Nothing inside // stranger things

.07

~Chapter seven~

Episode seven: the bathtub

Due to the fact Ivy, Leo and Nancy hadn't actually done anything none of their parents were called, Callahan had gotten in touch with Hopper because they couldn't get a hold of Joyce and apparently they were both on their way in.

"Jonathan?" Joyce rushed over to her son noticing his eye that was starting to bruise, "Jesus, what... what happened?"

"Ma'am" Callahan started to talk but was quickly stopped.

"Callahan do us all a favour and put on some more coffee" Ivy snapped motioning to the break room.

"Why is he in handcuffs?" Joyce asked the man.

"Well, your boy assaulted a police officer. That's why." Callahan whined.

"Oh shut the fuck up, your fine aren't you" Ivy glared at him.

"Ivy?" Hopper raised his brows to the girl who just smiled, "is that my... stop using my mug!"

"You got the biggest one, and I like my coffee. Sorry Chief." Her smile grew in size when his eyes rolled.

"Take those off." Joyce pointed to the cuffs on her son.

"I'm afraid I cannot do that." Callahan said calmly.

"Take them off!"

Hopper sighed and looked at his deputy, "you heard her. Take 'em off."

"Chief, I get everyone's emotional here, but there's something you need to see." Powell came back in the room with Leo who was now also in handcuffs having just searched his car.

Powell asked Florence, the secretary, to call his parents. The three officers left to go outside, when they returned Hopper dropped a box onto the desk infront of them. Joyce didn't waste a second before looking inside, finding the countless supplies that they'd bought at the army store. Ivy looked inside too and then she looked over to Nancy with a half smile on her face before mouthing 'a bear trap, really?' Too which Nancy coughed to hide her laugh.

"What is this?" Joyce asked in confusion.

"Why don't you ask your son and his friends? We found it in that one's car." Hopper said pointing to Leo who just waved to Joyce with an innocent smile on his face.

"What?" Joyce looked over at the boy who spent so much of his time at her home.

"Why'd you go through his car anyway? He didn't do anything." Jonathan snapped.

"Is that really the question you should be asking right now?" Hopper leaned on his desk intimidating the boy. "I wanna see you two in my office." He looked at the two boys.

"You won't believe us. Even if we do tell you." Leo rolled his eyes.

Hopper lowered his voice, "why don't you give me a try?"

The two boys stood and followed Hopper into the office silently so Ivy took the seat next to Nancy, who was bouncing her leg nervously.