love me - stranger things²

[011] coming and going.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

coming and going.

"OH, MAN, NOW THIS... THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!" Steve exclaimed as he, Jennifer, Robin, Erica, and Dustin walked out of the mall. 

Robin looked at the car they walked towards, her eyebrows raising slightly. "'Toddfather?'" She read out, looking at the numberplate.

"Oh, screw Todd! Steve's her daddy now." Steve commented, Jennifer immediately cringing at his words; it was clear that Erica and Robin felt the same way as they questioned him. "All right, where are we going?" He questioned, ignoring the comments coming from Robin and Erica. 

"Weathertop." Dustin said.

"Weather-what?"

"Just drive."

"Okay. Jesus!" The older boy complained before starting the car and pulling out of the mall's parking lot. The drive was, in all honesty, excruciating. Dustin and Steve kept bickering after Steve admitted to being unsure of Suzie's existence whilst music quietly played through the radio. Driving up the hill was the worst, it was bumpy the whole time considering the fact there was no actual rode for them to drive along, that and Dustin didn't tell Steve to turn until last second. 

Up on the hill, Erica, Dustin, and Robin sat next to the radio, the younger two speaking to Murray and directing him through the underground Russian bunker. Meanwhile, Steve and Jennifer paced around the field, quite frankly bored and unsure of what to do. 

Jennifer's mind was stuck on what Joyce had said to her about it being her birthday and all. She couldn't help but start feeling guilty, thinking back on how her Father would have felt after having just lost one of his daughters leaving the other one to lock him out. Her heart ached for him, but, she couldn't stop that other part of her from still believing that what she was doing was for the best; that she was protecting him. 

The girl was slightly startled by Steve's voice calling out to her and the rest of the group. "Hey guys." He said aloud. Jennifer moved to stand next to Steve, the other three right behind her; ahead of them, they saw the mall in the distance, its lights flickering, standing out in the dark and quiet town. 

Immediately, they rushed back over to the radio, Dustin speaking through it, trying to get the attention of those on the other side whilst the others listened in anxiously. A monstrous roar was heard through the device, the groups hearts plummeting to their stomachs.