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I swear there is someone that stops time during school hours and makes the day twice as long. This was my last class of the day and it felt I had been in it for hours! Just because known as a loser that likes school, which for the most part is true I guess, doesn't mean that I love every part of it. The amount of time we are forced to be here is one thing I hated. Most of today was just a normal day. Lucas was in a shitty mood because of what happened earlier today, Dustin made his mood worse because they kept arguing over random things, and then there was just normal school stuff. Class, class work, and boring lectures and went on for way too long. The only class that I honestly like is science and that was my first class so the rest of the day drags on.
Apparently I spaced out because when I came too, everyone was staring at me and when I looked over at Will, we was pointing at the book and trying to tell me that I was called on to read. Shit, I have no clue where we are at. I looked down at the book and tried to figure it out but the teacher ended up just sighing and telling me where we were. I felt my face heat up but I started reading ignoring the snickering that was coming from my classmates.
After class the guys and I ran to our bikes so we could get to the arcade as soon as possible. We grabbed our bikes after unlocking them and then rode off racing the entire way there. Lucas won that race, just barley though. we ended up playing in the arcade until it closed at eight. Guess it's a good thing it's a Friday As we were leaving I decided that being home alone was a bad idea. I have gone through this cycle so often that I knew when I was going to go home and just cry myself to sleep so I really didn't to be alone. Solution to this? "Hey you guys want to come over and play my Atari or something?" I saw that flash of worry go through all of my friends and pretended to not have. Will nodded and smiled "maybe we can stay over for the night or something" Dustin said with a smile and Lucas nodded. I smiled, yeah these guys are the best. "yeah! I'll have my mom call your moms when we get to my house." I said climbing onto my bike. everyone nodded then will took off on his bike "race you!" He yelled back. "Damn it! does no one know of a fair start!" Dustin yelled and we rode off after him.
Mom wasn't exactly happy when I asked for all the guys to stay over but eventually I convinced her to agree. She tried getting dad to back her up on her no but he was sleeping in his Laz-y-boy, big surprise there. We all ran down stairs as mom started to call their moms. We started playing board games since the campaign wasn't ready yet when mom called down saying that dinner was done. We ran up the stairs and sat around the dining table; Holly was drinking juice and dad was still sleeping. I looked out the window and noticed that it was...raining? I shook my head and looked at mom as she was walking over with the food for us to start serving ourselves.
"This storm is getting pretty bad, I'm glad you boys got here when you did" Mom said as she set the bowl of salad and the bowl of noodles down. Spaghetti tonight, yum! "It started right after you all got here" mom walked away not really waiting for us to reply. I think she was saying it more to herself than anyone. She does that a lot anymore. Dustin started to get his noodles then passed the bowl to me. "you know it is kind of weird that it's raining" Lucas said in a hushed tone as I passed him the bowl. Will nodded " It was pretty cold out when we left the arcade, but I didn't see any clouds or anything" Guess I wasn't the only one that thought it was weird. A sudden thought came to my head and I looked over to Lucas and Dustin who had the same look I did. "You don't think" I started but mom came back with the sauce "they don't think what?" she asked. "Nothing!" Dustin, Lucas, and I said at the same time. I looked over at Will who was completely confused and gave him a look that told him we would fill him after dinner.
The rest of dinner was relatively quiet other than small chatter about Nancy being out with "friends" studying or just other random subjects brought up. I didn't offer much to the conversations because I kept spacing out. If my thought was right and this storm really meant what I think then... "MIKE!" I was snapped out of my thoughts by Dustin. "what?" I said and looked at him. he had an annoyed look on his face "you didn't hear anything I said did you?" he asked and gave him a guilty look. Dustin sighed then looked over to my mom and smile "thank you for the food Mrs. Wheeler do you want me to put my plate away?" He asked. I swear the kid had two personalities. His normal vulgar self around us and then this polite demeanor he puts on when he's at Lucas, Wills, or my house around the adults.
My mom smiled back at him and shook her head "no I got it, thank you for being so polite! Mike could learn a thing or two from you" She said and I huffed. Everyone left the dining table after that and we ran down stairs. Immediately Lucas said "did we all have the same thought?!" He asked with an expression that was either shock or excitement. Dustin grinned "Eleven could be coming back" he said. Immediately Will caught on "There was a storm when you found her?" he asked and we all nodded. "Tonight when everyone is busy we are going out to find her" I declared and they all nodded in agreement. I'm coming El just wait.
So this chapter is a little shorter that the last one, but I like where it ended so I didn't want to continue. Next one will be in a different POV. Let me know if I should put down whose POV you are reading or if I'm doing a good job distinguishing it.