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chapter xliii. it must be really big
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"Dude, I'm telling you, you're taking us the wrong way." Steve shook his head dismissively as they travelled through the woods trying to find Skull Rock.
Isabella let out a low groan, already feeling a headache start to form from Dustin and Steve's incessant bickering back and forth. The rest of the group hang behind on purpose, trying to drown it out whilst Harrington insists they're going the wrong way. Isabella and Max hold hands, walking through the woods, enjoying the new scenery and trying not to trip over roots or something like that.
"It's north. I'm positive. I checked the map." Dustin tells him, holding his map in one hand and a compass in the other.
"You do realise Skull Rock, it's a super popular make-out spot?" Steve arches a brow.
"Yeah, so?"
Harrington is clearly pissed, "Yeah, well, it wasn't popular until I made it popular. Alright? I practically invented it. We're heading in the wrong direction." Belly rolled her eyes, she remembered back to the time they'd walked along the train-tracks back when they were trying to find Dart, Dustin's Demodog, leaving meat in their trail whilst talking about Dustin's crush on Max.
And now, Isabella is with Max, and Dustin has Suzie, so look how that's turned out. She just shook her head, sighing out in annoyance.
Steve tried to break off, "Steve." Dustin called him, "Where are you going? Steve!"
"Stop whining! Let's go. Trust me." He yelled, glaring at the younger boy over his shoulder.
Belly just sighed as Max looked down at Steve's fluorescent yellow shirt moving through the woods, "Okay, so apparently we're going this way now? I swear to God, if they get us lost..." She trailed off, looking back at Lucas who looks down, slowly following them. Isabella glanced at her brother, feeling her heart break for him. "Hey. You okay?"
Lucas looked up at the sound of Max's gentle tone, "Uh, yeah." He hums, "I'm fine. Just... thinking about Patrick. You know?" He joins them, standing on the other side of Belly, "I mean, it's... it's like, why him? But then, I remember this one day, he... he came to practise with a black eye. He said he fell, but clearly he was lying." Isabella looked at her feet, feeling her heart drop into her stomach, "It's like everyone Vecna targets has something in their life. Something that's--"
