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chapter xxxiii. fourth of july
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Eleven sat in front of the television that played static, it echoed through the cabin and made Bella feel funny. She sat beside Max, hugging her knees to her chest, tiredly staring at her friend on the floor. They all sat around El, watching her as she took in deep breaths, calming herself whilst she searched for Billy once again. She suddenly ripped off the blindfold, gasping and panting. "What's he doing now?"
The short-haired brunette slowly looked over her shoulder, "He's in his room."
"And that's not normal, right?" Nancy asked Max, looking at her whilst El left to grab a glass of water to rehydrate herself and gather her thoughts. They're depending on her, and she has to be in the right state of mind.
"Billy staying in his room on the Fourth of July?" Max repeated, as if it was a stupid question, "No, that's not normal."
"He wants us to find him." Will explained.
Belly bit on her bottom lip, feeling how uncomfortable and scared Max is. She very slowly and nonchalantly took her bestfriends hand, curling their fingers together and rubbing her thumb over her knuckles for a sense of comfort. She felt bad for the girl, this is her brother, and whilst Lucas is an asshole, at the end of the day, Bella would kill and die for the damn boy. Same for Erica.
Nancy nodded, "Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. If we got to Billy, then the rest of the flayed know where we are." And they're not ready to take on Billy again, not really.
"It's a trap, I agree." Isabella piped up, "We'll get ambushed."
"Yeah, but we won't be surprised." Lucas argued, looking overly confident in himself, "We'll know that they're coming, and we'll kick their flayed butts." Isabella pinched the bridge of her nose at her brothers idiocy.
"You mean El will kick their butts." Max corrected.
Bella shook her head, "Yeah, and even if we were all armed and ready to fight which Lucas, you aren't, you can't even kill a spider. We aren't an army, and we certainly feel pain. We can't risk it." She looked at her brother, "Sorry, but it's too dangerous, we need to be ready. We need Hop, Joyce, Steve, Dustin, Grace, all of them that aren't here."
