“Come on, we have to go quick or we’re going to miss her section, those tables go quick!” Dustin dragged him through the heavy glass doors, tripping over his shoelaces and practically falling on his face, Damn near taking Eddie with him.
“Who’s section?! What tables?!” He was more than a little confused, the curly haired kid had shown up at his trailer at 8:00 am on a Sunday morning begging him to “please take me out to breakfast, please, I’ll do anything!” And it’s not like Eddie Munson was a softie, absolutely not, but no one had ever wanted to even be in the same room with him for a meal let alone specifically choose him to go out to eat.
Not to mention, Dustin was a cool kid, and he had a special place in his heart for the little nerd.
Eddie cautiously took the open space across from the eccentric boy.
So that’s what brought them to the next town over at a random rundown diner just off the freeway, rushing through the parking lot to apparently get to a specific table.
As soon as the doors swung open Dustin made a beeline for the booth closest to the back of the Diner. He slid into the cracked leather and grinned at Eddie, waving him over and pointing at the opposite side excitedly.
“Do you want to tell me why we drove 45 minutes to come to one of the most dingy diners I’ve ever seen when we have a perfectly decent one right in the center of Hawkins?” He raised a brow.
Dustins eyes were scanning the restaurant clearly seeking out something, before they practically lit up like a lightbulb. He dropped his folded hands to the table and beamed
“I like their pancakes.” He explained plainly.
He opened his mouth to respond but was cut off by a distinctly feminine voice.
“Dustin? This is three time’s in one week, I’m starting to think we might just need to hire you here sweetheart.”
The first thing he noticed was legs.
Long, tan, gloriously smooth legs peeking out from a far too short waitressing uniform and tucked into a pair of white sneakers and lace trimmed socks. His mouth just about started watering as his gaze followed the length of her body all the way up to the mess of blonde curls piled high on top of her head with a pencil sticking straight out. She had crystal eyes and dimples as she moved her gaze from Dustin right towards him.
“And you brought someone new this time! Will wasn’t in the mood for French toast?” She smiled at Eddie. “Hi I’m..”
“This is molly. She’s the greatest waitress in the world.” He offered, gesturing to her uniform and pad.
She shook her head and laughed, it was bright and clear and it vaguely reminded him of a zeppelin song.
“I sure hope not. I don’t plan on doing this forever and lord knows who’s gonna serve you your pancakes when I move on.” She teased, ruffling the boys hair.
“This is Eddie, he’s one of my best friends.” Dustin explained.
Oof, that one hit him straight the heart. The younger kid really did like him and lord knows he had no business being friends with a 15 year old when he was 20 but still the sentiment was enough to make him blush.
He looked up at Molly who wasn’t judging him just nodding along as Dustin talked on and on about how they met and how cool Eddie was and how nice and how much of a gentleman he was.
Something was going on here and he wasn’t quite sure what it was.
“And I’ll have blueberry pancakes with extra butter and syrup.” He finished off, nodding to Eddie to place his order.
“A black coffee please, it’s a little too early for me to even consider eating.” He shuddered and felt his lips lift in a smile when she giggled.
“If I didn’t work every Sunday morning I don’t think I’d be much of a morning person either.” She closed her pad and tapped her hand on their table “pancakes and coffee you got it. It shouldn’t be all that long, as you can see we’re pretty slow,” she gestured to the near empty diner. “The church is doing a free breakfast today for the holiday coming up so we’re out of luck.” She shrugged “but at least the customers I’ve got are pretty cool.” She winked at the boys before heading to the kitchen.
He would like to say that he didn’t watch her walk away but that skirt was awfully short and her curves were pretty damn magnetic.
When he turned back to the table Dustin was smirking and tapping his fingers on the cover of his menu.
“What?” Eddie questioned the boys weird behavior.
Dustin shook his head giddily
“Oh nothing, I just knew it.”
It was way too early to try and decipher the hidden meaning behind the kids words
“You’re gonna have to give me more than that,dork.”
“Molly.” Dustin said pointedly, as if he was supposed to know what that meant.
“Molly?” He repeated, already lost.
“I knew that you would like her. All the guys said she was too pretty for you and that you liked all that makeup and leather and stuff but I knew she would be your type. I mean who’s type wouldn’t she be right?”
Ah, there it was. The missing piece to the puzzle.
“Dustin are you trying to set me up with the waitress?”
Dustin didn’t waste a minute
“She doesn’t go to Hawkins so that already makes her really cool and she’s literally the nicest person on the planet and so are you. Even though you try and pretend you’re not you are. And she’s hot obviously. Plus she’s really funny and smart and she already got accepted into community college and she’s single and I even brought Steve here to tempt her and she definitely wasn’t looking at him as much as she’s looking at you. And I’m really good at this stuff, trust me. Not to mention I want you to have a girlfriend because you should, Hawkins girls suck but she’s really really cool.” He rambled, hardly taking a breath.
He couldn’t believe this kid, he had such a big heart it was almost physically impossible to be such a good person but of course Dustin didn’t really fit into any of the typical categories.
He sighed, shuffling the sugar packets in his hands.
“Listen pal, I really appreciate the sentiment. Really dude I do. But I can promise you a girl like that is not going to go for Eddie “the freak” Munson. I can almost promise you she’s probably trying to pass this table off to someone else.”
He didn’t mean to sound like an insecure toddler but this girl was beyond beyond. She was gorgeous and clearly sweet as pie judging by the way Dustin has taken to her. She looked smart and determined and fun and he truly was trailer park trash.
Dustin didn’t have time to respond because she was already back with his pancakes and eddies coffee, sliding the saucer towards him and the syrup towards Dustin.
“Alrighty, Bennys famous blueberry pancakes and coffee. Oh!” She exclaimed reaching back on the tray and pulling off a plate with a chocolate donut directly in the center. “I know you said you’re not a breakfast person but a little sugar should kickstart your day in the right direction.”
Dustin kicked him under the table and he didn’t need to look at him to know he was cockily wiggling his eyebrows.
“Oh thanks. Yeah that’s.. thats great. I love donuts.” He stuttered like an idiot. He was typically pretty collected and he took pride in his confidence around new people but today was apparently not that day and Molly was not just any girl.
“Well you boys enjoy. If you need me just holler,” she started to walk away before Dustin called her back over.
“Molly! Wait! Come sit down with us for a minute. I never get to talk to you when it’s this slow.” He fixed with a proper pair of puppy dog eyes and she was defenseless against the sweet boy. She plopped down beside Dustin and smiled.
“Alright then handsome, pick my brain.” She wiggled her fingers at him.
“Oh boy, you have no idea what you’ve just done,” Eddie playfully dropped his head on the table and only lifted it when he heard her laugh.
“I’m fearless, ask me anything Dustin.” She braced herself teasingly and closed her eyes.
Dustin apparently was not one to beat around the bush
“Why are you single? You’re really pretty.” 
Her eyes popped open and they were soft as anything.
“Oh Dustin. That is so sweet, Thankyou.” She squeezed his shoulders affectionately. “To answer your question, I wouldn’t date not one of the boys in this town. Perkins High is not particularly dating central for me.” She shook her head.
“How come?” Dustin mumbled over a mouthful of pancake.
Molly glanced between the two of them and shrugged lightly
“We’ll I didn’t grow up with a whole lot. My grandma raised me so we didn’t have much money and people weren’t very nice to me here when I was younger. It’s hard to get over that no matter how much you try to be an adult about it.” She laughed.
Eddie didn’t even realize he was speaking until her eyes snapped to his
“My uncle raised me, I know the feeling.”
“I didn’t really want to go over to anyone’s house and see them with their mom and dads when I couldn’t have that.”
Eddie agreed almost immediately.
“Yeah and no one wants to date the loser with no friends and hand me down jeans.” He offered
“Oh my goodness yes!” She was practically leaning across the table “and they taunt you for it before they know better and then want to act like it’s no big deal when it doesn’t matter anymore.”
Eddie leant over slightly too
“That’s why I tend to stay home. Dealing with those jerks sober is bad enough I don’t even want to deal with them drunk.”
Molly laughed, bright and musical
“That’s why having a job is the best. “Sorry I can’t come, I picked up a shift,” she faked an apologetic frown.
“I do that too!” He laughed, he couldn’t count the times he managed to get out of being dragged to some dumb teen party by girls wanting free weed by telling them he had to work at the bar that night in particular.
The chimes to the diner rang through the the tiny building and all three of the kids whipped their heads to the door where an elderly couple was hobbling in and towards one of Molly’s booths.
“Well duty calls.” She motioned towards the table and smiled “it’s on the house today if you promise to bring El next time! I miss that kid!” She hugged Dustin and turned to Eddie “it was really great meeting you. I hope you come back and we can finish our conversation about how much people suck.” She waved at him again as she headed towards her new customers.
Dustin shoveled down the rest of his pancakes and hopped out of the booth pulling Eddie along with him. He just wanted one more look at her, just something for his memory if he never got the balls to come back and see her face to face. He glanced behind and almost passed out when he saw her watching him leave, the prettiest smile he’d even seen gracing her perfect features.
They were almost to his car when Dustin stopped them both and stood directly in front of Eddie.
“Still think she wasn’t interested?”
Eddie sighed, side stepping the younger boy and rolling his eyes
“Dustin she’s just a nice person, that’s all.”
He Opened the drivers door only to have it slammed by Dustin, nearly catching his fingers in the process
Dustin shoved a coffee stained napkin in Eddies face, girly handwriting and a series of numbers sticking out amongst the brown splotch.
“She wrote down her number on your coffee napkin. That seems a little more than nice to me.” He was practically skipping as he rounded the car “I am so good I swear. I should do this for a living “Dustins matchmaking service.” I could make millions.”
Eddie stared at the phone number in his hands, well this didn’t make much sense, she was perfect and he was the nerd who hung out with 15 year olds and listened to heavy metal.
Maybe things were finally starting to look up.
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