Chapter 2

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A TALL FIGURE STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. 

Will pulls the handle bars. Loses control- He went off the road.  And CRASHES. Will flies off the bike. He skids, rolls, eatsdirt. As he lies there on the ground. He pushes to his feet and turns to the sound. Will abandons his bike and runs. To his house Will is running out of the woods. Will slams the door shut behind him and bolts the lock. Will: MOM?! JONATHAN?! MOM?! No one is home. He is all alone. Will scrambles back to the living room window.He cups his hands to the glass and peers out into the yard.It is dark. Will rips the phone receiver off the kitchen wall. Dials 911. But- It does not ring. Just hums with LOW-END STATIC. Will: Hello?! HELLO- ?!Will pauses. Will lowers the phone. And looks back at the door. Will drops the phone and  Will runs out the back screen door.He sprints into an shed. He slams the shed doors behind him. Will yanks it down, retrieves a few ammo shells from a workbench, and loads the rifle as fast as he can. He is so scared his hands sweat and shake.Will finishes loading the rifle. He snaps the chamber shut and aims it at the door. The rifle trembles in his hands.While Will keeps his eyes trained on the door,  Will senses movement. Turns. He doesn't fire.He just stares. Paralyzed by fear. Shock.He fights tears. Will: P- P- P- Please....

(TIME SKIP)

Joyce: Where the hell are they?! Dammit! Jonathan: Check the couch. Joyce does. She finds her keys under a cushion. Joyce: Thank God.She snatches them up. gives Jonathan a quick peck on the cheek and races for the door. only to pause at the last second. realizing something. She turns back to Jonathan. Joyce: Will? Where's Will?Jonathan: Sleeping, I guess. Joyce: You gotta make sure he's up, Jonathan, how many times?Jonathan: I'm making breakfast! Joyce shakes her head. She hurries down the hallway. Joyce: Will- Will come on, get up.Joyce throws open the door to Will's room. It's empty. She strides back over to Jonathan. Joyce: He came home last night, right? Jonathan: He's not in his room?Joyce: He come home or not? Jonathan: don't know- Joyce: You don't know?Jonathan: I got back late, I was working- Joyce: You were working?Jonathan: Eric asked if I could cover for him, I said yeah. I figured we could use the cash!Joyce: We talked about this I told you not to take shifts on nights I'm tending, I specifically told you! Jonathan: He was over at the Wheeler's all day. I'm sure he just stayed over.Joyce: I can't believe this.Jonathan: I'm sorry! Joyce: I can't believe it.Joyce grabs the kitchen wall phone. Dials a number.  Mike is grabbing syrup from a cabinet Nancy is eating scrambled eggs, Mike and Nancy younger sister Holly is crying Sarah is trying to help and now the phone is ringing. Karen answers. Holly squirms in Sarah's arms.Karen: Hello?Joyce: Karen . . . it's Joyce.  Karen: Joyce,hi. Behind her Mike pours syrup onto his scrambles eggs.Nancy: That's disgusting.Mike: It's good, swear.Mike squeezes some onto Nancy's eggs.Nancy: WHAT THE HELL MIKE?! Sarah: Hey, First of all language. Second of all no pouring syrup into your sisters eggs!Karen puts the phone on her shoulder. She can't hear Joyce.Karen: (to the kids)QUIET!(back to phone)I'm sorry, one of those mornings! Joyce: Was that Will I heard back there?Karen: Will? No, no- just Michael.Joyce: So Will didn't spend the night?Karen: No. He, he left here a little after eight. He's not home? Joyce tries to hide her panic.Joyce: I- I was working late last night.I'm sure he just left early for school. Thanks... thanks Karen. Joyce hangs up the phone. She looks scared. And so does Jonathan. 

Mike, Lucas, and Dustin ride their bikes past the high school, making their way toward Hawkins Middle School. As the boys slot their wheels into bike racks, they look around at all the kids streaming in. Looking for Will. Mike: I don't see him. Weird.Lucas: I'm telling you his mom's right he just went to class early again. Dustin: Yeah, he's always paranoid Gursky's gonna give him a pop quiz.Mike nods. Feeling better. Dustin: oh right! my cousin y/n is moving to Hawkins did i tell you that? They hear a branch snap but before they could look Troy and James walks up to them and Tory says Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Step right up and get your tickets for the freak show! The boys don't run... they just stand there like statues. This is clearly a regular occurrence, and this is how they deal with it. Troy: Who do you think would make more money at a freak show: Frog face (Mike) Midnight (Lucas) or Toothless (Dustin)James: Ooof. Tough call, tough call.(eyes Dustin)I'd go with Toothless. Dustin: My teeth are coming in, I told you a million times, it's called cleidocranial dysplasia James: (mocking Dustin)I told you a million times! Troy: Do the arm thing.Dustin hesitates but sees Y/n (you) coming out of your dad's car, he doesn't want you to get bulled. James: Do. it. freak.Dustin sighs relents. He pulls his arms across his body.Because Dustin has no collar bones his arms stretch all the way across.The bullies share disgusted looks shiver... Troy: Gets me every time! Every time! They shove past the boys and head into the school laughing. Lucas: (under breath)Numbskulls. Y/n's walking up to the boys. Mike: . . . I think it's cool. It's like a superpower or something. Like Mr. Fantastic. Dustin: Yeah, except I can't fight evil with it. Right Y/n? He hugs you. Mike/Lucas: hi y/n. The boys pull on their backpacks and head to school. 

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