The New Raven

the eighth

POV |Kylie

After a long day with Will, I fell on my bed. "Kylie, where have you been? I haven't seen you since last morning." She says outside my door.

I just mumble in response. She turns the door handle and walks in. I swear I locked my door.

"Kylie. Where have you been?" She repeats herself. Only in a much more sterner way.
"Kylie!" I shot up at faced her. I didn't like her voice this way and was also kind of scared.

"Mom, yesterday I was at a friend's place and by the time I came home you were asleep." I say. She raised her eyebrow at me and asks, "Which friend might this be?"

"Will. He's from my school." I say. "Hmm..okay. But Kylie, remember." She says. "Yes Mama."

She nods at me and walks over to the sofa with her black curls bouncing over her head as she walks.

I just huff in response. I wish I could tell Jane about Will. I am going to meet her on Monday anyways or, what if I sneak out now?

Mom is already starting to drink her first beer and in some time she is going to pass out. I don't really like her this way, but it what keeps her stable and I'm not going to intervene in her matters.

I get into my room and slowly sneak out the window. I ride my bike through Mirkwood and can feel the eerie surroundings at the back of my neck.

Suddenly my bike light starts flickering and they turn normal again. Probably got to get that fixed.

I pedal over to Jane's house and leave my bike in the bushes. I go over to her room and knock on the window.

She comes over to me looking shocked.

"Jane. Open!" I say. I'm sure she can't hear me. She looks over her shoulder and slowly opes the window.

"Kylie, what are you doing here?"she asks.

"Hello to you too!" I say in a sarcastic voice. I climb over the window and sit on her bed.

"Give me a second." She says and gets out of her room.

I can mumbling from the living room and finally she comes in and closes her bedroom door. "What did you tell Hopper?" I ask.

"I told him that I was feeling sleepy and would like to go to bed." She said.

"So, this morning I and Will went to get some breakfast. It was sort of like a half date," I was going to continue but was interrupted by Jane, "What's a date?"

"Oh, a date is an event kinda thing. Where you take out the one you really like for food or games or anything. Basically you have a good time together." I say.

I tell her the entire story and she just squeals. She hugs me tight and says how happy she is. I pull away and ask with a smirk on my lips, "So, Mike huh?"

She explains the entire story of them and how they were neighbors.

After that, we were getting bored and Jane showed me how she could connect with anyone, anywhere which might I add was pretty rad! We spoke to Mike that way. Actually, she did. I couldn't speak. I just heard. They were so cute.

POV | Eleven

Kylie was talking about where she lived earlier and how she misses her friends. We kept talking about eachother and suddenly the conversation got kind of deep.

"So, do you regret having powers?" She asks me. I didn't know how to answer. I definitely never wanted the powers. I want to be a normal girl. Not a weird one. And if I didn't have any powers, there would be no Demogorgon. She smiles and pulls me into a hug. What?

I just stare at her. "Jane, you are not weird. You are really cool. And you know what? I couldn't have asked for a better best friend. You are the best." She says. I'm shocked.

"How did you know what I was thinking?" I ask. She takes a long breath and leaves it. "So, remember Jane how you told me about your power? How it was your secret? Well, here is my secret. I'm Ten." She says pulling up her hoodie sleeves to show me her mark that read 010.

I just stare at her.

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