𝓁𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 -- braindeadwhores

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content warnings: self harm mentions.

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     Rowan now sat across from Max, beside Dustin, in the trailer park with her head down on the picnic table as she listened to the conversation happening in front of her. They were catching Nancy up to speed, Rowan decided not to involve herself in the conversation, instead, she was trying to calm down her raging headache and her anger.

Her head felt like it was splitting, and she couldn't focus on anything. The drugs were still in her system, but the euphoria she felt did little to minimize the pain. The voices of her friends fell silent, and Rowan raised her head from her arms. She found everyone looking at her.

"What?" She mumbled.

"Are you listening?" Robin asked as she arched one of her eyebrows. Rowan rolled her eyes.

She was trying to remember everything that was said, "Yeah, yeah. Fred was being weird, now he's dead. Something about Chrissy crying, and no one telling anyone that they saw a wizard." Rowan spoke unsure of her words.

Steve and Nancy gave her odd looks, Max and Dustin sighing at her behavior. "She's on the right track." Robin said as she gave everyone a nod, and Rowan smiled at her friend.

"If you're not going to pay attention, then just leave, Rowan." Dustin spoke up, his eyes never meeting his sisters.

"Oh please, you want my help now? Okay. I saw Chrissy leaving Ms. Kelly's office, maybe she told her something. Is that good enough for you, asshole?" Dustin only nodded.

The group agreed to send Max to talk to Ms.Kelly to hopefully gather information on what Chrissy was going through. Rowan jingled her keys in her hand as she followed behind Steve. "Steve. Can you drive? My head is killing me." She asked him in a soft voice as the group met at her. He shook his head while his eyes were trained on Nancy walking to her car.

"Wait-Nance. Sorry, Ro, I'm going to go with Nancy, somebody has to make sure she's okay." Rowan shook her head.

"Please, I can't even look at the light without my head spinning."

The two began to bicker about who would drive her car until Robin grabbed a walkie from Dustin and began walking to Nancy. "I'll go, call if you need us. Unless you think we need protecting?" Steve only scoffed in response to her words.

Steve unlocked her car's door, and Rowan quickly bent down to grab her bookbag from the front seat that she left in the car before Steve had the chance to grab it. "Pop the trunk."

Steve and Dustin scoffed at her, "What is in the bag, Rowan?"

"Doesn't matter. Open my fucking trunk, Steve." She couldn't stop herself from feeling anger, and she couldn't stop herself from snapping at everyone. Steve gave her a disappointed look before he opened the trunk for Rowan.

Rowan hid the bag under old gym clothes, making sure no one was watching her from inside the car. She slammed the trunk closed with a hard sigh. The noise made her head hurt even worse. She sat in the back seat, next to Max as her brother gave her a glare from the front seat. "Rowan."

She sighed, closing her eyes as she leaned her head against the headrest. "What?" She was hoping that he wouldn't ask her what was in the bag, knowing it would only make their fight worse. "Did you mean what you said earlier? About me being dead to you?" She opened her eyes.

She reached over the seat to grab his hand, "No. No Dust, I didn't mean it. What I should have said was, "Stop blaming me for Ellis's death." But no, I didn't mean it."