[EDITING] 𝑻𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌. - ꜱᴛᴇᴠᴇ ʜᴀʀʀɪɴɢᴛᴏɴ

Chapter 7

Chapter 7 (Tatum's POV)

"Alright, we're here." Steve says.

 I hop out of the car., "Pop the trunk, Harrington!" I shout.

We woke up this morning and got ready to go straight to the junk yard to plan out what we need to do to get Dart.

 Dustin was still in the car with Steve, "Do you actually like my sister?" Dustin whispers.

Steve shrugs

"Dustin! This is Lucas. Do you copy? Dustin? Dustin!?" A voice called out.

 Lucas Sinclair yelled at Dustin from his walkie-talkie. Lucas is one of Dustin's best friends, along with Mike Wheeler and Will Byers. 

"Well, well, well, look who it is." Dustin scoffs.

 "Sorry, man. My stupid sister turned it off." Lucas was referring to the walkie-talkie. 

"Well, when you were having sister problems, Dart grew again, he escaped, and I'm pretty sure he is a baby Demogorgon!" Dustin shouts.

 "What what?" Lucas exclaims. 

"I'll explain later. Just meet me, Tatum, and Steve, at the old junkyard. And bring your binoculars and wrist rocket." Dustin says.

 "Wait, Steve!? Steve Harrington?" Lucas shouts. I unloaded the last few things out of the trunk.

"Alright, let's go!" I say.

"Just be there, stat. Over and out!" Dustin says. Me, Tatum and Dustin grabbed the buckets of meat and headed off. 

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"Alright, so let me get this straight. You kept something you knew was probably dangerous in order to impress a girl who just met?" Steve asks Dustin.

"Alright, that is grossly oversimplifying things." Dustin replies.

 I throw some more meat on the old train tracks as I listen to their conversation. 

"I mean, why would a girl like some nasty slug anyway?" Steve asks again. 

"An inner dimensional slug? Because that's awesome...!" Dustin says. 

"Well, even if she thought it was cool, which she didn't. I just.. I don't know, I just feel like you are trying way too hard." Steve says.

"Well, not everyone can have your perfect hair, alright." Dustin says, lowering his voice. 

"It's not about the hair, man. The key with girls is just acting like you don't care." 

I stand behind them, keeping my distance by a few feet so I could secretly ease drop.

 "Even if you do?" Dustin questions. 

"Yeah, exactly, it drives them nuts." Steve says. 

"I thought you cared about me, Harrington." I shout. The two boys ignore me. Even if Steve said that he didn't care, he definitely did. I mean c'mon, he totally cares about everyone.

"Then what?" Dustin asks. 

"You just wait, till uh.." Steve looks back at me, and I pretend I'm not listening.

 "Till you feel it." Steve says. 

"Feel what?" Dustin says. Steve nudges his arm. 

Honestly, I liked seeing them bond. It made me happy. 

"It's like before it's gonna storm.. you know? You can't see it, but you can feel it like this, uh.." Stevs clicks his tongue, "Electricity, you know?" 

 I would never believe I would be listening to Steve giving my little brother relationship advice. 

"Oh, you mean like in the electromagnetic field when the clouds in the atmosphere.." 

Steve cuts Dustin off, "No, no, no, no, no, like a sexual electricity.." Steve begins. 

"Oh." Dustin says, slightly surprised. 

"You feel that, and then you make your move." Steve says proudly.

 "So is that when you kiss her?" Dustin says. 

"No! Woah, woah, woah, slow down Romeo." Steve exclaims.

 "Sorry.." Dustin mumbles. 

"Sure, ok, some girls they want you to be aggressive, strong, hot n' heavy.. like, uh, I don't know, a lion. But others you gotta take it slow. You gotta be stealthy, like, uh, like a ninja." Steve says. 

"What type was my sister and Nancy?" Dustin asks. 

I raise an eyebrow in shock. 

Steve lowers his voice, "Nancy likes Jonathan, but she was a mixture, I guess, and Tatum is different. She is different from any of the other girls." Steve says quietly.

 "Yeah, she seems pretty special, I guess." Dustin whispers, slightly weirded out and uncomfortable at the thought of my love life.. 

"Yeah, she is." Steve whispers back. 

"But this girl is special too. There is just like something about her." Dustin says. 

"Woah, woah, woah, hey.. You're not falling in love with this girl, are you?" Steve says.

 "N-n-no." Dustin denies.

 "Ok, good... Don't." 

"I won't."

 Steve throws a piece of meat harshly on the floor.

"She is only gonna break your heart, and you're way too young for that shit." Steve looked back at me, and I could tell he was probably thinking about Nancy or something. 

 There was a pause for a minute, Steve whispered something about his hair to Dustin some about Fabergé Organics, damp hair, and four or maybe five puffs of some sort of spray

"You tell anyone I just old you that, and your ass is grass. You're dead, Henderson. Do you understand?" Steve whispers.

"Yep." Dustin smiles.

They continue walking, and I scoot up a little bit closer.

 "What are you guys talking about?" I ask, now right next to them. Steve glances at me but quickly looks away. 

"Nothing."