[REWRITING] When He Sees Me, Steve Harrington

013 Stranger Things

CHAPTER 013. STRANGER THINGS

THIS IS REALLY BAD.

Laurie has had her eyes squeezed shut since the moment she felt the room drop. She hasn't felt this disoriented for quite some time, the last time being when she was motion-sick from going on Space Mountain with her dad when her family went to Disneyland in 1981.

Except this time is somehow worse. Maybe it's because she doesn't quite know how long they're going to be dropping for, or maybe it's because she's unsure if they're even going to survive the fall at all.

She feels sick, and if she had eaten anything of substance in the past 8 hours, she would have definitely thrown up by now. Despite her standing in place, the wobbling floor has her head spinning and her seeing stars behind her eyelids. Laurie's right hand finds the table where they had opened one of the boxes beside her, the metal edges digging further into her skin as she holds on for stability.

Her left hand seemingly had a mind of its own, grabbing onto the first thing it comes into contact with; someones sleeve. Laurie isn't sure who's sleeve it is - because, frankly, everyone's screams has her confused about their positions in the elevator - but regardless, she's holding onto the scratchy material for dear life.

"WHY WON'T THESE BUTTONS WORK?!" Dustin's high pitched shriek cause the girl to snap her eyes open, her temples beginning to thump from the joint yelling bombarding her ears. The curly haired boy is still by the control panel, hands pressing every button he can in hopes that it'll stop their descent into the unknown.

Erica shoves the boy out of her way, "Press the button!"

"WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M DOING?!" Dustin argues back, bumping his shoulder against the Sinclair girl as their frantic hands fight against the glowing buttons.