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School was over but Steve wasn't back yet, and it was stressing Rose out. She knew that he wanted to go talk to Nancy today, but she thought he would've at least come back home first.
As she's about to make dinner, the phone starts ringing. Reluctantly, she picks it up.
"Harrington household." she says formally, just like his mom taught her to. "This is Rose Brenner speaking."
"You know, 'rich snob' doesn't suit you Ro."
"Dustin, how the hell did you get this number?!" she says, jumping up on the counter.
"Steve." he answers.
"Steve's with you?" she asks.
"Ye-"
"Give me the phone shithead!" Steve's voice says through the line.
Rose laughs softly as she hears the two arguing.
"Sorry about that Rosie." he says.
"It's fine Steve." she chuckles. "What's up?"
"Can you head over to Henderson's?" he asks. "We've got a bit of a situation."
"Don't even explain it, I'm on my way." she says.
"Thanks Rosie, I owe you." he says before they hang up the phone.
She sighs and goes upstairs. She grabs a duffle bag out of Steve's room and grabs him clothes and some other essentials before grabbing things for herself. Right as she's about to leave his room, a shiver runs down her spine.
"Fucking hell..." she mutters.
She grabs Steve's letterman jacket and immediately puts it on. It still feels cold, so she heats up her body temperature while heading downstairs to her car. She drives directly over to the Henderson household and parks beside Steve's Beemer in the driveway.
Dustin runs out of the house as she gets out of the car to give her a hug, immediately jumping back like he was burnt.
"Why are you using your powers?" he asks, staring directly in her eyes.
"Cause it's fucking cold Henderson." she huffs, throwing the bag to Steve.
"It's not that cold though..." he trails off, following behind her.
"Is that my letterman?" Steve laughs.
"Shut it Stevie." she says, sitting on the couch. "Right, what's the situation?"
"Some lizard thing ate Dustin's cat." he shrugs.
"Something ate Mews?!" she yells.
"Listen-" Dustin tries to say.
"He thinks it's from the Upside Down." Steve interrupts.
"No fucking shit." she says, standing back up to start pacing. "Didn't I tell you I got thrown back Steve?"
"So it is from the Upside Down?" he asks.
"I think so..." the girl says, getting stopped in her pacing by Dustin. "It might be a-"
"What are you talking about?" he asks.
"What did the lizard look like Dust?" she asks. "Tell me in full honesty, I won't be mad."
"It looked like a dog version of a Demogorgon..." he mutters.
"...fuck."
~End of Chapter 13~
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Every Rose Has Its Thorns (Harrington x OC)
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