Teenage Werewolf | Eddie Munson

"You lost me."

Emmaline's POV:
I sighed as I drove into the school parking lot. I felt sick. I hadn't talked or seen Peter since the party. I knew he'd be here and would be trying to talk to me. I closed my eyes as I took a deep breath. A knock on my window made me jump. My eyes slightly widened as I saw Jason Carver standing outside my car. I reached for the door handle, opening the door. "Emmaline." He said. I furrowed my eyebrows and said "what do you want?" "Hi, Emmaline." The cheery voice of Chrissy Cunningham said. I half smiled at her and said "hi, Chrissy." She smiled at me and Jason said "Chris, go get Andy." Chrissy nodded and then walked to the group of boys, tapping on Andy's shoulder. Andy looked mortified when he saw me standing next to Jason. I gulped and looked down. "Listen, I'm not going to put up with what he did at the party. He's going to apologize to you. We've got a reputation to uphold and I can't have that kind of stuff getting out." I scoffed and said "so, it's to save your ass? Not because you're actually upset that your friend could've assaulted me?" "Munson better not put his hands on Andy again." My lips parted and Andy said "Em, I'm really sorry. Honest. I drank too much. I shouldn't of done that. I know I can come off as an asshole. I'm sorry. It's on me." "Munson shoved you." Jason said. Andy looked at Jason and said "I don't care about that. I would've hurt Em. Would you have rather me hurt her? I don't like that freak but for once in his life he did something good." "Think about if someone did that to Chrissy. She's drunk out of her mind and someone sees that they can take advantage of her." I said to Jason. Jason looked at Chrissy who was standing with Lucas Sinclair, laughing as he talked with his hands. "I'd kick their ass. Chris is too good for that." Jason mumbled. I nodded and said "exactly. I accept your apology, Andy." The curly headed boy rushed away and I looked back at Jason. "Next time, don't protect your friend out of your interest because if someone tried to do that to Chrissy it'd be over for them. I'd even kick their ass if they did that to Chrissy. So, just leave me alone. And don't ever say that Eddie was the problem when he wasn't." I grabbed my stuff and closed my car door, locking it. I started to walk away. "Em!" Jason said. I looked over my shoulder and he said "I'm sorry. You're right." I nodded and walked away from him. My heart was beating out of my chest and my eyes scanned the parking lot for Eddie's van. It was parked at the edge of the lot, away from everyone. I pulled on the door and Eddie was sitting in the back. "What the hell?!" He screeched. I jumped and said "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare you." Eddie held his heart and his face softened and he reached for my wrist. "Princess Emmaline." He pulled me inside the van, closing the door. "What can I do for you on this fine day?" I dropped my books and threw my arms around his neck. Eddie responded with an 'oof' sound as I hugged him. His arms slowly wrapped around me. "What happened?" He asked softly. "Jason made Andy apologize to me. And he was trying to excuse what he did. Andy almost did a horrible thing. And Jason was excusing it like it was nothing. And he was mad you pushed him." Eddie scoffed. "He's lucky all I did was push him. I wanted to pound his face in." I squeezed him and Eddie said "you ok?" "Yeah, I just...I need...I needed to be safe. For a minute." "Em, I won't let him touch you. I don't think he will after this but I'll kick his ass." I leaned my head on his shoulder and sighed. "You don't have to, Eddie." "I do. You're my friend, Emmaline. I don't put up with shit like that." I half smiled and slowly pulled away from him. "Sorry for being like this." "No, you're ok. It's fine. It makes sense why you'd be like this, Em. It's not a big deal." I nodded at him and said "I think I'm gonna sit with you at lunch today." Eddie quirked an eyebrow and said "yeah?" "Yeah. I don't think I can sit with Peter. I still haven't talked to him." "It's probably better off that way, Em. What can he do? Apologize for kissing a girl that wasn't you? Nothing can save him from that." "Yeah. You're right. Gareth won't be upset that I'm sitting with you, will he?" "If he is I'll shut him down. As a matter of fact, I'll explain the whole situation during Hellfire." I smiled and said "thanks, Eddie." "We'd better get going. As much as I dislike school, I'm actually trying to pass this year and don't want too many tardies." I giggled softly and said "Eddie Munson actually trying to pass? I'm shocked." "I'm telling you. I've only got one more class to pass. I'm on my way to a D in Mrs. O'Donnell's." The two of us got out of his van and walked into school. I left him as we didn't have the same first class. Rosalie immediately rushed over to him and he waved his hand, telling her to calm down as she talked about an idea for their D&D campaign. I grabbed some things out of my locker and felt the presence of my boyfriend standing behind me. I gulped as I turned around to face him. "Emmaline." He said. I bit my lip to keep myself from crying. "What do you want?" I asked barely audible. A shaky breath left Peter's lips and he said "I wanted to apologize. I'm so sorry. I'm so so sorry. I was drunk. I didn't mean to kiss her. I was set up." I scoffed and said "set up? That's a stupid excuse even for you, Peter." Eyes of kids walking by looked us up and down, whispers entering the hall. Lucas Sinclair looked at me with a frown and I looked back at my boyfriend. "I was set up, Em. It was Lorna! It was all her!" He whisper yelled the last part. I shook my head and said "why would she do that?" "You know why! She doesn't like you. She's never liked us. And she's always liked me. You know that." Peter said. I looked down at my shoes. He was right. Lorna had been after my boyfriend for about a year now. And I'd only been with him eight months. I looked back up at Peter and said "you know I can't be with you. Not after..." I wasn't even sure who he kissed. I didn't care. I just wanted to forget about it. "Em, please. I love you. That kiss meant nothing. As soon as I realized it wasn't you I freaked out. I tried to find you and you were gone." "Yeah, Andy almost had fun with me. He was as drunk as you and could tell who I was. Andy almost took me upstairs and took advantage of me. And where were you?" Peter stared at me in shock. He shook his head and said "I'm sorry. I was..." "With her. Or were you with Lorna?" I said. Peter didn't answer as he looked down. "Thank god for Eddie Munson. Cause if it wasn't for him, this would be a totally different situation right now." I said as I slammed my locker. Peter's head snapped up to look at me. "Eddie Munson? The freak?" "He saved me on Saturday. Everything would've went south." Peter grabbed my hand and said "please, give me another chance, Em. I love you. More than anything." "You lost me." I whispered. Peter's eyes widened and I left him standing in the hall. "Peter, what's going on?" Jack's happy voice said. I didn't dare look over my shoulder. Jason Carver stood with Chrissy, shoving Patrick McKinney away from him as he told a stupid joke. Andy snorted and Jason said "you're an idiot." "It's true, Jason!" Andy made eye contact with me, his face softening and Patrick seemed to notice as he looked at his friend. I continued to walk to my class, trying my best to ignore everyone's looks. "Emmy!" Milo said. I looked at him with a quirked eyebrow at the new nickname. "What? I wanted to call you something that nobody else calls you." I half smiled at him and said "cool." "We're sitting with Eddie today?" "Yeah. Jason made Andy apologize to me today." I said. Milo's eyes widened and he said "you got an apology from the basketball team?! You?! They must fucking think you're royalty, Em." "I highly doubt that." I replied.