Who Knew - Byler

17

Dustin, Lucas, Max and Steve arrived to the swimming pool. Dustin was still thinking about the arcade cute girl, but he was with his friends now so he was gonna have fun. They left their towels in the floor.

"Okay so, don't break the swimming pool's rules and don't kill yourselves. I'm gonna be here, having a nap," Steve said, putting his sunglasses on. Lucas and Dustin quickly took their t-shirts off, and Max started unbuttoning her pants, causing both boys to blush.

"Oh my god, guys. You've seen me in a bathing suit countless times this summer. Why do you keep on blushing?" the girl asked, rolling her eyes. So childish. "We're not blushing," Lucas replied, though it was obvious that they were.

Max finished unbuttoning her pants and took them off. She left them on the floor by her towel and brought her hands to the end of her t-shirt and started pulling it up. "Well, uh, I'm gonna go," Dustin quickly said, and left running. Lucas looked away quickly as Max finished taking her t-shirt off, revealing her tanned body.

"Stop being so childish," she muttered to Lucas, who was still looking away, and grabbed his hand. "Let's go."

Dustin was by the showers, making his curly hair wet before he went into the swimming pool when suddenly, someone scoffed by his side and he turned. His eyes widened in surprise as the cute arcade girl looked at him with pissed eyes.

"Are you gonna be in there much longer? People are waiting," she said. Dustin looked behind her and yes, there was a small queue starting to form because of how long he had been under the cold water.

"Uh, no, I'm not. Sorry for making you wait," Dustin shyly replied, as he moved to the side so that other people could use the shower. A little girl quickly took Dustin's place as he tried to fix his messy hair to the side.

"So, I saw you at the arcade the other day," Dustin said to the cute girl, and she looked at him. "Yeah. I saw you too. Apparently your friend broke some high score," she replied.

"You remember me? Well, that's a start," the boy replied, and she smiled lightly. "A start for what?" she asked. Dustin shook his head. "Oh, no, nothing. So, what's your name?" "Claire. What's yours?" "Dustin."

Just like that, the two of them started talking while Max and Lucas watched from the swimming pool, smiling. Both of them had felt bad all this time because they knew Dustin liked Max, so they were happy that he had found another girl.

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"Mike! Hello!" Jane said, without even looking at Will. Mike and Will were still holding hands, Will feeling chills down his spine every time Mike moved his thumb. "Hi, Jane," Mike replied, and the girl smiled.

"Want to come in?" she asked, moving to the side. "Sure, we'll come in," Mike said, and Jane then noticed Will's presence. Her smile dropped. What was he doing here? Will had never been in her room before.

"Hi, Jane," Will shyly muttered, as he walked in dragged by Mike. He saw Jane stare at their interlocked fingers and frown. If she felt pain only by seeing Mike holding someone else's hand, he couldn't even imagine the pain she was going to go through when Mike broke up with her completely.

Will started walking around the room in an awkward silence, Mike following him since he hadn't let go of his hand yet. "You've got a very nice room," Will said, in an attempt to break the ice.

"So, why did you come here?" Jane coldly replied. Mike was acting too close to Will. Mike breathed heavily at the question. Was he ready? He definitely was ready to be free, but he wasn't so sure he was ready to deal with the consequences. He had never seen Jane being mad at him. What was she going to do?

Mike looked at Will with panicky eyes and Will nodded in encouragement. "To talk," Mike finally replied, "about us." Jane crossed her arms. "And why is he here?" Jane asked, pointing at Will with her head.

Will felt pain in his heart. Jane was his friend. Why was she acting so coldly towards him? It's not like Mike breaking up with her is his fault... though maybe it is. "Moral support," Will replied, and Jane rolled her eyes in response.

Then, both of them stared at Mike, waiting for him to say something. The boy was so nervous. "I think we should break up," he suddenly said, squeezing Will's hand so hard the boy almost screamed. Jane uncrossed her arms slowly.

"Yeah. You already told me. We should take some time," she replied, and Mike sighed. She wasn't getting the message. "No, I mean break up... for good" Mike said, and he closed his eyes tightly.

When he didn't hear any response, he opened them again slowly. Jane's lip was trembling but not as if she were about to cry, more as if she were too mad to even talk. Will had a scared look in his face as he shifted closer to Mike.

"You said," Jane said, leaving a lot of time in between words, "we would take some time. You said you loved me. You promised so many stuff. And now this?" She closed her fists in anger.

"Jane, people often make promises they think they can fulfill but they actually can't," Will said. "One of those promises is love. There's no guarantee someone will love you forever. There's always that chance that one day they'll lose the sparkle. And it's not something you can control, it's not something you can choose. But you need to accept it."

That small speech Will gave didn't really help make Jane less mad. The anger in her eyes was quite noticeable. "Friends don't lie." Mike sighed. He would have never said that to her if he knew she'd take it so seriously.

"But, Jane, I didn't lie to you," Mike said. "I did love you. I do still love you, but not that way anymore. Like Will said, I've lost the sparkle. And I didn't choose this."

No words the boys said could make the girl any less angry. She'd been lied to. In her mind, Mike had been lying to her the whole time. And if she hated something in this world, it was lies. She hated lies with her entire soul. For her entire childhood, she'd been lied to constantly. Been forced to do things that she didn't want to. She hadn't even been told she had a mum who had been looking for her, that had fought for her. She was so tired of it. And now, the boy she loved the most in the entire planet was lying to her too?

"You lied to me," she muttered, and tilted her head down, giving the boys her Eleven look. Will gulped. She looked scary. He held Mike's hand tighter.

"No, Jane! You're getting it wrong. I didn't lie to you," Mike tried to explain, but it was really hard to explain love to her. She was basically like a baby –she'd been in the real world only for two years. How is she supposed to understand love?

"You lied to me!" she screamed, as she threw a bunch of books through the air with her mind. Mike gasped. He was afraid of what the girl could do. She screamed so loud the window broke in a million pieces.

The door opened fast and a concerned Hopper entered the room. "Shit," he muttered. Jane was standing in front of two scared teenage boys and the glasses had almost hit both of them.

"Jane." Hopper said. "Calm down." Jane glared at him and he stepped back. Even Hopper was scared of her.

Jane screamed again and threw her lamp to the wall. Hopper's eyes were widened in scare of what the girl might do. She then started throwing stuff across the room with no control until they all heard a scream and turned to Will.

A picture frame had flown all the way to Will and hit him in the head. The boy was now in the floor, eyes closed.

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unedited

i'm so sorry guys kfksjfksjf the ending is nothing important i promiseee believe in me i would never let anything bad happen to my baby :((

also a quick explanation: in this story Will ain't wearing that shitty bowl cut, he's wearing more of a noah schnapp type of hair (yes, i had to explain this. i really hate the bowl cut okay)