Tears Of Rain (S. Harrington)

VI

1986
Hawkins Indiana

'Sitting and waiting by'

We all sit inside the car as we watch Max walk up to the front door of the school counsellor's door. I couldn't help but be worried for her. With all her trauma from last year and now this years shit show, must be hard on her.

Kyle decided last minute to go be with Joey and that group to make sure she was okay.

It's crazy to think at the start of the year I use to go see this women for my mother. It's wild now to know that Chrissy who went to see her died, it's wild.

I have no idea what to think of it.

But going back to Vecna, how is this all related? There's not a clear path on this road, there's just different roads connected for us to travel to, to get onto the main road.

Max turns to us before entering the house. "Okay. She's in." Steve says, stating the obvious as we all watch the door close behind her.

"I'm missing collarbones, not eyes." Dustin fires back sarcastically, making me cough awkwardly as Yura chuckles.

Me and Yura end up going into our own worlds as we both watch the things from the window.

It was very peaceful outside, but sadly for us it's not. We have this Vecna thing running around doing god knows what with who. It's terrifying to know that it's back.

All of the trauma from last year and the last years before are all rushing back from the surface. I swear this is a yearly thing.

"I'll punch you so hard in your face that your teeth would fall back out." Steve threatens, taking me out of my thoughts as my eyes widen. What did I just come back to?

"Whoa. Too far." Dustin implies, making me chuckle as Steve realises what he's said. This is just mother and son on a daily bases. "Not cool. Sorry." Steve apologies, as they stare awkwardly at each other.

"Well, did you see how lovely those trees were cut!" I say happily, breaking the awkward silence. They all stare at me dumbfounded, like I was some idiot.

We hear a door slam. We turn our head as see Max running towards the car. "What did she say?" Dustin questions as she jumps into the seat next to him. She slams the door shut in a hurry. "Nothing, just drive."

"Steve drive!" Max says raising her voice as I buckle myself up. Steve hits the gas and drives away as the tires screech.

- - -

We continue to drive as Dustin has his cebero in hand. "Dustin. It's Lucas. Do you copy?" We hear Lucas say. Where the hell has that boy been.

We continue driving down the road as Dustin talks back. "Lucas? Where the hell have you been?" He questions, holding it near his mouth. "Just listen. Are you looking for Eddie?" He questions, seems in a hurry.

"We found him, no thanks to you." Dustin says in a sarcastic tone. I scold him for being a dick to his friend. "You found him?" He says worriedly. "Boathouse on Coal Mill Road. Don't worry he's safe." Dustin announces.

Oh so it was a boathouse, never knew that. I mean he was sat on a boat so it was pretty obvious.

"You know he killed Chrissy right." He implies, exhaling. "That's bullshit. Eddie tried to save Chrissy." Dustin defends. Of course these boys are having a bit of a bicker, typical.

"Then why do all the cops say he did?" He questions confused. Before Dustin could answer, Max turns to her side and takes the cerebro off him, I continue to watch and listen as Steve focuses on the road.

"Lucas, you're so behind it's ridiculous, okay? Just meet us at the school. We'll explain later." She replies, trying to snap some sense into him.

"I cant. I think some real bad shit is about to go down." He announces, making me scrunch my face up. What? "What bad shit?" Max questions as Yura tilts her head.

The radio goes silent.

"Where did he go?" I question dumbfounded as Max hits the cerebro. "I don't know."

- - -

"Dustin do you copy." The radio goes as we break open the door and enter the school, flashing our flashlights around.

This place is really creepy at night. I'm never doing a huge sleepover in here.

"Yeah, I copy." Dustin says as we continue to walk down the halls. "Nancy is a genius. Vecna's first victims date back all the way to 1959. Her shot in the dark was a bull's-eye." She states.

Of course it was, she's our very own Nancy Drew.

"That's totally bonkers, but can't really talk right now." He states as we make our way towards the counsellors office.

We speed walk down the halls as it's way too creepy. I hate it but love it ag the same time, who knew.

"What are you doing?" She questions as I look over to Steve. "Breaking and entering into school to retrieve confidential and extremely personal files." He announces.

"Can you repeat that?" Robin questions dumbfounded, we're so grounded.

"Just get your ass over here, stat. We'll explain everything." He whispers as the line goes silent as we make our way to Ms Kelly's office.

After a few minutes, Max starts to open the door as Yura looks at me. "Why do I never get paid? If they see me here I'm going down." She announces as Max walks through the door to the office.

I smile at her as we enter the room, flashing our flashlights around as Max makes her way towards the files.

This is all so fast pasted. I can hardly keep up, my thoughts can hardly keep up with all this mess going on.

"It's like a mini-watergate or something." Dustin whispers making me scrunch up my face. What are they on about?

I walk on over to Max as I see her go through the files. "Holy shit." She comments, making me look into the file draw.

Holy shit.
Fred too.

"You found it?" Dustin questions, as Steve and Yura walk closer towards us. Max pulls out the files. "Yeah and not just Chrissy's file. Fred was seeing Ms. Kelly too!" She notes, as we all stare at each other as another piece of the painting shows up.

So everyone who's dying is going to the counsellor? Is that what the files are trying to say? It's so confusing even thinking about it.

How are we suppose to figure out what happens next?