( as if this situation couldn't get any weirder, steve smiles at him. and waves. like they're friends. like tommy h hadn't slammed him into the lockers just last period. although if rumors are to be believed (and they usually are, unless they're coming from carol) steve is on tommy's shit list.

the only explanation eddie can come up with is that steve has hit his head and has gone completely mental.

this explanation seems even more possible when steve approaches him and is asking him to...hang out? to skip class and hang out? what the actual fuck?

eddie looks at steve like he has several more heads than he's supposed to have and takes a couple steps back, fully expecting this to be some kind of prank. maybe it's a long con and steve didn't actually cut ties with tommy h and carol. )

Um, what? You...want to cut class and hang out...with me?

( He looks around desperately, panicking as he waits for the rest of the jocks to jump out and harass him, but nobody is there. it's just the two of them in the middle of the hallway as everyone files into their respective classrooms. )

If you're serious, what the hell, I think I could really use a smoke right about now anyway.