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Holly, Jolly - 2

"I'm your brother

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"I'm your brother. You can open up to me."


Y/N POV:

We entered the woods, and soon we started walking. Mike and Eleven took the lead, Arlo and I followed closely behind, while Lucas and Dustin trailed farther back.

"Y/n," Arlo said, getting my attention. "Do you really trust that girl?" He nodded towards Eleven, who was chatting with Mike up ahead.

I turned to look at her. I considered it for a moment. "I trust her," I replied.

Arlo raised an eyebrow. "Why? You just met her."

"I don't have a concrete reason," I admitted with a shrug. "It's more of a gut feeling. She seems genuine to me, and there's something about her... a vulnerability, I think. I can't fully explain it."

Arlo looked skeptical. "Well, I don't trust her yet," he stated bluntly. That wasn't surprising; Arlo rarely warmed up to new people so quickly. He had always been cautious and mistrustful of strangers.

"You don't trust her?" I asked.

"No, I don't," he affirmed. "But you know who I do trust?"

I turned to look at him questioningly.

"You," Arlo said, meeting my gaze. "I trust you."

I couldn't help but smile at that. "Well, I appreciate that," I said. I held his gaze for a moment before looking away, suddenly feeling shy. A slight blush rose to my cheeks.

We continued along the shaded path, leaves and twigs crunching under our shoes.

As we kept walking, Eleven suddenly stopped and said, "Here."

"Yeah, this is where Will lives," Mike said, looking confused.

"Hiding..." Eleven added.

"No, no, this is where he lives. He's missing from here, understand?" Mike replied. Arlo and I stood next to Mike as I bit my lip in frustration because it is Will's house. Dustin and Lucas stood next to us, throwing their bikes down.

"What are we doing here?" Arlo asked.

"She said he's hiding here," Mike replied.

"Um, no," Lucas said, showing his anger.

"I swear if we walked out all this way for nothing-" Dustin started, but Lucas interrupted him.

"That's exactly what we did! I told you she didn't know what the hell she was talking about!" Lucas yelled.

"El," I called her as she turned to me. "Why did you bring us here?" She tried to say something, but Lucas interfered.

"Y/n, Mike, don't waste your time with her," Lucas said.

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