Harringrove Hickey Happy-Hour

Happy

"Dustin hurry up!" Lucas screeched. The rest of The Party were standing in the Wheeler's basement not-so patiently waiting for Dustin to finish packing. They watched as he stuffed his back pack with: binoculars, a magnifying glass, a headlamp, some weird science book about insects, and far too many snacks for one afternoon.

"We have to be prepared." He reasoned.

"Not that prepared!" Mike said.

"Okay I'm ready." Dustin finally said.

Everyone let out a sigh of relief and bolted upstairs before Dustin could realize he forgot the flare gun (don't ask.)

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They set out to the junkyard, none of them really knew what they were looking for, they just needed a new adventure. They hadn't heard or seen anything of the upside down in months, and if they were being honest, it was getting quite boring.

The Party pulled up near the abandoned school bus, parked their bikes, and started digging through the piles, looking for anything interesting. All they found were random car doors and an abundance of beer cans.

"Ugh." Max said "It looks like Billy's been here."

"Um, Max." Will replied quietly and pointed to a spot in the distance.

Everyone peaked around the school bus and saw that Will was right. Parked nearly 100 yards away, was the Camaro. And to no one's surprise they could see the back of Billy's head as he leaned against the hood, cigarette in hand.

"Doesn't he know this is our spot? What the hell?" Lucas said, still rightfully angry about the incident at the Byers house.

"You'd think he'd have something better to do." Mike added.

Everyone continued to blab about just how 'stupid' and 'annoying' Billy was. El was the only one who stayed quiet. She just watched him and his body language.

He looked relaxed. She could tell he was laughing at something, or maybe with someone. Who else was there?

"He looks happy." She said.

There was a collective "What?" from everyone else, but she just nodded towards Billy. Sure enough, they could all see him throw his head back laughing. They saw him smile a wide, real smile towards someone sitting on the ground. Max had never seen him like this, she didn't even know it was possible for him to be happy.

They're confusion only grew when they saw who was with him. Steve stood up and took the cigarette from Billy's hand. He took a drag.

Dustin's eyes were comically wide. "What is Steve-"

They all stopped breathing when they saw Steve lean in and plant a kiss on Billy's lips.

"What the hell??" Lucas gasped, but they were all thinking it. All but El, she was smiling.

They half expected Billy to beat Steve up again. But he just pulled him back in. They were basically making out at this point.

The kids decided they should probably leave when Billy picked Steve up and set him on the hood of the car. They all ducked back behind the bus before they could be seen.

"Okay gross." Mike said.

"I think it's sweet." El said.

"Sweet?? Dustin asked, "Sweet? Isn't that the guy who beat Steve up a few months ago?"

"Also that's too much PDA for me." Lucas added, raising his hands in the air in mock defeat. Max just stayed quiet.

"We should go." Will whispered. " Y'know, before we see too much."