it was halloween, and we all was going to school as ghostbusters. we rid on our bikes singing the ghostbusters theme tune. as we parked our bikes, we all said "who you gonna call?" and will replied "ghostbusters!" they all went boy crazy as a looked at them again, "sorry y/n." i laughed.
mike stopped lucas saying, "why are you venkman?"
"because i'm venkman" lucas replied.
"no, i'm venkman." mike argued.
"why can't there just be two venkmans?" will asked, trying to compromise.
"because there's only one venkman in real life. we planned this months ago. i'm venkman, dustin's stanz, will's egon, your winston and y/n's the ghost." mike assured.
"i specifically didn't agree to winston!"
"yes you did!"
"i don't think he did," will butted in.
"no one wants to be winston, man."
"what's wrong with winston?"
"what's wrong with winston? he joined the team super late, he's not even funny, and he's not even a scientist!" lucas shouted.
"yeah but he's still cool"
"if he's cool then you be winston."
"i can't."
"b-because..." mike stuttered, trying to find an awnser
"why not? because you're not black?"
"i didn't say that!"
"you thought it!"
they carried on arguing until dustin stared at something.
"guys...guys.guys!" he shouted, making mike and lucas stop arguing. we all turned around whilst everyone was getting off the school bus, and quickly realised no one was wearing costumes.
"why is no one else wearing costumes?" dustin asked.
that's when the school bell rang.
we walked into school, everyone laughing us. one boy even called out, "who you gonna call? the nerds!"
that made me mad.
"hey! say that one more time and i'll break you neck." i threatened.
the boy and his friends backed away.
"sorry mam" they replied.
yeah, that's what i thought.
"fuck this," i said, and took off my costume, revealing normal clothes under it.
"dude wtf, no fair! we should all be humiliated together!" mike called.
"sorry loosers!" i said, walking away from the boys. "see you later! trick or treating at 7!" i reminded them. i stopped, soon realising max was coming towards us. dustin and lucas stared at her, and so did i. we watched her as she skated through the halls and stop at her locker.
"you guys wanna do this?" dustin asked.
"not right now. we look like morons." lucas responded.
"maybe she likes ghostbusters."
"of corse she likes ghostbusters, but that's not the point. the point it we're dressed up and she isn't."
"but i didn't bring regular clothes, did you?"
"no." they said, and that's when i shoved passed them.
"pussies! come on!" i dragged them to her.
then she slammed her locker and walked off.
"we could ask her after class." dustin suggested.
"yes!"
"okay."
*time skip*
she walked up to her locker and was unlocking it when we approached her.
"um..." dustin began, her turning her head to look at us. i froze, not knowing to do or say.
"hi max. i'm dustin, this is y/n and this is-"
"lucas." he butted in.
"yeah, i know, the stalkers."
"uh, no. actually, we weren't stalking you."
"no we were just concerned because, you know, you're new and all."
"yeah, for your safety!"
"there are a lot of bullies here."
"so many bullies! it's crazy."
" yeah."
"is that why your wearing proton packs?" she asked, and i started laughing.
"well, these don't function. but...! i do have this handy dandy little trap here." dustin showed off.
"i'm sorry, they're such nerds."
"it's fine." she said.
"anyways. so we were talking last night, and you're new here, so you probably don't have any friends to take you trick or treating,"
i covered my face with my hands in shame. he was calling the cutest girl in school a loner! god how stupid could they be. lucas looked at me with a weird smile, knowing dustin was embarrassing us.
"...and you're scared of bullies, so we were thinking..."
"you were thinking" i said, max looking at me with an awkward smile.
"...that it would be okay if you come with us!" dustin said. i knew full well what she was going to say and it was so embarrassing.
"it'd be okay...?" max asked.
"yeah! our party's a democracy, and the majority voted you could come."
"i didn't realise it was such an honour going trick or treating with you." she fake smiled.
"yeah! we know where to get the full sized candy bars! we figured you'd want in." dustin said, embarrassing us yet again.
"that's presumptuous of you." she said.
the boys looked lost. they totally didn't know what it meant. so dustin replied,
"yeah totally. so um, you'll come?"
she rolled her eyes closing her locker. then she walked off.
"we're meeting at maple street culdesac at 7. that's seven on the dot!" dustin shouted.
"presumptuous. that's a good thing right?" dustin asked. i laughed.
"you wish. bye nerds!" i said, waving and walking in the opposite direction to them as we had different classes.
"is it bad? lucas, is it bad? lucas? son of a bitch, lucas! is it bad?"
honestly that boy was crazy. we're improving though, i was finally talking to her. or, she knew who i was at least.
*another time skip, sorry!*
she was riding through the parking lot on her skateboard, towards the blue car she had gotten out of the day before. she hopped off her skateboard and went to get in the car ,but the boy, who i was guessing was her brother, said something to her. they got in the car and that's when i left with the boys to ride home on our bikes like we did everyday.
we had got to the woods and was walking down a road when a car came rushing towards us at full speed.
"really, everyone dressed up last year!" lucas said.
"hey guys?" dustin tried to get our attention.
it started coming faster. we rode as fast as we could, lucas swerving and almost falling. the car quickly turned, and we saw who was i the car.
"holy shit! was that...?"
"mad max." lucas said.
"where are you guys getting that name from? we nearly get killed by her psycho brother and that's all you can say? jesus lucas." i shout.
"she's a superstar!" mike told me,
"she has the highest score on dig dug, even higher than dustin!"
"mike! son of a bitch!" dustin shouts. we're all shouting at this point, so we all just get back on our bikes and head home.
we leave mike's house, as we all went over after school, but will went straight home. we see him and say hello. he gets out of the car and we go.
it starts getting dark, but we have a bunch of candy already.
"if i get another 3 musketeers, i'm gonna kill myself." lucas says. i feel a bit triggered, but mike's the only one that knows about me, so he just puts his hand on my shoulder like i do to him and he tells me that it's okay.
"what's wrong with 3 musketeers?" dustin asks.
"what's wrong with 3 musketeers?" he copies.
"no one likes 3 musketeers." i say.
"yeah, it's just nougat." will agrees.
"woah, just nougat? it is top three for me." dustin says.
"top three?" lucas repeats.
"top three." says dustin.
"oh god give me a break!" mike groans.
"seriously, i can just eat a whole bowl of nougat. straight up." dustin argues.
someone jumps out in front of us in a white mask and black clothes with a knife. we all scream and will clutches mikes hand. the girl takes off the mask and starts laughing, it was max.
"holy shit! you should have seen the look on your faces. and you?" she says to dustin,
"who screams like that? you sound like a little girl." she laughs. man she's so cute when she laughs. she walks off, stopping when we realise we're not following her.
"hey are you guys coming or not? oh i heard we should hit up loch nora. that's where the rich people live, right?" she asks. everyone's so excited except mike. i tell him it's okay and that she won't replace el, so he sighs and follows me.
"another full size. like, seriously, rich people are such suckers." dustin says. then realises max is with us.
"wait, your not rich, right?" i laugh at his sudden realisation.
"no, i live up old cherry road." max chuckles, me walking next to her. our hands brushed up together, she looked at me and i blushed.
"oh." dustin says, because he knows that road has a bad reputation.
"no it's fine. i mean the streets good for skating."
"hm. yeah, totally tubular." dustin agrees.
i didn't really know what he was saying, only that he wouldn't shut up and to be honest, it was pretty annoying and i didn't like him at that time. woah, was i jealous of him and max? that's crazy. they all start acting stupid and talking australian, and max claims her ears are hurting from how bad they are.
we suddenly lost will, so we tried looking for him, calling his name and looking everywhere. me and mike suddenly found him sitting up against a wall, rocking back and forth.
"will!" mike shouted, getting him out of the state and will screaming.
"will, what's wrong?"
"are you okay dude?" i ask.
"we couldn't find you, are you hurt?" mike hysterically asks.
"holy shit!" dustin says, coming down the steps with max and lucas. i stand next to max and grab her hand. she looks at me and my hand, and i let go. but she grabs my hand again.
"is he okay?" lucas asks.
"i don't know. i'm gonna get you home okay, i'm gonna get you home. hold on." mike says, while holding will and carrying him up. dustin tries to grab him but mike says he's fine and he's got him.
"keep trick or treating. i'm bored anyways." he says, sounding mad. max looks at me and sees that i'm upset, so she squeezes my hand and slightly smiles at me, telling me it's going to be okay. i nod. she seems confused, so she asks us
"what's wrong with him?" because she doesn't know what happened last year as she's new. we all knew he was having another one of his episodes.
i get home around 9, my sister heather still at a halloween party and my dad at the bar drinking with his friends, so it was just me and my mum. mum was asleep already so i just decided to go to sleep too.
( a/n sorry this chapter was so long! love you all :) )
