"Alright, guys I think we're done." Steve says wiping sweat beads from his forehead, We stand in the middle of the junkyard. The junkyard is mainly clear most of the trash and junk pick us from us slaving the day. The sun has set; the only light Illuminating the air is the large pile of meat buring on fire.
"Okay." Dustin taps the bus signaling us to come on.
We all climb on the abandoned bus
"So what do we do know?" I ask
"Nothing, we wait."
"Okay.." I say taking a seat"ill keep a look out." lucas says his boniculuars dangling from his neck as he climbs to the roof of the bus.
a few minutes go by we sit in slience the only noise is the obxious stomps of dustins feet;as he paces around the tight bus. And steve flicking his lighter. The sound creating a uncomfortable feeling; bring back flashbacks, the flashback coming by as quick as a card in a magicians card shuffle. bring me back to all the car rides with billy. Him and his cloying cigrettes.
"so, you really fought one of these things before?" i say breaking the the forebiting silence. Steve breaks his gaze and looks up at me.
"yep." he nods his head
"And you're, like, totally hundred percent sure it wasnt a bear?"
"shit, don't be an idiot!" dustin stops pacing and yells "It wasnt a bear." his voice as sharp as the flicks of steves lighter.
"why are you even here if you dont believe us?" i stare at dustin in suprise at his sudden burst of rage. "just go home."
"Geez someones cranky past your bedtime?" i remark standing from my seat
I climb up the ladder to the top of the bus to top of bus. I see lucas laying his binoculars against his face as he viewed the junk yard. The fog spreads across the field almost looks like waves.
"Its kinda awesome." i say
"huh?" lucas removes the binculars from his face.
"The fog, i mean, it looks the ocean." lucas looks back at the fog obsevring it
"Do you miss it?" he ask turning back to me
"what?" i ask
"The ocean, you know the waves? Cailfornia?" i shrug my shoulders "Hawkins seems pretty lame, I bet."
"No, no its not that. my dads still there so- my mind starts to scatter off at the mear mention of the word dad.
"haha." I giggles staring between a young red-headed women her curls flowing down at her shoulders her hair and flower printed dress swaying in the wind of the cailforinan breeze and a man looking not a day older than the women beside with short light almond colored hair flowing gently through the breeze, bright blue eyes and chisled cheeks. Both of them smile down at me. "wanna get on the swings?" The older man ask me in a baby voice squating down to caress my cheeks. "yes daddy." I say with innocence holding he and my moms hand as we sway over to the swings.
I dont remeber him much, just the faltering memories of him like trips to the park across the street from our hous and going to get icecream after. Happy faltering memories of him that will eventually wither away in time. I remeber things that i dared to speak about even after all these years.
"Daddy!" I say walting in the door from school. I make it into the kitchen where there would usually be my dad making an after school snack was nothing. a once warm, loving home now cold and dark. My mom at work as she usually is when get out of school. Goosebumps rush up my slevees as rush down the hall to my mom and dads room starting to feel uncomfortable in the dark cold piece of wood and brick I call home
I hear a grunt sound coming from the door followed by another deep grunt is someone being hurt i thought before careful peering the door open "dad?" I say my voice barley louder than a whisper. I see my dad hoving over a strange older man; that I've never seen before. He stays still for a moment before jolted his head back to look at me.
"max?"
"max?" lucas says snapping me outta the haunting memory
"umm-" i start regaining my train of thought
"why is your dad still there?" lucas ask before i could say anything.
"Its this legal term called "divorce."" lucas rolls his eyes alittle at my sarcastic statement. "see, when two people get married and love eachother anymore-"
"yeah." lucas says interuppting me his lips quirks up into a smile.
"my mom and stepdad, wanted a fresh start away from him." I say not really registering the word that fall out my mouth. I advert my eyes from lucas looking back in the ocean like mist. "As if... he was the problem." I continue "which is total bull, and things... are just worse now. my voice dropping a bit as I look back to lucas meeting his eyes. "My stepbrothers always been a dick, but now hes just angry..." chills waver over my body as i think about billy. "all the time and, well, he cant take it out on my mom so-"
"So he takes it out on you." lucas says his voice in a low husk his stare at me indulged with concern.
I look at lucas suddently falling out of whatever gaze i'd been trapped under. My face start to heat from embrassment. "I-I dont even know Im telling you this."
"Hey." lucas says reaching over to place his hand over mine. Noticing the redness in my cheeks."I wanna know." A small smile perks onto his lips.
"I like talking with you, mad max." he says nodding his head giving me another wide smile.
"And i like talking with you stalker." i feel my turn up and stomach start to flutter.
A/N Im so fucking sorry guys it been decades hope you enojoyed this chapter <33 and fucked with the plot twist da da da... yes max's dad is a homo sapien.
