𝐌𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎, steve harrington

Chapter 8

Steve let out a grunt as he fell onto a cart behind him. Everyone stood in shock as Steve turned around and unexpectedly lunged out at Jonathan, tackling him onto a car.

"Steve!" Nancy and Olivia called out to the boy in unison, fear written on both of their faces. "Stop!"

Steve ignored everyone's protests as he spun Jonathan onto the ground, the Byers boy hitting his head on the hard concrete. Jonathan groaned as he flipped them over and started throwing punches at Steve's face.

"Get off of him, seriously!" Carol yelled from behind her boyfriend and Tommy yelled, "Kick his ass, man!"

The boys continued tossing eachother around and punching one another. Olivia cupped her face, having no idea what to do or how to stop them. But by the looks of it, nobody could stop them. "Get off of him!" Olivia cried out as Steve jumped off of Jonathan, giving Jonathan an advantage to regain his balance and throw continuous punches at her best friend's face.

When Tommy tried stepping in as orders of his girlfriend, Steve demanded him to leave it so he could finish the fight. However, Jonathan threw a punch to Steve, which he dodged before getting his chance to punch Jonathan in the side of the face.

Jonathan continued to punch Steve until he fell to the ground and sirens were heard from a short distance. Jonathan continued to punch Steve, giving him a completely bloody face and many soon to be bruises. Nancy and Olivia were yelling at the boy, trying to pull him back, but by the time they kept trying, the police car pulled up to a stop in the alley and two officers got out. One of them tried chasing down the fleaing group as the other attempted to grab a hold of Jonathan, who elbowed him in the face in return.

The dark-skinned officer put Jonathan in handcuffs as Steve and Tommy ran away. Olivia looked at the two who were running for what seemed like their lives, her face formed in terror.

The dark-haired girl cupped her face again as tears threatened to spill out of her eyes. She didn't know why, but she wanted to cry. She hated always feeling pain or guilt.

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"Do you think we'll be out of here soon?" Nancy asked the older woman who was wrapping loose ice cubes into a towel.

Olivia and Nancy were watching with soft glances.

"You two, yes. Him, no." She told them as she continued focusing at her task. "He assaulted a police officer."

"Well, how long are you gonna keep him?" Olivia turned her head to Nancy, noticing how much she cared for Jonathan. The dark-haired girl always had assumed they liked eachother based on the way they look at one another, she just didn't know for sure until now when seeing how vulnerable it made her.

"You and your boyfriend have big plans, do you?" Nancy looked at Olivia awkwardly before turning back to the woman.

"He's not my boyfriend." The woman didn't believe one word she said, even if it was the truth.

"I think you better tell him that. Only love makes you that crazy, sweetheart." She handed Nancy the wrapped ice before saying, "And that damn stupid."

Olivia smirked to herself at the womans words before the two girls walked back to Jonathan, who was sitting gloomy like at one of the tables.

"Found some ice." Nancy said as she sat on one side of Jonathan, while Olivia sat on the other.

Jonathan only muttered a small, "Thanks." Before Nancy put the ice on his bruise, since he couldn't do it himself. Olivia noticed his cuffed hands.