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it was a quiet slightly chilly november night in hawkins, indiana. there were five boys in the basement of the wheeler residence playing a game they cherished. one of them was a younger brother belonging to jasmine wallace, who was currently over at the wheeler's waiting for their game to finally finish.
"thank you mrs. wheeler," jasmine said as mrs. wheeler handed her another cookie. mrs. karen wheeler had been supplying the cookies for the teen girl for nearly an hour as that was when the boys' game was supposed to be done. jasmine should've known it always, always goes on later.
"of course, jasmine," she smiled at her before going to the basement door to retrieve the five boys in the basement. "mike! mike! mike!"
jasmine heard them arguing before mike ran after his mother while she put their dinner away. "mom, wait, just twenty more minutes!"
"it's a school night michael," she said matter-of-factly. "i just put holly to bed."
"and i cannot wait any longer mike, i need to get home and so does matt. i promise you guys can play next weekend," jasmine told him.
"but that'll ruin the flow!" he exclaimed. jasmine sighed as mike and his mom bickered some more. mike then went to his father who interrupted him by telling him to listen to his mother. mike sighed, defeated.
the rest of the boys had come up the stairs, most of them saying hello to jasmine before walking out the front door, dustin leaving to go upstairs and matt staying with his sister.
"let's go, matty, it's late and you've got school tomorrow. if you're late dad will kill me," she ruffled his hair as he nodded and they went to her car out front.
"get home safe boys!" she called out before getting in the driver's seat of her car. it was a little junky and sometimes the ac didn't work and just made loud clanking sounds but she had saved up for months for this junk so it was her junk.
she heard all the boys say 'you, too' before they rode off on their bikes. slightly worried about them riding in the dark she waited for them to leave and mike to go inside before she drove off.
"was the campaign fun?" jasmine asked matt.
"yeah but i owe will a comic," he sighed
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"alright, hey matt! time to get up!" jasmine yelled the following morning from the kitchen while she plated some toast and hash browns for matt. when she got no response she walked through the hallway to his room.
