You had expected Eddie to stay dead, because that's how being dead works. You had cornered Dustin, making him tell you everything after your best friend Eddie "went missing". So he did.

People are supposed to stay dead, but not Eddie. You figured that out when you woke up in the middle of the night to him peering over you, a smile on his face.

"Miss me, sweetheart?" he asks, tilting his head as he brushes your hair from your tear streaked face