Make me Better ~Eddie Munson x Reader~

46. Christmas Tree

"Well, he doesn't know that we know that he knows. We can keep hiding and everything, he won't say anything to us." I frowned at the mix of words, but finally got the hint of it. A sort of deception washed over me because I didn't want him to say that all. I looked at the floor and nodded.

"Yeah, we can do that." I lie to him. Silence engulfed the room. I felt my gut turning uncomfortably, the joint not doing its effect, and I just wanted to get out of there, but I can't be weird about this. I can't just up and leave after he said that, it would be way too obvious. I heard a clear of throat and I looked up to see Eddie, playing with the strings of his guitar again.

"So, Christmas... What are the plans?" He asks and I frown at this.

"I don't know. I don't celebrate it. I actually hate it." I say to him and he looks up at me, wide eyed.

"You don't like Christmas?" He asks as if I were the fucking Grinch. Maybe I was.

"No. I don't have good memories of it." It seems that Eddie's mind clicked and he nodded softly. After everything I told him, he must have done a simple mathematic equation to know that I haven't had the best of holidays as a kid. He perked up, surprising me, making me look at him.

"Okay, then I'm going to make you love it!" He says with a big smile and I frown in disgust at that.

"No, I think I'll pass. I don't even decorate my home Eddie." I say to him and he tsk'd at me, making me look at him with a surprised look in my face.

"That won't do sweetheart. Plus, Laura and Wayne are planning a party, we have to decorate." He says to me and I roll my eyes at that.

"Fuck no. Count me out of that shit." He sighed while looking at me.

"You never decorated a tree before?" He asked and I tried remembering if I ever actually did any of that.

"No. Butlers and maids always did those things for me." I said to him and I got hold of one of his rings that was sitting on the desk. I ran my fingers through the metal cross, trying to think of anything else but my past.

"Wow... Okay... We can go get a tree or something." He offers and for a moment I thought of it, but I can't bear another disappointment for Christmas. I shook my head and looked up at him, as I tried on his ring on my index finger but it was completely loose.

"No, I'm fine like this, I've always been fine like this." I reply to him, trying to convince him of it and he was frowning slightly as if thinking, making me confused at his reaction.

"But you dislike the decorations or..." He asks me and I thought of all the times I watched movies were Christmas was portrayed with red and green colors, white in others, gold in a few details. Candy canes, Wreaths, mistletoe... I looked down as I played with the ring again.

"No... I don't dislike them. I just... don't celebrate it." I said and I looked up at him and he was holding in a smile. I frowned at this and he nodded as if understanding my situation, starting to play once again.

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"Nance, I think there's something weird going on." I say to her as we walked to my front door after a day out. I actually went to the local shops with her, knowing the mall was going to be infested with people from our school. Nancy had been telling me her issues with Jonathan, and I am not a fan of the holidays myself, but seriously, going away just in time for said festivities, leaving your girlfriend to not experience that with you, it sounds... horrible, knowing Nancy and him spent it together for the past two years.

"Yeah, and Jane also left Mike. He doesn't seem that worried like I do, maybe that's because Will decided to stay longer, knowing he was good with school and all. I mean, it might be that right? Just school stuff..." She says worriedly and I can't help but feel sorry for her. I licked my lips and frowned slightly as I turned the knob on my door.

"Nance, I think you have to talk to Jonathan... If it makes you feel more bad than good then, you have to—" I fully opened the door and the first thing that hit my nostrils was the pungent peppermint smell in the air, cinnamon more specifically. I saw my staircase and realized there was a Christmas wreath going around the tip of the rail to the bottom of it. I looked around with confusion plastered in my face and I slowly walked into the living room, feeling the warmth of the fired up chimney, and I saw another wreath on the top of it, with two Christmas boots hanging off it. I blinked and that's when I saw the huge Christmas tree at the corner of the room, all decorated, with small ornaments, red, white, and golden ones, and it was all lit up in a warm set of lights.

It was beautiful.

I just stood there, mouth agape and then I felt a tap on my shoulder, turning around to see Eddie with a smile on his face, holding the star that would go on top of the tree. I looked behind him and saw Laura, wiping her tears away with her tissue, while Wayne rubbed her shoulders. Nancy was standing next to Robin who was giggling while taking pictures with her camera and Steve was recording with his own Video recorder. I blinked, completely confused and I looked up at Eddie.

"The reason you never liked Christmas, is cause you never gave it a chance. You never spent it with the right people." He explains to me and I just can't take my eyes off his. I could smell the freshly cut pine tree. I could smell freshly baked cookies. I could smell the logs being burnt in the chimney. I could smell his cologne. He smiled and handed me the star, and I held it in my hands, looking down on it. "It needs one last touch."

I looked back towards the tree and I never saw my house this way. It felt warm. It felt like home. I don't know if that feeling was thanks to the decorations or it was the people that were inside of it. I felt two hands turn me around once more, making me face Eddie and he bent down to be able to hug my thighs and he lifted me up making me squeal and everyone else in the room laugh.

"Ay querido, cuidado." I heard my Nana warn him to be careful with me, making me giggle and I put the star on my Christmas tree, for the very first time. Eddie chuckled as he put me down again, looking at Laura, but my eyes just kept looking at him.

"Oh please Laura, I am always careful!" He says to her and he looked at me again, his smile fading slightly as he looked at me, but not because something was wrong. I just felt like we were the only ones in the room right now, blocking everyone's voices, but ours.

"Did you plan this?" I asked him and he nodded at me, feeling my body wanting to melt at the overwhelming feelings I was experiencing at the moment, my eyes burning, knowing the tears were trying to come out of them.

"You okay?" He asked me and I looked at everyone else. Nana was giggling as Wayne tried to light up some red candles on my dining table, while Robin was warming up her butt on the fire as she rubbed it while Steve filmed her on the side, Nancy laughing at the situation. I looked back at Eddie, and smiled widely at him, our eyes connecting, and I wanted to kiss him. I wanted to hug him. I didn't care. I didn't care any longer. I fell, badly. He fucking got me.

"I'm just happy." I replied to him, making him smile at me, his dimples showing off, as his eyes glistened with joy, and he never looked more beautiful to me than in this moment.

I like him. I like him so much.

I like Eddie Munson.

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End of chapter 46

A/N: We are looking more into the relationship of Eddie and Y/N, because I felt that these moments are needed, moments that are not just physical! Hope you enjoy, we have a LOT to go through, so many ideas are in my head, and this book might become EXTENSIVE.

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