turn to tear up and sit on the couch with his head in his hands “What is this cry fest 2008? What have I done” Wayne chuckles and I have to giggle through my tears. I sit down on the couch between them and I wrap my arms around Eddie.

“Thank you Wayne” I say and wipe what's left of my tears from my face “but I actually came here with good news, so what do you say Ed, stop the crying and be happy?” I stroke his hair and he looks up at me

“Yeah, happy is better” he wipes his tears as well and takes my hand “Ok now, what's the good news?”

“I got the job at the library, I start on the 1st” I say and beam at them

“What you did sweetheart that's amazing, did you tell me you applied?” Wayne looks a little confused

“No sweetie, I'm sorry I applied the same day you went in to the hospital. I didn't get a chance to tell you” I say

“Oh, well congratulations even so. That's a good job for you! Full time?”

“No, part time now in the beginning, but I hope to charm them enough to give me more hours so I might be able to afford a place of my... our own?” I say and look at Eddie who smiles at me

“Our own sounds amazing Hailey” he says and Wayne beams at us “ehmmm sorry Wayne but I am going to leave you. I got a motel room outside of town. I can't be this close to... you know. I think that's what's making the dreams so bad now, and I can have Hailey at my side. Maybe then I can sleep for more than a couple of hours for the first time in 21 years”

“Yeah I figured as much, I told Hailey that's what made me realize my suspicions were in fact true. When you had your nightmares last night then leaving at 1 am and her driving you here today.” Wayne smiles at him “I'll be alright, I have phone so I can call if I need anything”

“I thought I had a good story” Eddie chuckles

“You haven't walked anywhere voluntarily since you got that van back in 84 Ed, you thought I would believe you'd all of a sudden picked up walking as a hobby?” Wayne laughs and Eddie joins him laughing. I look at my watch and realize I need to get back home to make dinner. I always do on Fridays.

“Well my two favorite men, don't tell dad, I need to leave now. I make dinner on Fridays.” I say and they both smile at me. Now that the secret's out Eddie gets up and he kisses me

“Room 814 tonight?” he says

“I'll be there” I caress his face softly and kiss him back “Wayne, take care and call if there's anything I can do for you”

“Of course sweetheart, can I say you two look so sweet together it warms an old mans heart”

I smile at him and go up and kiss him on the forehead “Thank you Wayne” I say and then I leave to go home and start dinner.

I get to the house and I see dads car is home already. Weird he's usually very busy Fridays since there's a lot to get done for the weekend. I go in and I call out “Dad? You home already?”

“Yeah in the kitchen honey” he answers me, I go in there and he's unpacking cartons of beer into the fridge.

“Someone's having a party” I say and giggle

“You should see the bar... That's STACKED” he chuckles

“So what? You're getting them all shit faced before bringing Eddie out?” I say

“Nah, not before...” he laughs

“Speaking of which, what time should I go pick him up?” I ask

“Oh...hmmm... We said the party starts at 6, and I was thinking some welcome drinks and waiting for everyone to show up might be like 45 minutes so say you get him here by 7? Go in through the garage and I'll come get you. I thought we'd go for a BIG reveal kind of thing” he's put SO much thought in to this and I love him for it “but hey I spoke to Eddie right before you came home, he's moved out to the motel outside of town, the memories getting the better of him he can't sleep. You know the place?” he says

“Yeah it's the one by the highway right?” I say as casually as I can

“That's the one, pick him up there around 6:30 then I guess. I can call and tell him” dad smiles

“Sounds good. But if you're done with the fridge now I want to start with dinner, I'm kind of hungry” I say and dad finishes putting the beers away and moves over. He sits down at the table looking through the plans Nancy has made for the party.

“So we eat then I thought we might start with decorating the downstairs lounge? Seems the best place to have this thing seeing as the bar is right there” he laughs

“Sounds like a plan, I do need to go to Macy's later on. She's having some serious personal problems and I promised I would be there for her since the rest of the weekend will be dedicated to other things” I look over at dad and smile

“You know you can tell me right?” he smiles back at me

“Tell you?”

“Yeah I mean the other morning... Not as stupid as I look sweetheart” he smirks at me

“Oh... yeah I saw the note. Sorry dad” I blush “but... I don't know what that is yet so if you don't mind I think I wanna wait to talk about it too much” I say... I mean not a complete lie

“Ok honey, but that's where you're really going isn't it? He good to you at least?” he sounds concerned

“Yeah dad, the best. But it's just very new... and yes that is where I'm really going” I have to be as honest as I can, I owe him that considering what's to come “so what are you and Nancy up to tonight then?” I ask, making sure he doesn't get the idea to visit Eddie

“Oh Nancy has me on duty all night. Preparing food for tomorrow, looking up drinks from the 80's and well probably just bossing me around until I fall asleep standing up” he pretends to faint

“Hahaha , you have everything or is there something I can go get while I'm out?” I ask taking yet another precaution

“I don't think there's anything we've forgotten to get. But if there is can I call your cell? Would be nice not having to leave the house” he sighs

“Of course dad! Just call, I mean if I'm busy...ehmmm... text me what you need” I say and he looks a little uncomfortable

“Yeah I think I'll stick with texting... Just in case...don't wanna disturb you” he grunts and I have to laugh at him

“I have some good news though. You want them now or should we wait for Nancy?”

“Well, I would like to know like right now but lets wait. That way you don't have to tell the same thing twice” he says

I start making dinner and he continues down to the lounge to unpack a few more bottles into the bar. My cell vibrates in my pocket, I take it out. It's a picture from Eddie. I open it and I drop the spoon I'm stirring with. It's him, or well the bottom part of him. Very much awake and erect text saying

“I'm trying out the new bed, I think this will do just fine. Right ;) “

I reply “WOW! I love that bed looks comfy can't wait to sit on it “ then I hear dad coming up the stairs and I have to put the phone away, take a few deeps breaths and pick up the spoon I dropped.

“So, I think I can make the lot of us flat out unconscious if we manage to down all of that” he sounds sort of proud and I have to laugh, I feel the vibration in my pocket again but I fight the urge to look and see if there are more pictures for me.

“Hey dad could you watch the sauce for me I need to pee” I say

“Oh sure, what are you making us?” he says

“Lasagna” I say and a big smile breaks his face

“I love your lasagna honey, perfect Friday!” he goes and stands at the stove while I hurry out to the downstairs bathroom.

I take my phone out again and unlock it seeing I have 2 more messages from Eddie. The first one is just a text saying

“Hell yeah babe you can sit on it as much as you like, make sure to bounce good ;) “ the other one is another picture. I open it and I moan. It's of his amazing abs with that perfect cock resting on it pre-cum glistening at the tip. Text saying “I'm not distracting you am I?“

I take of my pants and I sit down on the edge of the tub, pulling one leg up and spreading the other out to the side making for a very graphic picture. I'm wet and you can actually see it in the picture I take. I send it to him “No, not at all. Does it look like it? ;) “ I flush the toilet just for good measure and I wait a little for him to answer. Within seconds the phone buzzes

“Fuck me that's inviting, you bring that here asap! I need that!”

“Oh I intend to, just need to feed these two first so they don't come looking for me. I'll call when I get in the car” I text back

“Sounds good babe. See you in a bit then “

I get out of the bathroom and head back to the kitchen. Dad's still at the stove stirring the sauce.

“Thank you for excellent sauce watching, I'll take it from here” I kiss his cheek

“Yeah I am the sauce watcher extraordinaire! No one like me, I'll be down stairs decorating, call me if you need me or when dinner's ready” he says and leaves the kitchen. I continue making the food, all the while smiling like an idiot at the pictures in my mind. Seriously couldn't ha have aged like just a little? This is just unfair being this attractive... I sigh deeply as I out the lasagna in the oven to finish. I sit down at the table, flip through a magazine and I feel my phone vibrate again. I smile and pull it out of my pocket. Eddie again

“Soooo... I had to, that pic u sent was just 2 good” and then there's a short video of him laying on his back cum all over his chest panting heavily whispering “thanks babe” to the camera. I'm about to lose my shit here. I shouldn't have given this man my cellphone number, this will be constant distractions all day long.

“You're a god damn tease Munson! You know that right? But fuck me that's sexy” I reply. Doesn't take long for the reply to come back

“Oh I know I am, you love that about me ;) and I'm glad u like” I have to put my phone away now so I can get anything at all done or I'll never get to go out to the motel and see him. I put the phone back in my pocket and start setting the table. I call down to dad

“Hey is Nancy coming home soon or should I skip her?”

“Uhhh... I think she'll be home any minute so set her place as well.” he calls back

I finish with that then I check the lasagna, like 5 more minutes and it's done. I decide to make a salad just to keep myself from checking my phone again. I get the food and I call for dad. As soon as he gets up the stairs we hear Nancy's car pull up.

“That woman has timing” dad smiles

We eat and have a very nice talk, make plans about the coming day. Who does what and when. Dad said he's pretty much finished setting up all the wall and ceiling decorations. He compliments me on a very 80's vibe with the things I bought. I tell them about the job and they're ecstatic for me!

Once dinner is done and we've cleared everything I rush up the stairs and hop in the shower. I pick out an outfit I think Eddie will really like, it's actually partly an old Halloween outfit from a couple of years ago. I was dressed as a pirate so I bought these second hand leather pants, they were perfect then but now they're a tight fit. Even better I think and smile. Then I pair that with my old Ozzy t-shirt and my denim jacket. I realize as I walk down stairs that this outfit is very obvious... let's hope dad is already in the living room. Fortunately for me he is, I call to them

“Ok I'm leaving, I'll be back no later than 10 tomorrow. Text me if there's anything missing that I can pick up ok?”

“Sure thing sweetheart, have fun now” and I hear him chuckle then saying to Nancy “Yeah I'll tell you”

I get in my car and I call Eddie

“Hey there” I can hear him smiling

“Hey tease, I'm leaving now. We need anything?” I say

“Maybe some snacks for after, get our strength beck” he chuckles

“True, I'll get something for us. Hey Ed...”

“Yeah?”

“You bring the ties with you?” I ask and smile

I hear a loud gasp “Damn... got me all excited just by saying that. But yeah actually I did” he says in a husky voice

“Good! See you soon then” I say and I hang up. I drive by the supermarket and get some snacks and some beers. Then I head for the motel. I feel my excitement getting higher the closer I get and by the time I park my car I can feel that I've soaked my panties. What kind of power does this man have over me? Not even a week and I'm like addicted. I check for the room numbers to see which way I'm going. Seems to be o the 2nd floor to the right. I get up there and follow the corridor to room 814. I knock on the door, I hear Eddies voice inside. He opens the door but instantly hushes me with his finger.

“Yeah sure thing Steve” I almost start to giggle as I quietly close the door behind me and lock it “yeah that works for me, she knows where this place is? Ok good, well I'll see you tomorrow then. What? Nah I'm just going to watch a movie and try to sleep...as usual. Yeah ok man, bye” he hangs up and wraps his arms around me and pull me in close.

“Hey babe, sorry about that. But I mean I had to make sure my ride knows where to pick me up tomorrow” he smiles and gives me a kiss grabbing my ass with both hands and squeezing it tight “You look fucking amazing by the way! Love the pants and the shirt....and the girl” he kisses me again deeper this time, his tongue playing with mine. He moans and then he picks me up so my legs wrap around him and carries me to the bed. He throws me down on it and looks down at me “fucking perfect woman” he mumbles and I blush

“You're the one to talk” I say “If anyone around here is perfect it's you”

“You're weird” he chuckles and flops down with me on the bed kissing me all over my face tickling me making me scream with laughter. “Wanna actually watch a movie and have some snacks, just take it easy for a bit? Then I'll let you use me as you see fit” he purrs

“Sounds amazing Ed, let me just get the stuff I bought and get out of these pants. They're a bit tight” I giggle

“I can see that and damn I love them” he growls at me

I get out of the bet and get the bag of snacks. I put the beers in the small fridge, taking two of them with me to the bed. Then I take of the jacket and unbutton the pants. I slowly take them off keeping eye contact with the man on the bed the whole time. He's watching me with the most intense stare

“God you're sexy Hailey” he says and all I can do is smile.

I crawl up to him in the bed and lie down beside him, putting one leg over his hips and arms around him. He lets his hand slide up my leg and land on my ass.

“This is perfect! Movie, beer in one hand and a great ass in the other.” he says and squeezes my ass and kisses me.

“Well I am glad you like this ass, I was actually thinking you might like to use it later...” I whisper not knowing how this would be received

“Use... Like...oh wow. You sure? I mean finger or...cock?” he sounds both surprised and excited

“Well... I've never done either so maybe start with finger and see how I like it? Just a dream I had” I say and smile into his chest kissing it on top of his shirt

“Well I am here for any and all of the things you wanna try babe. Count me in” he says

“Good” I smile and kiss him “I'm not a total newbie at sex but I'm pretty boring in terms of things I've tried” I admit and he shakes his head

“Nah, not boring in any way!” he squeezes my ass tighter “and I will gladly use this ass in any way you'll have me. But what about a movie now? We have all night for other things”

“Maybe not all night I have to be home by 10 tomorrow to help with the last stuff for the party” I remind him

“Right... That” he chuckles “I'd much rather just call everyone go like 'Hey I'm back' then turn my phone off and have the rest of the day to fuck you in every imaginable way”

“Oh we can save that for another day... any day... every day for ever and ever” I say and smile up at him

“Good plan babe. So what are you in the mood for? I don't even know what kind of movies you like” he says

“Well I'm a big fan of superhero movies and fantasy like Harry Potter or Lord of the rings. But then again I do love a soppy romance once in a while. LOVE Dirty Dancing seen it like 50 times” I say and laugh Eddie just stares at me

“So you ARE the perfect woman? I mean besides Dirty Dancing you're me...” he beams at me “Haven't actually seen any of the Harry Potter movies to be honest. Been wanting to but I mean it's no fun when you're always alone.” He sounds so sad

“Well then, we must fix this! No man of mine can be a Harry virgin that's for sure! Lets see if they have the first one on pay per view otherwise I'll drive home real quick and get my copy I see there's a DVD player” I say as I turn on the TV and flip through the movies available. “Ah here we are Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone” I choose it and we get comfy under the covers. Eddie has stripped down into his underwear and I'm in my t-shirt and panties. The movie starts and I feel so comfortable, this is it. This is what a relationship should be like. Doing stuff like this. 2,5 hours later as the end credits roll I look at Eddie. His eyes are beaming

“That was amazing! I loved it! Ok so next movie night we're watching the next one! How many are there?” he asks

“Well there are 3 more coming out, next one premiers next year I think. But we have 5 to watch” I say and smile at him I'm happy he liked it. I thought it might not be his thing really. He pulls me in close

“Good, but now I want to watch something else completely babe. I wanna watch you come all over me” he purrs and I let out a moan

“Wow” that's all my brain can get out at this moment, he smiles and gets on top of me. He starts kissing me deeply, moving down to kiss my neck and my jawline. His hands move up under my t-shirt

“Sorry Ozzy man but you gotta go now” he chuckles and pulls my shirt over my head and tosses it on the floor. “look at these tits so fucking perfect” he mumbles as he moves his head down and kiss them. He sucks on the nipple, biting down on it slightly. His hands massaging them and pinching the nipple on the side his mouth isn't working on. I begin to squirm under him as I get more and more horny. I can feel that he's liking this very much too. The twitch of his cock on my thigh is such a turn on for me. I moan and drive my fingers through his hair grabbing a handful and tugging at it making him groan. “Mmmm yeah just like that good girl... but you wanna spread those sexy legs for me now” I spread my legs so he can sit up on his knees between them. He really is a spectacular sight. So fucking sexy, those strong shoulders and that chest and those abs. The scars don't make him any less sexy they just ad to the mystery that is Eddie Munson, and lets not forget those veiny, strong tattooed arms. I moan loudly as I watch him

“Fuck Ed, you're perfect” I can't help but to move my hips against him. He smiles at me and looks down

“Wow babe, damn you're wet. What do you say we remove these panties?” he grabs the lining of them and pull on them, I raise my ass of the bed so he can pull them off then I stretch my legs up in the air so he can pull them off me completely. I put my legs back on either side of him and he lets his hands slide down my inner thighs and softly play with the curls on my mound. “Have I told you I love that you're not shaved” he purrs “I find the bush so sexy” then he lets his fingers find their way in between my folds and I can hear how fucking wet I am. He starts circling my clit with his thumb while the fingers on the other hand find their way in to my folds and in me. He starts off with long slow strokes with two fingers making a come here motion with them when he stops inside me then fucking me again. I writhe under him moaning like crazy, he is SO good at this. Then he moves down on the bed laying down between my legs and I feel his thumb being replaced with his tongue. He licks, sucks and flicks my clit all the time fucking me with his fingers. Then he pulls them out and he moves them down to my ass “Wanna give it a try babe? I promise I'll go slow” I just nod and moan something in response he lets out a soft laugh “I guess so” I feel him using my pussy juices to lube up my asshole before slowly pressing one finger against it. I feel it enter and I gasp. It's not painful as I thought but then again a finger isn't that big. He keeps working my clit as he fucks my ass slowly with one finger, it feels so good. But then I feel him pull out and murmur “You know I think that might have more effect if I finger your ass while fucking you babe, I think you might enjoy that. I just wanna feel you come around my cock now, please get on all fours” I get up on my knees and kiss him tasting myself on him.

“Can I please just get a taste first” I whisper and put my hand on his cock on top of his boxers he groans

“You needn't ask permission for that just swallow him whole for all I care” he grunts and stands up in the bed so I can pull down his boxers freeing that wonderful member trapped inside. As it springs free I moan and grab it giving it some long slow strokes making Eddie let out a guttural moan.

“Lie down please” I say and he flops down beside me fast as a bullet. I lean over him and take as much as I can of him in one go. I suck him deep for a few strokes and he's holding on to my hair making the sexiest sounds. I stop sucking him and begin to work the tip with my tongue swirling around it and licking down the shaft, then I take him in again and suck him faster. He's almost screaming now

“Fuck babe, as amazing as that is I really wanna come inside of you while you come on my cock.” I let him go and get on all fours arching my back so my ass is really popping out at him. “Oh my fucking god babe that ass and that pussy...” he grabs my hips and dives in with his face and gives me a couple of more licks then I feel him kneel behind me and I feel the tip of him rub against my clit “You want this babe?” he purrs

“Yes Ed, I want it please” I pant and he chuckles as he drags his cock up and down my slit a few times before plunging in to me with a groan. He slides in all the way to the hilt then stopping and just staying still letting us both enjoy the feeling. Then he slowly starts doing long strokes in and out of me picking up the pace every few strokes. Faster and faster he fucks me and I feel like I'm going insane, then he stops and I feel him spit on my ass and I moan even louder. I feel not one but two fingers press on my ass hole.

“Let me know if this is too much or if it hurts” he grunts and presses the fingers slowly in to me while staying still with hos cock in me. Not going to lie two fingers hurt a little at first but once my ass got used to them it felt good and I start to circle my hips moving my pussy over Eddies cock. I hear him moan and picking up the pace again. The sensation of his big cock fucking me while his fingers play in my pussy is amazing and I feel I'm close and I can hear by the sounds Eddie is making he's fast approaching also. I reach down between my legs and I start playing with my clit. I feel the tension spilling over and I scream as the orgasm hits

“Eddiiiieeeeee fuuuuuck yes yes yes” I feel him grabbing my hip with his free hand and a long guttural groan comes out of him as I feel him filling me up with his cum. Be pulls his fingers out of me and leans down to kiss my back.

“You are amazing you know that, but damn girl you nearly took my fingers off with that ass... that was a tight squeeze” he whispers in my ear “if you'll let me try some day I'd like to fuck your ass for real feel that squeeze on my cock as well”

“I think I would like to try that” I pant, those fingers made a difference let me tell you “sorry we didn't get to tie you down this time” I say as he gets up from the bed to go and clean himself off

“Hey sweetheart, that was NOT the last time we fuck. There's time” he smiles at me and goes in to the bathroom. I hear him get in the shower and I crawl out of bed and go in there

“Can I join you?”

“Of course” he says and opens the shower door for me, I get in and slide past him so I'm standing in front of him. I put my head on his chest as the water drenches us. “You tired babe?” he says to me in a hushed voice as he cleans my back for me

“Yeah, someone took all my energy from me” I wink at him “but it was so good I don't mind” I kiss his scar on the right shoulder, then the left and I work my way through all of them giving each one a kiss. Eddie stands there just looking down at me

“How can you be so ok with them? They're hideous” he whispers and I can hear his voice is strained

“I find them beautiful, as a part of you. Don't you remember that second time I came to the trailer when you were fresh out of the shower and I couldn't help myself from touching them? They fascinate me, they make you sexier in my eyes” I say and look back up at him

He kisses me and I can tell he's fighting the tears “I love you” is all he can say and I hear it's not easy keeping his voice from breaking

“I love you too. I trust you've accepted that by now?” I say and he nods in to my neck “Good! But lets finish washing up and get to bed, I want to cuddle” I say and I can feel him smiling against the crease of my neck. He kisses me softly and gives me a little bite and stands up straight again.

“Sounds awesome babe” we finish up then we head back to bed. We lie down and Eddie spoons me and I feel safe and loved for the first time, this is what it's supposed to be, supposed to feel like. I feel such joy I almost want to cry. Eddie nuzzles in to the back of my head and falls asleep before I do. I lie there listening to him breath for a little while then I drift off to sleep also. No more than 2 hours go by and I am woken up by the sounds of Eddie having a hard time with his nightmares again. I look at the time 2 am, seems to be the unholy hour for him. The screaming, the squirming, the fighting to get away and the over all panic. I wrap my arms around him again and start rocking him and hum to him. The tension releases it's grip on him and he calms down, he's still asleep but not as agitated. I feel tears falling from his face down om my chest.

“Eddie love, I'm here. They can't hurt you now” I whisper and kiss his head “I'll never let them get you” he flinches and is awake tears streaming down his face and he crawls in to a ball sobbing into my chest

“Kill me, fucking kill me I can't take this anymore” I freeze, he's never said anything like this before and I start crying

“Eddie, never say that again!” I say and crawl down so I'm face to face with him “Never EVER say that again! Let me help you, let me hear about it. Don't keep it all inside, please... I don't want to see you like this it's so scary” I say tears now drenching my face to. He looks at me takes my face in his hands and kisses me with such passion it takes my breath away

“I can't promise I'll never say it again, but I can promise I will NEVER leave you. Also I will talk about it...just not now before the party. Maybe after we tell everyone I'm staying put....with you. I mean the subject will come up.” he says and kisses me again

“Ok, deal Ed. But please never scare me like that again...” I say wiping my tears

“I'm so sorry Hailey, I didn't think I said it out loud. Those intrusive thoughts have been with me for 21 years now...” he sounds so defeated “could you hold me and we try getting some more sleep?” he asks

“Of course I'll hold you, for ever and ever if it helps you sleep” I say and we get comfortable again me with Eddie in my arms. He falls asleep again, and I just hold him letting the tears fall again. What on earth did he go through? I didn't think it would but sleep came to me again. I wake up to a sunny morning. It's 8 am, Eddie is still in my arms asleep and I smile. This is a good thing. I kiss him on the forehead “Eddie sweetie, it's morning I hate to say it but I need to get up” he stirs and stretches. He looks up at me

“What time is it?”

“It's 8 am” I say and he looks stunned

“You mean to tell me I slept all night? With the exception of that one episode?”

“Yeah, I just woke up and you haven't moved since you fell asleep around 2.” I say

“Ok from now on you hold me...you hold me tight! I haven't slept that many hours since before...it” he says and smile at me

“I'll gladly hold you, all night every night. From now on you're the little spoon” I say to him and kiss him “But big spoon needs to get up now unfortunately.

“Really, right now?” he asks and gives me a smirk

“Yeah, why?” I ask and he lifts the covers “Oh, well hello there. Not only you that's awake I see” I say and let my hand grab his semi. It quickly becomes rock hard and I moan “God you're going to make me late for everything for the rest of my life aren't you?” I stroke him and hear those amazing little sounds of pleasure he does. I lean in and take him in my mouth and he groans loudly, this trigger me to take him in as much as I can. His hands find my hair and grab hold of it. He's breathing really heavy moaning and raising his hips to meet my mouth with every down stroke. I stop sucking and straddle him, with my hand I position him just right and I ease down on his cock until he's filled me up completely. I let out a guttural scream. He fits sooo good in me. I ride him a fast and steady pace, he sits up and wraps hos arms around me meeting me thrust for thrust

“Come for me babe, I wanna feel you squeeze every last drop out of me” he murmurs in a husky voice in my ear sending shiver down my spine. I reach down between us and let my fingers play on my clit, I'm getting closer and closer. Eddie is to I can hear it. He grabs my waist and tips me over on my back and then he kneels between my legs as he lifts my ass up from the bed and drives his cock back in to me. “Keep playing with yourself I'm so close I just wanna watch you come on me “ he growls and starts fucking me with long strokes. It doesn't take long before I feel that knot in my stomach dissolve and the pleasure take over. I scream out Eddies name and fell myself pulsate around him making him growl and I feel him releasing inside of me. His cock twitching against my insides. He lets go of my ass and I flop down on the bed again.

“Fuck you're amazing. See we need no fancy shit to make each other scream babe” he smiles at me

“No we do not” but now I really need to get up, this made me need to shower again. That wasn't in the plans” I say and smirk at him

“Oh sorry my penis ruined you plans” he laughs and I can't help but laugh with him

“Yeah very rude of him being so fucking awesome I can't leave him alone” I say and kiss him before I get out of bed.

“Yeah I'll have a talk with him” he chuckles “hurry back I want some more kisses before you have to leave

I go and hop in the shower and make it a quick one just washing the part needing to be washed. Then I go back out and crawl down beside Eddie again, it's 9 now I need to leave real soon. We lay there kissing for a bit arms tight around each other.

“I need to go now Ed, but I'll be back like 6:30. If you still have your jacket and the west I've seen in pictures could you still fit in them? I have an idea for the surprise you see” I say as I get up and start to dress again

“Yeah I have them, I think they still fit. Maybe a rather snug fit but not too bad I guess. The theme was 80's right? So maybe just a white T and a pair of black jeans and I'll rock my old high school look” he grins at me

“That was the idea” I say and lean back over him giving him one more kiss “ok see you later then. Remember to keep your hands to yourself tonight, however sexy I look” I purr at him and he snorts

“Thanks, now I'm not going to be able to think of anything else all day except what you might be wearing tonight. AND that I can't fucking touch you whenever I want to. Ok go now and I'll see you later, might text you if I get too lonely” he winks at me

“Keep it in your pants there Munson, or at least out of my phone for today. I don't need that sort of distraction. I love for you to send me pictures any other day but today I can't be idiot grinning at my phone all day” I say and smile at him

“Ok ok I promise, I'll go hang out with Wayne for a bit keep my mind occupied”

“You do that, send him my love” I say, Eddie nods and I leave. I check my phone, no messages so I guess I don't need to pick anything up so I head straight home. There's chaos from the get go. As soon as I enter the door dad throws a cookbook at me

“Find something we can make as a starter” then he runs past me and in to the living room. I laugh, ok so this is too much for them, they're breaking down. I go in to the kitchen where Nancy is standing at the counter watching my dad run around like a crazy person

“Soooo? How long has he been freaking out?” I ask her as I go up and stand next to her

“Since 7 this morning, I have no clue why he's so panicked about this. It's just a party with friends. I've made all the food we could possibly need, he's got enough to drink to drown us all and the lounge looks amazing. I have no clue what this is... I mean he doesn't even listen to me. Did I just see him throw that at you saying you need to make a starter?” she looks at the book in my hand

“Yeah, I barely had a chance to close the door” I laugh

“Well you don't have to... I've made three different starters, we do not need more food. I think I need to hit him over the head soon to slow him down” she giggles and I nod in agreement looking at him running around like a headless chicken

“DAD!” I yell startling him to a halt “Calm down right now. Everything is fixed, nothing more needs to be done ok? Sit down, take a nap or something.” I look at him with a stern face

“But... Are you SURE everything is ok?”

“Honey I've been telling you this since 7 am, we finished everything last night. You can relax now” Nancy smiles at him “how about some brunch? Have you eaten sweetheart?” she asks me and I feel how hungry I actually am

“No I haven't, I would love some brunch. I can make pancakes?” I say knowing they both love my pancakes

“Yes, please do! I can get some toast and bacon going and coffee. And YOU!” he points at my dad “SIT DOWN!”

I laugh and agree strongly, dad huffs a little but sits down at the table. I get an idea and I go up to him and I whisper in his ear so Nancy won't hear me

“Dad I had an idea, call Dustin and have him bring Eddies old Hellfire shirt... I think that would be a nice touch” dad looks up at me beaming and nodding. He gets up and leaves the room

“What did you say to get him to leave that calmly?” Nancy is amazed

“Years of freak outs Nance” I wink at her and she laughs. We start preparing brunch and dad comes back and gives me a small nod . I smile and think to myself that that's going to be the icing on the cake for Eddies outfit. We eat and go through the plans for the evening again. Dad tells me he ordered a cake that maybe I can pick up when I get the gift, Nancy just shakes her head and mumbles something about spoiling her and not necessary, no one listens to her. Time flies and all of a sudden it's 4:30 and I have to start getting ready since I have to leave at 6 and I want to make sure I look extra good. I took Robin with me the other day to the second hand store to find the PERFECT 80's dress, and who better to advice me than someone who was a teenager back then. I find a pink dress that's really fitted but looks stunning on me Robin says. It's strapless and goes down to my knees. I can barely move in it since it's so tight. But I feel sexy in it so that doesn't matter. I get some black fishnets and a pair of black pumps. Also what was the 80's if not accessories? Big earrings and flashy necklace. I have some idea of what to do with my hair, I know it needs to be BIG. I'll ask Nancy to help me figure something out. I lay all of the things out on my bed. I have to shower, do my hair and makeup before leaving then I'll get dressed when I've left Eddie in the garage. I call for Nancy to come and help me figure out what to do with my hair. We opt for big and teased. Since my hair is naturally wavy it has it's own volume but we help it out some. I find a hair tie from when I was a kid that has pink and blur dots that match the dress perfectly I make a high pony with that and I tease the shit out of it. I do my make up, the 80's really was more is more but I'm not so I go subtle with that. The dress will take focus anyway. People start arriving at 5:50 and I go down to say hello to the ones that has arrived. Dustin is first to come holding the frames Hellfire shirt.

“Hey Dustin, happy to see you” I say and give him a hug

“Wow Hailey, you take me back” he chuckles looking at my hair

“Yeah? Wait until you see the outfit” I laugh “so?” I look down at the frame and make a questioning motion to it. I need to know what dad said to him

“Yeah, Steve called and said that maybe I could bring this so that Eddie could be with us in some part” I see him tearing up and I hug him again

“That's nice Dustin, I bet dad will tell him all about it when they talk next. I think he'll be happy to hear it. But I have to go out for a bit, need to get Nancy's gift and a cake. But I'll be back soon”

“Ok, drive safe see you later” he says

As I leave I meet Lucas in the driveway “Hey Lucas, happy to see you. How are you?” I hug him then I hear a voice behind him

“Well he's still a fucking nerd so what do you think?”

“ERICA!!! Oh my god how awesome to see you! Did we know you were coming?” I hug her and I smile, I love Erica but we rarely get to see her she moved to Florida after college

“Nah, I'm here as a surprise. This loser told me all about it so I hopped on a plane and came home for a visit. Wouldn't wanna miss this gathering of the nerd squad” she smiles at me

“I need to go get a cake and Nancy's gift, but I'll be back soon” go inside and surprise the crap out of them I say thinking I'm bringing something to trump it all later. I get in my car and I head for the bakery first. I get the cake and I put it in the back seat strapping it in so it won't move around so much. Then I head for the motel, I get there at 6:30 and I debate going up to Eddies room and get distracted by how sexy he is or just text him and wait here. I go for the texting

“Hey I'm in the parking lot now” doesn't take long for the reply

“Ur not coming up to watch me put on the final touches ;) “ I knew it I smile to myself

“You think we have time for me to get that distracted?”

“What I'm a good boy, there will be no touching” he replies

“Yeah right, I do not trust that for a second. Mostly cuz I'll be touching too. Come now!” I text him back and I get a smiley and a thumbs up back from him. It takes about 2 minutes and I see him coming at me across the parking lot. He looks stunning, very rock and roll. He doesn't look like he aged a bit from the pictures in dads yearbook of him looking exactly like this. He even shaved, making him look younger. The darkness around his eyes have even improved, probably from actually sleeping for more than 2 hours I think as he gets in the car and I beam at him.

“Wow you look amazing Ed, good thing I stayed in the car I would not have been able to keep my hands off you” I wink at him he looks at me

“Well the hair is spot on as I remember it but....” he motions at my clothes

“Yeah I wanted you to see me at the same time as every one else” I say and smile at him “so when we get back home I'll park in the garage and you stay in there until I come get you. Dad wants some grand reveal thing... like jumping out of a box kind of thing.” he looks scared “But I think I have an even better idea.” I continue telling him my idea and he thinks it sounds very good, he gets a bit teary eyed when I tell him his old Hellfire shirt is waiting there for him. We talk trying very hard to not touch but we fail a little as Eddie runs his hands up my thigh and in between them

“Just a little touch to get me through the night” he winks at me and I spread my legs for him to get a better feel. He slides on finger in under my panties and runs it up and down my slit. I moan and he grunts “Fuck this was a good idea in theory bad in reality. Now I need to cool down.” He removes his hand but can't help to suck his finger while intensely staring at me. I almost drive us off the road.

“You're such a tease but I do love your fingers.” I take his hand and I suck his index finger in to my mouth and swirl my tongue around it

“I'M A TEASE!? Jesus H Christ woman” he growls and shifts in his seat fixing his pants that look very tight suddenly. We laugh a little at the absurdity that we're like horny teenagers that can't keep our hands to ourselves.

“But now we need to put on our poker face, it's almost game time” I say as we turn in to our street and I see my house. I drive up to the garage and open it with my remote. I drive in and whisper to Eddie to keep a little hidden in case someone would get the idea to come out here. He nods and sits down on a box behind a shelf. I smile and get the cake from the car and head inside. Dad meets me in the kitchen

“All good?” he asks and takes the cake from me

“Yeah all good the gift is in the garage” I whisper and continue to tell him mine and Eddies altered plans. He smiles

“That's real good Hailey, I'll see if I can sneak the shirt from Dustin's eyes while you get dressed. See you in here in like 10?”

“Shouldn't I go down and say hello first? Then we can say that I'm getting the gift and you can tell everyone what to do and I'll have him put the shirt on and take him down stairs?” I say and dad agrees that would be the best.

“I'm just going to sneak him a beer” dad says and smiles at me

“Good idea but don't get stuck talking to him so they'll come look for you” I say and head up the stairs.

“I won't, I said I heard you coming so I went to see if you wanted help then I needed the bathroom so I think I have like 5 minutes before they start wondering where I went” he says and I nod and keep going up as he disappears in to the kitchen again.

I run in to my room and undress. I put everything on, check my hair and look in the mirror. Yeah I look like the quintessential 80's it girl that I've seen in old magazines. I go down the stairs again, in to the kitchen and grab myself a beer and head down to the lounge. They're all here now and Robin spots me right away

“Woooow! I knew that look would be amazing for you! You're stunning girl!” she hugs me tight. “Look they're all here even Erica” she beams I knew she would like it once the day came “and Steve laughed so hard when he saw my outfit said it was too bad he didn't keep his” I look at her and smile. She looks like she's 18 again selling ice cream at the mall. I've seen pictures from back then and she hasn't changed I tell her this and she blushes

“What...of course I have! Look here a wrinkle...and here another one” she points at her face

“Must be imaginary then I see nothing” I say and kiss her cheek she smiles at me. I make the rounds and say hey to everyone. Even Joyce and Hopper joined, they said they thought it sounded so nice to see all the kids again in the same place. I give them each a hug and tell them that they're more than welcome. I look at dad and he gives me a nod.

“Sorry but I'm going to run and get Nancy's gift now. I'll be right back” I say and head back up the stairs. I go to the garage and I open the door. “Hey Ed, it's showtime” I say and he comes out from the shadows. He stares at me

“Wow....babe. That dress... Please wear that some other time so I can undress you” he sighs and I giggle at him and give him a quick kiss as I turn to go he slides his hands over my ass “sorry couldn't help it. That dress makes your ass out of this world sexy just so you know” he whispers

“Thank you babe” I whisper back. We stop in the kitchen where dad has taken Eddies Hellfire shirt out of the frame and put it on the counter. Eddie takes off his jacket and west, he removes the white shirt he has on and I moan a little seeing him bare chested in those tight jeans

“Behave” he growls at me but gives me a wink as he pulls his old shirt on and puts the jacket and west back over that. We sneak to the stairs leading down to the lounge. We walk on tip toes down the stairs so we can hear dad

“Well honey, me and Hailey wanted to give you something special for your special birthday. And what better time to give this to you than now when you get to share it with all our old friends. But see I don't want ANYONE to spoil this surprise so I'm going to need you all to close your eyes until I say you can look again.” I hear some laughs and Robin saying

“Better not be water balloons Harrington I look to good for that” Then there is silence and dad shows up in the door.

He motions to us to come with him, we sneak past them all. But just as Eddie is about to hop up on the bar and face them all we hear a gasp and Jane whispering “Oh this is good” a big smile on her face and a tear falling from her eye. Dad and Eddie smile at each other. So Eddie sits on top of the bar for a moment looking at them all, then he takes a deep breath and nods at dad.

I look at dad and I take out my phone to film this. Still a bit confused about Jane's reaction, but hell if Eddies scars are real then maybe the rest is to. Dad clears his throat

“Ok honey, and the rest of you. Go a head open your eyes” everyone stirs and eyes opening, blinking at the lights. Then there's silence, deafening silence. Eddie gives one of his beaming smiles and says

“Well cheers fuckers” then all hell breaks lose. There's screaming, there's crying everyone wants to hug him and kiss him and make sure he's really there. I stand there filming it all smiling widely. This was a success. Everyone is crowding Eddie except Nancy and Robin they're huddled on the floor crying their eyes out. Eddie sees this and excuses himself from the crowd and goes up to them and sits down on the floor.

“Ok I mean it's been a while ladies but c'mon I'm not that horrible to look at that you have to cry am I?” he smiles at them and they throw themselves around his neck making him fall backwards on the floor. They laugh and they cry in a big pile on the floor. Dad and I just smile at each other. I stop the recording, I need to have some space for photos to. This absolute joy extravaganza continues for another hour or so. Everyone wants to touch Eddie to really REALLY make sure he's there with them again. The only ones I haven't seen hug it out and be all over each other yet is Eddie and Max. I can see she's as happy as the rest of them but she's always been more in the background, not wanting to take up space. I see Eddie look around, spotting Max in the corner watching them all smiling. Everyone turns silent as he walks up to her

“Hey Red, I'm happy you woke up. When I bailed you were still asleep” he wraps his arms around her in a warm embrace

“Likewise Freak, I'm glad you woke up to. I guess your wake up wasn't as happy as mine but still” she hugs him back and I can see them both tearing up over each other's fates.

“Nah, me waking up was not exactly happy no” Eddie says in a hushed voice “we can talk more about this some other day yeah Red? Let's be happy tonight?” he puts his arm around her shoulder and take her with him to join the rest of the gang.

The night is all me and dad would have ever wanted. We eat, we drink, we talk, we laugh. It's absolutely amazing how much joy one man can bring. Later that night we're all scattered around the lounge talking, me being a bit tipsy am sitting on top of a sideboard talking to Erica and Robin. So far this night I've been able to not stare at Eddie every chance I get but now I'm a bit drunk and my mind doesn't understand the consequences of my actions really. I stare at the man I love so much, just admiring his person thinking how it's fucking crazy how good he looks. He keeps glancing back at me with a little smile playing in the corners of his mouth. I sigh and then I hear

“NO! No fucking way Hailey...are you fucking kidding me?” I look up and meet Robins gaze. She looks from me over to Eddie and back again. She grabs my arm and drags me up the stairs and in to the living room. She sits down on the couch... I am very sober now very fast.... fuck

“Hailey PLEASE tell me I'm wrong in thinking he's been around for a while... Say like a week?” she's looking at me pleading eyes

“He...” I sigh what's the point “yeah he's been here a week”

Robin puts her hands over her face and sighs “Hailey... He's the guy right? From the trailer park...”

I can't find my voice so I just look down at my feet and I nod slowly

“Fuck Hailey, really? Eddie? I mean I knew growing up he was some kind of a hero to you, and I saw that you had some crush on him as a teen. But I thought that it was just that... I mean, where do you see this going Hailey? What's going to happen when he leaves again? I saw by the way you looked at him that you're in deep shit girl” she shakes her head slowly at me

“He's not leaving...” my voice is barely there so it comes out more like a whisper

“What?”

I look at her “He's not leaving...” my voice breaks a little but is stronger

“He's staying here? In Hawkins.... for what” she realizes “for you Hailey? Is he staying for you? Is this.... serious? Not just sex?”

“Robin... I've loved Eddie as a thought for years...now I love him for real. I just...” I start crying so hard. My legs fold under me and I fall down on the floor. She comes down and sits with me putting her arms around me, rocking me

“There, there... You love him? And he...”

“Says he loves me back” I sniffle and wipe my tears

“Oh fuck... Well I mean I love you sweetie and I want you to find love. But have you given any thought as to what... Steve might say” she looks at me

“Well... we were hoping you'd help us out Buckley” Eddies voice is heard from the archway in to the living room. He's standing there looking at us “I noticed you saw us... I couldn't follow right away, I was in the middle of a story. But I came up here as soon as I could. I'm not using her Robin so don't ask that” he sits down with us taking me from Robins arms and embracing me in his “I do love her Robin and I know... Believe me I know it's weird. But this is it... she helps me sleep, she calms me down when the memories of those days take over. She's my 'Running up that hill' Robin”

“Oh shit... that strong ey? Well... I have no idea what you think I might be able to do for you two when it comes to Steve. But...” she draws a deep breath “who am I to question love right? I'm happy for you, just need to wrap my head around this a bit before I can be really happy. Ok?” she says and gives us a smile “But as far as this night goes... maybe try to not be so obvious, I'm not the only one here with half a brain.”

“Noted Buckley, I'll do my best not looking to much at her. And you” he looks down at me “try not to eat me with your eyes anymore, damn distracting” he gives me a quick kiss and helps me up from the floor

“Ok, I can try. But don't look so fucking scrumptious then” I say and punch his arm playfully

“Ok like... pulling at the heartstrings fucking sweet... God!” Robin chuckles and gets up from the floor “Ok, you go down first Munson, be the guest of honor again. We'll hang back a little up here and we'll be down shortly” Eddie nods squeezes my hand and leaves us

“Come sit with me” Robin says and we sit down on the couch. She looks at me “Hailey, how much has he told you about what happened?”

“Nothing really, he says he can't yet.” I tell her, she nods

“I get that, and how much do you know from Steve?”

“He hasn't gone in to heavy details, I know parts I guess. I haven't considered them to be true until... well until I saw the scars Rob.”

“Ok, this is really his thing to tell. And I do hope he finds it in him to do so some day. But what he went through no person ever should have to endure. He almost died there in Dustin's arms. For how long he was unconscious I don't think we'll ever know. All I know is when we found him, alive... He was a skeleton, a walking shadow of his former self. He'd survived of what little he could find that didn't make him violently ill, his wounds were badly infected. He was burning up and he was delirious. I've never seem anything in that bad shape, not in any photo from history. The closest might be the poor victims of the holocaust. I have no idea if time worked the same there as it did for us, he didn't know himself if he'd been wandering trying to find a way back for a week or close to 7 months. But for him to say that you're his 'Running up that hill' that means he sees you as his salvation Hailey, that small sentence from his lips made me change my mind about the two of you. It was that fast sweetie. If that's what you are to him then this is it, you're forever.”

I feel tears running down my face, I can't imagine what he went through. I try to speak “ What does it mean Rob?”

“When Vecna went after Max we figured out that a song or a sound that you had strong feelings towards could help get you free from his grasp. That's why in every photo you see from that year she's wearing her Walkman. She was constantly listening to music, it calmed her mind. But when Vecna attacked her we had to find a song, Lucas remembered her saying 'Running up that hill' was her favorite so we tried that. It helped set her free...that time. So that's what that means Hailey, you help calm his mind and set him free from the hold I guess Vecna still has on him. If you're saving him I don't think there is a single person down there that would be against your relationship, not even Steve. That's how strong of an impact that has on us that lived through it” she takes my hand and looks me in the eyes “Thank you for saving him Hailey” she hugs me hard and I cry again.

We sit like this for a little while, I calm myself so we can join the party again.

Around 2 am everyone says their good byes and leave. Only Eddie hangs around, he looks out the window

“Well I guess I should try and find a cab? I'm sure as hell not driving myself” he chuckles

“The hell you are, you're staying here. You can sleep on the couch. No such thing as a cab in Hawkins this time of night” dad laughs

“Dad, he can't sleep on that couch, it's too short for him. Eddie can have my bed I'll take the couch” I say and smile

“Hmm... well I guess you're right sweetheart. So then Ed, up the stairs first door on your left”

“This ok Hailey? I mean I don't want to intrude” Eddie looks at me quickly

“Yeah it's fine. I've slept on that couch before. I know I fit...you won't” I say and he chuckles

“Ok, well thank you then. Good night I guess. Awesome party Steve, and thank you Nancy” Eddie beams at us all. Nancy wraps her arms around him

“Thank you for coming home Eddie” she gives him a quick kiss on the cheek “I'm going to bed too, how about you two?” she says and looks at me and dad

“Yeah I'm beat I'll be right behind the two of you” dad says. They all head up the stairs and I go to the bathroom and wash off my makeup and take a brush to my hair. I don't think it'll do me any good sleeping with it like this. Then I go to the cupboard in the hall and get a pillow and a blanket. I lie down on the couch and make myself comfortable. I fall asleep quite fast but I'm woken up by the unmistakable sounds of nightmares from upstairs. I can't help myself I head up the stairs. I get up there and I see dad in the door to their bedroom, he looks at me and nods.

“You go to him sweetheart. I overheard you and Robin, if that's what you are to him I'm not going to argue. But we'll talk tomorrow right?” he says I run up and hug him

“Yes we will, thank you dad”

“It's fine honey, but please go help my friend now he's in pain” I hear dads voice is about to break I don't think he understood how bad it was. I hurry in to my room and I see Eddie is in some real distress. I crawl down beside him and I do as I've done quite a few times by now. I wrap my arms around him and I rock him an hum in his ear for a bit. Then I start talking in my calmest voice

“I'm here Ed, it's ok they can't get you. I'll keep you safe. Wake up Eddie you're with me they can't hurt you anymore I won't let them” I suddenly remember something Dustin told me many years ago when telling me about the fight in the Upside down. “The most metal concert in the history of the world” apparently Eddie had been playing his guitar on the roof of Wayne's old trailer. What was it he said he played... Oh yeah! I start singing to him

“End of passion play, crumbling away I'm your source of self-destruction Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear Leading on your death's construction

Taste me you will see More is all you need Dedicated to How I'm killing you

Come crawling faster Obey your master”

He jerks awake and stares at me then he breaks down in tears as he does and I comfort him as best I can through this.

“You're here? You're really here...but what about Steve?” he sobs

“Dad knows... He's ok. I'll tell you when all of this is over. Lets try and get some sleep Ed.” I kiss him and wrap my arms tighter around him as he lays his head against my chest and sighs. We fall asleep again and as it was the last time to he sleeps the rest of the night snuggled against me. I wake up around 10. Eddie is still fast asleep. I can hear dad down in the kitchen. I decide this is as good a time as any. I wiggle free from Eddie and I get dressed and head down. Dad's at the table drinking coffee reading the paper. He looks up

“You manage to calm him?” he asks

“Yeah... I sang to him”

“I heard that 'Master of puppets' good call honey. So, why didn't you tell me?” he puts the paper away. I go get myself a cup of coffee and I join him at the table

“How would you have taken it? I mean if you hadn't heard me and Robin talking last night. If I'd just told you that I've fallen in love with your friend. A man twice my age? Would you have been ok with it?” I ask

“I can't say that I would have been. Maybe with time I would have been. I followed you and Robin the moment she dragged you away from the party. I was worried, I heard her question you if Eddie was 'the guy from the trailer park' and I felt such anger towards him. But then I heard him tell her, well you were there. I agree with Robin, the second he said you were his 'Running up that hill' every angry feeling I had evaporated. I can't fight that, so you have my blessing. But what about Wayne?” I laugh

“He figured it out early. But he asked us point blank on Friday” I say

“Smart man that one, all though I should have suspected something. Eddie was so happy when we went fishing, like as happy as he used to be before everything. His smile when you were mentioned... I should have seen it. But I was just to preoccupied with last night being successful. Now it's so clear to me I feel like a moron.”

“You've always been a moron Harrington. Why would that have changed?” Eddie comes in to the kitchen looking at us “so did I hear you right when you came in to me Hailey, he knows?”

“I know Ed, and when you referenced my daughter like that how can I be anything but supportive? Well... I guess welcome to the family, SON” dad laughs

“You're an idiot Harrington, but thanks I guess?” Eddie hugs my dad “so this is...ok?” he puts his arm around me and gives my head a kiss looking down at me smiling

“Well... Do I find it weird seeing the two of you like this? Yeah! Will it take some time getting used to? Yeah! But am I happy for you? Also yeah. Now, Ed this means you're staying I suppose?” Dad says

“Yeah, I'll be staying. Not at the trailer park though...that's still to hard. But I'll look in to getting a place in town. Been playing with the idea to open up my own business here. I noticed the only mechanic in town closed down. I might even be filling a need if I do. And I'll have my needs filled here to” he hugs me tighter dad raises his eyebrows at him “God Steve not like that. My fucked up minds needs, did you hear her singing to me? In that awful dream world I'm always in as soon as I close my eyes I could hear her singing to me, there was a light. Not like the other one... better. She's saving me Steve” his tears are falling now and he hides his face in the crease of my neck. I stare at dad and he stares at me. Not like the other light? Did he mean THE light?

“Eddie now you REALLY need to talk to me. If you're staying and we do this I need to know what I'm helping you through. Robin told me some things last night, and I cried so bad for you Ed. But I need you to talk to me, tell me your story. Please” I hug him tight and kiss his head

“Ok, tonight... I'll tell you, I'll tell you both what happened” he sighs and stands up straight again wiping the tears from his face

“You'll tell the three of us you mean?” Nancy comes up behind dad “I would never have guessed but I'm happy if you're happy honey” she looks at me smiling

“Would you mind if we invite Dustin for this? He's been carrying this guilt in his mind for over 20 years” dad says

“Guilt? About what?” Eddie looks puzzled

“For leaving you there when you weren't dead” dad says in a low voice

“I was...” is all Eddie says and we all stare at him. He's not saying anything more right now we accept that “but if that's the case sure invite him, please” he says. Dad nods and goes to call Dustin

“I don't mean to be rude but could you give me a ride to the motel now Hailey? I want to shower and change. Then I think I need to go see Wayne” he looks at me

“Of course, you want something to eat first or should we just leave?” I say

“I was just about to ask if leftovers from last night was ok as early lunch” Nancy says

“Thanks Nance, sounds good. We can eat first sweetheart.” he gives me a kiss and rubs my back

Nancy heats up the left over food from the party and we eat and talk. Both dad and Nancy agree that Eddie becoming Hawkins new mechanic would be great. Dad offers to help him find a place in town as soon as possible he also offers to lend him money if he needs it to open his business. We leave for the motel, he's silent the whole trip. I come in with him and I can't take the silence

“Eddie, sweetie. What's bothering you? Did I do something? You haven't said a word to me since before lunch.” I feel a knot forming in the pit of my stomach

He looks at me, eyes burning. He rushes at me and presses me against the wall kissing me hungrily. Not a word slips from his lips as he starts to undress me all the while kissing my lips, my neck down my chest. Gripping one breast in his hand and licking, biting and sucking at the other one. He kneels in front of me kissing down my belly. He unzips my pants and pulls them down taking my panties with them. He plants his face against my pussy letting his tongue find it's way in between my folds with a frenzy I haven't felt before. My knees go weak, I need to lie down.

“Bed Eddie” I pant and he stands up and swoops me off my feet and carries me to the bed. He undresses in front of me staring at me with those intense brown eyes. He crawls up and lies down on top of me

“Can I?” he murmurs and I feel him against my pussy ready to enter. I nod, I'm always ready for this man. He pushes himself inside of me with a groan. He's holding my face in his hands kissing me deeply as he fucks me. “I love you, I love you, I love you... so fucking much” he says in a husky low voice he gets up on his knees and starts fucking me with longer deeper thrusts. His thumb finds my clit and I moan loudly at the sensation it sends through me. “Come on me babe, give it to me” he growls and it doesn't take long for me to feel that tension releasing from inside of me and sends me over the edge.

“Fuuuuck Eddiiiieeeeee” I scream as I come, he grunts and picks up the pace fucking me like a jackhammer then he thrusts in one last time hard to the hilt and I feel him filling me with his warm cum.

“Hailey...fuck Hailey...” he groans as the last drops leave him and he slumps down on top of me

“I'm sorry” he's crying?

“You're sorry for making me come?” I don't understand a thing

“I'm sorry for being quiet, but knowing I had to tell you all the fucked up shit that happened scared me to silence. Then when you were standing there looking at me I just was filled with this enormous rush of love and pure lust I couldn't stop myself. No you did nothing, you're just too good for me. I just wanted to feel this feeling once more in case after you hear everything you go running from me.” I feel his tears getting my chest wet

“Why on Gods green earth would I go running if you tell me about your demons? Don't you get that I love you Eddie? I want to help you in any and every way I'm able to.” I'm stroking his hair as I speak “Besides... I have this tiny confession to make Ed”

He looks at me through tear drenched eyelashes

“Yeah?”

“Well... when I came to tidy up at Wayne's before I picked him up from the hospital, you know when you and dad were out fishing...”

“Yeah I remember... it was literally on Thursday. I'm not that old babe” he smiles

“Funny... But I kind of found something in your bag as I was putting the things you used on me back in there” he tenses up I can see it “I found the photos Ed...and I'm sorry but my curiosity got the better of me” I sigh

“I was going to show you... I just didn't know how to show you...all of them. Because by the look of you, you found them ALL?” he says and looks at me

“Yes Ed, I found them all... I nearly missed the most important one. But I saw the edge of it as I was putting the album back and I had to look. Eddie... I am so sorry you had to go through that” I cry now remembering the photo and how it made me feel that day. He gets up and walks over to his bag taking out the album.

“I was planning on taking this with me tonight, to show you then. So you'd have a tiny idea what it was like... The rest of them probably won't ever forget what I looked like when they found me” he says in a hushed strained voice. He opens the album from the first page

“She was very pretty, did you love her?” I ask looking down at the photo of Chrissy

“No, I mean I'd liked her for years but she didn't pay me that kind of attention so it was more admiration from afar. That night it all started I thought we had a moment in the woods as she met me there to buy drugs. But I never had the chance to figure that out. Like an hour later she was dead and I was running...” he says softly. He turns the pages and we make small talk over the photos of the gang.

“Max and Lucas were really cute together” I say

“Yeah freaking adorable... Too bad that ended badly” he says “I can tell they still have feelings but they're just SO fucking stubborn these days to even mention it. When I wasn't sneaking looks at you at the party I was watching them. They were doing the same...” Eddie smiles

“No wonder they never seem to find long lasting relationships” I say “but then again going through what they did...back then I guess that fucked them up somewhat like you” I look at Eddie and I kiss him

“Yeah... Lucas told me at the hospital when I came back that Max was still in a coma then, I didn't visit her before I left. I feel so bad about that but I just couldn't see what Vecna did to her, knowing what he did to me. Anyway Lucas didn't know if she'd ever wake up. He was heartbroken” Eddie tells me pulling me closer “last one” he sighs and pulls out the photo hidden in the binding of the album.

I brace myself to see that again, see the torn flesh of the man I love... I flinch when he puts it in my hands. “There it is... the ugly truth behind the nightmares. I won't talk too much about it now... I don't want to talk about it twice” he says and I see that he can't look at it. I look down and I study the horrifying image...

“I still can't believe you survived Eddie... I am so happy you did but ...I don't get how” I whisper

“Me neither...” he takes the photo and puts it back

“Why do you keep it when it makes you feel so bad you can't look at it?” I ask

“I don't know... It's like a reminder...that no matter how bad off I've been traveling around it will never be this bad ever again, never look at it though. Haven't in like at least 15 years” he says

“Eddie... Since you don't want to talk about this more than this time. Bring Wayne along... I think he needs to hear it. I'm going to ask Robin to come to.” I say and he nods

“Yeah, I was thinking about taking Wayne with me, he deserves to hear it. He only knows what little your dad's told him over the years” he sighs and looks over at the clock on the wall. “we better leave sweetheart. Meet you at yours in a couple of hours” he kisses me “thank you for telling me about the photos, made it easier for me” we get up, get dressed and then we leave our separate ways

I go to Robin's and I knock on the door

“Come on in” I hear

I open the door “Hey Rob” I say as I enter

“Sweetie! How's everything after last night?” she hugs me

“Oh well...y'know... out. Dad heard us” I say and she goes pale

“Steve was listening to us? Oh god sweetie I'm so sorry...how did he take it?” she sits down and pats the couch next to her and I sit down

“He didn't tell me until this morning. Eddie slept in my bed, he had one of his nightmares I ran up... not thinking. Dad was waiting, told me to go to him. Then this morning he said exactly what you said Rob, that it was Eddie telling you that I was his song that made dad ok with it” I let the tears trickle down my face but these are happy tears “So... Eddie is finally opening up tonight, telling us what he went through before you found him. You wanna come?” I ask

“He's... telling us?” she starts crying “Oh I wouldn't miss it for the world... I want to be there for him...and you. I have a strong feeling this will be scarring for us all” she sniffles “We leaving now?” I nod “Ok give me minute I need to change” she runs off in to her bedroom. She comes back and we leave for home. We get there and we go in, Dustin's already there.

“Hey Dusty” Robin hugs him

“Hey Rob, can you believe he's finally talking to us. I wonder what's changed” he says and gives a sad smile

“Oh I have a good idea” dad says coming in to the living room with coffee “You guys want a cup?” he asks “yeah and welcome Rob I figured she's ask you that's why I didn't call” he says and gives me a hug

“Hey dad, yeah coffee would be great” I say “but I can go get it, you...talk” I say

“What do you mean you have a good idea Steve?” I hear Dustin ask as I leave to get me and Robin some coffee. Nancy's standing in the kitchen preparing food for us for later

“Hey sweetie, what's wrong? You look worried” she says

“I think dad's telling Dustin” I say

“Oh well he'll be happy for you....once the initial shock dies down” she says petting my arm

“WHAT?” I hear from the living room, I stare at Nancy. Then I hear footsteps coming towards the kitchen

“Are they shitting me right now Hailey?” Dustin's standing in front of me staring at me. I've never ever been afraid of Dustin. But now I feel so small in his presence, all I can do is shake my head at him. He looks at me, then at Nancy who's looking at him anxiously. There is silence for about a minute, then he throws himself around my neck hugging me “Thank you for saving him...thank you for getting him to stay. Not to say I don't find it weird but if this means he's happy I'm all for it” he hugs me even tighter

“Thank you Dustin” I say “but please you're crushing me here” I giggle

“Oh...sorry” he lets go, but keeps his hands on my arms looking at me “he's good to you? Not just using you to fight the demons?” he's like a concerned big brother or uncle

“He is” I say and smile at him. “Lets get back to dad and Robin, I did promise her coffee” I say

“Yeah, how about you Nance, need any help?” Dustin looks at her she's calmed down now stirring the pots again

“Nah all under control Dustin, but thank you. Ever the gentleman” she smiles “did I ever tell you this one had a big crush on me growing up” she winks at me

“REALLY Dustin... Wow, told dad about this?” I tease

“Shut up, the pair of you. I didn't have crush Nance... I was just being nice to my best friends sister... S'all...” he turns a light shade of pink

“Yeah of course 'Hey Nance there's pizza if you want some, Hey Nance can I get you anything from the kitchen, Hey Nance how was school'... Dustin darling c'mon” Nancy laughs. He scoffs and leaves us in the kitchen giggling “Told you he'd be fine with it” she says “We all are... I told Mike when I spoke to him today. He sends his love said it was about time someone got through to Eddie”

“Oh... tell him thank you” I say as I pour me and Robin some coffee. I leave the kitchen and join the rest in the living room. I set the mug down in front of Robin and I take a set. We talk, I tell them about the photos and how I found them on Thursday.

“Oh... I remember taking that photo” Robin sighs “I couldn't wrap my head around what I was seeing so I took it so I'd never forget. Well you saw it... I never did forget even without it” she mumbles “I thought it was long gone, didn't know he had it” she looks at dad

“Yeah, I told him about it when he was in the hospital. He wanted it... so I kind of stole it when I was over one night. I thought he needed it more...as you said once you saw that you'd never forget” dad looks down and I see him touching his right side. I know he has a scar there, I'd seen it. But I never realized it was similar to Eddies.

“Dad... You never told me about that” I say and nod towards his hand, he looks down. His hand moves away

“Yeah...they're the same. I was the first one attacked when we went in to the... What was it you called it Dustin?” he looks over at Dustin

“The Watergate...” Dustin smiles “I thought I was being funny, but none of these idiots appreciated my wit” he looks at me smiling

“ANYWAY” dad smiles “we went in the the Watergate, I was first to land on the other side. I was instantly attacked by the bats. They ripped a big hunk of flesh from me. Luckily Nancy is a fierce fighter, as well as this one here” he says taking Robins hand “they came in right after me swinging as they landed. Getting those awful creatures off me. They patched me up as good as they had the means to. Eddie came in after us just seconds after.”

“Yeah those were some vicious fucking flying rats” we'd all been listening to dad so intensely we hadn't heard Eddie and Wayne arrive through the front door. I run up and I hug Wayne tight and then I kiss Eddie.

“Hey” I whisper “you ready for this?” I look in to his warm brown eyes

“Nope... but it needs to be told” he says coarsely taking my hand. Wayne has already gone in and sat down with Robin on the couch. Everyone telling him how glad they were hearing his good news. He blushes

“Oh... y'all to nice to this old bag 'o bones” he grunts. I sit down with him hugging him

“There's a lot of love for this old bag 'o bones around these parts” I say he smiles at me

“Apparently y'all crazy...must be something in the water” he pats my leg

Eddie sits down in the chair opposite the couch, giving him center stage.

“Feels like you should have had your old throne from Hellfire” Dustin smiles

“Ha that thing... God I'd forgotten about that” Eddie chuckles

“He had a THRONE?” I ask

“Yup his majesty over here needed to look the part of dm. All about appearances back then” Dustin chuckles

“Yeah right, I did have a big ego back then. Needed a big chair to fit both me and it” Eddie smiles

“You want anything Ed? Coffee, water, beer... a whiskey?” Dad gets up

“A whiskey for courage and then water I think. Thanks man” Eddie says and dad nods leaving for the kitchen.

“Sooo... everyone in the loop or?” Eddie looks at me “I mean you did kiss me when I came in so I kinda figured” he smiles at me

“Yeah... we're all in the loop now” Robin says reaching over taking Eddies hand squeezing it

“You do realize that if you ever hurt her I'm going to have to beat you up” Dustin looks at Eddie frowning

“You... beat me up Henderson? Sweetest kid ever? I hardly think so... on the other hand that's who I'm worried about” he says pointing at Robin “I have no intention of ever hurting Hailey so don't worry. I intend to cherish her for the rest of my life” he smiles at me and I feel a warmth spreading through me.

“Yeah you better worry about me Munson... I'm told I'm a lunatic...” Robin winks at him

”So nothing's really changed in 20 years then?” he chuckles at her. Dad comes back with Nancy. He hands Eddie the whiskey and a water bottle. They sit down and Eddie takes the whiskey in one gulp.

“I don't mean this to be dramatic, but could we turn of the lights and turn down the blinds?” Eddie sighs “I can't deal with both talking and seeing you all. I'm sorry. I'll know you're here but I need to be in my own head for this” he says

Dad and I get up and we make the room dark for him. I sit down next to Wayne again, taking his hand in mine.

“The last thing I remember is telling Henderson I didn't run away this time, to take care of the little sheep for me... Did I say anything else to you?” he asks out into the darkness

“You said ' I think I'm actually gonna graduate... I think this is my year Henderson... it's finally my year. I love you man' then you were gone” I hear Dustin's voice

“Yeah... then there was darkness. I could hear you say you loved me too. Thank you man. But then there was a light...you know you read about that thinking it's all bull. But here it was, this warm amazing light, I went for it. I'll never forget what that felt like, warm...welcoming. Then I heard a voice, I think it was mum... I recognized it you see. It told me I couldn't be there, I wasn't supposed to be there. Someone was to come in the future and I was needed there for them. Starting to think now that the voice was talking about you Hailey” I'm sobbing already “then there was just darkness again. So Dustin man, you needn't have any guilt for leaving me there thinking I was dead. I was...for a while at least” he pauses and we hear Dustin sniffle “Then there was nothing but darkness again, slowly I began to hear sounds, feel the ground beneath me and the pain. Oh my god the pain. I woke up on the ground in the trailer park I grew up in, but it wasn't right it was distorted, ugly, moldy...you know what it looked like. At first I couldn't remember a thing. What the hell happened, where was I? I mean I knew where I was but not... I can't explain it. I tried to move and I screamed, I remember the searing pain all over my upper body. I'd been laying there long enough for the blood to have dried and stuck me to the ground. I had to rip myself off the ground like a big fucking band aid. The blood started flowing again from the wounds on the sides” we hear him touching the sides of his body “I managed to sit up and have a look around, memories coming back to me. Flooding my mind, playing the guitar on the roof, fighting of the bats getting in to the trailer, then deciding to be a fucking hero. The biting...oh god the sounds as they tore in to my flesh, there is no way I can explain that. Then the silence before you were at my side Dustin. All these memories coming back to me, the panic not knowing of all of you or any of you made it. I looked over towards the trailer assessing if I could make it in there. I crawled, dragged myself over there. I have no idea how long it took me to get from where you left me Dustin to the trailer. Might have been an hour might have been a day. I don't even know for how long I was dead, or how long I was out before waking up. But I did get there eventually, I managed to get myself standing by dragging my beaten ass up the railing to the stairs. I get inside and I see the gate is open, but there is no way in hell I'm getting up there. This is where I'm almost giving up. I cry...you have no idea how much I cried there and then. I knew no one would come to the trailer and see me until maybe it was too late. I dragged myself in to the bedroom and I crawled on to the bed, hugging my guitar that I found in the hallway. It was my comfort, I have no idea how long I lay there for. I think it might have been close to a week. I sucked the fucking dirty water from the surroundings. Knowing water was the most important thing if I wanted to live. Took me long enough to realize this was the same as our world just...sickly. So I dragged myself out in to the kitchen and looked in the cupboards. There was canned stuff there, just like the real thing. I made a decision to try, that's probably what kept me alive. I tried whatever I could find from then on, small bites making sure I wasn't feeling ill from it” he stops to take a sip of water, we're all crying quietly now. The sniffles tell on us “I slept most of the time, fever raging through me. I had nothing to try and clean myself with so I just figured I'd die there from the infection. But that voice from the light...telling me I was needed. That must mean I was supposed to live. One day it hit me, that idea we had. There was to be a portal at each kill site. I knew I couldn't reach this one. The lake one was out in the fucking open and I hadn't a clue if the bats were still around, didn't wanna fuck around and find out. So I decided to go for the least obvious one, the one on the road where Fred was killed. Only problem...you didn't say what road it was Nancy. So I made a map in my head from what I could remember you telling me. He'd gone missing between Mrs Nolan's trailer and Max's so in to those woods meaning it either had to be the road leading to the lab or the road leading out of town. I decided to try for the one leading towards the lab first, it was shorter. If I didn't find anything there I'd turn around and head for the other road. It took me another couple of days to even get out of the trailer. Once outside again I decided to go through the closest trailers to see if I could find anything useful and maybe some more canned food. I heard them as I left the trailer...the bats. I've never felt fear like that since. I hid under the trailer for a day or two just shaking, couldn't even get myself to go inside. I just couldn't move from the fear of them finding me again, the pain as they bit in to my fresh in mind “I cry quietly squeezing Wayne's hand so hard I fear I might be cutting his circulation completely. But I can't help it hearing Eddie talk.

He's there again, in that place “I finally realize there's been no sound of them for a day or so. Then I crawl back out trying to get up. I head in to the nearest trailer, I found a couple of cans of I think it was like beans or something. Also I find a crutch leaning against a wall...like it was waiting there for me. I take it and instantly the moving around part eases up a bit. When I get out there again I see the spear I made and the shield on the ground next to where I died. I pick up the spear...thinking I might need it. More things than flying horrors around there, I knew that much from what you told me. I start the agonizing journey towards where I hoped Fred was killed. I have no idea how long this took me, I don't even know if time moved slower or faster for me than for you. I was told it was 7 months right? That I was gone?” Dad agrees coarsely “ok well I have no clue. To me it felt like long fucking days. The light is always the same, no change in day or night. I hid under fallen trees, rocks whatever I could find when I needed to sleep. Which was often. The infection spreading in me, I could feel it. I was beginning to hallucinate. I saw Chrissy waving me along, she was skipping along the path a head of me arms locked with Patrick. I saw all of you, dead hung up in the trees. I cried a lot, not knowing if this was real, if it was the fever or if it might even be Vecna. I struggle now, my breathing isn't good anymore. The pain is blinding me and the wounds ooze making me stick to things and smell awful. If the bats and the other things didn't hear me they sure as hell would be bale to smell me. The last thing I remember seeing before waking up in that hospital bed is a red light and you two” he points towards dad and Nancy “In my mind I wasn't actually seeing YOU I was seeing a figment of my imagination. All I wanted then was to see you, but there was no way my mind could register that you were there. I did try and stab you didn't I? Or is that some nightmare thing my mind made up?”

Now there's' tears falling from every eye in the room.

“No...you did. Try to stab us with hat spear of yours. Cursing us, telling us to leave you the hell alone you needed o get back home. It wasn't until you fought long enough for your body to give up that we could really make sure it WAS you. We were all in shock Ed. Imagine going back to that hell with the sole intention to bring your dead body back so we could all get closure, and finding you alive. At first we also thought it was Vecna playing with our minds. But he was gone, we all knew that. So there was no doubt in our minds that it was you, even though I've never seen anything look as horrible...or smell as horrible before or since” dad smiles a little “We heard you still have that photo Rob took of you once you finally passed out and we could fix a makeshift gurney for you?”

“Yeah I have it... I never look at it anymore but I can't get rid of it either. When things have gotten real bad throughout the years I hold it, always looking away but knowing it's there. It reminds me that it will at least NEVER be that bad again. Hadn't looked at it until Hailey asked me about it, telling me she saw it the week I came here. I've saved pictures of us all from back then. I brought it with us in case you want to have a look” I can tell by his voice he's smiling now.

“I would love that!” I hear Robin say “Not the photo of you...no love for that but the rest of them”

“Well...now you know. The things nightmares are made of...” Eddie sighs “It feels like a weight lifted somehow, telling you this. I mean I don't even think I could convey what it was really like with words but you have an idea now at least. If there is a hell... it can't be worse than that place. The only one I think might have even a slight chance of really understanding this is Max...but yeah well. You can turn on the lights again, I'm ok now" Eddie says and dad gets up turning on the lights and opening the blinds. Everyone has been crying, red eyes all around. Everyone gets up and gives Ed a hug. This is when we see that sometime after we turned the lights out and Eddie began telling his story Max and Lucas had snuck in. They're standing inches apart holding hands crying.

"I do get it Eddie, I do. Hell is probably a walk in the park compared to that place. I could sense you...in there when I was gone. I felt your pain in my mind, I felt you dying Eddie. Then I felt you coming back to, happiness flooded my mind. I kept wishing that I could wake up and tell them all, I knew they were there you see, even if I wasn't awake. I wanted to tell them you survived and that they needed to find you. By the time I was awake you were gone so I never told them" Max's tears stream down her face as everyone watches her in silence. Eddie gets up and he wraps his arms around her

"Hey Red, feels good knowing someone kept an eye on me. Maybe you're the one who got me through it? Stop crying now, both you and I made it. Yeah we might be a bit fucked up but you know... I think we'll be just fine. We have people here who love us" he looks down at Max and Lucas's hands smiling "Just admit it and get on with your life together. It's been long enough don't you think?" the both of them blush and Lucas wraps his arms around Max whispering something in her ear and she smiles and nods. Eddie pats them both on the shoulder "There ya go, see... Old love doesn't go bad, it just evolves. Myself, I'm kind of a sucker for new love" he grins at me

The evening turns into night, no one wants to leave. We all want to hear more about what Eddie and Max went through. Especially Max since she never talked about her time in a coma, she's always said she didn't remember anything. Turns out...she lied.

Around 3 am I give up and I say good night to the ones still sitting in our living room talking. I head up to bed and I fall asleep instantly, happy for Eddie, happy for Max and Lucas and also happy for myself. I haven't slept for long when I feel Eddie crawling into bed beside me putting his arm around me and pulling me in close to him. He snuggles in to the crease of my neck and he whispers

"God I love you Hailey, thank you for getting me to do this. How can I ever repay you" he kisses my neck and lets out a content sigh and we fall asleep. I wake up at noon realizing this is probably the first night Eddie's slept the night through without even a hint at nightmares, sure he's had calm nights but there's always been some terrors sometime during the night. I smile, this was good for him. Letting all his demons go. Eddie is still holding me close, he's snoring slightly. He looks so at peace, I wiggle out of his arms carefully so I don't wake him up. I really need to use the bathroom, and I need a shower. I strip and I get in the shower, it isn't long before I can feel that I'm being watched.

"Hey, gonna stand there like a creep or are you going to join me" I say. The doors open and Eddie slides in behind me

"Wanna let me have some of that hot water babe, or am I just having this hot ass?" he kisses my neck and his hand come round to grab my tits. He starts playing with my nipples, kissing my neck all the while. I can feel him growing against my ass. I moan

"Wow, Ed...you're not wasting time are ya?" I purr as his hands trail down my front to slip in between my legs. He finds my clit and starts circling it with expertise. I'm feeling dizzy from the pleasure it sends through me combined with the hot water.

"Not a second is wasted with you babe" he whispers in my ear "would you turn around please" he continues. I turn towards him and he kisses me deeply as he lifts my legs and I wrap them around him. He pins me against the wall and he lifts me so he can position the tip of his cock right at my entrance, he lowers me and I feel him enter. Slowly filling me up as I press my legs round Eddies back trying to pull him even closer. He fucks me with deep thrusts, not saying a word just heavy breathing and soft moans. He keeps kissing me, lips, face,neck, my collarbones. I run my hands in to his hair as I feel myself closing in.

"Eddie...fuck Eddie...you're so good to me...so good. Come with me Ed, please come with me" I moan as the sweet release comes. Eddie growls from deep inside as he fills me up with one last deep thrust. My legs slide down his sides and we stand face to face kissing, water streaming over us. "I heard you when you came to bed, was just to tired to respond. I love you too Eddie, and loving me enough to let me hear you tell your story is all the payment I need" I say and look him deep in his beautiful brown eyes

"You know I'm going to ask you to marry me some day...right? Because this...this is all I need from life. I'm back, and this time I'm staying put" he gives me a kiss so full of emotion my knees wobble. Maybe he was right last night, maybe I am the person in the future he needed to survive for?

It's strange all it took was one week to completely change everything in my life. Some might call it too fast, I'm too young etc etc... But this is it, he is my past, my present and my future. I don't know what it's bringing. All I know is the Freak has returned to Hawkins and my life will never ever be the same.

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