My name is Rose Murphy. I'm a senior at Hawkins High and I'm 18 years old. Eddie Munson has been my friend since I was a freshman 4 years ago. I remember entering the high school absolutely terrified. I had just moved to Indiana from Minnesota and started at a new school within three days of eachother. I knew no one and had no friends at my new school and I was...for lack of a better work different. I was in to rock and metal, I had a nose ring and a few tattoos and I didn't fit in to any of the typical groups found in a high school. Until Eddie found me. Eddie had also been my boyfriend for the past year. I'd been in love with him for four years and one year ago we finally made it official.

FLASHBACK SEPTEMBER 1981

My first day, I was 14, I walked in through the front gates of the school and felt someone put a foot out to trip me. My cheeks burned with embarrassment at the laughter but I was used to this sort of thing. This happened almost daily at my old school. I was picking up all my things I had dropped when I saw a hand covered in heavy silver rings pick up my binder which had gone flying. That hand held my binder out to me. I looked up in to the grinning face of a shaggy haired boy with an infectious grin and incredibly dark brown eyes. "Hello lost little lamb" he said and held out a hand to help me up. I took his hand and he hauled me to my feet. "Thank you" I said barely making eye contact and wondering if it was a trick and he was going to hurt me like the other students had already decided to. "You're welcome. You're a new freshman aren't you? I'm Eddie Munson", and he shook my hand which he had yet to let go of. "I'm Rose Murphy" "nice to meet you Rose. See you around" and he galloped off to go and sit in a crappy, beat up old van.

The first half of the day went by quickly with only one other student talking to me. A girl named Robyn who was in several of my classes. When the lunch bell rang I followed the crowd to the cafeteria and looked around the seating area. A voice called out "Rose over here!" And I looked up to see the boy, Eddie, from before waving his arms at me and then beckoning me to join him. I walked over and stood there awkwardly. "Hey sit down I won't bite". I sat down with him. "So where are you from? You're not from Hawkins. I know all the other metal heads in Hawkins." "How do you know I'm a metal head?" "I can read you like a book sweetheart, plus no one else wears black leather like me". He smiled kindly at me and for some reason I just felt so safe with him. "I'm from Minnesota. My dad got a job in Indiana so we just moved here a few days ago". Just then two more boys came and sat down at our table. "Who's the female?" One of them asked. "This is Rose. Rose this is Gareth and Jeff, the other parts of Corroded Coffin and Hellfire" "the other parts of what and what?" "Corroded Coffin is our band" "and the Hellfire is?" Eddie grinned at you and then looked between the other two boys. Gareth spoke up. "I dunno Eddie man. We've never had a girl before" "shut up. I have a good feeling about this one. Rose have you ever played D before?" My jaw dropped. I never thought I would find another D club when I left Minnesota. I was prepared to go through my senior year as a loner. But I think I had just found three new friends.

SEPTEMBER 1985

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Eddie's alarm clock sounded startling us both awake. Eddie reached across me to grab the alarm clock and then hurled it against the wall where it broke in to about a thousand pieces. He then threw an arm over me and pulled me closer. He buried his nose in to my hair and nuzzled my neck inhaling deeply. "Mmmm good morning sweetheart. You always smell perfect first thing in the morning". He than began kissing my neck as he held me close. I smirked with my eyes still closed and said "Eddie how many alarm clocks are you going to murder?" He paused kissing my neck, grabbed my hip and forced me to roll on to my back. "All of them!" He then threw a leg over me and straddled me before bending down and kissing me all over my face. "We're still doing this Eddie?!" I giggled as he began kissing the tip of my nose. "It's tradition! I have to kiss every freckle on your face the first time I see you in the morning!" He then grabbed both sides of my face and pulled me into a scorching kiss. I tangled my hands in his hair and kiss him back just as hard. Suddenly the door flew open. "Jesus Eddie put a sock on the door if Rose is here! How many times have I told you!" I laughed and shoved Eddie off me. "Sorry Wayne! I'll remind him next time!" Eddie's uncle Wayne who he lived with smiled at you. "Get up. You'll both be late for school. I need to go to bed I just got off work" before he walked out and pulled the door closed. Eddie began grumbling in to his pillow about cockblocking uncles. I hit him with a pillow and then stood up wearing only my underwear and Eddie's Hellfire T-shirt. Eddie looked over at me and smiled. "I love you Rosie you know that?" I smiled back and gave him another chaste kiss. "I love you too. Now get up! I need coffee". Once we were both dressed we walked out to the kitchen where we shared some toast and drank coffee from the same mug. Eddie then grabbed his metal lunch tin and we both walked out to his van where he opened the door for me and bowed deeply. I rolled my eyes at him and climbed in to the van. Eddie ran around to his side and started the engine before taking off making the wheels spin. We drove to school with Motörhead blaring through the speakers and pulled in to the school parking lot. When we got out of the van Eddie grabbed my hand and kissed my knuckles before we met up with Jeff and Gareth. Eddie held my face with one hand and said "this is our year Rosie, '86 baby I can feel it"


That's the end of chapter 1. Thank you for reading and please leave me any comments but be kind!