Eddie can't help herself from leaping forward to defend Chris...to himself. "Oh, that's not true," she protests, even though she can't quite keep the conviction in her voice steady for all four words. He's not wrong. Chris himself is kind of neutral, as far as jocks go, but he's notoriously close with the blow-hards that have tried to come forward to fill the gaps left by King Steve and Billy fucking Hargrove.
"They just don't know you," she settles on, which is only partially true. Not everyone in Hellfire is a senior, but enough of them are that they've absolutely had more than one class with Chris over the course of their academic career; they know him alright.
Eddie's still convinced all it'll take is a little time together and all her friends will be friends with each other and then they'll hold hands and sing Kumbaya or whatever.
"If it doesn't work out you can tutor me or something. Surely your mom won't complain about tutoring." Well, she would if she knew who he was tutoring, but that's a detail she doesn't have to know.
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Date: 2024-02-03 03:17 am (UTC)"They just don't know you," she settles on, which is only partially true. Not everyone in Hellfire is a senior, but enough of them are that they've absolutely had more than one class with Chris over the course of their academic career; they know him alright.
Eddie's still convinced all it'll take is a little time together and all her friends will be friends with each other and then they'll hold hands and sing Kumbaya or whatever.
"If it doesn't work out you can tutor me or something. Surely your mom won't complain about tutoring." Well, she would if she knew who he was tutoring, but that's a detail she doesn't have to know.