friendships don't last forever, secrets spilled...
what will happen if mike is in desperate need to confess his feeling to an old friend?
re·gret /rəˈɡret/
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THE WEIRDO ON MAPLE STREET
November 7, 1983
(your pov)
Word broke out and now everyone knew about Will missing. "he's out there somewhere, we need to find him!" we were having our usual talk outside the bike rakes of school. It was now the next day since Will went missing and everyone went crazy. Or at least the people who cared. "Maybe he just came to school early," I suggested. Dustin's face rested as Lucas still stayed furious. "I mean it's Hawkins, what's the worse that could happen-" I felt someone walk behind me and it sure wasn't the party.
"Step right up, ladies and gentlemen. Step right up and get your tickets for the freak show!" It was Troy. My annoying brother and Hawkin's Middle's most popular bully. "who do you think would make the most money in a freak show?" god he never gave it a break. "leave us alone Troy!" I yelled in his face. He ignored it and continued talking with his friend. His only friend really.
He came closer to Lucas and punched his shoulder. "Midnight? Frogface? Toothless? or DogFace?" he punched each of our shoulders, mine with the most force. I've had enough. "Troy leave us alone or!-" I came off strong put deflated towards the end.
"or what huh? Are you gonna tell mom? Are you gonna tell the principal? Stop hanging out with these freaks! They will damage your brain and turn you into a fairy!" he yelled in my face and pushed me out of the way walking off. "Assholes!" I got a few stares from nearby students.
"You know you didn't have to. We're used to him it doesn't bother us as much." Mike walked up to me with his fingers in his backpack straps. "I kinda had to. He's my brother and he's annoying and if he is saying to my best friends, I'll do anything." I looked at Mike as he was kicking rocks under his feet. "Thanks." he looked up and from the ground and I noticed his eyes on me. "Mike are you ok?" I asked. It was weird. All of a sudden he was looking at me for no reason. "uh ya, I just have to tell you something." he was really jittery and not standing still.
"yeah shoot," I said trying to be cool about this situation. "Well, my mom invited you over for dinner today. Can you make it?" he was stammering over his words and starting to have pink cheeks. "Oh, you mean like the party has dinner at your place, yeah I'll be there."
"No I mean only you, not the party." he shot back at me. "um ok? Is there a reason for this?" we now entered the school doors and Lucas and Dustin were way ahead of us. "yeah, but I'll tell you at my house." the bell rang which meant we all had to separate. First period was different for all of us. "well, nice talking to you Wheeler I'll meet you guys at Mr.Clarke!" I waved by and headed to PE.
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The whole time during Mr.Clarke's class, my mind dozed off to Will thinking the worst about what happened to him. I kept thinking about how Ms.Byers and Jonathan must be feeling right now. The bell rang and Mr.Clarke began talking about the test but the students mostly cared about getting out of the classroom.
