Wheel of Fate

25.

The last couple of months were normal; they were good, well, most of them. She was having a good time with Steve and now Robin; she had a job that she hated, but it was a start. Why is this happening again; she asked herself.

Once home, Olivia closed her door, making sure that she locked it. She kneeled down and looked under her bed; she moved her hand around until she touched something "gotcha," she pulled out her axe that she had used a few times last year.

"This is my axe," she told Billy, getting up. "That you use for safety precaution," he said with his arms crossed, looking at Olivia, "exactly." "Billy, Hawkins is not as boring as you might think," she started by saying. "Weird shit has been happening even before we got here. There are these monsters called Demogorgon or demo dogs like the ones I saw last year" "You what," he said, walking closer to her.

"We thought that we closed the gate well, El closed it, but I helped them so. I thought that they couldnt come into our world anymore, but it seems we were wrong." Billy blinked a few times "who is we" Olivia was going to open her mouth but then closed it. She had shared secret information with her brother Billy; she wasnt so sure how much she trusted him.

"Olivia, who is we?" "You know what, my head hurts. I think I need to sleep," she said, trying to push Billy out of her room. He looked at her for a few seconds, "this conversation is not over," he said, pointing his index finger at her. She looked at her axe that she was holding "guess I will be using you again."

The next day Billy had left for work, and he didnt ask her any questions about their conversation from last night. She thought it was all forgotten and went to work.

She arrived at work in time; she entered with a smile on her face knowing Monica wasnt going to bother her about her punctuality, at least for that day.

"Excuse me, do you have this in neon pink," a young girl asked, showing Olivia a set of fingerless fishnet gloves. "Let me see." she walked into the back and opened a new box of merchandise that had just arrived. "Neon pink fingerless gloves," she repeated at loud as she looked through the box. She smiled when she found six of them. She got all of them and walked to the front "here you go," she said to the young girl. "Thank you" the girl had a smile on her face as she walked excitedly to her mother. She added the other gloves to the front that way; she didnt have to go back again.

A few hours went by; she had helped more customers so far, she didnt get any rude ones.

"Olivia, they are looking for you," Monica said, pointing to the front of the store. "Sure, Ill be right there," she told Monica. "The pink wigs are over there," Olivia said, pointing to the other side of the store to a group of girls. The girls giggled and walked to where Olivia had pointed.

Olivia walked to the front of the store looking for who was here to see her; she thought it was Steve, but she stopped when she saw it was her brother Billy. "What are you doing here? I didnt even know you knew I work here," she told him honestly, surprised he knew where she worked. "You have been working here for a month, I listen," he said, trying to hide he was a bit hurt that she didnt think he would know. "And I remember telling you our conversation wasnt over."

"Im working; I can't leave." "We will talk here then." "Are you insane, William; we cant talk here in the open about things like this," she said, moving her arms around. "You arent making any sense Olivia. We should go to the hospital. Maybe the accident did more damage to your head." "It didnt," she said, moving his hand from her forehead.

"Olivia get back to work," Monica said angrily. "See, you're getting me in trouble," she told her brother, annoyed with him. "I want answers, Olivia," Billy said. "You wouldnt even believe me if I told you." "Olivia, I saw a fucking monster that tried to eat me. Im sure I would believe you."

She looked at her brother; he looked different; maybe a near-death experience changes someone. "Fine, but Im working," she told him.

Oliva told him a few of the things she saw last year. She mentioned the key points, but she didnt want to share too much information for everyones safety and because she was telling him all of this while working. "So when I went to Mrs. Byers house, all of this was happening," he asked with his arms crossed. "If you want an ear-piercing go to that lady over there, her name is Monica, and she will help you," Olivia said nicely to a woman and her daughter who asked her for an ear piercing for the daughter. "Uhm yeah, pretty much," she told him.

"But listen to me, Billy, you cant tell another soul about this you hear me. Or I swear Ill cut all your hair with my axe," she said, threatening her brother, walking closer to him with her eyes narrow. "Whos going to even believe me," he said, not totally scared by her threat, but just in case, he wanted his hair to be safe.

"Sorry, sir, but you cant be here if you arent going to buy anything," another worker told Billy. Billy looked around, just realizing that he was in a store for mostly young girls and nothing here got his attention.

"I dont like anything from your store," he said with a fake smile. "You have to leave, sorry, but its my manager's orders," the girl Anna said. "Bye, Olivia," Billy said, walking out of the store, winking at Monica.

Olivia rolled her eyes and went to help the next customer.