Truth Be Told

Chapter 5: Scoops Ahoy

Will Byers

The morning sun is what woke both Dutin and I up. I look at my watch to see that it's only 9:00 a.m.

"We should probably get going now that it's light out again. I have to go home and change, then check in with my mom, then I have to go to Mike's. After that we can meet at Scoops Ahoy and try to translate the recording. Sound like a plan?" I ask Dustin.

"Yeah that sounds fine. Lets go." He replies.

We both gather our things and start walking down the hillside. That is, until Dustin tripped over some tall grass and started rolling down the hill, and since I was pretty much right in front of him he pulled me down too.
The rolling doesn't last long considering it's not a very steep hill, but it still hurt.

After we're both done rolling we make eye contact and burst out laughing.

"Oh my god Will! You should've seen the look on you face when you realised I was taking you down with me! That was priceless!" He says in between laughs.

"Well at least I wasn't the one who tripped over nothing! That was hilarious though." I hit my head when I fell. Now my nose hurts.

~~Small little time skip to when Will gets home~~

"HEY MOM I'M HOME!" I yell, but no one answers. She must already be at work then.

"JONATHAN?!" I yell to see if he's here. I mean his car is in the driveway, so I would assume he's here.

I knock on his door and get a grunt in reply. I probably just woke him up by accident.

Assuming he went back to sleep I go to my room to get changed for the day, since I'm still in yesterday's clothing. It's not the end of the world, but I am going to have to take a shower this morning because of it.

I grab the clothing I want to wear and then head into the bathroom. I get the water running at a medium temperature so that it's neither too hot nor too cold. I take off my watch and leave it on the sinks counter so that I don't get it wet, and then I hop in the shower.

The water makes me feel very relaxed as it runs down my face.
I pour some of my vanilla and coconut scented shampoo into my cupped palm, and then rub my hands together, making the shampoo bubble before I rub it into my hair.

Once I have all of the shampoo rinsed out, I move on to body wash, which is also vanilla and coconut scented because I love the smell of that combination. I pour some onto my loofah, then hold it under the water so that it won't all fall off when I try to scrub with it.

Once that's all done, I move onto washing my face. My face wash doesn't have a very prominent scent, mostly because it's used for sensitive skin, which I have. (I have no idea why I went into so much detail about soap... I guess I'm just very passionate about being clean)

Now that I'm done getting clean, I grab my towel and wrap it around my body, then I step out of the shower. I dry myself off and then put on the clothing I picked out for myself.
I chose a red, black and white striped shirt with a rounded neck, some Jean shorts that go down to about 4 inches above my knee, some white socks with a black stripe at the top, and some white sneakers.

I put my watch back on and ho to my room carrying my clothing from the day before. I put it in my hamper and then grab my backpack. I start loading it with things I might need for the day, such as a some water, a flashlight (because you never know), my walkie talkie, some batteries, some money just in case I get hungry at the mall later, and the water bottle that I have to give back to Mike.

Now that I'm all packed, I head outside to get my bike and start riding over to the Wheeler family residence.
It only took me about 20 minutes considering this is a small town.

I put the kickstand down and leave my bike in the driveway.
I grab the bottle out of my bag and walk up to the door with it. I knock on the door three times and then wait, shortly after it gets opened by Mrs. Wheeler.

"Hey honey! Mike's downstairs if you wanted to hang out." She suggests as she lets me through the door.
Mrs. Wheeler has always been like a second mother to me. She is always so kind and understanding.

"No I'm not here for Mike this time." I answer as I walk through the door and into the kitchen.

" I just came to return this. Mike lent it to me yesterday and said it was Nancy's." I say to her as I hold out the water bottle for her to take.

I wasn't actually planning on talking to Mike today, but the basement door opened up to reveal him and Lucas.
I start heading towards the door, muttering a small goodbye to Mrs. Wheeler, but I am soon stopped by the voice of none other than Michael Wheeler.

"Hey Will. I didn't think you were coming today. I called your house phone but your mom answered and said you weren't there." Mike says as he stands in front of me, unknowingly blocking where I wanted to go.

"I wasn't actually planning on staying. I have to meet Dustin today." I say as I walk around him and to the door. I'm trying my best not to tell them about what happened last night, but I would say that I'm pretty good at keeping secrets.

"Oh. Well will we see tomorrow at least?" He asks.

"I might be busy tomorrow, but I guess I'll see what happens." And with that I exit out the front door and get on my bike again. I start peddling my bike towards the mall, and it's a good thing I have amazing bike riding stamina, because it took a while, and there were a couple not so nice up hills.

I leave my bike in the bike rack outside the mall entrance and go inside. The party and I always use Scoops Ahoy's back entrance to go see R-rated movies for free and without an adult, so I know the way to the ice cream place very well.

When I get there I see Steve and Dustin sitting at a booth with some ice cream. I walk over to them and sit down next to Dustin.

"Hey guys. Sorry I'm late I got caught up at the Wheelers house. Have you told him yet Dustin?" I ask and he shakes his head no in response.

"Tell me what?" Steve asks with a confused look on his face.

"We intercepted a secret russian communication." Dustin whispers.

"You what? I can't here you." Steve says, earning a weird look from Dustin.

"We intercepted a secret Russian communication." He whispers again, but still not loud enough for Steve to here. The only reason I know what he said is because I was there when it happened, otherwise I would have thought he was speaking too quietly as well.

"What? I still can't hear what you're saying, just speak louder." Steve says again.
I think Dustin was trying to keep it on the down low, but Steve isn't making it any easier.

"WE INTERCEPTED A SECRET RUSSIAN COMMUNICATION!" Well, there goes the secrecy. Everyone in the shop now knows what we're up to.

"Oh, right. That's what I thought you said." Says Steve.

I'm starting to think this is going to be a very long day...