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“Who, the hell, is that?” Eddie mumbles to his groups of misfits who sit around the lunch table all adorning the same Hellfire T-shirt, voice full of intrigue and awe at the sight of you entering the cafeteria.
Glancing up from his spot, Dustin follows his eyeline until it lands on a you. Raising his brow, he’s then focusing back on his DND book and mumble his answer to Eddie. “Oh, that’s y/n, she’s in my AP science class. She’s really smart, like. Spooky smart. She’s also really nice, I think you’d like her if you got to know her.”
It took Eddie about 0.5 seconds after Dustin had finished talking before he leapt from his seat and came bounding over to you like an excited puppy. Tapping your left shoulder before ducking to hide behind your right, causing you to do a little spin in confusion until you’re face to face. Giggling to yourself, you roll your eyes fondly before folding your arms across your chest.
“May I help you?” You asked, voice full of amusement whilst glancing the taller metal head up and down.
Today you were wearing a slightly oversized Slayer shirt tucked into your black, high waisted skater skirt. Your fishnet tights ripped in a couple places from where you’d leant against something sharp. Black Dr. Martens on to your feet and your hair in a low bun, a few strands cascading down your face to frame it. Your hair was a natural colour, but you had a few coloured streaks throughout which you changed out depending on your mood once the first colour faded.
“Just wanted to introduce myself and see if you wanted to sit with us? My friend said you’re new here. Dustin? Uh.. Henderson?” He offered information like word vomit, clearly nervous rambling as you looked at him. “Oh, and I’m Eddie!”
“I know Dustin, he’s funny. Ah, you’re Eddie? He never shuts up about you, I started to think you were a myth.” You chuckled to yourself, starting to walk over towards his table as he guided you.
“Not a myth, just a legend.” He smirked, standing at the head of the table as he went to introduce you to his friends. “Nerds? This is…” he starts, realising he didn’t get your name. Well technically he did, via Dustin, but you hadn’t told him that.
“Y/N! Hey, guys.” You smiled at them.
They all smiled and talked over themselves to introduce themselves to you, you only catch a couple of their names. Moving in unison to shift down a seat to let you sit near Dustin and Eddie as those are the only ones you really knew.
“Cool shirt” Mike praised, to which you smiled and thanked him. Going on a small rant about how much you loved their music. Eddie looked smitten with you in seconds. A gorgeous woman who loved metal music? A woman after his own heart.
You all exchanged information like favourite bands, favourite movies, hobbies, and interests. Finding yourself to be incredibly comfortable and on the same level playing field as these kids as everyone seemed to have a common interest. Nerd things. You found yourself to be most like Eddie, both in age and music taste, but the rest of the guys all loved the same kind of movies that you did. Ghostbusters was a common favourite here.
Before you knew it, lunch was over, and everyone was packing up their things to head back to their next class. You said goodbye to the guys, and they promised as they left to invite you to their next gaming session. Lucas making it very clear that you could sit with them whenever you wanted and that you were always welcome, causing you to smile.
“So… Who’s class is next?” Eddie asks you; you pluck out your schedule from your pocket before groaning in annoyance at what you read.
“I have English, what about you?” you questioned, pocketing your guide once more before he grins right across at you.
“English. Let’s go.” He said, gesturing with his elbow as he’s stuffing his hands nervously into his pockets. You follow alongside him with a smile, suddenly English didn’t sound so bad if you got to spend it with company.
Sitting beside Eddie at the desk, you bring out your notebook and pencil case as the teacher began writing on the board. Feeling your side get poked, you glance across at Eddie with a confused expression.
“Got a pencil?” He looks at you with a shy smile, to which you grab out a spare pencil and pass it his way. You’d think he come prepared as it’s not exactly /his/ first day, but you didn’t mind helping out the cute rocker to your left.
He thanked you with a wink, scribbling down some notes as the teacher rambled on. Both of you weren’t really paying attention if you were being honest with yourself. You’d be passing notes back and forth between you both, mostly just harmless flirting and even joking about the fact both of you have no idea what’s going on in the class.
Opening up the crumpled piece of paper to read the latest of Eddie’s notes, cheeks flushing in response as you reread it to make sure you hadn’t imagined it.
“Wanna hangout after school?” The note said.
You furrow your brows and look in his direction, he’s biting down on his grin and nervously playing with his fingers. Raising a brow in your direction as if to show that he’s waiting for a response, you clear your throat and lean over a little with a hushed tone.
“You wanna hangout with me?”
Nodding eagerly, he was a little pink in the cheeks whilst he shrugged his shoulders, folding his arms across his chest as he leant back in his chair to get comfortable.
“Duh, babe. Of course, I do.” He whispered, but you could tell by his tone that he was certain.
“Okay, yeah, sure.” A little flustered, you nod your head and tuck the note into your pocket, seeing there’s only a couple minutes left of this class anyway. “I’d like that.”
Packing up your things along with the rest of the class once the bell went, walking beside Eddie as you found your way to your locker, switching out the books in your backpack for those you needed for the next class. You bump into Dustin and Mike on the way, smiling over at them as they greet you.
“Hey, Y/N? Wanna come to the movies after school with us? We’re gonna see Back to The Future!” Dustin grins, bouncing on his toes in excitement.
“Sorry, Dustin… Eddie already asked me to hangout after school. But, if you don’t mind seeing it again, we can go this weekend? I still wanna see it!” You compromise, shooting him an apologetic smile.
“No problem, this weekend sounds good. Just can’t be Friday as that’s our next campaign night so Saturday?” He gestured to Mike, who seemed to be on board with seeing the movie twice just so you had something to do together.
“What are you guys doing anyway?” Mike asked, gesturing between the both of you.
You shrug, looking to Eddie for answers.
“I was just gonna take her out to show her all the sights of Hawkins, y’know? Show her The Hideout, Skull Rock, y’know, my usual hangout spots.” He explained with a shrug, not trying to make a big deal of you two hanging out alone.
“Gonna show Y/N the make out spot?” Dustin snickers, glancing between you two in a suggestive voice, followed by his classic Chewbacca-like-purr.
“The what?” You ask.
Dustin laughs in amusement, Eddie going red in the face as he explains it all. “Oh? You didn’t know about the make out spot? Well, if he drives you anywhere nearby Lovers Lake? And takes you to the secluded path near the East Side? Prepare for a smoochin’” he jokes, making kissing noises at the both of you.
“Alright, knock it off, dickheads!” Said a voice from behind, his words were harsh, but his tone was light-hearted. You saw Steve wandering towards the two younger guys, ruffling up both of their hair like they were children and pretending to smack their heads together. “You’re gonna be late for class.”
Turning the kids away you, they called out “Bye, Lovers!” before getting escorted away by Steve with an apologetic look on his face, only to be replaced by a grin as he changed his mind and decided to call out “Use Protection!” whilst walking away.
You and Eddie burst out into nervous laughter before looking up at each other. Clearing your throat awkwardly before he just simply says “See you after class?”
You nod, biting down on your lower lip and letting out a light giggle before you split off and walk in separate directions to your next classes. Eddie’s heart beating out of his chest, you had that effect on him. Causing him to be all flustered and shy as opposed to his normal cocky and loud-mouthed self, unable to wipe the thought of kissing you out of his mind, thanks to Henderson.
“Bring chapstick!” He hears from the end of the hall; you call out to him with a bright smile on your face. You were just messing with him, loving to watch him squirm as he simply disappeared around the corner out of sight.
You faintly hear him calling out a soft “Jesus. H. Christ” as he fades away, causing you to snicker whilst walking into your final class.