The summer I llǝɟ for her || 𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝

40. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆.

Chapter 40~ The Dive.

The next morning the group woke up in the pit of Mike Wheeler's basement once again. Arwen quickly shot up from the couch, waking from yet another nightmare and startling Max in the process, "hey it's okay." Max placed her arm around Arwen who had her face buried in her hands, "they're getting worse." She whispered,"it's okay." Max moved Arwen's her away from her face.
"It will all be over soon."

"What?!" Arwen's head shot up again leaving Max confused, "I said it's okay and I'm here Wen." Max replied, "no- no you didn't." Arwen shook her head, "yes I did Arwen- did you just hear him again?!"
"Uh no. Sorry I just...misheard that's all." She visibly lied but Max didn't want to push her.

"Get ready kids. We're leaving in five." Nancy announced to Arwen's relief.

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"Can I stay in the car for this visit? Cus this is gonna totally and royally suck." Robin stated as they all drove to visit Eddie, "it'll be fine." Nancy replied, "I just can't stand to see those dull eyes of Eddie's break again. I really, really can't."

"At least he can drink himself into feeling better." Steve replied with a mouth full of chips, holding up the beers, "that's what my mom does." Max replied bluntly, prompting Arwen to place her hand on Max's thigh.

"Why don't we just give it a trial run? Hey, Eddie. Uh, good news first this time. We got some uh Dustin approved junk food and that six pack that you requested. Oh yeah, and we found Vecna, only the bad news is that he's in that other, darker, much scarier dimension that we told you about and the gate's closed, so we have no way of getting to him like he's entirely shut off to us so basically you're screwed and no, I know you were already screwed but now you're like, doubly, triply screwed." Robin freaked out, "how do you manage to talk so much?" Lucas asked, "sorry." Robin slouched down in her seat, feeling embarrassed which Nancy immediately took note of, "hey, she can't help it." Nancy huffed at him, "it's okay." She looked at Robin and smiled, "you're okay, don't apologise for speaking."
"I know but I do talk too much." Robin returned, "and that's not a bad thing." Nancy reassured her now making Robin break a smile.

"Are you having withdrawals Stevie?" Arwen joked, changing the subject, "what are you talking about? Withdrawals from what?" He looked at her with confusion written all over his face, "the ladies." Max joined in, making Steve scoff, "what? Have you given up on being a 'lady magnet'?" Dustin laughed along with everyone else, "can you just stop talking about this!" Steve snapped, taking everyone aback, "whoa." Lucas said, "just stop talking about girls."
"You, Steve Harrington, don't want to talk about girls?" Max questioned but got no reply.

"Oh shit." Nancy said as they got to where Eddie was staying. Members of the public were gathered around the lake as police were trying to redirect them.

"Come on, this way." Nancy walked behind a news van and they all watched the cops give an interview to them, "the Roane county line received a call, a little after midnight, reporting a homicide out here on the lake. Officer Callahan here and myself arrived first on the scene, we made our way to the shore of lovers lake about ten yards from that house you see behind me. It was there that we found the victim, an 18-year-old senior from Hawkins high, Patrick McKinney. His limbs, his body, it was disfigured. We have also identified a person of interest, Eddie Munson." The cop held up a picture of him causing the group to widen their eyes, "oh man. This is not good, this is really not good." Steve let out.

"Dustin. Can you hear me? Wheeler? Arwen?" Dustin's walkie talkie suddenly sounded off loudly, he quickly grabbed it from his bag, "Eddie, holy shit. Are you okay?"
"Nah, man. Pretty...pretty goddamn far from okay." He replied, "where are you?" Arwen asked, "Skull Rock. Do you know it?"
"Uh, yeah. That's near Cornwallis and-" Dustin got cut off by Steve who grabbed the walkie, "Garret, yeah. I- I know where that is." They all rushed off, "hold tight. We're coming, we're coming." Dustin reassured him.