You Only Live Once

Chapter 30: Coral Skies

Eddie set down the bag of food on my living room table.

"Hey, where do you keep your plates and cups?" He asks.

"Right cabinet to your left ," I respond showing him the way.

He nods , "Alright ."

Ed leaves to the kitchen while I begin taking out the food containers from the bags.

He comes back with two blue, ceramic plates and cups.

I get them from him then dish out the food.

Halfway through our meal, my phone rings. I lock it up from the table and look at the screen.

It's John.

"Hey, Johnny," I reply with a mouthful of food. Eddie giggles at my silliness.

"I was calling to see if you were doing anything today."

I look at Eddie who's pretty much enjoying his food.

"Well, not really. I'm just eating dinner with Eddie. I'm sure we have enough food to share if you want."

"Sure, I'll be there. Give me 20 minutes."

"Great. See ya later, Fru Fru."

I hang up to focus on what Ed's doing.

"Uh Ed?" I ask him .

He looks up at me with a messy face, "Yeah?"

I sit down next to him.

"John asked if I was doing anything and I said not really. I invited him to eat with us."

He gives me a smile, "That's great. The more the merrier."

I give him a thumbs up and continue eating.

~20 minutes later ~

"So then I told Kurt, 'We should act stupid and waltz backstage,'"

Ed, telling me about the time him and Kurt were fooling around at a concert .

There's a knock on the door . I excuse myself to get it.

I open it and see John whose trimmed his hair a little short, yet the face remains the same.

He offers me a slight grin, "Hey Rosie."

I step towards him, "Hey, Johnny."

He gives me a tight hug and I don't care if I'm losing oxygen.

I snuggle into his chest, "I missed you so much."

He lifts my chin to face him, "Lets catch up, shall we?"

We step inside while Eddie is getting another plate from the kitchen.

"Hey Ed," I yell.

"Yes," he yells back coming out with the plate.

"Oh, hey John."

John waves at him in a friendly manner.

"How are you Vedder?" he answers while taking a seat on the couch.

Eddie sets the plate on the table in front of him.

"Not much. Just hanging out with Rose here," he looks at me with a grin.

I sit down next to him, grabbing my food  that hasn't been finished.

He starts serving himself and begins eating.

I glance at Eddie who starts walking towards the window.

I direct my attention to John . He looks completely healthy.