Basic Instinct [stranger things]

10. Matching Bruises

CHAPTER TEN
MATCHING BRUISES

Kimmy stood at Lucas' left as the two waited for the remaining three boys to exit the school building. Kimmy had a look of nerves on her face as she overthought what was to come in the next few hours. Whereas Lucas had a calm expression on his face, huffing dramatically once and a while as he checked his watch.

"You'd think they could make it out at a decent time," Lucas joked in an annoyed voice as he leaned on his bike. "This is ridiculous-"

Lucas cut himself off as he caught sight of the three boys wondering out of the school building, each with a different expression on their faces.

Mike looked annoyed to say the least. His face scrunched up in a sour expression as he looked straight ahead.

Dustin Henderson was stood next to him, in the middle of both Mike Wheeler and Aaron Harrington. Dustin had a nervous look playing on his features attempting to defuse the tension between the two.

The blond which was to his right had an identical expression to the boy on his far left. Aaron was talking rather rapidly, his hands waving as he spoke.

Kimmy tensed, knowing the conversation at hand was most likely about her.

It was rather uncomfortable when the three boys stood infront of her, a silence falling over the group. While it was awkward, Kimmy wasn't going to be the one to break it.

After what felt like hours later, Mike finally huffed and rolled his eyes. "Come on then, we can't leave El waiting too long."

The three boys nodded in agreement before climbing on their bikes and taking off after him. Kimmy froze, swallowing thickly upon realising she would have to run behind them seeing as she didn't have a bike.

Run behind them for thirty minutes as she tried and failed to keep up.

The three were already peddling away, leaving just her and Aaron, though she caught his arm just as he went to move away.

"Uh-" she began awkwardly, trying to avoid the startled look he was sending her way. "I don't have a bike, so- uh, I'll think I'll just head home. I won't be able to keep up-"

"You can take my bike." Aaron blurted, most likely without meaning too because the look on his face made it appear he was just as shocked as she was. Quickly, he attempted to correct his mistake, though it all came out in one long ramble. "Uh- I mean, you can- you know, sit on the back. If you want to."

Kimmy furrowed her brows after Aaron's nervous ramble had come to a pause. It was obvious he hadn't really thought his answer through, but Kimmy didn't really have any option but to accept, seeing as Aaron had went out of his way to get her invited.

"Alright," she mumbled unsurely, watching Aaron step off his bike but still keeping a firm hold on the handlebars. "So, I just-"

"Just put your feet there," he informed in a rushed voice, staring at his friends who were getting further and further away, pointing at the bars on his bike wheels which were sticking out slightly. "Okay, and then just sit on the seat. We've got to go."

Kimmy furrowed her brows once more, almost one hundred percent sure she looked like a complete freak.

Aaron was quick to sit in front of her, Kimmy moving back far enough so she wouldn't have to sit so close to him and settled for placing her hands tightly under the seat so she wouldn't fall.

"Not being rude or anything, Kimmy," Aaron begun, already taking off slowly. "But you're going to fall off if you hold onto the seat like that."

Kimmy let out a scoff, "no I won't-"