After walking around still waiting for Steve I decide to go find a phone and call Steve instead
Jessica: * dials Steve work number* Come on Steve answer the damn phone
Steve: hello?
Jessica: Finally, when are you coming to get me I have been walking around for 30 minutes. The principal is getting worried and you know how I get when I have to talk to adults alone..
Steve: Crap, I'm working late tonight. One of my friends go to that school, his name is Dustin, he is the one-
Jessica; Curly hair. Ik we met. He's my friend now.
Steve: Ok good. See I told you that you would make some friends.
Jessica: Ik. I got to go. I have to go find Dustin. Bye.
Steve: Alright. Be safe little sis, love you
Jessica: love you to Steve and I will, bye *hangs up*
I call Dustin and ask him how long it's gonna take for him to get Erica he said not long and asked why, I said "uhm..my friend was working late" and he said that he would come get me from school until we had to go get mike and Erica again I said ok and that I would be in the woods.
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I walk in the woods listening to music until I find an open space and start dancing, I was to busy dancing that I didn't know someone was watching me and accidentally bumped into them. I take out my headphones and notices that it's Eddie and my face turns into a light red
Jessica: Oh- I'm sorry Eddie.
Eddie: Its ok, what are you doing out here?
Jessica: Waiting on dustin because my brother is working late today and also trying to get away from the large crowd
Eddie: You ok?
Jessica: Uhm, yea, I just have social anxiety and hate large crowds. I feel like everyone is judging me so I try and get away from it.
Eddie: Damn, I'm sorry about that.
Jessica: It's ok.
Me and Eddie sit at a picnic table that is randomly in the woods. I turn around hearing a branch snap and see a girl walking towards us
Eddie: Hey Chrissy,you ready?
Chrissy: Uhm, yea... I guess.
She sits next to me and I see Eddie take out a medal box. I take my attention off him and look around anxiously.
Eddie: ..There's, uh.. there's nothing to worry about. Okay. * I look back at him* No one ever comes out. We're safe.. *he can tell I'm still anxious* I promise.
He opens the box which reeks of weed and other stuff
Chrissy: So, how does this work.. exactly? *she says nervously*
Eddie: Oh, just like any old sale, except, uh, cash only, and uh, for obvious reasons, no receipt. *he grabs a bag of green stuff in it*
Chrissy looks down at her skirt then at me that's when I noticed it was the girl from the bathroom earlier
Jessica: Hey, aren't you the girl from the bathroom earlier?
Chrissy: Uhm, yea
Jessica: I'm Jessica
Chrissy: Chrissy...
Eddie looks at me and I look at him remembering what happened in the classroom earlier. He takes something out of his bo and taps on the table
Eddie: I'll do you a half ounce for, uh.. 20. What do you say? Plenty of bag for your buck, should last a while.
A squirrel runs up a tree and me and Chrissy look back. Chrissy looks back at Eddie while I still look around. I hear Eddie close his box but don't turn around
Eddie: Hey, uh, we don't need to do this. Just give me the word and I'll walk away. Okay?
Once I hear him say that I turn around quickly
Jessica: No, please.
Chrissy: It's not that. I don't want you to go. It's just... do you ever feel like.. your loosing your mind?
I look at Eddie and back to Chrissy
Eddie: Um, you know. On a daily basis... I feel like I'm loosing my mind right now doing a drug deal with Chrissy Cunningham, the queen of Hawkins High * he taps his hands on the table*
I decide to stand up and stretch my legs not noticing that I look upset getting lost in my thoughts I get pulled out hearing Eddie
Eddie: Jess.. you okay?
Jessica: Oh, uhm, yeah. I'm fine. Just a little stressed * I smile*
Eddie: It's ok, we're safe *he looks at Chrissy and sees her playing with her jacket*
I sit back down playing with my headphone strings I look at Eddie and then at Chrissy
Eddie: .. You know.. this is most the first time we've all uhm.. hung out * he makes eye contact with me and Chrissy*
Chrissy: No? * I pull a confused face and look at Eddie*
Eddie: Y'all don't remember?
I shake my head and look at Chrissy. I zone out while Chrissy try's to think of the last time she seen Eddie. I finally come back from my thoughts Ann's look at Eddie and just admire him
Eddie: It's ok..
Hey throws himself back out of the bench holding his chest and me and Chrissy gasp loudly
Eddie: * he gets up while saying* I wouldn't remember me either girls. * we laugh at out of confusion* Honestly, do I have stuff in my hair? * he says while brushing his hands through his hair* y'all don't remember me? *he crosses his arms i front of his chest and looks at us*
Chrissy: * she chuckles* I'm sorry *she smiles*
I feel like everything freezes and start having flashbacks of my old middle school before I had to move with my parents
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*In the flash back*
I walk in the theater room and see an empty spot so I sit over there and take my sketch book out and look around and start sketching what I see. As I'm drawing I hear some kinds walk on and start setting there band stuff up. I notice a boy with a buzzed hair cut he goes to take his guitar from its case when he sees me looking at him, I quickly look away and start drawing and he gets back to what he was doing. A few hours go by and I feel light tap on my shoulder, I look up to see the boy I saw earlier.
Boy: Hey, good drawing *he says looking at my sketch book*
Jessica: Thank you. I draw when I'm bored *laughs lightly*
One of the boys called out for the boy
Kid: Eddie come on
I see him walk off and decide to leave as well seeing a girl doing some cheer dances. I get outside and see my brother
Steve: Hey, I'm taking you home early today
He said as he grabbed my arm and pulled me to his car. A few days later I became good friends with Eddie until the day I had to leave and didn't know how to tell him.
