It was dark when Key reached the hillside, where Dustin had erected a portable cell tower and was lying sullen on the grass.

She went to sit next to him and said, "I'm sorry Dustin, it's not my birthday and I lied to you." She paused, looked at Dustin's face, and then said, "Second, I shouldn't have arrived so late. In fact, I was looking for a long time, and it was a little far away." But Dustin seemed unimpressed by the explanation.

'What were you thinking?' 'she asked.

Dustin looked around to make sure no one was there and whispered, "I've just intercepted a secret message from a Soviet spy."

'What?

"Soviet spy, secret message!" Dustin grasped the key words and repeated them again.

Key still looks confused. The two words were repeated again. "Spies, secret messages, why?"

Dustin stared at her for a moment, then suddenly he realized, "shiit, it's no use telling you that, I forgot! You don't know much about it." He organized his words, tried to explain them to her, but the words were swallowed alive on his lips, and he said, "Tomorrow morning at eight o 'clock at my house, we ride to the Star Court, is that all right?" Key shrugged in understanding. Dustin excitedly stood up and told Key, his eyes glowing, "I'm beyond excited. This is an honor!" She starts packing her things and asks Key if she wants him to ride her back.

Key stopped her and said, "So you're not mad at me?"

"Why should I be angry with you?"

"I lied to you." Key replied, "friends don't lie, right?"

Dustin nodded to understand Key's idea, "But you meant well and didn't hurt anyone." Otherwise, if I go back and debunk the welcome ceremony, everyone will be frustrated."

Key says he gets it. They walked all the way down the hill in silence, Dustin again offered to drive Key home, Key agreed to come down. In fact, Key is standing on both sides of the rear wheel, after all, only Mike's bike has a back seat. Key blew the night wind and squinted his eyes. It was very quiet. She suddenly asked Dustin if he had any theatrical movie recommendations. Dustin was puzzled. "A movie theater? I remember Mike and Lucas, didn't they just see the movie last night?" Key was silent. Dustin started telling her about the new movies in the theater. "What kind of movie are you going to see?"

"I don't know."

Dustin asked helplessly, "Are you going alone or are you going with someone? Because it's all about the atmosphere. If it's like me and Lucas, it's going to be scary."

"Steve, maybe? Key answered uncertainly.

But this shocked Dustin, who involuntarily raised his voice and begged to be sure: "What? "

Seeing that Key had no intention of changing his speech, Dustin even stopped his bike and turned his head to the right to look at her. ! You're going on a date with Steve? My God what has happened to Hawkins while I have been away! '

"No, just going to see a movie as friends. You can come too." Key interrupts him, but she's right, she did turn down the date, but it was nice to go to the movies, and Steve asked.

Dustin curled his lips and said, "No thanks, gross! I'm not getting involved with you."

"I told you it wasn't a date, and you just got back..." Key himself realized that there was something slightly more subtle going on here, and began to explain, and wanted to DORA Dustin to break up the weird-sounding scene.

"A firm no!" Dustin didn't let up at all. Key had to sigh.

Dustin walks Key to the door of the house and Key goes up and knocks on the door. She figured it was too late, and if Hopper had gone home, she might have been polite enough not to get caught up in the curfew.

The door opens from the inside and it's Eleven.

"You're late." Eleven said to her.

Key nodded his head nervously and hesitated to step into the room, peering in at the door.

"He's not here. He went to take Mike home." Eleven saw what she meant. She beckoned Key into the room, and the two of them went into the room one after the other. The sound of Hopper pulling up was heard outside.

As soon as Hopper enters the room to check on the girls, he sees them sitting upright and watching him. Makes him a little uncomfortable, too.

He noticed Key. This is making Key nervous. Hopper laughs and walks out of the room.

"Did something good happen to him?" They both shook their heads. "He just said something happened to Mike's grandmother," Eleven said. The two girls looked at Hopper again and frowned. Key sighed: "Good has no morals."

Hopper actually heard this, and he exclaimed, "Hey! Mike's grandmother is fine! Thank God."

"All right." But there was something strange about him.

Key left early the next day before Eleven got up. She walked to Dustin's house. Mrs. Henderson welcomed her in very warmly and told her that Dustin was still getting ready. She also asked Key if they wanted her to drive them there. Dustin apparently heard it from the room, Shouting "Mom!" But in the end, he relented. At least it's better that Mrs Henderson drives them over than that they share a bike.

Upon arriving at the Star Court, Dustin runs to the ice cream shop, while Key follows slowly.

Dustin gets in line at the counter and smiles at Robin who is selling ice cream. "Hi, my name is Dustin." Robin gives a standard professional smile. "I'm Robin."

"So she's there?" Key couldn't hear if Dustin said "she" or if he simply had no front teeth.

Just in time, Steve came out of the back kitchen opening the door, and Dustin and Steve started making strange movements and onomatopoeia noises. Robin can't stand it anymore. "How many kids do you have?"

Key: "I'm going for 17."

Dustin pulls Steve and Key into a booth near the counter.

He can't wait to tell Steve about his new girlfriend.

"Wait, is that sexy?" Steve listened to his description and asked incredulously, "Who is such a perfect person?"

Dustin really thought about it, then took a look at Key and whispered to Steve, "Key is almost perfect, but Suzie is a little better."

Both boys looked up at Key and Dustin added, "Yeah, she's pretty close to perfect, except she won't date anyone."

"So she agreed to go out with you and became your girlfriend?" Steve is still skeptical.

"Yes! And she said I felt better without teeth!" When Dustin said this, even Robin, who was busy at the counter, couldn't help but look over. Steve puckered up all his features and curled his mouth sideways.

Puzzled, Dustin asked Key, "What's wrong with him?"

"No one wants to date him." Key didn't look up the whole time, just eating his free sundae.

"Does that include you?"

"Of course." Key took a sip of Coke, then shook the ice in the glass, which was empty of drink. She pushed the cup toward Steve and said, "I tried to bring some change tomorrow, but I don't have it today, so can I refill it for free?"

"No, put it on Captain Steve." Robin over there at work is Shouting over here.

Dustin made an interesting move toward Steve, who then turned his head back in one hand. "It's the uniform! Screw company rules!"

Dustin confronts Key about the conversation last night and asks, "But didn't you two have a date? Friday?"

"It was just going to see a movie, as friends, that's all." Undying, Key lifts the lid of the coke and pulls the ice with a straw, but the drink is really drunk.

"Well, I'll renew it for you." Steve took the cup from her and went to the counter. Without taking two steps, he suddenly turned back and pointed at Key and said, "You know what? Are you going to love me one day?"

As he walked away, Dustin turned his face toward Key and asked, "What has happened to him while I've been gone? Is something wrong?"

"Nothing has happened. He simply hates being married."

'What? Dustin stared blankly at Key. "What did they teach you?" But Key's attention doesn't seem to be on him, so he follows her vision and sees her staring at her drink glass. "No, you can't," he said, snatching away his drink. "Your Steve will be back soon with your refill..."

Key blushed, "Shut up!" Along with Steve's roar at the counter.

"See, I told you you were so loud I could hear you from here." Robin slouches by the back kitchen window and smirks. Steve runs away from her and returns with the cup.

Taking advantage of the silence of both men now, Dustin revealed the message he had secretly received to them.

"Listen, we can be real American heroes!" Dustin shouted, "We will help our country defeat the Soviet bad guys!"

Key was in a calm mood, asking only: "Why the Soviet bad guys?"

"Because we are enemies with them." "Dustin said. He did not know how to explain to the 17-year-old girl who had only been introduced to the concepts of "society" and "state" six months earlier. So he could only ask her, "So are you in?"

Key shook his head. "They didn't mess with me, and I don't know what country I belong to, so they're not enemies or friends with me. I don't know how to describe it, but I quit." She broke Dustin's hand and looked at his watch. "Going home." She said so. Then he swallowed his last bite of ice cream, took his drink glass, and stood up, but did not go out. Instead, he stopped and said to the boys, "Unless you're hurt."