Here's the next chapter! Enjoy!
*WARNING: There will be some mild racism from you know who...*
*ALSO, this chapter will be a little longer than usual.*
It was night time in Tina's home, having a bunch of teenagers in many different costumes coming in, dancing, drinking, smoking, making out...as teen parties go. Kali and Steve were inside, both of them dressing like Joel Goodsen and Lana from the movie Risky Business. They were mildly grooving to the rock music playing until a familiar said, "Look who became our new Keg King, Harrington!" They both looked to see the new guy, Billy, smoking and wearing a sexy biker's outfit, with Tommy H., the one who said that.
"Yeah, that's right!" shouted a teenage guy from the crowd.
"Eat it, Harrington!" another teenage guy shouted to him.
Both looked irritated at them, Steve removing his sunglasses and looking at him. While he didn't respond, the blonde-haired guy looked at Kali and asked Tommy, "That her?"
He nodded. "Yeah, that's the bitch." The Indian girl's glare became sharp.
Billy chuckled, looking at the couple. "He stopped being the King to become part of a circus act? The Man Who Fucks a Monkey-"
"Piss off," Steve told him in a sharp voice.
Kali could beat the shit out of him right now, but she didn't want to get in trouble, so she decided to walk away. She eventually reached to the foggy punch bowl after passing one girl pouring beer into a guy's mouth. She saw a guy in a poorly-made Caesar costume drink from the punch bowl, her asking, "What's in here?"
When he swallowed the punch, he shouted, "Pure fuel! PURE! FUEL! WHOOO!" He banged his chest and burped before drinking more from the punch. This could be a nice escape from all the bullshit plaguing her...
Steve left Billy and Tommy to find her, seeing that she was drinking a red cup from the foggy punch bowl. He instantly felt worried and walked towards her, saying, "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Take it easy, Kal! Take it easy!" He touched her arm, making her stop drinking and face him. "Kal, just take it easy."
She felt annoyed by his action, so she replied, "Steve, you said we should be stupid teenagers for tonight. That's the deal, wasn't it?" He didn't answer, drawing his lips to a thin line. That was what he said, but...
She scooped up from of the punch by her cup and drank more of it, a few drops of it running down the side of her mouth. When she drank it all, she wiped the running drops and got back into the crowd. He deeply sighed and followed her into it, just in case that son of a bitch Billy throws more racist shit at her.
As Terry drove to the cabin, she began thinking about the...what happened between her and him some time after they found Mike. She will admit, despite loving and caring for her daughters...she was getting lonely. She wouldn't let it get to her though...until that night.
She saw the secret entrance to the woods, so she turned into that path. When the cabin was in sight, she parked in the usual space and turned off the engine. She grabbed the bag of candy from the back of the car and got out of it. She walked to the door and performed the special knock to get in. She heard Mike unlock all of the locks with his powers, making her open the door and come in.
She saw Mike sitting on the couch and watching the television. They both looked at each other and smiled. "Hey," she greeted him, closing the door behind her. "I got the candy." He smiled and leaped up from his couch to approach her. "Where's Hopper?"
He shook his head at her. "Not here yet."
That made her look concerned. "He's not here?" He shook his head. She shrugged. "Maybe he's running late."
Now he was in front of her. "Candy?"
She chuckled and got the bag away from him. "Not until Hopper comes back and-" Suddenly, she felt it suddenly get out of her hand and into his. She looked shocked as he grinned a little, a small amount of blood dripping from his nose. "Mike!" He wiped away the small amount of blood with his nose and chuckled a little. She gave him a stern look and crossed her arms. "You're not eating that candy until Hopper comes back, okay?"
He raised his eyebrows. "When is he coming?"
That was a good question. "He'll probably be here soon. We'll have to wait until then." He nodded before she smiled at him again and suggested, "Do you mind if I watch TV with you?" He shook his head and they both sat down to watch the sitcom he was watching.
When the Party rang the doorbell and the door opened, they all shouted, "Trick or treat!"
An older woman with auburn-red hair and a bowl of candy smiled and cooed, "Awwwww~! Aren't you all cute little exterminators~?" All of their smiles faded when they heard that. She was an old lady, she probably doesn't know about the Ghostbusters.
They all grabbed handfuls of the 3 Musketeers, put it in their bags, and went on their way. Lucas groaned. "I swear, if I get another 3 Musketeers, I'm gonna kill myself..."
Dustin looked at him. "What's wrong with 3 Musketeers?"
The black-haired boy gave him a baffled look. "'What's wrong with 3 Musketeers?'"
Jane scoffed. "No one likes 3 Musketeers, Dustin."
"Yeah," Will chimed in. "It's all just nougat."
"Whoa-ho-ho, 'just nougat'?" He nodded at him. "Just nougat? Come on, it's top three for me!"
The rest of the kids looked appalled at that claim. "Top three?" Lucas asked.
"Top...three!"
The tomboy shook her head, muttering, "Give me a break..."
"No, seriously, I can eat a WHOLE bowl of nougat, straight up!" The rest of the kids shook their heads, though they'd like to see him actually try-
Suddenly, a figure in a Michael Myers mask popped out in front of them and screamed, waving a knife in front of them. They all screamed, Lucas's scream being even more girlier and high-pitched than Jane's. The figure laughed as they pulled off their mask...revealing to be no other than Max. "Holy shit, you should've seen the looks on your faces!" she said with a grin. Jane rolled her eyes and crossed her arms at the sight of her as she looked at Lucas. "And you, what the hell was that? You scream like a little girl!" Lucas always did, the whole Party knew, much to his embarrassment.
As the red-haired girl began to walk away, the entire Party just stood there, Jane seeing Dustin and Lucas look at her like she was all special. As if. Will looked at her and frowned. She was definitely being bothered by Max, he knew it. The red-haired girl stopped and turned back at them, suggesting, "You guys coming or not? I heard we should hit up Loch Nora. It's where the rich people live, right?" She looked pretty enthusiastic about this, walking away again and giggling.
Dustin and Lucas looked just as enthusiastic, not only about hitting up Loch Nora, but also coming with her. "Yeah!" they both shouted to her, running after her.
The auburn-haired boy nudged the curly-haired girl a little, getting her attention. "Come on, Jane. Let's follow them." She only replied with a deep sigh as they both walked up to join the group. Jane thought that this night could have been better if she hadn't shown up. Now she'll have Dustin and Lucas acting like googly-eyed morons all night. At least Will wasn't affected.
After the sitcom they watched ended, Mike kept flipping channels, still holding the bag of candy. Terry was in the bathroom, doing her business. While she was washing her hands, she heard him watch an old romantic drama movie with a puzzled look on her face. She remembered her mother watching it whenever it came on television. When she got out...he looked so...forlorn watching it.
The woman in the movie walked away from the man to cry and sob, reminding Mike of Jane's cry and sobs. The man in the movie walked towards her and hugged her. That was what Mike wanted to do to Jane during those moments, but...
He then saw the two kiss after talking, now reminding Mike about his first kiss with her. Love...the woman in the movie used the word love. And then they pressed their lips together after she said love. Love...
He sniffed, his eyes blurry as he muttered, "Jane..." He let out a heavy sigh, missing her so much...
Terry looked so heartbroken to see him like this, but was shocked to hear him mutter her daughter's name after seeing a scene like that. Why? Slowly, she walked towards him and sat next to him, startling him and making him change the channel to a commercial. He wiped his eyes as she asked, "Mike, what's wrong?" He let out another heavy sigh and looked down at the ground, not answering for a bit. He just...he just...
Suddenly, they both heard beeping, looking up to see the radio beeping out the Morse Code. The two of them stood up, Mike putting the bag of candy down as they both approached it. The freckled boy then looked at the Morse Code chart, pointing at the letters according to the beeps. "L..." he read out loud as he then pointed at another letter. "A..." Then another. "T..." And finally one more. "E." Both him and Terry looked a little shocked at this. "Late?"
"He's going to be late?" Terry asked, shaking her head. "What in the world are you doing, Jim...?" He DID know that he promised Mike that they would all get together and watch a movie while eating candy, right? Hours of waiting while watching old and new horror movies that came on and still no sign of him until now.
She looked at Mike's face, seeing that it was sad. She frowned at that as he began to remember something else last year...
It was snowing and cold, Mike dressed as warmly as he could be with the clothing he stole from the hunter. He carried a dead squirrel with one hand, walking through the snow-covered woods in search of a place to camp out.
However, he suddenly stopped when he saw something just a few feet away from him. His eyes widened in surprise before walking towards it. When he crouched down, he saw a snow-covered box, wondering why it was here. He wiped the snow off of the top of the box with his sleeve before opening it up. He gasped when he saw two containers of food inside, a tub of vanilla ice cream, and a couple of wrapped Eggos. He was so hungry, even after eating squirrels all this time...
He looked around, seeing if anyone was around. This could be somebody else's food box...
When the coast was clear, he dropped the dead squirrel, grabbed the food, and stacked them on top of each other, the Eggos being at the top while the tub of ice cream was at the bottom. He then ran as fast as he could with the food, hoping to never drop them.
"Michael?" Terry asked, the boy snapping out of his flashback and looking up at her. "Are you alright?"
He wished he was.
He faced the radio and turned it off, saying, "We do this without him." He then stormed to the couch, seeing that the old Frankenstein movie was playing. He opened up the bag of candy again, taking out a bag of Skittles and opening that up.
She looked worried at him, saying, "Mike-"
"It's been too long. I want to do this, even if he's not around." She let out a deep sigh. She couldn't help but feel a little frustrated at him too, wondering what the hell was taking him so long. She knew he was a police chief, but...investigations wouldn't take this long.
She walked and sat next to him as he ate the Skittles, grabbing the bag herself and getting some Starbursts to eat. They then proceeded to watch Frankenstein together.
In Loch Nora, the Party and Max had gotten themselves better candy than before, even full-sized bars. "Another full-size!" cheered Dustin, walking with Max and Lucas. "I swear, rich people are suckers!" He looked at her when he suddenly thought of something. "Wait, you're not rich, are you?"
As those three walked and talked with a fun and friendly air around them, Will recorded them having fun talking to each other. As much as he liked that Max was friendly, for the most part, he was worried about Jane, so he looked at her, seeing that she was visibly upset. Frowning, he asked, "Jane?"
She looked at him and replied, "Did you agree to this?"
He put down the video camera. "Agree to what?"
"To HER..." She tilted her head towards Max. "...joining the Party."
He shook his head. "Well, no. I voted no because...you don't seem to like her."
She looked surprised that he knew that. At the same time, they've been best friends for years. "Well...yeah." She looked forward. "But you should have checked up with me."
The auburn-haired boy felt bad. "Sorry..."
She sighed and crossed her arms, still holding her bag of candy. "Don't worry. She might've still joined if I voted no too."
He didn't want the tomboy to strike up any problems with her, so he had to defuse her dislike to her. "She doesn't seem that bad though." She now gave him a baffled look. "Maybe you should be friends with her."
She huffed and walked faster than he did. "As if. She's ruining the best night of the year." He stopped when he saw her storm into the driveway of a fancy cul-de-sac. He stopped and felt worried for her. She really shouldn't act like this. Why was she acting like this? He had to know.
As he walked up to the driveway though...a few teenagers in masks scared him...
And initiated another episode.
...
While being given the good candy by someone old that didn't know what any of them were supposed to be, even Max, the curly-haired girl suddenly heard Will yell through the music and talking, "Jane?!" She turned back, seeing Will look up at nothing. "JANE?!" He walked forward a little. "JAAAAANE!" She instantly looked scared and worried, wondering why he was shouting her name like that.
After given the candy, she instantly turned around and yelled, "Will?!" The rest of the kids turned around to see him standing around, Max looking puzzled while the two other boys looked worried.
"Oh shit," Dustin muttered, seeing that he was open for bullies.
"What? What's going on with him?" Max asked.
Jane began to run towards him, shouting, "Will!" He began to run away too, to another cul-de-sac home. She saw him going down to the end of the house, so she went to that end too. As she was going down, she heard him heavily breathing...and whimpering. She needed to snap him out of it now.
She grabbed his arm, making him scream a little before she shouted, "Will?!" That got him out of the episode and looking at Jane's completely worried face. She then grabbed both of his shoulders and asked, "Are you okay? What's wrong?" He was shaking and panting, but looking into her eyes...he began to calm down before looking around, seeing that that...that thing wasn't around. "Why were you shouting my name? What's going on?!" He looked at her worried face again, looking very melancholic to see that. She wasn't supposed to see that...he...
"HOLY SHIT!" the curly-haired boy exclaimed, him, Lucas, and Max going down the stairs and seeing him curled up like a ball.
"Is he okay?" Lucas asked Jane.
"I-I don't know..." she replied, looking at him again. His eyes were still wide and he was still breathing heavily, though it wasn't in quick succession now, so she thought of something. "I'll get you home, okay? I'll get you home, so hold on." She slowly got him up on his feet, wrapping her arm around his shoulders. Dustin was about to help, but Jane said to stop him, "It's fine, I got him."
He stepped back, looking puzzled at that. "Jane?"
She gave him a rather sharp glare and even to Lucas and Max. "You guys can keep trick-or-treating. I'm getting tired anyway." The two then got up the stairs, Will seeing the look on her face, that same upset face...plus, her seeing him having that episode...
As if this night wasn't depressing enough.
Meanwhile, Max looked at the two other boys, asking what was wrong with Will and the two of them not answering. She guessed it must be something serious since he looked like he was in a horror movie. She let out a deep sigh and decided to ask something else to break the sadness in the air. "Also...you guys never told me that you were friends with a girl."
They looked at her, their solemn faces disappearing. "Oh yeah," Dustin stated. "That's her."
She felt stupid for not recognizing her as one before. "Oh, I thought she was a guy..."
"She does look like a guy and she knows that, but don't tease her about it. She's kind of sensitive about that." She nodded, looking at her and Will disappear out of their sights. She never knew there was another girl like her in this kind of town. Maybe...maybe she should be friends with her? At the same time, she looked like she wasn't in the mood earlier...
Jonathan finally arrived at the party, getting inside the house to see lots of costumed teenagers dancing to Duran Duran. It was pretty crowded here, that's for sure. He moved out of the way of two girls walking before talking to one named Samantha, who mistook his regular clothes as a costume. She seems nice.
He looked around to see if Steve and Kali were around before spotting them jamming out to the music, Kali drinking from a red solo cup. At least they seem to be having a fun time. Still, if either or both of them got shitfaced, he knew what to do.
He faced Samantha again and continued talking to her.
...
Kali went to the punch bowl to get more of that "pure fuel", but Steve followed her and tried to stop her by holding her arm. "No, no, Kali, that's enough," he sternly told her.
"Get off, Steve..." she sternly demanded him.
"That's enough, you had enough, okay?" He tried to pull her away, but she got out of his grasp by pushing him away.
"Screw you!" She headed to the bowl again and scooped up even more punch than she had before.
He held her hand holding the cup and said, "I'm serious, Kal. Stop it! Hey, hey, hey, stop!" She tried to tug her hand away from his, but he had a firm grip. "Put that down."
She now looked angered at him. "Hell no."
"Kal, put it down."
"You're not my mum!"
"Stop, stop!" His hand slipped as she tugged away...splashing the punch onto her white dress. She gasped, everyone near them exclaiming things. In fact, everyone inside stopped dancing to see that happen.
She saw that they had an audience, making her feel so embarrassed. She then looked at Steve with a frustrated look, throwing her cup on the ground and shoving him away as she walked to the bathroom. The jock quickly regained his balance and followed her to the bathroom as well.
Billy and Tommy chuckled, the freckled teen saying, "Now THAT'S a circus act!"
Jonathan looked worried. Perhaps Kali was drunk and Steve wasn't. He hoped that idiot would resolve that situation, since it did look ugly...
...
As the two entered into the bathroom, the short-haired girl grabbed a hand-towel and soaked it in water as her boyfriend closed the door. Steve frowned and felt shitty for what he did, so he told her, "Kal, I'm sorry." She didn't answer him as she wiped her stain with the hand-towel. He sighed and stated, "That's not gonna come off."
"I-it will..." she replied, sounding like she was choking up and looking like she was about to cry. That made him feel more shitty.
He got right next to her and patted her arm, saying, "Come on, I'll take you home. Come here." She sniffled, her eyes tearing up. Feeling even MORE shitty than before, he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Come on, let me take you home."
"Why isn't this coming OFF?!" she yelled, throwing the hand-towel at the sink and sobbing.
Oh God, this situation just keeps going down south...
"Kal-"
She whipped her head towards him and yelled, "Why did you want this?!"
He shook his head, looking forlorn. "I didn't, I kept telling you to stop drinking."
She covered her face with her hands, crying. "I'm so stupid..."
That statement broke his heart to hear from her. "Kal, you're not-"
"I AM!" She looked at him with teary eyes and wet cheeks. "I didn't listen to you because I wanted to act stupid like you said...I pointed a gun at you last year to get you out...I..." The more she talked, the more forlorn he looked. "I argued with Barbara before she DIED! I argued with her because I just wanted to spend the night with you..." Steve had never felt so shitty in his entire life, not even when he broke girls' hearts back when he was a douchebag. "I cared more about being in your pants than my own best friend's feelings!" She covered her face again and continued crying and sobbing. "I'm such an idiot!"
As she cried and sobbed more, he felt so horrible. Not only because he hated seeing Kali cry and sob like this...but also because of what she said about Barbara. To be honest, he always felt guilty, that guilt skyrocketing by a million now. But even if he felt horrible...Kali must have felt worse, MUCH worse. He had to comfort her, no matter what, like a good boyfriend.
He pulled her in for a hug and whispered, "Hey, it's alright. You're not an idiot..." She cried into his costume as he gently caressed her hair. "I am." He said that to her...and himself. Because really, if they haven't dated...none of this shit would have happened.
...
After what felt like hours, Kali had cried herself to sleep, slinking off of Steve's hold before he held her up firmly. He needed to get her back home now, so he wrapped her arm around his shoulder and began to exit the bathroom and soon the house, carrying her like he did.
Jonathan saw him carry a sleeping Kali out of the party. Did she pass out? Steve wouldn't low enough to strike her since he really did love her. At least Steve wasn't drunk, so he was able to get her home. That meant he was done here.
He waved Samantha goodbye before exiting the party, seeing Steve place Kali on the passenger's seat and closing the door. He decided to not approach him and asked what happened. Maybe it would be better if he didn't know. What happened in that bathroom was their business, after all. When Steve drove away with Kali, Jonathan decided to go to his car to go pick up his little brother.
In the Ives home, Jane and Will had their candy spread out across the living room table, the girl listening to her best friend talk about what's been happening to him. "It's like...I'm stuck," he told her.
"Like...stuck in the Upside Down?" she asked him.
He shook his head. "No...like you know when you look through a View-Master..." He paused to make the motion with his hands. "It gets caught between..."
She figured out what he was saying. "Like it's stuck between two slides?"
He nodded at her. "Yeah, exactly that. One slide's our world...and the other's...the Upside Down." The tomboy looked solemn, seeing the scared look on his face. "And...there's this noise, this awful noise coming from everywhere. And then...I saw something..." He remembered that...monster, that colossal monster.
"Is it the Demogorgon?"
He shook his head again. "No, it...it's huge, like...skyscraper-huge." Her eyes widened at that. "It was like a huge shadow in the sky...only...it was alive...it was moving...coming for me."
Something that large and that scary-looking...that made the Demogorgon look harmless. "Is...is this all real? Or is it all in your head, like the doctors say?"
He frowned, looking worried now. "I don't know, just..." He looked at her with pleading eyes. "Don't tell the others, okay? They wouldn't understand."
She nodded at him, giving him a reassuring smile. "Of course." He kind of smiled back at her, knowing he could trust her to keep a secret. She then thought of a certain someone, saying, "If Mike were here, he would understand."
The friend that helped her and everyone else find him...he will admit, he was special and if he meets him again, he'll have to thank him. "He would."
Sadly smiling now, she nodded. "Yes. Mike always understood everything." She looked down at the candy, her smile now disappearing. "Sometimes...I feel like I still see him, like...he's actually around, but..." She shook her head, sighing heavily. "He's not, not anymore. Sometimes, I feel like I'm just going crazy." The look on her face while talking about Mike seemed like she missed him a lot. He wondered what Mike was to her...
But that wasn't important right now, because... "I feel like I'm going crazy too."
She looked at him and gave him a half-smile, suggesting, "Hey, if we're both going to go crazy, then...why don't we go crazy together?" He smiled at that, chuckling a little as he returned the gaze.
"Yeah...go crazy together." They both continued to smile at each other before Jane moved closer to him and...hugged him. He blushed and his heart raced at that action. He decided to return it, the two feeling comforted now, though Jane's feeling of comfort was different from Will's. Still, they needed comfort after a bad night like this.
Steve's car arrived at the Ives home. He got out of it and managed to get a dozing Kali out carefully. He decided to carry her princess-style this time as he approached to the house and opened the door. He went in and closed it behind him with his back before going upstairs to her bedroom. He opened the door and went to her bed, laying her on it. He slowly removed her boots and covered her up with her blanket, the girl's head moving to the right as she slept. He sighed, never forgetting about her breakdown in the bathroom. God...not even his most nastiest breakup could top that.
He gave her a warm hug for several seconds, the girl stirring but still sleeping. He then let her go gently before he walked out of her room, feeling the most shittiest he's ever felt in his life.
Mike and Terry were done with eating candy and watching horror movies, the two of them being full from the candy. He was in his room with the TV still on while Terry just sat on the couch, still remembering that he was near tears after watching that scene from that romantic drama. She really wanted to know why he was that way.
Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door...the secret knock. She sighed, standing up from the couch and walking to it. She removed the locks and Jim himself opened the door. He looked around for Mike, the woman stating, "He's in his room."
He got in and closed the door, removing his hat and coat. "Did you two...?" he began to ask.
She knew what he was going to ask, so she nodded. "He insisted. Sorry."
He shook his head, removing his shoes as well. "Don't be. Better you than no one at all."
She then whispered, "What took you?"
"Work," he whispered back.
That began to worry her a little. "What, is something going on?"
"Later." He walked past her and knocked on the door to Mike's room, Terry frowning. "Hey, kid, open up. I know I'm late." There was no answer, making him feel bad for being late. "I got...I got, uh, stuck somewhere and lost track of time." Clearly, that was a lie, and that still left no type of answer from Mike. "And I'm sorry." Still no answer. "Mike, can you please open the door?" Still silence from him. "Mike?" He deeply sighed and got away from the door, sitting on the couch and rubbing his face.
"Jim..." The dirty-blonde-haired woman decided to sit next to him and press a hand onto his shoulder.
"Did he enjoy it?" She drew her lips to a thin line when she saw his solemn face, but nodded. "That's good, at least." He spotted the nearly-empty bag of candy and grabbed it.
"He'll come around, Jim."
"How? He likes you more than me."
She looked away from him, thinking about what to say to him. "You can give him the rest of the candy for breakfast?"
He scoffed, grinning a little. "I'm gonna bribe for his respect?"
She sighed. "He's a kid. He's going to act like that. Besides, you're the father he never had. You care for him more than that bastard Ted ever did. Remember that."
Now he sighed, knowing she was right. "You're the mother he never had."
"And will that you stop from being the father?"
"Terry..."
"I'm serious. No one said that raising a kid, especially a boy like him, would be easy. I know and you would too, right?"
Again, she had a point. She was right. "Yeah..."
...
In his room, Mike overheard what they said, feeling bad, but still upset. Hopper was right though, he liked Terry more than him...despite her not wanting him to see Jane again...
Why wouldn't she let him see Jane again?
He sighed and looked at the static fuzz the TV now had, holding a cloth he would use as a blindfold and wrapping it around his eyes. He tried to drown out all of his senses so he could see her tonight...after a moment and hearing echoing voices...
He was there, in the darkness...the cold darkness.
There, from the corner of his eye...he saw the handmade fort...and Jane sitting in it with her walkie-talkie.
"It's day 353..." she said solemnly into the device. He looked sad as he began to approach her. "I...didn't have the best day of my life today. I feel...I don't know..." She looked like she was about to cry, stating, "I wish you were here, Mike."
He wished he was there as well.
"We all do, but...I miss you...a lot." Seeing her about to cry made him want to cry. He got in front of her and crouched down. "Please...if you're out there, just...give me a sign, anything that would tell me that you're still out there." He deeply sighed...then she slowly looked up at him, her eyes sad.
After a few seconds, he asked, "Jane?"
She gasped, pressing the walkie-talkie right to her ear.
"Michael?" she asked, trying to hear for an answer, any answer from him.
He couldn't truly answer her...because of them. However...he like to touch her again.
He slowly raised his hand up to her cheek to caress it, but then she suddenly began to shorten the antennae, muttering...
"Stupid feedback." She then got up...
And walked away from the fort. He could only look at her go, feeling horrible. He couldn't answer her...and he always had to watch her leave...
He aggressively removed his blindfold, his nose bleeding, before breathing sharply and looking down, his fingers digging into his hair. He decided to let a couple tears out...because he missed her...so much...
And he just wanted to see her again, not in the darkness...in real life.
But he couldn't.
Because they didn't allow him.
Done! What do you guys think about this chapter? Any typos or mistakes I might've missed? Sorry that this is longer than usual. I wrote from Jonathan's arrival at the party to the end in one go on Monday. Hope you guys don't mind!
At least Terry and Mike get to eat candy and watch horror movies together. Hopper missed out.
So...that scene at the party where Kali's drunk was significantly changed from the canon. While the canon scene with Nancy was the most strained point of her relationship with Steve, I decided to have that scene signify Kali's guilt for what happened to Barb. From that one scene in Episode 7, I can kind of see her face when El left as something of self-blame. I can see her blaming herself for things that happened, so that's why I made her an emotional drunk and cry about why she doesn't like herself for doing the things she did before. I can also see Steve being supportive of her during something like that, despite not being a situation like that before. I hope I wrote those scenes with them well.
I hope that wasn't OOC of Jane to hug Will like she did. She just needs a hug in general.
I also thought it'd make sense for Mike to like Terry more than Hopper because really, she took care of him when he was younger and was more soft on him...mostly.
Poor Mike though, even if he likes Terry, he still couldn't tell Jane anything...
Anyways, review, follow, favorite, and I'll see you guys in the next chapter!