California Dreamin'

"All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray, I've been for a walk On a winter's day, I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)If I was in L.A. California dreamin',On such a-" " So no-one knows where we're going." I shout as I slam the breaks on the Surfer Boy Pizza van that we hijacked. "Well we did just barely escape Will's house that may I mention was BEING RAIDED BY THE FBI!" Mike Wheeler shouts as I turn around from the drivers seat to see him, Will Byers, Jonathan Byers and some stonner guy (Argyle I think) all in the back. "Look, why don't we all just get out for a minute and calm down. I think we lost those guys for a while." I hear Jonathan says. Don't know how much good that will do, but it's not like we have much of a choice. "Yea and we'll need to decide to do something with that body too." Sammy says from the passenger seat. Oh I almost forgot about him. He's better off dead anyways, shame those guys had to shoot him though.

So, we all decide to just get out of the van for a bit. Isn't really anywhere to go, it's mostly dead bushes and grit for miles. "Wait, who are those two again?" I hear Argyle? The probably (definitely) high guy ask as me and Sammy are taking a drink of ink from some bottles we had. "I'm Susie and over their is Sammy." I say while Sammy is still taking a drink. "Aren't there like more of uses or something?" I hear Mike say. "Huh?" I say. " I see you two and your gang of friends around school a lot. Yeah, uses where the ones shouting about Eddie and some girl screwing in the school bathrooms." Mike says. Oh yea, fun times. "That was Amy, but that's not the point." Sammy says. "There back in Hawkins right now." I say as I walk over to them. I'm looking over at the dead body of one of those guys that where meant to keep us "safe" (even though him and a few others basically kidnapped me and Sammy. Don't even know what they did with 023.) Though he's not at the stage to be decomposed, jeez does he stink.

"Okay look, I know we don't really know uses and uses don't really know us but your girlfriend and are friend have basically been kidnapped at this point-"" Sorry but what are you trying to say?" Mike interrupts me as him and Jonathan are giving me a weird look. I swear does this kid even know who he's talking to. I could easily tear him apart right know. "I'm trying to say that, if we're going to find are friends then... We need to work together." I reluctantly say as I think about are situation. Me and Sammy can manage on are own but Allison and Henry are the only ones who have been to California before. Amy will be find where ever she is, she's a smart kid but if she runs out of ink... God why am I the one worrying about if there's going to be a massacre in a few days, that's Stein's job. "Not like we have much of a choice." Jonathan says as he comes back from the van with some shovels. "Then let's start by hiding this body." Sammy exclaims as he takes a shovel from Jonathan and stabs it into the grit.

As we where all digging a grave? I think. Will speaks up. "So does anyone know how we're actually going to find El and your friend." "Her name's Amy and... we're not to sure. That doctor guy and his friends knocked us out before we could find anything out." I admit. "You guys know anything. They where talking to uses before they dragged us into your house?" Sammy asks. "Don't know. Though when you where driving he did give something to Wheeler over there." Argyle says. "It wasn't anything that important just a pen..... that doesn't work." Mike says as he pulls out a ballpoint pen and shows that the pen doesn't work. That's just great. Wait a minute. "Oi Wheeler give me it." I demand. "Why should I." He questions. My god how stubborn is this kid. "Just hand it over." I snap. "Alright, doubt you'll find any use for it." Mike says as he passes me the pen. Wheeler might be wrong about many thing but, he's right this pen is bust. Doubt there was any ink in it to begin with, you can smell that stuff pretty easily. Dead or not. Huh, I wonder.

"Hay, you ever try and take the pen apart?" I question. "No why?" "Because if you did, you would have seen this." I exclaim as I hold up a small strip of paper. "What's on it?" Jonathan asks. "Some phone number I think." I says as I look as the strip of numbers. "Well if that agent guy meant for us to have that then we better get moving. Don't think there'll be be any phone booth near here brochacos." Argyle says as he hops into the van. "He's right you know." I hear Sammy say as we walk back to the van. "Oi, Byers, I'm driving." "Whys that?" "You and your friend are still stoned, Other Byers and Wheeler are underage and as much as I love you Sammy. You can't drive for shit." "Hay!"

"I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day"