𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐬 {𝐒. 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧}

Chapter 8- Weapon

"DUSTIN? DUSTIN, DO YOU COPY?"

"Is that the Wheeler kid?" Steve asked from the front seat, looking in the rearview mirror. Dustin fumbled with his walkie.

"Well, well, well, look who it is," Dustin ignored Steve.

"Sorry!" It was definitely Mike. "Holly got a hold of my walkie and turned it off."

"Well, when you were having sister problems," Dustin said, annoyed, "Dart grew again, he escaped, and I'm pretty sure he's a baby Demogorgon."

Olivia ran a hand down her face before staring out the window at the fields they drove past. The morning sunshine beamed over the grass, looking way too calm and beautiful for a world filled with monsters.

"Wait. What?" Mike stuttered.

"I'll explain later," Dustin said urgently. "Meet me, Steve, and Olivia at the old junkyard."

"Steve?"

"-And bring your binoculars and wrist rocket." Dustin continued.

"Steve Harrington?" Olivia could hear the confusion in Mike's voice. "What does my sister's boyfriend have to do with anything? And why is Olivia with you?"

Steve and Olivia's faces were bright red. Olivia refused to make eye contact with him, instead picking at her fingernail, begging silently for Mike to stop asking questions

Dustin seemed to have read the tension in the car, because he huffed and rolled his eyes. "Just be there, stat. Over and out."

There was a heavy silence after that for a long moment. Steve had turned on the radio, but Olivia couldn't stop thinking.

Steve was Nancy's boyfriend. Or... was? Either way, Olivia felt... wrong for feeling this way about a boy who her best friend loved.

Although... they had broken up, right? Jonathan and Nancy had taken off together, which couldn't be as innocent as they wanted to believe. Olivia had seen the way Nancy acted around Jonathan; she definitely felt something towards him.

And of course, Jonathan had been head over heels over Nancy since forever-

"SHIT!" Dustin shouted suddenly.

Steve flinched so hard that the car swerved into the wrong lane.

"What?!" Steve yelped. "WHAT?"

"We can't do this without Max!" Dustin said anxiously.

Olivia let out a sigh of relief, digging the palms of her hands into her eyes. "Holy shit, Dustin..."

"If you do that again I'm going to DROP YOU ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD!" Steve barked, running a hand through his hair. "Jesus fucking Christ..."

"We have to go back for Max!" Dustin repeated, craning to look back at the street behind them. "I finally have proof!"

"What are you talking about?" Steve demanded. "Who's Max? Is that the Hargove kid sister?"