[REWRITING] When He Sees Me, Steve Harrington

026 Scoops Troop

CHAPTER 026. SCOOPS TROOP

APPARENTLY, THE CHIEF WAS EASIER TO CONVINCE THAN LAURIE HAD INITIALLY THOUGHT.

While Laurie and Robin had their heart-to-heart at Orange Julius, Dustin and Erica had been - despite Steve's objections - nagging Hopper over and over again about how they could make his attempt at breaking into the Russian base much smoother if he'd let them navigate him, Murray and Joyce.

Laurie knew that after her dad had been arrested for protesting a few years ago that she and the chief wouldn't see eye to eye on a lot of things, but surprisingly, this wasn't one of them. The kids wanted to go back and risk their lives to help the newly joined adults, and sure, their intentions were pure, but logistically, they weren't the best.

Now, whether the Chief had actually decided their assistance was necessary, or that he just agreed to get them to stop bothering him, she's unsure, but regardless, Laurie was finally given the chance to leave the godforsaken mall and she'd be a liar to say that she wasn't a little excited about it.

"Oh, man, now this! This is what I'm talkin' about!" Steve cheered after pushing open the glass doors at the mall's entrance, the keys Hopper had handed to him swinging on his ring finger.

The group were met with a shiny banana-yellow convertible. It was practically begging for negligence with the way it sat perfectly clean and looked all brand new, the hood pulled down to reveal its red leather seats and they beamed against the neon lights that shined from the lights above.

Laurie knew Steve liked cars, fancy ones that she nor her parents have had the luxury to afford, and the way he grinned like a kid at a candy store at the mere sight of the vehicle in front of them made her almost forget that they were on a mission to assist in saving the world.