suburban legends ,, stranger things

chapter five

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|| i was always turning out
my empty pockets ||

THE SCHOOL BELL RUNG, and peyton wheeler gathered all her stuff together, tucking her books under her arm as she waited for her brother and their group of friends

"remember, finish chapter 12.." mr clarke told the class, most students not listening or acknowledging the man's words, "and answer 12.3 on the difference between an experiment."

peyton herself wasn't even listening to the teacher, her gaze stuck on her best friends empty seat. where was will? she needed to find out, it was driving her insane.

"pey, come here." she was pulled out of her worrisome thoughts as her brother tugged on her hand, bringing her up to the front of the classroom towards their teachers desk before mike said, "so, did it come?"

"sorry, guys. i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but..." the eager and excitement filled expressions on the kids faces all dropped, before the man surprised them with a huge smile forming under his mustache, "it came!"

with that, the group walked to the room they meet in for AV club, a club which consisted of well, just them.

"woah.." peyton smiled as they all looked at the thing before them, until she realized she actually had no idea what she was looking at, "wait, what is it?"

"the heathkit ham shack." mr clarke spoke excitedly, in awe of the device

"ham? i hate ham." she stuck her tongue out a little in disgust, making dustin laugh from beside her. the curly haired boy had always had the fattest crush on peyton wheeler, since the minute he was introduced to her, but the girl had never contained the same feelings he had for her for him, so he sort of had given up at that point, but he'd still find himself smiling at her a lot or laughing at the things shed say even when they weren't really that funny.

"ain't she a beaut?" mr clarke asked, standing back as the kids messed around with the heathkit

"i bet you can talk to new york on this thing." dustin beamed

"think bigger." the teacher told to him

"california?" lucas questioned
"bigger."

"the north pole?" peyton looked at her teacher with excited eyes, but before he could make any reply to her, mike saved him from potentially saying something terrible by asking

"australia?" the teacher sighed and nodded at mike

"oh my god, this is totally cool." peyton giggled a little, her excitement taking over her as she looked at mike putting headphones over his eyes

"when wills sees this, he's totally gonna blow his shit." lucas exclaimed excitedly, before getting reprimanded by their science teacher
"lucas!"
"sorry."

mike turned the controls, earning a slight staticky noise back before speaking into the mic in a fake australian accent, "ello, this is mike wheelah! president of hawkins middle AV club." peyton laughed as dustin grabbed the headphones off the back of michaels head, putting them on his own, speaking in his own accent, "ello, this is dustin henderson the secretary snd treasurer of hawkins middle AV club. do you eat kangaroos for breakfast?"

when peyton reached for the headphones, however, there was a slight knock on the door, and she just held them in her hands as her smile dropped, her eyes landing on chief hopper

"sorry to interrupt, but, uh, may i borrow michael, lucas, dustin, and peyton?" their principal asked, pointing to each kid individually as their name was said