Only Ones Who Know

ii.

A/N: I have a lot of free time because I procrastinate lmao. And I've been wanting to write for the past year and I started with this.

Enjoy reading!

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THE GAME.

When El opened the door, [Name] was met with a new type of warmth, and a smell she's not quite a fan of. But like what her mother taught her, endure. Releasing a hum as El laughed, she was led down the flight of stairs, a mingle of male voices getting louder. One of the voices that stood above all was Mike, and she had to stifle a laughter at the thought.

"She's here!" El proclaimed, letting go of [Name]'s hand as El shimmied her hands like a magician.

Silence befell the group, and the odd girl out shuffled within her feet as a small and shy smile stretched across her lips, "hello."

The first persom to speak up was a curly haired boy, mouth in a wide grin, "hey! I'm Dustin!" She found his lisp adorable, and watched as he stood up to shake her hand in an eager manner.

"I'm [Name]." She replied with a more confident grin beofre letting go of his hand. Lucas meanwhile gave a wave.

"Hey, you met me earlier."

She nodded in reply, then her eyes moved the Mike beside Lucas who gave her a nod, "hey, we haven't properly met. Sorry about that."

"It's alright. I understand."

Mike quirked an eyebrow, and the girl almost gulped in nervousness at how intimidating Mike is as he towers over everyone along with...

"I'm Will." The boy from earlier piped up while he stands, his face obviously flushed as he held a hand out.

...yeah, Will.

[Name] shyly smiled, her hand sliding across his bigger one, causing a slight burst of butterflies in her stomach and goosebumps to rise on her nape. His bright eyes is almost piercing right through her very own, and she held her breath as they shook hands.

"It's nice to meet you..." blinking, she turned to the rest, "all of you." The rest nodded or smiled in return, reciprocating the phrase.

She finally let go of Will's grasp, and she noticed the boys glancing at each other with a look she can't quite describe. Ignoring it for now, she took the time to glance about, seeing a lot of board games and other...things she can't quite describe. There's also a lot of electronics placed all over the room, intriguing the girl.

El placed herself between the others, excitement bussing all over her figure as she sat on the arm rest od the couch, right next to Mike. She gave them a look while smiling, and Dustin walked over to the table in the middle of the room as [Name] planted her feet on the ground. She could feel Will standing close, his warmth offering a great sense of security. Lucas followed beside Dustin, the two opening a duffle bag. She took note of how big it is.

"We found this in the storage room at school, asked Mr. Dunkins if it's someone's property but he said it was left there by these group of friends--I don't know, I didn't bother asking for name but I did ask if we could try it out! Looks sick, huh?" Dustin rambled on, pulling out all of the items inside. It consisted of consoles, a game disk and is that a--monitor?!

"It looks fairly new too, I wonder why they just left it there. Look, look," Dustin held up the game disk, "Jumanji? Now, I wonder what that means."

Lucas rolled his eyes, "dude, just plug everything in."

"Would've been better if you lot started helping, huh?" Dustin sarcastically brought his arms out, and Mike stood from where he was, followed by El.