Love me •|Billy Hargrove|•

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I lean my head back trying my hardest to stay conscious.

After awhile I hear the footsteps. I feel his arm throw me over his shoulder again. I accept it.

When we stop moving, he sets me down on the ground. I open my eyes a little. He's looking straight into them.

He gets down my ear and whispers, "Don't be afraid." A chill shoots up my spine. "It'll be over soon."

His hand comes up and touches my face. "Just try and stay very still."

He looks to the side, pushing off the ground with his black veiny arms. I look where he's looking.

The monster is back.

The Mind Flayer is back.

I look the other way and see El beside me. She gasps and sits up. I do too. I scoot myself backwards.

"Billy!" I scream.

Suddenly, a firework goes off. The monster screeches in pain.

"Flay this, you ugly piece of shit!" I hear Lucas scream. Then a firework goes into the thing's mouth.

I hear Steve and Jonathon and the others yelling as fireworks crash into the thing.

Billy grunts in pain, falling to the ground.

I climb over him shoving him on his back. I hold his throat with one hand and hold my hand over his mouth with the other. He chokes on what I'm trying to pull from him, but then he shoves me away from him. He grabs me by my ankle and drags me to the monster as I scream and thrash.

Then he flips me on my back roughly. He wraps his hands around my neck, slamming me back into the concrete. I whimper and claw at him. My nails dig into his beautiful face leaving ugly marks.

Then there's another whimper but it comes from him. He looks around like he might pass out from the pain he feels.

"Your happy family!" I blurt out.

His blue eyes look down at me. He looks sick like he's in unfathomable pain.

"You said you wanted to be in a happy family. Billy, we are your family. Me and Dustin and even Steve. The kids and Robin. We all love you. You are our family," I say, trying to remind him of the night in the cabin.

He looks at me through his thick, dark eyelashes. I can see the fight he's having on the inside.

"You don't want to be like your dad. Billy, you are hurting your family. You're hurting me. I need you to come back to me, to us. Help us. Help your family," I plead. I stare into his beautiful blue eyes. Tears fall from my eyes as I plead with him.

I feel like I almost have him.

"Remember the winter dance? Our dark red outfits. You let me help Dustin so easily. You didn't even argue when I left you by yourself at the punch bowl because you knew what was best for your family. I had to save him just like you need to save us," I tell him.

Something changes in his demeanor. He closes his eyes, remembering. I reach up and touch his face softly. "You're happy with us and we love you." I take a deep shaky breath. "I love you."

He leans into my touch, closing his eyes again. Tears fall onto my cheeks from his ocean blue eyes.

I push him on his back, climbing onto him. I hold my hand over his mouth. I struggle and rip another piece of the Mind Flayer out of him. I throw it across the room, slumping over. I roll off of him, catching my breath. Eleven is standing pushing at the monster with her powers.