IN WHICH...
"You don't love him Nancy! You know that as much as I do! He's hurting, let him go. Just admit that you're in love with Johnathan and let Steve go." Rose doesn't know why she's fighting so hard for this. Nancy huffs out a breath of air...
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Rose shuts the car door with a slam. She pulls out her backpack from the other side, staring at school. She groans letting her head fall onto the roof of the car. Shes been dreading it.
Jean let her stay home for 3 days after the hospital to let the girl gain her strength back. This morning Jean pushed the teen out the door not letting Rose argue.
Someone whistles, Rose picks up her head squinting at the group. It's Tommy and Carol. His arm is slung over her shoulder as they walk away from his car.
"Hey psyco! Kill anyone lately?" Tommy smirks stopping his walk. Carol eyes her up and down scoffing. Rose smirks walking up to them. She starts walking forward before spinning and smiling at them.
"Yeah I did actually! Wanna see?" She mocks pointing to her car, then she puts up her hands pretending to use a steering wheel with a sarcastic smile. Carol scoffs pulling on Tommys hand to push pass the girl.
"Freak." She mutters just enough for Rose to hear. With their back turned she flips to two of them off.
"Woah Red!" Steve runs up to her. She glances back at him, moving her hands so she flips him off too. He mocks a laugh pushing her hands down. "Classy." She shrugs.
"Dont make me use my mind powers on you." She wiggles her fingers in his face, his eyes narrow at her. She laughs letting her hands swing at her sides.
"Oh yeah.." Steve stops, causing Rose to stop too. He swings his backpack off his shoulder, unzipping it. He tugs in before tugging out the object. He hands it to the girl zipping up his backpack. "Since your last one got ruined." Rose stares down at the jean jacket. She lets her lips pull into a smile. "Do you like it?"
"Yeah, thanks Harrington." He shrugs on his backpack again.
"Call it a thank you for saving my life...twice." She smiles nodding. He nods before seeing Nancy standing at the school entrance, Rose could only assume waiting for Steve. He hits Roses shoulder saying goodbye before jogging to meet her. They kiss before he pulls her under his arm. Rose looks back down at the jean jacket. She holds it to her chest walking into school.
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Rose tugged open her locker, pushing in her backpack. She tugged out her Walkman and headphones, along with her notebook. Jean said she should start to draw again after the recent events.
Rose would always draw before she could properly speak. She would sketch out the scenarios, and Jean would interpret. Rose let the hobby die once Will went missing. She became too busy to let her thoughts sit and wander.
Holding the notebook to her side. She plugged in her headphones and slid in her tape. Pressing play, the music echoed from her headphones around her neck. She slid them onto her ear tucking the Walkman into her back pocket.
She had lunch period and didn't feel like sitting alone in the cafeteria. She walked down the hall, her thoughts occupied by the lyrics she was listening too. She walked across the lawn, letting the breeze hit her face, and the sun shine down and warm her up in the cool weather.
