When DAPHNE HARGROVE moves to Hawkins, Indiana from sunny California she soon hears about the curse that the Hawkins residents say lies upon the town. All while trying to navigate her new high school and her new life she meets some new people along...
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The next day was a free day and Daphne could do whatever she desired. It was not like her dad cared; Susan had never disciplined her once. Daphne didn't know what she was going to do, but when she saw Billy's shirts that were folded neatly on her bed she remembered that she still need to go buy some new ones.
So after getting dressed and finding one of Susan's shirts, a white turtleneck, that was also folded on her bed she grabbed Billy's and went to knock on his door that was open. "What?" He called out over music that was always playing. "Here are your shirts. Would you mind dropping me off at the thrift store in a bit?" Daphne asked. "I'm leaving now, so you better be ready." Billy retorted.
"Okay." Daphne ran and grabbed her black and white converse and met Billy at the front door. "Where are you getting off to?" Their dad asked from the couch. "Out," Billy retorted rolling his eyes. "Out where?"
"Dropping Daphne off at the thrift store," Billy sighed. "Drop Max off at the arcade!" Neil shouted at Billy as he opened the door. Max seemed terrified and looked as though she would've much rather skated an hour or two there before getting into the car with Billy again.
"Dad-" Billy tried to protest, but Neil insisted on Max going with them. Daphne grabbed a different jacket, an athletic jacket, from the coat rack by the door as Billy looked more annoyed than ever.
"Daphne, in the back," Billy said as the three walked down to his car. Daphne and Max didn't dare disobey and sat in their seats. The whole way to the arcade the car was silent except for the sound of music blasting and wind from the windows being rolled down.
Soon, enough Billy pulled up to the arcade in town. "If you're not out in an hour-" Billy started as Max climbed out of the car. "I'm walking home. Yeah, yeah, I know," Max huffed.
"Hey! Watch the attitude, shitbird," Billy fumed as Max stormed off. Daphne took her place in the front seat and Billy drove just up the road to the thrift store. "An hour," Billy reminded Daphne before she got out of the car.
"It's fine, I'll walk home. It's going to take me a long time to go through all this junk."
Billy stared at his sister through his sunglasses, "Fine. Suit yourself." Once Daphne shut the door Billy sped off and Daphne walked inside the very, very overwhelming store.
It looked ten times smaller on the outside than it was on the inside there were racks and shelves of various things that people had donated.
After more than an hour or so Daphne who was very determined to find some shirts that not only fit her but looked good too had left with a few button-ups and some old t-shirts that she could work with once she took them home. Checking the time on the clock in the store she realized that it was much too late for Billy to pick her up, but she did want to walk home, so that's what she did.
With a paper bag of clothes in hand, she walked leisurely into the familiar neighborhood and as she spotted the way down the main street to her house Daphne quickly realized that she did not want to go home at all, so she started walking around the nice neighborhood admiring the houses around her. For Hawkins being in the middle of Indiana the neighborhoods, at least the ones that had money, were nice, beautiful even.
