"Hey, you remember what I said last year, right? We're Zombie Boy and Ghost Boy. I'm not ever gonna leave you."
"Promise?"
"One hundred percent."
***
In which Alistair fights the monster that possessed his friend alongside his friends, while trying...
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Chapter Fifty-Four: The Interrogation Of Steve Harrington
(The Monster And The Superhero, Pt. 3)
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When they arrived at Ms. Kelly's house, Max didn't waste a second to get out and head to the front door—as the only one who had been having appointments with Ms. Kelly the past few months, it made sense for her to go and ask the counsellor about Chrissy. The four of them watched her stand in front of the door, waiting for Ms. Kelly to answer.
It was another minute before the door opened, then a few seconds before the counsellor let Max in. Alistair blew out a sigh of relief—he'd been worried if Ms. Kelly would refuse to have Max come in.
"Okay. She's in," Steve reported, and while they had all seen Max head inside, Steve still watched the door, Alistair doing the same.
"I'm missing collarbones, not eyes," Dustin snarked. Steve ignored him.
Silence lingered in the car for a few seconds until Dustin asked, "So, we gonna talk about.. it?"
That had Steve look away to face Dustin, confusion in his face as he questioned, "Huh? Sorry, talk about what?"
"Your temporary insanity earlier today when you basically threw yourself at Rowan?" Dustin explained as Cami and Alistair nodded—he wanted to talk about it too as well.
"Okay, first of all, that's not what happened," Steve denied, now getting what Dustin meant.
"Pretty sure that's what happened," Dustin pressed. "It was pretty public. There were a lot of witnesses."
"Al and I were two of them, and that was basically what happened," Cami concurred as she leaned forward.
"Yeah. I mean, seriously, dude," Alistair said, leaning on the driver's seat as he glared at Steve. "Also, that was my sister you were all but throwing yourself at. I nearly threw up seeing that."
"It was kinda romantic though," Cami said.
"It was gross."
"It was insane," Dustin said. "Not to mention with how you were at Nance earlier..."
"Are you now implying I still have a thing for Nance?" Steve demanded, shock and anger clear in his voice as Alistair and Cami gaped at Dustin.
To his credit, Dustin shrunk as he admitted, "Not really. But how you reacted earlier—"
"Yeah, that was because I was worried for a friend. A friend, Henderson, okay, nothing more. Nancy and I have been over for a long time, and I'm with Rowan—who you tried to get me together with," Steve snapped, eyes still burning with anger.
"Yeah, I know. Sorry," Dustin mumbled, as Cami leaned forward and flicked him in the arm, muttering, "El los idiota."
"That was a stupid thing to say, Dustin. You're lucky I'm not punching you right now," Alistair muttered venomously, Dustin sending a sheepish look to Alistair.
