ch:7 You Ok?

I have most of the plot down and the characters are coming together. If you have recommendations lmk. this chapter is pretty short but its for good reason.

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Max had woken you up four times, and each time she did you said, 'I'll be out in a minute' and fell back asleep. Max got very angry at you and ran to Eddie. "Eddie, come wake up your stupid girlfriend." Max shouted at his door. "Ok, one she's not stupid, and two she's not...like...my girlfriend." "You made out...whatever, just go get her. I can't be late." "Here, I'll drive you, she's probably not going to wake up." Eddie crawls through the window a little while later. "Ellie," he says softly. "Baby, you got to wake up." "No." you said after a few minutes. Eddie crawled into bed with you, wrapping his arms around your waist and his head in the crook of your neck. "Why?" "I feel like a million pounds." "Hmm, you don't feel like that to me." You just sigh. "Ellie, I don't have a care in the world for education, but I do for you, you have a shot to go to college. It's literally your second day of school." "Ugh," you say sitting up, "fine." You stumble into the bathroom to take a quick shower. You walk out in a towel and grab a hoodie and jeans. Eddie is staring at you the whole time. "Staring is rude you know." He looks down, "sorry." You push him down on the bed and sit on his lap, "but I think  I'll let this one slide." You lean down and kiss him, and he just has to put his hands on you. When you lean down the towel falls a little. "Please, Ellie, we have to go." "You're boring." you get up and change.

Eddie drives you to school, and Kaminsky's class is almost over. Kaminsky gives Eddie an eye, and Eddie looks at you and back to him and he stays quiet.

You had a hard time focusing. You just had this awful, awful feeling. A feeling that won't let you get up, almost like a voice. A voice that tells you to fuck everything up. A voice that controls you.

You start doodling on your paper and Eddie holds your hand. "You ok?" he whispered. You just kinda look at your paper. "Am I ok?" you muttered to yourself. You genuinely didn't know. Eddie looked at you for a long time. He writes on a piece of paper and passes it to you. 'What's your favorite song?' You look at him and write back. 'I'm not really sure I have a paper." He looked at you like you were crazy. 'Paper?' he passed back. 'Shit, I mean favorite.' He just laughed and the bell rang.

You slept in the next class, and then lunch came. Eddie was sitting at the table before you arrived. "Does anyone know what happened to Ellie's dad?" "No," Mike said curiously. "Why?" "Only Max knows," Dustin added. "Something's off with her, and it's really bugging me." "Is that the only reason?" "No," he says after a second. "Is it Chrissy?" "Kind of," Eddie replied picking at his food. "What do you mean kind of?" Jeff asked. "Well, I'm kind of hooked now. We kissed last night and I really, really like her, but she reminds me of Chrissy." "I'm sorry man," Gareth said. "Well, I think Ellie is good for you." Mike said eating noodles and slurping them up. "You think?" He asked. "Well, I think it's time you recover from what happened last year, and I know that Ellie cares for you." Mike replied. "How do you know that?" he asked. "That's just who she is."

You then walk over to the table. "Hey sweetheart," he says smiling at you. You sit down in your seat. "Why is everyone staring at me?" You say in a annoying tired voice. Everyone looks away because they forgot they were staring. Eddie looked really tense. You were almost shaking. "Eddie," you ask, "can we please leave?" He looks at you for a second then to Dustin then back to you. "Sweetheart, do you remember what I told you this morning?" You looked down. He grabbed your hand. "But, I'll take you out early last period." You smiled slightly. "Cute," he giggled, which made you smile wider. "Shut up," you looked down again. "i'llk You guys are so cute," Dustin smiled. "Shut up, Dustin," Eddie smiled throwing a piece of food at him.

You haven't touched your food. No one had noticed, which made you feel an odd feeling, almost like stealthy and secretive. For some reason, this feeling brought you joy.

You swear Eddie can see through your soul. Eddie gives Dustin this strong eye and then point to the bathroom.