𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙄𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨

002

March 15th, 1978

Y/N

UNTIL I FELT...a hand placed on my shoulder. I slowly turned and saw... Bruce? My face lit up, "Br-Bruce?" I quickly stood up and jumped in his arms to hug him. He hugged me back. "I've missed you so much." I wiped another tear. He rubbed the small of my back. "I've missed you too." I embraced the hug for a bit. "Wait, this is a dream. It has to be." I backed up from him. "It's not, I promise."

I sat back down on the bench. "I-if it's real, th-then where is Vance and Robin?" I stared directly in his eyes. He smiled at me and pointed. I turned around and they were standing at the bottom of the bleachers. I stood up and ran to them. I hugged them both at the same time. I backed up and Robin smiled at me. Vance kinda glared, he didn't really like hugs. I was so happy that I started crying again.

"Don't cry, please." Robin said as Vance wiped a tear from my face. "It's just, I-I've missed all of you so much. I've been hurting myself, I've been skipping school, staying up late. I can't take it anymore, I feel so alone." At this point they were all standing in front of me. "Listen, we've been with you the entire time." Vance finally spoke.

"Then why'd you guys just show yourselves to me?" They went quiet. "Y'all don't love me?" My eyes started forming more tears. "No, no!" Bruce and Vance said together. "Please listen." Robin spoke. "We all love you, we just don't want you to worry about where we are. We want you to live your life. Do what we couldn't do."

That made me think about everything they are missing out on, in their lives."I'm sorry." They all looked at me. "I'm sorry y'all have to see me like this. I'm losing my mind, but can you guys just promise me that, you'll always be there for me and Finney?." I fiddled with my hands. "Because he misses you guys a lot also, he's just hiding his emotions for me. Definitely you Robin." I made eye contact with him.

"And also how do I find you guys?" "I'm usually at the pinball game in grab n' go." Vance exclaimed. "I'm always here, in the baseball field." Bruce sat down next to me. "I'm everywhere." Robin smirked which made me laugh. "But whenever you need us, just say our names and we'll appear." Bruce said seriously to me. I smiled and nodded. I laid my head on his shoulder.

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I really needed to apologize to Finney. I waited till school was over to call him. I dialed his number and let the phone ring. "Helloo?" "Hey Gwen, can you put Finney on the phone?" I played with the phone cord. "Yea, one sec!" I heard her yell, "Finn! It's for you!" I giggled. "Here." She must of handed him the phone. "Hey Finney... I'm sorry for yelling at you. You stuck up for me, and you're always there for me when nobody else is. I'm sorry."

He let out a soft laugh. "I know you didn't mean it. I should've never pushed you to do something that you weren't comfortable with. I know I said this before but, you're my best friend and I don't wanna lose you. I only have you and Gwen. I wish it was the full group with Robin and Bruce, but it's not." At this point I heard him sniffling, I honestly felt bad for what I did. I was being selfish.

"Finn please don't cry, and I'm sorry too. I was being selfish, I knew you lost your best friends also but I kept putting myself before you. I'm really sorry." We sat in silence for a bit. "I accept your apology, do you accept mine?" He managed to say. "Yea Finn, I do." I smiled, he probably smiled to but I'll never know. "Well I have to go set everything up for dinner, I'll see you tomorrow right?" He asked me. "Right." I hung up the phone and laid in my bed.

I started thinking about if the vision I had at the baseball field actually happened. I decided to test out something. "Okay if this is real, Bruce come to me." I sat in awkward silence. "Oh my god, I knew it." I rolled onto my stomach and started to cry. I felt a dip in the bottom of my bed. I sat up and saw Bruce. "You called?" He smiled at me. He was rubbing the back of my leg.