𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 ; ᵂᶦˡˡ ᴮʸᵉʳˢ

ii ; Trick Or Treat, Freak

Its been almost a year since Ethan went missing. He's probably dead but his mom can't wrap her head around it. She hasn't cleaned out his room, she takes care of his bedsheets and reorganizes the books all the time, like he's still here. She's not believing that bullshit that he's dead, he's out there somewhere. Maybe even in that fucking lab, again.

Everytime Joyce brings Nicole along for Will's appointments at the lab, she gets an eerie, gut-like feeling that Ethan is around. That's why she's been snooping around recently, she's sure he's there. The boys told her that the Demogorgon took him while she, Joyce, and Hopper went to save Will. And during that, they wouldn't have found Will yet. So by the time Ethan got his head smashed up against the wall, Will probably wouldn't have been where they found him yet. 

Will told Nicole that he tried helping Ethan, as he found him near the Upside Down lab, and leaned him up against a tree nearby. Then, the adults found Will stuck to that snake thing, unconscious. They missed her own fucking kid, he was probably right in front of them too. Or maybe he is dead, a demogorgon took him again, or he escaped into the lab before they could see him. 

All she knows is he isn't dead.

<->

The group of boys felt incredibly stupid, it was Halloween and they were the only ones dressed up, and they went as the Ghostbusters, which made the nerd-calling even worse. Thank god it was just a day and not the rest of their lives. The boys walk in the festively decorated school, going to their lockers to put their backpacks and any extra things in before class. Dustin and Lucas get distracted by Max, as they wanted to ask if she wanted to join them for trick or treating, while Mike and Will left their lockers like normal people, heading to class. Dustin and Lucas would ask after class. 

And finally after first period, Lucas and Dustin approached the redhead skater at her locker, trying to ask her to go trick or treating with them. They tried making it seem like they were doing her a favor, protecting her from bullies, but Max doesn't give a straight answer as she slams her locker closed, walking away. 

"I'm gonna pretend she said no" Dustin says, walking toward third period. 

"Yep, same" Lucas agrees, following him

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After school, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas were riding their bikes back home, the wooded area made some sort of peace around them. Poor Will was trapped riding home with his mom again, making the road big enough for the three boys to be in one small line on the right side of the road. The boys were talking about people not wearing costumes to school, and how it made them embarrassed and how they got called nerds all day. 

Behind them, a very fast, and very loud, blue BMW approached the boys, not even acknowledging three teenage boys were riding their bikes there. Dustin looks behind him, to see the car gaining on them.

"Guys?" He says, trying to get their attention

Lucas and Mike look behind them, seeing the car gaining on them quickly, probably going 50 in a 35 area, the boys quickly speed up, not even thinking about crashing to the side of the road and be covered in leaves. 

"Go!"

"Mike, you need to haul ass!"

Just a millisecond of the car's tires screeching drove the boys to crash to the side, not wanting to be run over. Lucas safely made it onto the side, while Mike almost fell off his bike and Dustin completely fell off, scraping his elbow a bit. The boys quickly stand up while Dustin looks in the left rear view mirror, to see Max's face.