My Loves (Stranger Things)

12

Girls and Dead Meat

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In the morning, Steve goes over to Dustin and Ben's house. They gather a whole bunch of meat and put it in buckets in Steve's trunk. They make a bat with nails for Ben and go to the train tracks. They're going to lure the creature, Dart, to the junkyard so they can kill it. Dustin tries to contact his friends again. Lucas finally answers.

"Well, well, well, look who it is," Dustin says. Lucas' voice can faintly be heard through Dustin's headset. "Well, when you were having sister problems, Dart grew again, he escaped, and I'm pretty sure he's a baby Demogorgon." Lucas' voice is heard again. "I'll explain later. Meet me, Steve, and Ben at the old junkyard." Once again Lucas' voice is heard. "And bring your binoculars and wrist rocket." Lucas' voice is heard again. 

Steve closes the trunk. "All right, let's go." 

"Just be there, stat. Over and out," Dustin says before picking up a bucket of meat. Ben and Steve do the same. They start walking and throwing meat on the tracks.

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Dustin explains everything to Ben and Steve while they walk.

"All right, so let me get this straight. You kept something you knew was probably dangerous in order to impress a girl who...who you just met?" Steve asks. 

"All right, that's grossly oversimplifying things," Dustin says, defensive. 

"Is it?" Ben responds. 

"Why would some girl like some nasty slug?" Steve says, confused. 

"An interdimensional slug? Because it's awesome," Dustin answers. 

"Well, even if she thought it was cool, which she didn't, I...I just...I don't know. I just feel like you're trying way too hard." 

"Well, not everyone can have your perfect hair, all right?" 

"It's not about the hair, man. The key with girls is just...just acting like you don't care." 

"Even if you do?" 

"Yeah, exactly. It drives them nuts." 

Ben seems almost lost. "This is why I don't really like girls, they're so confusing." Steve looks at Ben, surprised. 

"Then what do you do?" Dustin asks Steve. 

"You just wait until, uh...until you feel it," Steve says. 

"Feel what?" 

"It's like before it's gonna storm, you know? You can't see it, but you can feel it, like this, uh... electricity, you know?" 

"Oh, like in the electromagnetic field when the clouds in the atmosphere--" 

"No, no, no, no, no. Like a...Like a sexual electricity." 

"Oh." 

"Steve, you realize you're talking to a 13-year-old, right?" Ben says. 

"Yeah," Steve says, "Now, you feel that, and then you make your move." 

"So that's when you kiss her?" Dustin asks. 

"No, whoa, whoa. Slow down, Romeo." 

"Sorry." 

"Sure, okay, some girls, yeah, they want you to be aggressive. You know, strong, hot and heavy, like a...I don't know, like a lion." 

Ben lags behind in order to stop listening to the conversation.

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They eventually make it to the junkyard. They dump the rest of the meat in a pile in the middle of the junkyard. "I said medium-well!" They all look to see Lucas and a girl with red hair. They both walk toward Ben, Steve, and Dustin. 

"Who's that?" Steve asks. Dustin seems upset. Ben and Steve understand who the girl is. It's Max.

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