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𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 ——————————————————
Maven and El had arrived back home late, hopper must've already knew they left because he was standing on the porch smoking a cigarette.
Maven didn't care though, he guided El into the house, hopper followed after them and slammed the door closed.
"'Friends don't lie'. Isn't that your bullshit saying?" Hopper said, maven ignored him and walked into his room but hopper stopped him, "Hey, hey! Hey! Don't walk away from me!" Hopper said.
Maven snapped his head towards hopper, he took his jacket off and threw it on the bed, ignoring hoppers glare.
"Where'd you go on your little field trip, huh?" Hopper asked, Maven turned to him, "Where?" Hopper asked again.
"Did you go see (Y/n)?" Hopper asked, "They didn't see me." Maven answered, "Yeah, well, that mother and daughter did and they called the cops. they saw both you and El." Hopper said.
"Now, did anyone else see you? Anyone at all?" Hopper asked, "Nobody saw me!" Maven yelled.
"You put us in danger, you know that?" Hopper said, Maven glared at him.
"You lie! all the time! Y..You promised, that we'd go! but we never leave! nothing ever happens!" Maven yelled, "I don't lie! I protect and I feed and I teach! And all I ask of you is that you follow three simple rules. Three rules. And you know what? You can't even do that!" Hopper yelled and walked out of maven's room.
Maven kicked the dresser and pulled his hair in distress, "You're both grounded." Hopper said, maven raised his head and balled his hands into fist.
"You know what that means? It means no eggos...And no TV for a week." El walked out of her room and stopped hopper from moving the tv.
"Alright, knock it off, Let go." Hopper told El, El shook her head.
"Okay. Two weeks." Hopper said, "Let go!" He yelled.
"A month!" Hopper said, "No!" El replied.
"Well, congratulations. You both just graduated from No tv for a month to No tv at all!" Hopper yelled, "NO!" Maven screamed.
Maven tried fixing the tv, "No! No. No!" he yelled, sobbing as he tried fixing the wires, "You have got to understand that there are consequences to your actions." Hopper told them.
"You are like papa!" El yelled to hopper, "Really? I'm like that psychotic son of a bitch? Wow! Alright. You both wanna go back in the lab? One phone call. I can make that happen." Hopper said, maven stood up and glared at him.
"I hate you." Maven said, Hopper nodded, "Yeah, well, I'm not so crazy about you both, either." Hopper said.
"You know why? 'cause you're both brats. You know what that word means? How about that be your word for today, huh? Brat. Why don't we look it up? B-R-A-T." Hopper threw the book to maven but maven stopped it in midair.
He then threw the book at hopper, "Hey! What the hell is wrong with you?" he said walking forward to maven but maven threw the couch to the side making it hit hoppers leg.
"Hey!" Hopper yelled, El walked inside her room and closed the door, Maven raised his hand making the bookshelf fall down.
Maven then walked inside his room and slammed the door shut, "Open this door!" He heard hopper yell on the other side.
"Open the damn door!" Hopper continued to yell, maven slid down the wall as tears fell from his eyes.
"You wanna go out in the world? You better grow up! Grow the hell up!" Hopper yelled, Maven screamed and the glass had shattered.
He sobbed as he cried in his hands, his hands began to shake as he wiped his tears away.
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I had arrived at the back of the school where the dumpster was, kinda had a stench to it.
"Hey, (Y/n). Feeling any better?" Dustin asked, I turned to him with a nod.
"Yeah, thank you guys for um..helping me. As well as you, max." I said, Max nodded and nudged my shoulder.
She..was kinda cool.
Lucas jumped out of the dumpster and landed on the ground, "You stink." I said and moved next to Dustin.
"Where's will?" Dustin asked, I shrugged, "He'll be here." Mike answered.
"Are you just gonna stand there? or are you gonna help?" Lucas said and threw Dustin a stick, I stood to the side and checked my watch.
