052. i'm on the highway to hell

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CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO.
4x09: The Piggyback
















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There were a lot of things that Maxine Grace Mayfield didn't know in this world.

One of them, of course, was still how Sam even knew Max's middle name to begin with. Sam did know a lot in this world, and Max was very aware of that. From the first time she met Sam, Max knew she was different when she started spewing out about time zones and video games.

Max didn't know a lot, but she knew about Sam.

Sam Hughes was funny, and she was kind, and she was smart. She somehow had the capability to make everyone around her feel warm inside, and Max was sure it wasn't even attributed to her empathetic abilities. When Max came to Hawkins, she was lost in the dark, but all she had to do was befriend Sam to find the light.

She had currently found the light now, in the comfort of Sam's bedroom.

Max couldn't help Sam's room from being Max's favorite memory—all of the best parts of Max's life had occurred here. Their first sleepover had gone down in a different room—considering Sam had moved after the fact—but being here still meant Sam and light. All Max had to do was imagine Sam's sunshine-patterned curtains; her pastel pink, yellow, and blue patterned comforter; her glow in the dark stars stuck to her ceiling. Then suddenly she was there. She listened to "Rhiannon" coming from Sam's cassette player, as it was the same song playing when all of Max, Sam, and El had their sleepover together.

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