Stubborn

Part 2

Hop had reached out to Billy to be the counselor of this year's camp groups. Why? Well from what Hopper knew, all the other young teens he had n mind were already volunteering to help. None of them wanted to be counselors though. Which left Hop the last option there was. Billy Hargrove. Hop wasn't exactly fond of Billy. He had heard that Billy had bullied many kids back in high school which wasn't exactly the personality they needed for a counselor of kids at a camp. But Hop still believed that having someone young join the team would seem more... friendly to the kids. Hopper and Joyce would also be counselors, but they believed that Billy put in a nice young twist to it. The twist they needed. 

Billy, needing the extra money, reluctantly accepted. I mean... the idea of bossing kids around doing semi-dangerous activities didn't sound too bad now did it? 

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"Steve.... Steve!" Steve was shaken up by Dustin. "We're about to get there!" Dustin kept moving Steve around. Hastily, Steve finally woke up. Of course, he felt groggy. Who wouldn't be after sleeping sitting up and squished against the door for an hour. Steve looked out the window. Sure enough, he had no idea where the hell they were. He trusted Johnathan to take the right way since Nancy and Johnathan had switched seats in the middle of the little road trip. Steve sighed. Hopefully this would provide some... 'nature-y' experiences in his life. He didn't bother going out much. Who would when they had a giant house with a pool? Why bother? But yet again, Steve had been dragged into one of the kid's little shenanigans. But hey! It couldn't be that bad...

Right?    ((So Cliché but oh well))

In a matter of moments, they arrived at a lonely parking lot a little away from the actual camp base. There were only a few cars. Steve assumed that most of the kids in the camp had already arrived. Dustin was about to get off to go grab his bag when a though crossed Steve's head "Ah shit- Don't open the back door!" Steve suddenly shouted. He immediately started to take off his seatbelt. As much as he 'hated' those little brats, he knew Mike didn't want the others to know about him and Will. Mike had trusted him enough that he had let him see the two together and not tell anyone. "What... what the hell Steve?" Dustin stammered but before he could even get his seatbelt off, Steve was already out the door and to the back of the car. Dustin sighed and instead switched his attention to Johnathan who was making sure they were parked at the right place. "You brats, get up" Steve shook Mike's shoulder. 

Both of the lovebirds were asleep. The moment Mike woke up his eyes filled with fear Though slowly that fear dissipated as he noticed it was only Steve and no one else. "Come on, dipshit. Get out" he said with a small smile before grabbing his bags and stepping back. 

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"Alright it should be... there" Johnathan looked up from the little map. Before them was a little small cabin like place where they assumed was the registration. "Okay then..." Johnathan mumbled before walking towards it. The little crowd behind him followed. Sure enough there sat behind a desk a very familiar cold face. Hopper. Jim Hopper. But to lighten the mood, beside him sat a very happy girl. 

El immediately stood up and walked over to the crowd. She gave Mike a big hug. They were both best friends and she had missed him greatly. After that she went and hugged Will. Followed by Max and Lucas. Finally, she went up and hugged Steve. Steve couldn't help but smile widely as he hugged her back. After El had moved away 3 hours from Hawkins, it was rare for the whole group to be together. Including Steve. So even if it was a quick small reunion, it sure was a happy one. Even with Hop's frown and droopy mood the room was filled with radiating happiness from all the individuals. 

"Tell me what position you signed up for and I'll tell you either how much I'll pay you or how much it'll cost" Hop grumbled through a joint. The small little cabin like place reeked of smoke. Not like it was a new smell to any of them. It was quite familiar actually considering their parents. Everyone formed in a sort-of line in front of the desk. Nancy was up first. She didn't have to say her name of course, Hop immediately knew it. He just asked for her middle name since he didn't know it out of memory. "What position did you sign in for or were you written for?" "I will be one of the volunteers. They told me I'd be helping around as co-counselor or help set up the activities for the kids..." 

Hop nodded and signed her name off. Johnathan then came up. He quickly said his middle name before saying just about the same sentence as Nancy. Hop, once again, nodded and checked his name off. 

When the kids were up, they told him their middle names but also handed a little envelope to pay for their summer camp stay. Finally, Steve was up, and he quickly said his middle name "I'm also here as a... camper" he said with an awkward smile. He could hear Dustin snickering in the background, but poor Steve didn't know why. He just stood there with the same awkward smile. "Harrington? Did I hear you right?" Hop repeated his sentence. Steve just nodded. He didn't know why Hop was so surprised. "Well, uh...that's not.... Technically out of the rules but uh..." Hop tapped his fingers on the desk before suddenly getting up. "Just give me a minute to talk to Joyce" he brought the small paper and envelopes over to a closed room in the cabin-like place. "Why didn't he just check off my name?" Steve asked worriedly to the rest of the kids. "You... signed up as a camper?!" Nancy was utterly shocked. "Steve, you know camps are usually for... teens. Young teens" Robin perked up with an amused laugh that she quickly covered up. Steve's shoulders slumped before he slowly turned towards the one that was getting the largest laugh of all. "Dustin. Dustin goddam Henderson..." he mumbled. Dustin only kept cackling. 

Now how was Steve gonna get out of this situation? 

((Hello :) I hope everyone is feeling wonderful :D it is 4:00 am and I can't sleep because I have a stomachache so I'm not so good :( I hope you all are doing much better than I am :)