𝑪𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 - 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏

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"Dude I'm telling you, you're taking us the wrong way" Steve states to Dustin, who's looking at his compass.

"It's north. I'm positve, I saw it on the map" Dustin argues my brother.

When Eddie told us he was hiding at Skull Rock, we drove as fast as we can to the destination. But to get to him, we have to go through the woods because there's no road for the car. That's where we are right now, except that Dustin and Steve are arguing about where Skull Rock actually is.

"You do realise Skull Rock is a super popular make-out spot?" Steve questions his younger friend.

"Yeah, so?"

"Well it wasn't popular until I made it popular"

"Ew Steve, spare me the details" I say to him.

"Would you stop? I'm just saying I practically invented it. We're heading the wrong direction" my brother says before turning right and taking a whole other path.

"Steve" Dustin groans, "Where you going? Steve!"

"Stop whining! Lets, go, trust me" Steve complains.

I throw my head back and sigh, Dustin follows him against his will and I follow just after. Max and the other are walking slower behind us, but they notice the change of path and continue to follow us. 

Not long after, Steve talks again, "Boom! Bada bing, bada boom. There she is Henderson, Skull Rock!" he goes through a bush and we do the same, "In your face man, in your stupid cocky face"

"Doesn't make sense" Dustin looks to his compass and then to Skull Rock.

"Yeah, yeah. Even with it staring at you in the face, you can't admit it" Steve says with his hands on his hips, "Just can't admit that your wrong, butthead"

Something jumps behind us and we all look rapidly at what the noise was.

"I concur" Eddie says, "You, Dustin Henderson, are a total... butthead" 

"Jesus we thought you were a goner" Dustin is relieved to see his friend. He goes in for a hug that Eddie doesn't decline. His eyes go up to me and once Dustin lets go of him, he walks to me.

"Hey" he whispers and pulls me into his chest, one of his hands on the back of my head and the other wrapped around my shoulder.

"Hey" I whisper back, "You okay?"

"I am now" he says and steps back with a smile. The rest of the group arrives shortly after.

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Eddie went to sit under Skull Rock, drinking water we have just given him. He explains that Jason indeed found his hiding spot, so he had to leave by boat, which wasn't really getting him far.

Jason and Patrick chased him in the water, until Patrick got dragged under, just to resurface again, floating up in the air. Eddie says that he died right in front of his eyes, just like Chrissy. Jason stopped chasing him after that, so he took the opportunity to leave the scene.

"When I got to the shore, I tried calling you guys, but, uh..." he pauses to drink water, "my walkie was busted man. Drenched. So uh, I did the thing I do now, apparently, I ran" he throws his hands in the air with a fake smile.

"Do you know what time it was? The attack?" Nancy asks him.

"Yeah, no, I... I know exactly what time it was" he answers and begins to take off the watch on his wrist, "My walkie wasn't the only thing that got soaked" he throws the watch to Nancy, who catches it.