Will got to Mikes house and knocked on the door.
...
No answer..
He knocked again.
...
Still nothing.
He sat there for about five minutes before getting fed up and going home, screw Mike. What made it even worse is that he was probably over at El's house.
About 15 minutes earlier, Mike and his sister Nancy had went out to the store to buy El flowers. Then Nancy was gonna drop him off at El's house and then go out with a few of her friends.
Will decided to just go back home, it was already getting dark so there was no good in waiting any longer.
The next day he invited Max over bc they were good friends, believe it or not. Will told Max about almost everything, including a lot of the stuff about his dad, all the art that he makes, his hallucinations, music, and, Mike. Normally Wills brother Jonathan would be the only one who knew about Mike, but Will slipped up one day and Max found out. From then on, Will felt comfortable talking about his feelings for Mike around her, and she felt comfortable bashing Mike in every way possible in front of him.
"And he wasn't even there!" Will said, talking about the day before.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah, so I just left because he was probably at Els house or something."
"Oh my god, that bitch." Max said, rolling her eyes.
"He's not that bad." Will said as he smiled, resting his head in his hand.
"Yeah okay-" A static noise interrupted Max.
"Will?"
Huh?
"Will??"
Will grabbed his walkie talkie from by his desk.
"Hello??" Will spoke into the little device in his hands, Max stayed quiet.
"Hey, Will, I'm sorry I wasn't at home yesterday, I feel terrible."
"It's okay, where were you anyway?"
Will and Max glanced at each other.
"Uhh... it's my nana, she's sick!"
Will started feeling bad now.
"Yeah, she's in the hospital.. sorry.. we can do something next weekend though!"
"Alright.. bye Mike."
Will set the Walkie-Talkie down.
"Well now I feel kinda bad.." Will said. Max, as always, rolled her eyes.
"Okay, well let's see if he was telling the truth." She said, standing up.
"Huh?"
"We're going to Els house."
As they left, Will started explaining what he saw and he wanted to take a different rout to show her where it was.
"Right here." He said getting off his bike and letting it drop to the ground.
"What did you see?"
"Well," He led her over to where it was.
"I heard like a ringing sound, and there was a clock. It wa-"
"A clock..?" Max dropped her usual attitude-ish tone and got completely serious, almost looking frightened.
"Yeah? It's just another one of those-"
"What type of clock..?"
"One of those uhh,,, the big ones with the-"
"A grandfather clock..?"
"Okay you have to stop interrupting me here."
"No, this is serious. Okay what happened next?"
"Well Troy was there, except it wasn't really Troy because he turned into this like big creature thing? I'm not too sure-"
"No,,, no, no, no, no-"
"Max?" Will started to look frightened too because Max was like panicking.
"It's nothing, uh, I'm gonna go stop by the little corner store on Charleston street and I'll meet you at Els house okay??"
"The Music Store?"
"Yeah, uh, is your favorite song still should I stay or should I go?"
"Yeah? Why-"
"Okay, see you in a bit!" Max rode off on her bike before Will could ask questions.
Will soon got to Els house only like five minutes before Max did,
Knock knock knock
No answer
Knock knock-
The door swung open, it was Hopper.
"Byers?"
"Uhh yeah, I need to talk to El."
"Is Mike with you?"
"No?"
"Come in."
Will walked into the little cabin, it was really nice but it smelled like cigarettes, alcohol, and waffles. He walked over to Els room and knocked on the slightly open door.
"Come in!" Els cheery voice spoke.
He walked in and she looked a little puzzled. "Will?"
"Yes, I know, I'm not usually here. I have a really important question though."
"Mhm?"
"Was Mike here yesterday?" El thought for a second before answering.
".. Yes."
Wills heart dropped, is she serious?"
"Did he say anything about me?"
".. Yes."
The door opened again, it was Max. "What's going on?" Will just looked at her. He didn't know whether to cry or storm out, so he just stood there, speechless.
"Well," His voice cracked, almost in tears, he put his head down. "What did he say?"
El looked really upset. "He said.. that he had plans with you, but wasn't going to tell you that he was over here,,, so it was okay."
Nothing
Nothing happened in Wills head
He just stood there...
Max finally spoke. "Are you serious?!?"
Will just looked up at her, his face was red and he was crying.
"You don't need to make a big deal out of it,, I- I'm just gonna go home." His voice was cracking, he talked very quietly.
"Will.." before he could leave Max gave him a hug. He looked at El and just nodded, like saying goodbye but not saying anything. He walked out of the house and just rode away on his bike. He was so upset and so pissed, but all he could do was cry.
