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+Chapter Fifteen+

(Still the same outfit from the other chapters)

I'm currently driving in a silent car, Dustin in the front seat and Mike in the back. Neither of them are talking, but I'm thankful for the silence. The plan was, if Lucas were to come with us then we would take the car, but he didn't, so now we're driving it back to our moms work and then we'll take our bikes to look for Eleven.
*time skip on our bikes*
"This is weird without Lucas."
"He should've shaken my hand."
"He's just jealous."
"What are you talking about?" I say.
"Sometimes, your total obliviousness just blows my mind. He's your best friend, right?"
"Yeah... I mean, I don't know."
"It's fine. I get it."
"I didn't get here until the fourth grade. He had the advantage of living next door. But none of that matters. What matters is that he is your best friend. And then this girl shows up and starts living in your basement, and all you ever want to do is pay attention to her."
"That's not true."
"Yes, it is. And you know it."
Mike looks at me for backup.
"Yeah, it is kinda true." I say.

"And he knows it. But no one ever says anything until you both start punching and yelling at each other like goblins with intelligence scores of zero. Now everything's weird."

"He's not my best friend."
"Yeah, right." I laugh.
"I mean, he is, but so are you and y/n. And so is Will."
"Can't have more than one best friend." Dustin says
"Says who?"
"Says logic."
"Well, I call bull on your logic, because you guys are my best friends, too."
"Okay." We ride our bikes in silence a little bit more.

"Guys... I don't have an easy feeling about Lucas searching on his own for the gate. I mean, the Upside Down is real, I know that. But Lucas is a little kid with a wrist rocket...say he finds something, then what?"

"Maybe you should go get him since you obviously like him more." Mike scoffs.

"It's not that I like him more, Mike. It's the fact that he's alone. There's two of you AND Eleven, you'll be fine, but Lucas, he has no one."

"Yeah, I think it would be a good idea to go get him." Dustin reasons.

"Okay," I sigh, "stay safe, and if you die I'm gonna kill you."
"But-"
"Just shut up." I say as I turn my bike around and head towards Lucas' house.
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I knock on his door and a few seconds go by. As I go to knock again he answers, with bloodshot eyes.

"Hey, Lucas." I say softly, "Lets go find that gate."