~ Hidden Love ~

CH1 - MADMAX [PT1]

> 1984 <
> MONDAY. OCTOBER 29th <

The party asked me to go to the arcade with them. How could I say no? I agreed with them to go to the arcade. My haul was pretty good. I had 32 quarters, not bragging. Mom dropped Will and I off at the arcade. She spilled the 'no walking or biking home' to Will and told me to watch after him when he got out of the car.

"He'll be fine, Mom." I told her as I got out of the car. "Love you."

"Love you too sweetie." She said to me as I closed the door. I rushed over to the group and they greeted me as Dustin rushed everyone inside. We played game after game. Dustin tried to win 'Dragon's Lair' but ultimately failed.

"You're not nimble enough. But you'll get there one day." Lucas told him. "But until then, Princess Daphne is still mine and Y/n's." He said happily.

"Whatever. I'm still tops on 'Centipede' and 'Dig Dug'." He told us as Keith interrupted him.

"You sure about that? He asked him while eating cheese-puffs. We all looked over at him.

"Sure about what?" Dustin asked him. We all then realized what he meant. Dustin ran over to the two games. "You're kidding me. No, no, no. Move! Move! No, no, no, no, no. Hey, no! No! No!" He shouted as we all looked at the 'Dig Dug' screen, '1ST 751300 MADMAX'

"751300 points!" Will exclaimed.

"That's impossible." Mike said.

"Who is 'MAD MAX'?" Dustin asked Keith.

"Better than you." Keith answered him.

"Is it you?" I asked Keith.

"You know I despise Dig Dug." He told us.

"Then who is it?" Lucas asked.

"Yeah, spill it, Keith," Dustin yelled at him.

"You want information," Keith continued, "then I need something in return." He said, looking over at me, smiling. I scoffed in disgust as four boys looked over to me.

"No way! I'm not going on a date with you." I told him.

"Y/n, come on. Just go on a date with him." Lucas said to me. I looked over to Lucas.

"I'm not prostituting myself!" I shouted at him.

"But it's for a good cause." He tried to convince me again.

Dustin blurted out, "No, don't go on the date. Know what? He's gonna spread his nasty-ass rash to your whole family." Dustin argued at Keith.

"Acne isn't a rash and it isn't contagious, you prepubescent wastoid."

"Oh, I'm a wastoid?" Dustin asked him, "She would never go on a date with you anyway. You make, like, what? $2.50 an hour?"

"Nice perm." Keith said to Dustin trying to offend him.

"Gonna make fun of my hair?" Dustin asked Keith. They continued arguing as I looked back and noticed Will gone. I walked over to the door and saw him standing outside. I walked outside and tried to get his attention.

"Will? Are you okay?" I asked him as he gasped and turned around. I looked at him confused as he glanced back up to the sky.

"Yeah. I just.. I needed some air." He told me.

"Come on." I walked over to him and put my arm around him. "You're up on Dig Dug." I told him as we walked back inside. We were there for almost an hour. We all left to go home. Mom asked us how it went and Will told her how this person had 700000 points on 'Dig Dug' and I told her about how they tried to prostitute me away. We continued to talk as we made it home. Mom made dinner for us and I got my clothes ready for school tomorrow. As I got done setting up my clothes, I decided to go to bed early. I sat there and thought about things for a bit, and slowly drifted to sleep.