Chapter 8- Love will tear us apart
The next morning still damp from their night excursion of escaping the warring households, Eric woke up on the couch, Shelly was on the floor right beside him, he smiled down at her and leaned over touching her face gently. She seemed to smile absently at his touch. " Hunnie" he whispered softly knowing how dangerous her fists could be in the morning… " Hun…I got to go to the bathroom you gotta move" he said trying to wake her up as gently as possible, still clearly asleep Eric tried to move around her, but was afraid of kicking her as he swung his legs around to get up. Finally shelly moved, but he accidentally moved her, which caused her to bolt up fist first, hitting right in the inner thigh, she opened her eyes instantly, as she heard Eric wince " hunnie! Are you alright?" he nodded taking a few deeps breaths she had been extreamly close he though with a smile of pain. She stood up immediely and hugged him tightly " I'm sorry I'm sorry did I get you?" she asked trying not to giggle, he shook his head " not this time you were close though" he said trying to pry her off" umm shelly.. don't mean to interrupt your hugs but…I gotta go pee" he said in a whisper, for some reason Shelly burst out laughing and landed backwards on the sagging orange couch. A few minutes later he joined her on the couch and grinned at her," now where were we" he asked smiling tracing a finger up her arm, even her skin still felt damp, he looked at her "you know a warm bath would help" he said suggestively trying to hide a grin, she looked at him with an amused expression " but I don't wanna take a bath" she whined playfully, Eric pressed her against the couch a little more, careful of their body size difference as he kissed her neck " well then" she giggled " quite" he smirked " indeed". In what seemed like a sudden movement she was in his arms on the way to the bathroom, she looked up at him miffed " but I don't wanna" she said again, this time wrapping her arms around his neck….
Both of them were sitting on the couch drying off, enveloped in comic books, they were Eric's but since it was superman and batman, and occasionally a spawn comic Shelly claimed they were her's because the band would consider them dorky. She was reading upside down again, her head near Eric's, he sat beside her upright incase she fell.
Throwing down the comic she kissed him as she sat up, a knock on the door, Eric looked at her apologetically, she shrugged " go let the poor babies in" she said with a hint of sarcasm, as Eric went to get the door. The boys came in, Jake, Jeremy, Michael, Eric started grinning and laughing she knew it would soon be gang up on the only girl there time. Jake slid over to Shelly " what-cha readin'?" he asked picking up a Batman comic, Jeremy went over the newest tabs to their song, and he was trying to convince Eric to be vocals for it. " come on dude! You have the best voice out of us" he said pleadingly, Eric raised an eyebrow " Flattery will get you somewhere, keep going". Shelly snorted at Eric's comment she had used that line on him several times, in slightly different situations of course, she grinned remembering their recent one this morning. Michael looked at them " Jeremy hurry up and ask them" Jeremy stuck his tongue out at Mikie and looked at Eric " we were wondering if you would like to go camping with us this weekend" Eric looked at Shelly she raised her hands in indifference. " umm sure?.." The guys grinned evilly and nodded sitting down, Eric went to get his guitar and they started practicing, Shelly stopped them for lunch, having made hotdogs, the only thing she knew was truly cooked as they usually would float to the top of the pot. Suddenly there was a yell " DOG PILE ON SHELLY" she paled and glared at Eric who grinned evilly as the guys launched themselves on her, she went down with a gah, she was face to face with Eric " hello lover" she said trying to not grin as she felt herself being smushed by the guys " I love you hunnie" he said with a grin " you better" she retorted suddenly her eyes went wide " WHOEVER THAT WAS I'LL TEAR YOU A NEW ONE" she threatened. The guys moved some, she struggled to push them off, but no success, she just lay there under Eric as they continued their conversations. Staring up at the ceiling, she realized how much she would have been missing if she hadn't run into Eric, quite literally.
Shelly was running through the halls, her sandels flopping as they were one size to big, echoing down the hallway, the school colors of purple and green decorating the halls, she skidded down the stairs and lost her footing slamming into something, dropping everything in her arms, not only was she late she was sore, " hey watch it down there" came a growl, she looked up at him and scowled, she would admit later he was pretty cute alright he was gorgeous, " you watch it" she sneered back. " I'm not the one that ran into you" he said scowling down, she looked up at him, she did find his height a little intimidating but not so much that she would back down. " no but you were in my way" she said making a face at him " well excuse me for not looking where you were going" he retorted. She glared at him indignatly " what's with the pink hair and pigtails? Trying to be a cheerleader now?" she scowled and cracked her knuckles " carefully buster." " oh and what are you going to do?" she stomped down hard on his foot, he picked her up some by the arms " like that hurt…hey you seem to light for someone your size. Are you alright?" she looked at him " what's it to you now put me down" he shrugged and put her 5'4 frame down she glared at him as she picked up her books and went up the stairs behind him.
" Excuse me boys, but I kinda gotta go pee" she said tapping her fingers or trying to, they ignored her, she raised her knee, someone let out a grunt of pain and rolled off, she hoped it wasn't Eric…it was Jake, she let out a sigh of relief and Eric got off bringing Jeremy with him, Shelly scurried to the bathroom, a crash was heard, she yelled " DON'T KILL YOURSELVES! OR EACH OTHER!". She ran back and glomped Eric, who caught her expertly, both of them falling on the couch. The guys snickered she glared at them evilly. Jeremy and Eric began to make camping arrangements, Shelly got bored and started to read again as Jake and Michael started working on lyrical arrangements. It was around 8 when they decided they wanted to eat again, shelly had fallen asleep in sheer boredome on the couch, covered in the pink flowered blanket, her head on a fuzzy green pillow, Jake looked at Eric " dude she has weird color choices" Jeremy wacked Jake " she's a hippy chick dude," Michael looked at the colors around the apartment " you know, what you guys need are some fish, or a pet of some sort, maybe a guinea pig" Eric shook his head " I don't think Shelly's fond of fish or rodents for that matter…" Shelly sat up " fish sure…rodents not so much" Eric looked at them with an I told you so look. " so when are we gonna eat?" Jake asked Shelly, she glared at him and Eric tried to keep the snicker to himself as she walloped Jake upside the head. " I'm having cereal, whatever you monkies want to eat is up to you" she said going into the small half kitchen to find a box of cereal. Eric looked at them and whispered " don't assume she can cook" Shelly twitched " I heard that Draven, just for that I'm sleeping on the couch" she yelled from the kitchen, Eric looked uncomfortable and went into the kitchen wrapping his arms around her waist " just kidding honey" he said kissing her neck, she turned around in his arms " you know in less then five minutes I'll be snuggling in right beside you" she said softly nuzzling his neck, the guys made a face at the display of affection. Coming out with the cereal, she brought the guys some bread and peanut butter " help yourself" she said dipping the spoon in the milk covered sugary wheat. Jake made a face and poked at the bread. Rolling her eyes she ignored them, as they continued with their conversation, and the camping trip, she was more then happy if she wasn't going, Shelly and the outdoors were like oil and water, they did not mix. Bugs loved to eat her, and she hated the dampness of it all, also she didn't get the whole sleeping under the stars, which if she and Eric were there could become quite literal, anyway it was his weekend away with the boys, and she could go look at that adorable white kitten more. " so Shelly are you coming with us as well?" she bolted up from her train of thought spilling some milk on her, the guys snickered some, she blinked " ummm I thought this was just for you guys and the whole male bonding thing…" Eric gave her the puppy face, she covered her face with her hands " doesn't work if I can't see it..lalalalalalalala not working" she hummed, in her mind's eye she could see how dejected he looked. " Oh alright but you owe me. I hate bugs" she grumbled then looked at him " wait…do we even have a tent?" Jake looked at her " no tents, just sleeping bags, and a campfire" she paled " no tents…" Eric grinned apologetically , she narrowed her eyes " I hate you in the most loving way right now". " I love you to" he said sticking his tongue at her, she giggled " did you know the tongue contains the most germs on the human body" he raised an eyebrow, she smirked, she wouldn't kiss him in front of the guys, she leaned back and tried to listen to their plans, not looking forward to any of this, and hoping bug spray was allowed. " stupid bugs" she grumbled.
