Trapped in Love

Act 1: Ch 4

Act 1: Ch 4 (Finally)
CHAPTER FOUR: THE BODY

Valerie woke up that morning in a bed, that wasn't hers. she sat up, rubbing her eyes. after her vision came back she glanced around the room noticing the boy sprawled out on the floor in a blanket.

"wheeler." Valerie spoke, causing the boy on the floor to sit up somewhat immediately.

"light sleeper.." she noted in her mind.

"do you remember anything?" mike asks as he stands up awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck.

Valerie thinks for a moment. with the pounding headache in her head, nothing came back to her. "it's all a blur." she shrugs.

mike sighs and grabs the walkie-talkie from his desk before sitting on the edge of the bed, next to the girl. she stares at him, raising an eyebrow. once he sits down, he grasps the antenna, pulls it out, and turns the thing on.

"Lucas, do you copy?" spoke mike. "over."

after a few minutes of silence and the thing making weird noises, Lucas replies, "Mike it's over. what the hell do you want?"

"get your ass over here Sinclair and bring dustin." Valerie says as she grabs the walkie-talkie from Mike and places it on the bed between them.

"you forgot to say over and out." mike states as he stands up and walks to his dresser.

Valerie scoffs silently as she stands up, stretching her hands above her head. Mike turns around and tosses clothes to her. "thanks wheeler." she says as she catches the clothes.

"it's not hard to pick clothes out for you. you don't dress like normal girl." mike glances at the girl, who changed into the clothes he picked out. she was now wearing black jeans with a beetles t-shirt that hung past her waist.

"hey!" shouted Valerie as she picks up a pillow from the bed and throws it at him.

"i'm kidding V." laughs mike as he throws his hands in front of his face to block the pillow. "and shhhh my sister will hear you and snitch on me."

Valerie laughs and walks over to his window, looking out for Dustin and Lucas as Mike changes behind her, near the door. "dressing this like is way comforting then going out of my way to dress up."

mike chuckles, "i like you better anyways."

Valerie has a proud smirk on her face as she  turns around, crossing her hands over her chest. "i thought so wheeler also why are they coming over?"

"before you arrived, El contact Will," Mike explained, earning a glare from Valerie. "trust me it's weird but it's true."

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Sitting in a circle, the five friends listen to a series of statics. Valerie bites her lip as she looks over at an unconvinced Lucas and Dustin. "all i hear is a baby."

"what?"

"mike you obviously tapped into a baby monitor." Lucas says. "it's probably Blackburns next door."

"uh did that sound like a baby to you?" mike spats, defensively. "it was will! Valerie do you believe me?"

the two boys stare shifts to her as she leans against the cold wall of the basement. "that definitely sounded like Will."

"see?" said mike.

"are you sure your on the right channel?" asked dustin, clasping his hands together.