In The Stars / Steve Harrington 3

Chapter 17

We wake everyone up and tell them the new information we have and we all decide to drive to the Creel house to try and find more clues. We decide to go in the Wheeler's car and I sigh as I see the sight of the Creel house. "Hey, you okay?" Steve asks seeing my nervousness. "Yeah, I just get bad vibes from this place." I say as I look at the house. "Hey, we're gonna figure this out Bells." Steve says and I nod. "I know." I say with a small smile.

We all get out of Nancy's car and walk up the steps to the Creel house. "Yeah, that's not creepy." Steve says sarcastically from beside me. "Let's go." I say as I lead the way to the front door. I see two hammers laying on the ground and I pick one up and give Steve the other one.

Steve and I start taking the nails out of the board covering the front door. "What exactly are we supposed to be looking for in this shit hole?" Steve asks. "We're not sure. We just know this house is important to Vecna. " I say to him as I take out another nail. "Because you saw it in Vecna's red soup mind world?" He asks me. "Basically." I say with a shrug. "Great." Steve mumbles.

"Maybe it holds the clue to where Vecna is. Why he's back, why he killed the Creel's, and how to stop him before he comes back for Bella." Dustin suggests and Steve and I share a worried look. "We don't think he's in here, do we?" Robin asks worriedly from beside Corey. "Guess we'll find out." Corey says with a shrug.

"Ready?" Steve asks me as we get the last nail out. I nod and we drop the board blocking the door. I quickly look back at the door and see the familiar stain glass rose. "Bella, what are you doing in here?" I remember Vecan asking me. "Bella." I hear him say and I close my eyes tightly. Steve grabs my hand and I instantly relax. He trys to open the door but it doesn't open. "It's locked." Steve says and I sigh.

"Should I knock, see if anybody's home?" Steve asks sarcastically. "No need." Corey says and we all turn to look at her. "I found a key." Corey says as she holds up a brick. I roll my eyes playfully and we all back away from the door. Corey throws the brick through the stain glass window and Steve walks back to the door. He sticks his arm through the broken glass and opens the door.

Steve walks in and I follow shortly behind him. He whistles as we look around the run down house. Max, Lucas, Dustin, Nancy, Robin, and Corey file in after Steve and I and Steve closes the door once everyone is inside. I notice Lucas try to turn on a lamp but it does nothing. "Looks like someone forgot to pay their electric bill." Lucas says and I turn on my flashlight.

"Where'd everyone get those?" Steve asks seeing everyone has a flashlight except him. "Do you need to be told everything?" Dustin asks and I bite my lip to contian my laughter. "You're not a child." Dustin adds and I put my hand over my mouth as I quietly laugh. "Thank you." Steve says sarcastically. "Back pocket." Dustin says as he takes off his backpack and hands it to Steve. Steve takes out a flashlight and I put a hand on his shoulder and walk past him.

Steve throws down Dustin's backpack and I look around. My eyes widen as I see the all to familiar grandfather clock. "Hey, guys." I say and everyone gathers around me. "You all see that right?" I ask. "Yeah." Steve and Max respond in unison. "Is this what you saw in your visions?" Corey asks me and I nod. "I mean it's just a clock, right?" Robin asks. She walks around me and cleans off the dust from the clock. "Like a normal old clock." Robin says as she turns around to look at all of us.

"Why is this wizard obsessed with clocks?" Steve asks. "Maybe he's like a clock maker or something?" Steve suggests and I shake my head in dissapointment. "I think you cracked the case Steve." Dustin says sarcastically. Steve glares at him and I turn back to the clock. "All I know is that the answers are here, somewhere." I say with a sigh.

"Okay everyone stay in groups of two. Bella, upstairs." Corey says and I nod and walk with her upstairs. Corey and I look around for clues upstairs and after several minutes I hear something shatter. I walk towards the noise and I see Steve come stumbling out of a room dusting himself off. "Oh, what is it, what's wrong?" I ask him. "It was a spider, it's a Black Widow." He says and quickly turns around and shuts the door to the room he was just in. "Don't go in there." Steve says as he looks at me.

"Oh, oh." I say seeing the spiderwebs in Steve's hair. "What?" He asks and I go to get the spiderwebs out of his hair but he moves away towards a mirror. "Just stop moving." I say to him and he stops and I start to pick the webs out of his hair. "If there's a spider nesting in there you're never going to find it until it lays eggs and all the babies spill out." Corey says as she comes up to Steve and I. "What is wrong with you?" Steve asks her and she laughs. "Corey seriously." He says and Corey walks away. "She's got problems." He mumbles so only I can hear. "Yeah, tell me about it." I say with a smile.

"You know maybe after we find Vecna, and kill him, and you know save the world and stuff, maybe we could all go out or something." Steve says and I blush. "You know me, you, the kids, Corey, Robin." Steve says as I continue to pull spiderwebs out of his hair. "Are you asking me out on a date Steve Harrington?" I ask with a smile. "No, I mean yes, I mean only if you want to." Steve rambles nervously. "Just tell me when and where." I say with a smile and Steve punches the air happily as I laugh.

"Okay, all better." I say as I get all of the webs out of Steve's hair. "Great, thanks." Steve says as he turns around to look at me. "Well uh, I guess we should get back to the investigation." He says and I nod. "Yeah, right." I say and Corey walks up to us. "Hey Robin and and I are gonna team up and so is Nancy and Dustin so you two are now partners." Corey says with a smile and Robin comes up behind Corey and smirks. "Why don't you two go downstairs and look for clues." Robin suggests and I roll my eyes. "Sure." I say and I turn around and look at Steve. He nods and we walk downstairs.