𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬- 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧

S1 E5

Chapter 5
The Flea And The Acrobat

It was two in the morning when my dad got home and was passed out on the couch. I didn't even hear him come in, I just happened to walk out of my room and there he was, passed out on the couch. I left him, he could talk to me in the morning. I went back to my room and laid down on my bed, I stared at the ceiling, it was so quiet, too quiet.

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I frantically woke up in the morning to the sound of my dad tearing apart our house, you could hear him unscrewing light bulbs, flipping over chairs and tables, tearing apart our house phone?  "What are you doing?" I asked standing in my bedroom door way, more than confused. He didn't say anything, he just put a finger over his lips queuing me to be quiet well he continued to search our house. I watched while he reached up to the roof and began to unscrew the light. In that moment, I thought he'd lost it, he'd been drinking too much, or taken one too many pills but then he pulled down a wire, a bug. He put on his shoes and stormed outside, he threw it on the ground and stepped on it, while pivoting his foot to really break it, then threw it in the lake.
"What was that about?" I asked, "They bugged our house." My dad said out of breath while he paced the yard, "Who did?" I asked, "The lab. That god damn lab." He shouted while walking into the house, "They know. They know i'm on to them! I found this gate, it was like a huge spiderweb... but it was slimy and red. It was beating almost like a heart." He ranted, "What do you mean a 'gate'?" I asked so beyond confused, "Like an entrance to another world, another place." He explained, "And Wills body.. it was fake! It was stuffed... with some sort of cotton or stuffing." He stated. "What the hell?" I began, "Dad tell me you haven't been drinking." I stated, "No, Celia you have to believe me this is real. I saw it with my own eyes, they bugged our house for fuck sakes!" He insisted. "Okay.. okay so some crazy shit is happening in Hawkins." I replied, "Yeah that's one way to put it." He sighed.

Seconds later a knock came at our door, "Hey chief!" Callahan yelled, and then knocked again like an annoying child playing ding dong ditch. "Hellooo?" He impatiently said again. Dad opened the door, "Jesus chief you alright?" Powell asked while trying to look inside the house, "What are you doing here?" Dad asked while moving over to cover the disaster inside, "We tried calling you but-" Powell started "Yeah, phones dead." My dad interrupted, "Hey, so Bev Mooney came in this morning all upset, said Dale and Henry went hunting yesterday... and they didn't come back home." Callahan stated, "She thought they were on another binger, but she's not so sure now." Powell added. "I think this whole Will Byers thing has everybody on edge." Callahan admitted, "Where was this?" My dad asked, "It was at the station." Callahan said dumbly, "No, no where did Henry and Dale go hunting?" My dad asked, "Oh. Uh right near Kerley." Callahan stated, "Mirkwood." Dad mumbled. "What?" Powell asked, "Okay. You go back to the station. I'll take care of this, all right?" Dad told them, "Are you sure?" Callahan asked, "Yeah, leave it." My dad replied and began to shut the door, "Oh, hey. They found Barbara's car." Callahan exclaimed, "What?" My dad asked. "Barbara Hollands car. Seems she ran away after all. Staties found it late last night at the bus station." Powell admitted, "Funny, right? They keep doing our job for us." Callahan sort of chuckled, "Yeah, it's funny." My dad fake laughed and slammed the door.

"You really think Barbara ran away?" I asked, "Nope, that god damn lab is setting this up. Just like Wills body. They're trying to hide this gate from us." He admitted. "Who is running this?" I said, "I don't know, the CIA, the NSA, the department of energy? I don't know. But I know somethings wrong and Joyce was right." My dad admits, "You realize Wills funeral is today right?" I asked, "Yeah, for his fake body." He replied, "We should go. You can tell Joyce and then make sure there's no bugs in her house." I suggested, "Yep, good idea, get dressed we'll leave in 10." He said.

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We drove down to the burial, but I wasn't listening, I was too distracted reading everyone's faces and reactions. Joyce looked in disbelief, she didn't believe it was Will, and she was right. She looked angry more than upset, while Jonathan and his father looked like they had accepted it, but Jonathan still looked the tiniest bit skeptical which is fair when you hear your mother saying it constantly. I panned back to Jonathan father, I don't even know his name, all I know is he was absent a lot of Will and Jonathans life. My dad said there dad is a total loser. There was tears all around, but even his three best friends were not crying, they didn't even looked phased, denial? Or they knew more than we thought.

The ceremony had finished and we all placed yellow and white roses on top of the casket while Wills father thanked everyone for attending in honour of Will. My dad placed his hand on my shoulder, "I'm going to talk to Joyce, you can hop in the car or do whatever." He said while throwing me the keys, "Am I driving?" I asked, "Yes. Yes you are." He said. I had started walking to the truck and saw Jonathan and Nancy sitting together, holding some paper, a map? It was strange, Steve had mentioned they'd been spending an odd amount of time together, and he was right, they have. Nancy and I made eye contact, but she looked away quickly, which seemed suspicious, she looked like she knew she shouldn't be with him, but she was anyways.
I tried to ignore it and hopped in the drivers seat and waited for my dad.

Thoughts were running through my head, Steve would be heartbroken if he saw the way Nancy was with Jonathan, he didn't even want me to go near him, imagine him knowing his own girlfriend was hanging around him. That's when I watched the two of them get up and go into Jonathan's car and drive off. Where are they going?

To be continued...

a/n- definitely a filler lol, not my best work and no steve content today sorry.. next chapter oh just you wait:) (A LOT of the dialogue was from the show itself to clarify for this chapter)
I also had to change some scenes order and took some away ..!!

sorry for the long note, have an amazing day <33