Layla and Nancy met with Tommy, Carol, and Steve in the hallway of the school before the game. Nancy was visibly uncomfortable and made an excuse to leave.
"I... uh promised my mom I would help her with something" Nancy finished making eye contact with Layla, so she too made an excuse.
"Oh yeah, I said I'd give her a ride"
The girls left for the parking lot and walked over to Layla's bike.
"So where to?" Layla asked Nancy while handing her the helmet
"Steve's. We need to check behind his house"
"Sounds good to me"
After a quick drive to Steve's they started to wonder the woods behind his house. The girls had been looking for a while with nothing strange so they started loosing hope, until Layla heard something. She turned around to see... a faceless man monster thing? She grabbed Nancy's arm and turned her around to see too. Nancy's jaw dropped, then she ran.
"Yep. Just leave your ride behind" Layla muttered to herself following Nancy back to her bike.
After getting to Layla's bike the girls headed to the Wheeler home. They immediately ran upstairs to Nancy's room and started taping Barbs picture back together. They almost couldn't believe the monster they just saw at Steve's was in the picture of Barb. They decided they needed to see Jonathan and ask him if he saw it or knew what it was. Layla wasn't happy about going to see the Byers boy given the photos he took of them, but she agreed none the less.
Another drive later the girls had made it to the funeral home where Jonathan was. Layla and mostly Nancy had talked to him about it and if he saw it or knew what it was.
"What did it look like?" Jonathan asked
"It... uh..." Nancy stuttered
"It was tall, like 8 feet tall, it almost had the same structure or build as a man, its hands and feet where claws, its skin was... grey, but it's face... it uh..." Layla started
"Didn't have a face?" Jonathan asked
"Uh... yeah" Nancy spoke
"Wait... how the hell do you know that? I though you didn't see it?" Layla asked
"My mom... I thought she was crazy"
"Maybe we all are" Layla shrugged
Everyone has gone home after the conversation to get some sleep for Wills funeral the next day. Layla had gotten up early the next morning to get ready, deciding to shower before changing. After she was done showering and changing she headed to the cemetery for Wills funeral. After the ceremony had ended her, Jonathan and Nancy sat against a fence to look at a map of where the monster has been seen. Jonathan broke into his dads car and stole his revolver after seeing the monster stayed hunting in a mile radius. All three teens decided to meet back in the forest later to hunt the monster. Layla got home and changed into a pair of jeans and a long sleeve shirt, se packed a bag with extra ammo, a jacket, a pack of cigarettes, a lighter, and her butterfly knife. She put her colt 1911 in the back waistband of her jeans and a pocket knife in her from pocket. After making sure she had everything she needed she left to meet the other in the woods.
On the walk through the woods Layla meet Nancy and they walked in a comfortable silence. The girls made it to the clearing in the woods to see Jonathan trying to shoot the cans on a tree stump.
"Aren't you supposed to hit the cans?" Asked Nancy while Layla laughed.
"Uh... no, you see the space between the cans? I'm aiming for those"
Layla had zoned out for a while realizing what she was getting herself into, hunting an unknown monster with a couple of pistols and a bat with no adults or proper training. Nope, a couple of teens with no hope to actually succeed. It was now Nancy shooting when Layla stopped herself from falling to far down the rabbit hole.
"I don't think my parents ever loved each other" Nancy said
"Must've married for some reason" Jonathan shrugged
"my mom was young, my dad was older, He had a cushy job, money, came from a good family, so they bought a house at the end of the cul de sac and started their nuclear family."
"Screw that" Layla said
"Yeah, screw that" Nancy responded before shooting and hitting the can.
"So! I guess it's settled. You Wheeler get the other gun" Layla said breaking the awkward silence
"Wait..." Jonathan started while making eye contact with Nancy
"Other?!" Nancy and Jonathan said together
"Uh yeah? You really though the chiefs daughter didn't have a gun? and that she wouldn't bring it... monster hunting? Especially after Jonathan literally broke into a car and stole one?"
Nancy and Jonathan both stayed quiet after that. A little while later everyone started walking into the woods to find and kill the monster. After a while of walking Nancy spoke up.
"You never said what I was saying"
"What?" Jonathan asked
"Yesterday. You said I was saying something when you took my picture"
"Oh, uh. My guess. I saw this girl you know? Trying to be someone else, but, for that moment... it was like she was alone, or she thought she was and she could just be herself"
"That... is... such bullshit!"
"Hey, what?"
"I am not trying to be someone else. Just because I'm dating Steve and you don't like him-" Jonathan cut Nancy off
"You know? Forget it, I just thought it was a good picture"
"He's actually a good guy. Right Layla?"
"Oh no, don't bring me into this" Layla said arms up in defense
"Okay?" Jonathan said
"Yesterday with the camera... he's not like that at all. He was just being protective"
"Yeah, that's one word for it" Jonathan Said
"Oh? And what you did was okay?!" Layla snapped
"No! I never said that"
"He has every right to be pissed off-" Jonathan interrupted Nancy saying "Ok, alright. Does that mean I have to like him?"
"N-no"
"Listen don't take it personally ok? I don't like most people, he's in the vast majority"
"you know I was actually starting to think that you were okay" Nancy said
"Nancy. Don't" Layla warned
"I was thinking Jonathan Byers, maybe he's not the pretentious creep everyone says he is"
"Nancy!" Layla said shocked
"Well I was starting to think that you were ok. I was thinking Nancy Wheeler maybe she's not just another suburban girl who thinks she's reeling by doing exactly what every other suburban girl does. Until that phase passes and marries some boring one-time jock who now works sales and lives out a perfectly boring little life at the end of the cul de sac, exactly like their parents who they though were sooo depressing. But hey, they get it"
"Jesus" Layla muttered under her breath shaking her head.
Everyone went back to walking through the woods quietly.
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Cheat The Devil- Steve Harrington x Fem OC ON HOLD UNIT END OF SEPTEMBER 2024
FanfictionSteve Harrington and childhood best friend Layla Hopper find themselves in new scary situations with adults, teens, and mostly middle schoolers. So totally screwed when facing monsters from another dimension. Obviously this has the same warnings as...
