Chapter 29

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I hopped into Argles van on our way to school for the last day, spring break tomorrow. It was just a normal school day until heading home later on. I head up to my room, looking at some of the photos of Steve and me, I was missing him like crazy but I couldn't get a flight to Hawkins either which disappointed me but I head to bed as I got a long shift at Rink o mania tomorrow.

I started early to help open the place as it slowly filled up, I put on my skates and hopped onto the rink, ensuring nobody gets hurt. I see El, Mike, and Will on the rink

"Hey Mike, welcome to Rink O mania" I say, skating near them

"Hey Danielle, nice to see you" Mike says, I nod and see Will behind

"Hey Will, happy birthday bud, try not to look so down" I say, now skating next to him. He smiles at me as I skate away. I went into the back to rest my feet for a moment, I look over to see El on the floor with Angela and a bunch of other people. I skate quickly onto the rink

"Jane, are you alright" I ask her, everyone turns to look at me,

"Everyone off while the rink gets clean, now!"I yell, and they all start to go away. My blood boiled, Mike went to El for comfort and I let that go as I got everyone off the rink so it could be cleaned and dried. I was grabbing some stuff to help dry the rink when I hurt a shout of pain, I went with what I had and skated out, to see Angela, the top of her nose bleeding like crazy, I dropped the towels and grabbed the first aid kit, I skate over to her

"Angela, sit still"I told her, I may not like her but it's my job to do this. I put some paper towel on her nose and applied pressure, she whined out in pain. I look up at Eleven who was crying

"Jonah, call an Ambulance"I call out to my colleague, he nods

"Your alright Angela, these people will help you"I tell her, still applying pressure to the wound.

I arrive home just in time for dinner "Sorry mom I'm home late, caught up at work"I say as I enter the dinning room

"Hey Murray"I say without thinking as i see him

"Wait Murray"I say, in shock. He smiles

"Hey Danielle"He says. I walk to the kitchen confused but it smelled quite good in here, I serve myself something and bring over a chair next to Argyle who is as high as.

"Can you pass over the olive oil?"Jonathan asks, I looked at him

"That's wine"Argyle corrects, I can't help the smile that comes to my face.

"Jonathan that means I need you to take charge"Mom says

"Wait... what, what's going on?"Jonathan says

"Oh my..."Will says, face-plaming

"Your mom's going to Alaska,"Argyle tells him

"You're going to Alaska?"Jonathan asks, I roll my eyes

"Mm-hmm."Argyle answers

"What's going on in Alaska?"Jonathan questions

"The Britannicas are there."Argyle again, answers

"The Britannicas?"Jonathan says confused

"Mm-hmm."Argyle says

"Mom, I'll take charge,"I tell her, she nods and smiles at me.

"Jonathan, what is wrong with you?

"We just had a super stressful day."Jonathan replies

"Stress, huh?"Murray says

"This girl got shmacked in the head today at the roller rink."Argyle told them

"It;s not like you had to deal with her whining"I muttered, mom gave me a look.

"Shmacked?"Murray questioned

"Yeah, one of those vicious skate attacks."Argyle replies

"A skate attack?"Murray inquired

"Yeah, but it wasn't an ice skate. It was... It was a plastic skate." Jonathan rambled,

"No, it was, like, rubber."Argyle corrected

"Rubber. Rubber."Jonathan went on

"Rubber."Argyle continued

"You know what? I'm not sure. Anyway, she looked like she's going to be fine."Argyle confirmed

"She's totally fine."Jonathan added

"She didn't look fine."Mike spoke up, Eleven and Will look over at him, El put down her knife and fork, then pulled back her chair putting her napkin down and walked upstairs

" El, aren't you gonna finish your..."Mom trailed off, I decided to give her some space.

"What...?"Mom says confused, her footsteps creaked up the stairs. Will sighs.

"What is going on, you guys?"Mom asks

"Okay, I, uh, I sense the tension. Is it the risotto? Everyone hates the risotto?"Murray says

"The Risotto is amazing Murray,"I tell him, he smiles at me

"Absolutely not. No, it's incredible."Jonathan says

"Mm-mm. This risotto is shmackin', dude."Argyle agrees, Murray chuckles

"Still have no idea who he is"Murray says, I let out a small laugh

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