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"Get inside, quick." Rose says, moving the party and little girl down to the Wheeler's basement.
They sit the girl down and start asking questions.
"Is there a number we can call for your parents?"
"Where's your hair? Do you have cancer?"
"Are you in some kind of trouble?"
"Is that blood?" Lucas asks, reaching towards her.
Rose slaps his hand away and glares at him.
"Stop it!" Mike yells. "You're freaking her out!"
"She's freaking me out!" he argues.
"Is she deaf?" Dustin asks before clapping his hands.
The girl jumps a bit and Rose groans.
"Not deaf." Dustin says, looking over to her slightly grinning.
"Alright, that's enough, alright?" she says, walking over to the little girl and kneeling down. "She's scared and cold. Mike, get her some new clothes."
He walks over to the hamper and comes back with new clothes.
"Here, these are clean. Okay?" he says, handing the girl the clothes.
She grabs the clothes and brings them to her face. She stands up and begins to lift the edge of her shirt.
"No no no no no!" the boys yell.
Rose reaches forward and stops her hands gently.
"Over there." she says, standing up. "That's the bathroom. Privacy. I'll show you."
Rose leads her to the bathroom, leaving the boys to freak out on their own. She goes to close the door to give the girl some privacy, but she grabs it, stopping her.
She looks terrified.
"You don't want it closed?" Rose asks.
"No." the girl replies.
"Okay, so you can talk." she mutters. "Um, how about we just keep the door open a little bit. Is that better?"
"Yes." she replies.
Rose nods and walks back to the group, collapsing on the couch.
"This is mental!" Dustin says.
"At least she can talk!" Mike argues.
"She said 'yes' and 'no.'" Lucas says, aggravated. "Your three-year-old sister says more."
"She tried to get naked!" Dustin says, but Rose's thoughts cut them off.
She looked so traumatized when I tried to close the door. Almost how I was after the lab...
"-leave her out in that storm?" Mike asks, arguing with Lucas.
"Yes!" he yells. "We went to find Will, not another problem!"
"I think we should tell your mom." Dustin says, making her look up.
Lucas agrees and Mike argues back, making her lean back against the cushion.
"We weren't supposed to be out." Mike says. "If I tell my mom and she tells your mom and your mom..."
"Our houses become Alcatraz." Lucas mumbles.
They come up with a plan while Rose looks outside at the rain.
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Every Rose Has Its Thorns (Harrington x OC)
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