Girl Afraid (Dustin Henderson x reader)

Chapter 14

Y/n POV

I was with Lucas and Dustin as we were getting the shed ready to trap Will in and get some answers. We were outside getting stuff ready and it was extremely cold.

"Hey sorry about dart and stuff, I guess I just thought that he was my friend. I was wrong. I broke the rule of law, so if you want your girlfriend to take over my spot on the party, I understand" Dustin rambled on. I could hear his voice cracking and it broke my heart.

"She's not my girlfriend" Lucas said with a small laugh.

"I saw you two holding hands in the bus, Lucas" Dustin argued and I rolled my eyes.

"So, you and Y/n do all the time and you guys aren't dating" Lucas said and I felt my face heat up. "She was just sacred anyways"

"Maybe, buy I could feel it." Dustin mumbled.

"Feel what?" Lucas asked.

"The electricity." Dustin said as he grabbed newspapers and walked away. I huffed and looked at Lucas. I felt tears in my eyes.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Lucas asked as he came closer to me. I wiped away the tears that were about to fall.

"Just Dustin. I try so hard with him and I don't get why he doesn't like me back" I mumbled as I looked down at my hands.

"Hey, that's not your fault. He is stupid. Any guy is dumb to reject you Y/n" I said as he placed his hand on my shoulder.

I let out a small sigh and I couldn't help the tears from still falling. I just didn't get what I was doing wrong? Was it because I wasn't pretty enough?

Nancy has literally two boys after her and I can't seem to get one to like me back. I wiped my face from the tears that were falling as Lucas put his arms around me. I hugged him back.

"You're my best friend, Y/n, don't think any less of yourself" Lucas said into my shoulder and it only made me hug him back harder.

Now if I wasn't crying my eyes out over Dustin I would I be able to see Dustin in the background drop the newspapers in his hand and walk away.

"You okay?" I heard Mike ask. I turn away form Lucas and look up at him and wipe my eyes. I nodded my head.

"Dustin" Lucas mouthed and walked away. Before I could say anything Mike wrapped me in a hug.

"He is an idiot" Mike whispered and it only made me break down more. I know I coudknt sit here and continue to cry. I had to toughen up but hearing Dustin gush about some other girl really knocks you down.

I let go of the hug and Mike walked me back inside. I wiped my eyes and I looked away from Dustin because I didn't want him to know he was the reason for all the sudden tears.

By now we were all outside fixing up the shed by covering up the walls. I did my best to avoid being around Dustin at all cost because I didn't want to cry even more.

Hopper carried in sleeping Will and sat him down on a chair and Johnatan tied him up. It was pretty weird to see one of your best friends like this and it scared me. But I had to keep in mind that, that wasn't will.

I left and stayed inside with the others. Lucas and Max were sitting in the hallway while Steve was practinb swinging his bat. I sat down at the table and looked at the drawings when Dustin sat down next to me.

"Pretty scary right?" Dustin asked referring to Will. I nodded my head not wanting to speak. "I'm glad I'm not watching" Dustin said with a small laugh. I nodded again. "What did I do wrong?" He finally asked me. I looked up at him.

"Dustin it's nothing really just a really weird day" I said not trying to sit here and argue.

"No please tell me. One minute your my best friend and one minute you don't want to me around me" Dustin kept pushing. I didn't want to say anything because I didn't know how he would react. "Is it because of Lucas?"

"Lucas?" I asked him as if he was crazy. "What does Lucas have to do with anything?" I asked him.

"I saw you hugging him" Dustin said with a bit of an attitude.

"Yeah because I was crying over you" I spat at him. But quiet enough I made sure no one else heard.

"Why?" He asked me a little taken back. Was he this draft?

"Because I like you. Like a lot Dustin. One minute you kiss me and then the next minute your all over Max" I said as I could feel the anger boiling up inside me.

"I don't like Max" Dustin said a little taken back. "I only talked to her because I thought you didn't like me" Dustin said. I looked up at him not knowing if he was telling the truth or not.

"Oh my god just kiss already" I heard someone say. U turned around and Lucas, Max and Steve were all watching. I flipped them all off.

"No, it's obvious you both like each other" Max said with a smile as she watched us.

"See" Steve said with a wink.

"What is Steve talking about?" I asked as I looked at Dustin.

"Okay this is gonna sound fucked up, but Steve said the only way to get you to like me is if I acted like I liked another girl" Dustin mumbled. I looked at Steve like he was crazy.

"What? It worked" Steve said as she shrugged his shoulder.

"Are you stupid? That's not how you get a girl" I said to him.

"It's a dick move" Max said as she looked at him.

"Thank you" I said with a small smile that someone understood where u was coming from.

"Can you guys like go away?" Dustin asked them.

"Fine" Lucas said as they all walked down the hallway.

"Sorry. I'm really sorry Y/n" Dustin said with a small smile. I knew he was and I couldn't resist his smile. I looked up at him and smiled.

I leaned over the table and kissed him. I felt fireworks burst off in my stomach. I couldn't help but smile and leaned away.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" Dustin asked with his big goofy smile.

"Of course"