#not hellcheer

Her mother scoffed, rolling her eyes. “Because I don’t like him! Not one bit! He is just some low life drug dealer that has no purpose!”

That just made Chrissy sob harder. She hated people saying that about Eddie. Eddie was one of her best friends. God, she even thought of him as a brother. Eddie was smart and caring and she knew he had a lot of potential. “He is not! He’s my best friend, mom stop it!” She was just getting louder by the second.

“Fine! I’m not dealing with your teenage bullshit right now, Chrissy! I don’t want to see him around anymore!” And with that her mother stormed off and slammed the door. Chrissy flinched and just started sobbing more.

After about fifteen minutes of sobbing she decided she wanted to see him. So she climbed out of her window as quietly as she could and got back down to the ground. She didn’t have a car, despite her family having the money. Her mom just didn’t want her going many places. But because she was a cheerleader she just walked everywhere because she had the strength.

It took her another twenty minutes to walk to Eddie’s trailer and she hadn’t brought a coat so she was shivering. Her face being stained with new tears also didn’t help since she had been sobbing the entire walk. Despite her freezing she just weakly knocked on the door to the trailer. 

Eddie was on the couch just reading Lord of the Rings until he heard the quiet knocks and sobs. He quickly got up and ran to the door, opening it. He was shocked to see a shivering, sobbing Chrissy standing in front of him. “Chris? What happened?” She just shook her head in response, not wanting to talk about it. He understood so he scooped her up in his arms and brought her over to the couch, wrapping her up in his favorite blanket. “You’re freezing… Did you walk all the way here..?” She nodded with a sniffle as he wiped the tears from her cheeks.

“Oh Chrissy… come here.” He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to his chest to try and calm her down because she seemed really shaken up. She was usually quiet but not around him so he knew something pretty bad happened. 

After a few minutes she had stopped sobbing so he loosened his grip on her. “Are you ready to talk now?” She shook her head again. She wasn’t in a talking mood and Eddie knew that feeling all too well so he got up and popped in Snow White so they could watch it together. This wasn’t the first time Chrissy had to be calmed down and she had mentioned she loved Snow White so he bought the tape. He bought it just for instances like this when she was too shaken up to talk and she needed comfort. 

They got all cuddled up to each other again, Chrissy’s head resting on Eddie’s chest, just listening to his heartbeat. He just played with her hair a bit while she was distracted by the movie. About halfway into the movie he noticed her quiet yawns so he just smiled and kept doing what he was doing. 

The crying had tired her out so she had fell asleep on top of him. He didn’t notice until he heard snores. He chuckled and gently picked her up, taking her to his bed so she could be more comfortable. He adjusted the blanket on her and pressed a kiss to her head before walking out and laying back on the couch.

Eddie was reading his book again, nearly finished when he heard the sound of quiet footsteps. He looked over to see Chrissy standing there. She was in his shirt, which she had changed into when she had woken up. Eddie didn’t mind of course. He knew she found comfort in it so he just let her wear it. It was huge on her though, since she’s pretty underweight. 

“Eddie..?” She was quiet, mumbling a little as she looked down at the floor.

“Yes?” He stood up again, walking closer to her.

“I want cuddles… please.” Being held by Eddie was what calmed her, helped her sleep so he nodded. He wasn’t going to say no. He scooped her up again and brought her back to the bed, laying down next to her this time. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled the blanket over them. Neither of them cared about what Chrissy’s mom would say because they knew that next to each other was the safest place they could be.

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