Stranger Things x reader

~Alone now~

"I'll make a deal with god, and make him swap our places.."

"Running up there hill.."

"can you take off the headphones?" The counselors muffled voice could be heard through maxes music as she quickly turns it off, stopping the cassette as she looks down

"Sorry.."

"A C in English a C-minus in Spanish" she says looking over he report as max just sits there, playing with her jacket as she just says yeah.

"That's not normal for you.."

"If you say so.."

The counselor looks at her unsure before continuing " how's your mom holding up?"

"She's fine, I mean... she hates our new place, which is, like.. yeah it's terrible but, it's fine I guess." Max says unsure of what else to say as the counselor smiles at her

"Is she still drinking?"

Max tenses up at this as she scoots around the seat "like, yeah a little, but she's working two jobs so.. it's not easy"

"It must not be easy for you either with your stepdad and brother gone?"

"It's kind of better, honestly, he was an asshole so there isn't that much... assholeness?"

"What about billy? Now that he's away from home a lot.."

She goes quiet at this, reliving the mind fisher attack and the screams... the girl shifts uncomfortably as she thinks about what to say

"It's fine... after his dad... it makes sense why he's not at home anymore.." she says looking down as the counselor looks at her uncertainty

"His injures are okay? After all those surgeries and transplanted it must've been hard.."

"He's fine.... still an asshole" she says disgusted at the mention before the adult changes the subject

"And the nightmares? Are you sleeping better?" She says carefully, max thinks back to the mall... the screams and Billy's sacrifice still in her head

The sound of billy collapsing to the floor still in her mind, she looks to the counselor unsure of what to say as she shakes her head

"Nope."

"Max... what you've been through, what your still going through, its a lot for anyone, and it's okay to not be okay... but I can only help you if your truthful"

She looks up to the counselor annoyed as she shakes her head "I'm being open."

You and will sit together under a bleacher, you look out from the corner to check for anyone as will looks at you nervously, the last teacher exiting the room as you smile

"Cmon we shouldn't be here, there gonna call home again!" Will whispers to you as you take your walkie talkie, trying to set it to a channel as you sit next to will

"It's gonna be fine, she's busy with the sales anyways to pick up the phone" you pull yourself closer to will as the walkie talkie loudly talks back