Miss Americana and the heartbreak prince | Steve. H

two: The Weirdo on Maple Street

Dustin Henderson loved his big sister.

While their mom was always working and their dad was well, he wasn't there, Dylan practically raised Dustin. Dustin trusted the girl more than anyone and it was safe to say he would do anything for her.

So as Dustin, Lucas, and Mike stood in Mike's basement, staring at the random girl on the bed, all he wanted to do was tell Dylan.

"I bet she escaped from Penthurst, so," Lucas said to his two friends.

"From where?"

"The nuthouse in Kerley County."

"You have a lot of family there?"

"Bite me. Seriously though, think about it. It would explain the shaved hair and why she's so crazy." Lucas explained.

The three boys had gone against the rules and went back out to search for Will. But instead of coming back with their best friend, they returned to the Wheeler house with a random girl with no hair who didn't speak.

"Why she went like..." Dustin then did the motion of taking off his clothes, the girl almost undressed in front of them and the boy was still a little traumatized.

"She's an escapee is the point. She's probably a psycho.' Lucas glanced towards the door the girl was in, supposedly changing.

"Like Michael Myers." Dustin's eyes widened.

"Exactly! We shouldve never bring her here." Lucas frowned.

"So you just wanted to leave her out in the storm?" Mike protested.

"Yes. We went out to find Will, not another problem." Lucas rolled his eyes.

"Guys, I think we should tell Dyl.." Dustin mumbled. Lucas perked up hearing the girls's name and pointed at him.

"That's not a bad idea. Dylan is the only person we can trust, she would know how to talk to her." Lucas nodded but Mike shook his head.

"No. We don't need to drag Dylan into this and add more to her plate. We don't need to drag her into this mess, and the lesser people who know the better." Mike said. The boys unfortunately agreed.

Dylan had always been there since the boys since they were children. She always covered up for them and let herself take the blame for their shenanigans.

This felt like too much of a situation to let her take the fall for.

"Alright, here's the plan: she sleeps here tonight-"

"You're letting a girl-"

"-Just listen! In the morning, she sneaks around my house, goes to the front door, and rings the bell. My mom will answer and know exactly what to do. She'll send her back to Penthurst or wherever she comes from, and we'll be totally in the clear. Tomorrow night, we go back out and find Will" Mike explained calmly.

The other two boys exchanged uneasy glances with each other. Mike hiding a girl in his basement was a dangerous game, but unfortunately, they couldn't come up with anything better.

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Dylan was walking down the hallway between Barb and Nancy.

Nancy had a chemistry test today so as they walked to their lockers, Dylan held Nancy's index cards and helped quizzed her.

"When alpha particles go through the gold foil, they become..."

"Unoccupied space."

"Hey Dylan, we'll see you at lunch?" A group of girls called out to her, Dylan just smiled.