"And all the people say,"You can't wake up, this is not a dream...You're part of a machine, you are not a human being..With your face all made up, living on a screen, low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline...I think there's a fault in my code, t...
(A/N:Story dedicated to lonenoceur, who loves my ST fanfics lol..And who is an amazing person, and also designed the cover for this story)
(This is how I picture Sarah, but you can choose to imagine her as the girl from the cover, or this image UwU)
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I sat at home alone, in my room, listening to The Clash's "I Fought The Law", sighing. Mom was working late, and Johnathan had taken an extra shift, and so I waited for my little brother, Will, to come home from his ten hour campaign of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends Lucas Sinclair, Dustin Henderson, and Mike Wheeler. Why they were so absorbed with that game I didn't know, but as long as it kept Will happy, I was all for it. His friends were kind of my friends too, because everyone at school thought I was a freak. They said the same thing about my brother Johnathan, but more so about me. I took my headphones off, and got up, heading to the kitchen for a snack. I grabbed a slice of bologna and a diet soda, not seeing much else worth eating or drinking. I padded back to my room, ate the bologna, and slid my headphones on, falling asleep to The Rolling Stones...
Later that night, I opened my eyes for a second, and saw the lights glow bright for a second, then dim again. I said,"Weird", and went back to sleep. The next morning, I woke up to Mom pounding on my door. She shouted, "Sarah, get up! You'll be late for school!" I groaned, and climbed to my feet, yawning, as I heard Mom and Johnathan arguing over Johnathan working late and not waking Will up. I sighed, and to stop their fighting, walked into his room, saying,"Hey, Will, time to get up.." I frowned at the made bed, and untouched room, and called,"Hey, Mom! Will's not here!" She rushed in, and asked, "What?! Didn't he come home last night?!" Johnathan said,"I was working an extra shift. I figured we could use the extra money.." Mom told him about how she hated when he did that without asking her, when she had to work, and I said,"I never saw him, or heard him. If he did come home last night, he's not here now.." Mom said,"You know what? Maybe he spent the night at Mike's house." She called up the Wheeler house, and they said he'd left a little after eight the night before. Mom told Mrs. Wheeler that maybe Will had just left early for school, and I thought she might be right. He was always doing that..
I said,"Bye, Mom!", and climbed into Jonathan's car. We couldn't afford to get me one, so he was my ride to and from anywhere I couldn't walk or ride my bike to. We drove up to Hawkins High School, and I climbed out, ignoring the stares and whispers I was already getting. Johnathan had a gift for being invisible in a crowd, but I wasn't so lucky.. Steve Harrington and his two sidekicks, Tommy and Carol, were waiting by my locker. Tommy said,"Well, well, if it isn't Sarah Byers. Nice shirt, freak!" Steve yanked on my red and black plaid shirt, and asked,"What are you again? A boy, or a girl? Oh, that's right; You're a queer, just like your little brother." I shoved him back, and said,"Don't ever talk about Will like that again, or I swear to God, I will end you Harrington!" He said,"Ooo, I'm so scared! The freak is gonna kill me." He and his goons took off down the hall, and I knew he was going to make out with Nancy Wheeler, Mike's big sister..
