The next day Mia woke up late and had to rush to school, it was obvious Jonathan did want to wake her but he should of, because if he would of woke her, the risk of her seeing him sat on the hood of his car with Nancy Wheeler would be null and void, but as she drove in, thats what she saw. The two of them eating together, talking. She made sure to park far enough away so she wouldn't have to pass them as she walked into school, that same annoyed look on her face as she displayed a lot recently as she walked passed by hundreds of students, her headphones blasting loud music into her ears.
As she got to her locker her headphones where pulled down and she was smacked on the back of the head,
"What the fuck!!" She snapped, turning around swiftly, her angry expression wore off when she locked eyes with Eddie, a long smile dragged at his lips, "what do you want Munson?"
"Rough night.... Again?" He raised a brow, leaning on the locker next to her,
"No no great night! Yeah yeah, well, no! No great, I'm great... what do you want?" She slammed the locker shut, leaning on it, facing him,
"What ever you say princess..." he smiled down at her "so, we didn't play last night... moved the campaign to tonight, you gonna keep your promise?"
"Your fucking desperate"
"Hey! You promised!" He threw his hands up, "come on Hopper, you gotta show my boys what a woman is..."
"you sure that's the reason you want me to come? I mean you've asked me so many times I'm starting to think this is more about you then your 'boys' hm?" She eyed him
"Mia... they've never seen seen a girl up close... right? And I- I have! It's for them... Im telling you"
"Your positive?"
"Of course!" He rubbed the back of his neck, a clear slightly scared look in his eyes,
"Well if your sure... and I suppose it would be wrong of me to take back a promise... what time do you want me there?"
"We start at 3" he nodded "oh and... dress nice"
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?"
"It means, it would be a whole lot funnier if you came in, oh I don't know... a sexy little number?" He teased,
She sighed "but I'd have to go all the way home to get something to change into! And I really don't want to go there,"
"Your mom still bothering you?" He frowned,
"Yeah..." she shrugged before her eyes widened "you know what I might have a old dress in my car..."
"Oh yeah?"
She nodded "yeah, I mean it's probably stupid short and hooker-esk but I can try it?"
"That would be perfect! It probably bring them over the edge to be honest,"
"Oh... why's that Munson?" She smirked, her hands finding their way into the pockets of Jonathan's hoodie,
"No reason! It's just— someone's mom could walk in there in a dress and they'd instantly pop, you know?" He threw his arms around yet, exaggerating his words.
"Mhm... right ok, so could you at least meet me in the corridor out side your little club room, so I don't just walk in?"
"Anything for you," he bowed against the locker, almost hitting his head on hers,
She laughed "thank you? So I guess I'll see you there?"
"Yes you will... and don't go back on your promise— there will be consequences!" He shoved her shoulder gently as he walked away from her, one huge smirk plastered on his face.
Mia shook her head and pushed herself tiredly off of the locker walking slowly to her class.
#
By the time 2:50 rolled around Mia was already out by her car, grabbing the old bag out of her trunk and speeding to the bathroom. The second she got there she hopped into a stall, very quickly changing into the old dress and pair of heels before shoving the clothes she wore into the bag, rushing them back to her car. When she finally shorted her outfit she went back again to the bathroom to sort her hair, making sure it didn't look like a tangled birds nest and then she powered towards the Hellfire club. By the time she'd gotten to the door it was 3:07; and as promised, Eddie was stood outside, a lit cigarette between his lips, as he heard the repetitive clicks of her heels hit the ground he turned to her direction, almost dropping the cigarette when he saw her,
"Better close that mouth if yours Munson, your going to catch flies"
"Oh whAt—" his voice broke, causing him to clear his throat mid sentence "what ever" he pushed himself off the wall and did a little gesture pointing at the door "you ready for this princess?"
"If any of them, at any point lay a finger on me... I won't hold back" she threatened as he pushed the door open for her,
"They'll be too scared to even look at you" he whispered as he followed her in.
All eyes where on her as she walked through the dimly lit room, Eddie guiding her by the small of her back to the throne at the end of the table, "my companions," he mused, putting on some strange voice "as I promised, Mia Hopper is finally joining us!"
The three other boys just stared, making Mia feel somewhat uncomfortable, causing her to wrap her arms around her self. Eddie sat at his throne as she stepped back from the table and watched.
The game started off strong, Eddie acted out every word on his script, making the whole story come to life.
But soon did the arguing start, the four boys shouting and practically screaming at each other as Mia just stood and watched, her arms still covering her upper body, the coldness of the room didn't help her situation. Eddie had noticed a while ago that she kept wrapping her arms closer to herself, and started to rub her arms, so he stood and shook his jackets off, in one swift move shoved them towards her, waiting for her to grab them,
"Your cold princess take them... I bet your boyfriend wouldn't be happy if I brought you back with a cold" he flashed a smile,
"I can just go get my hoodie from the car..." she nodded, going to turn for the door,
"What and miss the best part!!! Come on!" He shoved his hand closer to her, almost forcing the jackets onto her, "take them... it doesn't mean anything"
She groaned, knowing that she didn't want to miss part of the game, but sighed knowing that this would be, in a way, un faithful to Jonathan- then again... he kept meeting up with Nancy, what harm could wearing eddies jackets cause? "Fine" she rolled her eyes grabbing them and shrugging the leather one on first, adding the Denim on top. The weight and his old body warmth instantly stopped her shivering, and the smell of cigarettes, weed and cologne filled her nose,
"Better?"
She huffed, and looked down at him "yeah..."
"Good..." he nodded, shooting a smile before his whole focus was back on the game.
#
Six hours later they where finally done, and all the boys had left, their filthy stares still lingered in the room as Mia felt obliged to help Eddie clean up,
"Jesus, they suck at d&d..." she piped up, trying to start a conversation,
"How'd you figure?" He raised a brow,
"Well they lost... and kept playing the wrong moves. It's obvious to defeat a level 30 ogre you need to use the highest ranking member along with their highest level weapon, but they still, chose to send their weakest member with their weakest weapon" she shrugged,
Eddie stood up straight and held his hands to his hips, "you play?"
"Haven't for a while... but I can still work my way around a game," she shrugged
"Oh my god, you play?" His mouth hung agape as he stared her down,
"Yeah? I just told you that! What's so surprising?"
"Well.... Your a girl... and you don't look like you play—"
Mia cut him off with a loud laugh "so because I'm a girl and I don't look like a nerd, I can't play d&d?"
He held his hands up "that's not what I was saying! It's just- you made it seem like you weren't interested"
"I think your club is cool... just not the people in it"
He approached her slowly "so... if it's cool... how would you feel about, joining?"
"And spend every Thursday night with those creeps? No thanks" she shook her head and she put the dice into a bag, sliding them along to table towards him. Then she started sliding his jacket off, but Eddie came closer and stopped her,
"Give it back tomorrow, you still have the walk to the car you could freeze during" he sighed, "and I get it you know, not wanting to hang out with weirdos like me..."
"If it was just you here hunny, id come every week, without fail. But they aren't my kind of people" she huffed, standing in front of him, her hands smoothing out his hellfire shirt over his shoulders. "But I should go, before Jonathan thinks I'm out cheating on him" she chuckled,
"Yeah! O-of course!" He cleared his throat, watching as she brushed past him, heels clicking as she walked out the door "hey hopper!! That-- my jacket looks good on you!" He raced to the door, only just managing to see her. Mia spun and flipped him off, a bright smile on her face before she croaked out a laugh, spinning back around to push the front doors open and walk happily to her car.
#
Mia didn't go straight home that night, instead she went off to the liquor store, and bought a 6 pack of beer. She drove off to the top of, as they called it, make out point, and sat herself on her hood once she parked, cracking open her first of the night, laying back onto the windshield.
#
The next morning Mia woke with a pounding headache in the backseat of her car, beer cans scattered along the floor. She groaned and climbed over to the front seat, starting the car instantly and driving down to the school.
Once there she stumbled out and pulled her dress down, making herself look somewhat tidier. She opened the back door to grab the clothes she changed out of the day before, only for the bag to be covered in vomit, she gagged and grabbed the bag, hastily throwing the whole thing into the big trash can outside, the chilly fall air making her hug eddies jacket closer around her. Mia's heels clicked obnoxiously loud as she walked down towards the front door and she went straight into her first class.
"Ok I've said this every morning this week but you look like shit!" Eddie gasped as he walked in and sat next to her,
"Shut upppp" she groaned lowly, "do you... want your jacket back now?"
"Do you have something else to wear?" He raised a brow,
"No... I uh... didn't go home actually... and I puked on my clothes from yesterday" she shivered,
"Jesus Christ.... Want me to take you home?"
"No, no... I need to be here, can't get less attendance" she rolled her eyes, pressing her face into her elbow, the cold leather sleeve made her flinch slightly.
The rest of the class started flooding in, and the boredom loomed her mind...