Thirteen parks her navy blue truck and gets out. She got the car from Eddie's uncle.
Thirteen takes a deep breath and walks inside the mall. She doesn't have much money so she brought 10 dollars with her.
Thirteen walks around the mall for hours and then she sees an ice cream shop. "Scoops Ahoy." It says.
Thee immediately goes inside and looks at the flavors. She walks up to the girl at the cash register.
"Can I have cotton candy ice cream, two scoops, on a waffle cone?" Thee asks.
"Yeah sure." The girl says. She scoops the ice cream and hands it to Thee.
"Thanks." Thee says. She pays and sits down and eats the ice cream.
She watches people around her, it's pretty entertaining.
"Hi, is Steve here?" A boy asks.
"Steve!" The girl yells. "One of your kids are here!"
Steve walks out. Steve Harrington. All Thirteen could do was watch. Tears starts falling from her eyes.
"You're back!" Steve says to the kid. The kid is Dustin.
Dustin and Steve sit in the booth next to Thee.
"Steve, I intercepted a secret Russian communication!" Dustin says.
Thirteen looks over at them. She listens to them and listens to Steve's silky smooth voice.
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For the next few days, Thirteen keeps going to Scoops Ahoy and listens to the progress on the Russian communication.
Thirteen and Robin are friends now. Robin calls Thirteen "Hoodie girl" because Thirteen won't tell her her real name.
Thirteen told Robin that she was kidnapped by the Russians a few months ago.
Robin peeks her head out of the window that goes to the back.
"Steve!" Robin says. "We figured it out!!! Hoodie Girl!! Get back here."
Thee goes to the back with Robin, Steve, and Dustin.
"Who's this?" Steve asks Robin.
"Hoodie Girl. She was taken by the Russians a few months ago." Robin says.
"What's your real name?" Steve asks.
Thirteen just looks at Steve and tears fall down her face.
"What? Please, it's a simple question." Steve says.
Erica Sinclair opens the window that leads to the back. "Hellooo, samples!!" She says.
Thirteen uses her powers without thinking and slams the window shut.
Robin, Dustin, and Steve stare at you in shock.
"Shit." Thirteen says. "Ummmm."
"Do you have superpowers?" Robin asks. "That was totally badass. You know, there's this story about this girl that died with her sister last year here in Hawkins. They both had superpowers."
Thirteen gulps. "I'll be right back." Thirteen says, she runs out.
Steve runs out and chases her. "Hey! Why are you running?!" Steve yells. He runs after her.
Thirteen is breathing heavily and she slides down the middle of the escalator, Steve does the same.
Thirteen runs out of the mall and runs to an alley in the side.
"I think I lost him." Thirteen says. She leans against the wall and takes deep breaths.
"Hey! There you are!" Steve yells. He starts running towards Thirteen. Thirteen sprints around the corner to the back of the mall and she keeps going until she gets to her car.
Thirteen gets in her truck and takes her hoodie off. She sits in the drivers seat and cries. She misses Steve, Hopper, El, and the others. She wants to go back to them but she'll put them in danger with the Russians and everything. They think she's dead too.
Thirteen drives back to Eddie's trailer, Eddie is on the couch. She runs to her room and slams the door.
Eddie notices something's wrong right away and he walks to Thirteens door.
"Thee, you ok Sweetheart?" Eddie asks.
Thirteen throws herself onto her bed and she cries. She screams into her pillow.
Eddie slowly opens the door and sees Thirteen crying into her pillow.
Eddie sits on the bed. "Hey, do you wanna talk? I'm here."
Thirteen shakes her head no and she looks at Eddie with her teary eyes.
Eddie looks at her concerned. "Come here." He says.
Thirteen sits next to Eddie and she cries into his side. Eddie rubs her back. "Shhhhh. You're ok." He says. "What happened?"
"I-I just miss everything." Thirteen says. "I saw Steve today and I immediately thought of everyone else."
"Why don't you go back to them if you miss them so much?" Eddie asks.
"I'll put them in danger. They think I'm dead too." Thirteen says.
"Thee, if the Russians or anything weird put your family and friends in danger, you have superpowers." Eddie says. "You can protect them Thee."
"No I can't. I-I'll fail." Thirteen says.
"Thee, look at me sweetheart." Eddie says.
Thee looks up at Eddie.
"Thee, listen to me. You are the most badass person I've ever met. You would do anything for your family and your friends. You are super brave and funny. You're nice, you're pretty, you're just amazing." Eddie says. "I know that they want to see you, know that you're alive. I just know it Thee."
Thee smiles at Eddie. "But what do I do now?" Thirteen asks.
"I say you walk into that mall with a t-shirt and shorts. No hoodie, no sunglasses, just you. You walk into that ice cream shop and you say to Steve, 'I'm alive bitch.'" Eddie says. "But you don't have to do that. If you do, I want you to do it your style, do it Thee's style."
Thee smiles at Eddie. "Thank you Eddie. I really needed that. I'm gonna go to the mall tomorrow and look super badass!" Thee says.
Eddie laughs. "You will look badass."
Thirteen and Eddie joke around for the rest of the night. Thirteen falls asleep around 11:00pm.
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Right Side Up - Steve Harrington
Fanfiction"Steve, they won't stop screaming." "Don't worry Thee, I'll make it stop." Seasons 1,2,3,4 IF YOU DIDN'T WATCH SEASON 4 YET DON'T READ IT I DON'T OWN STRANGER THINGS!! I only own some of the plot and Vee. #1 in scoopsahoy 6/17/22 #2 in thirteen 7/12...
