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chapter twelve

oml this has not been updated in a while lol

the room was still and silent. everyone was still trying to understand what had just happened. it went by so quick and everybody looked around at eachother for the answer non of the them knew.

as time went by, all eyes were landed on the red head who sat on the couch rubbing her arm in distress. everyone feared to mention anything, so they wouldn't trigger the girl. mike still had his hands right beside max wanting to be her support system, but she seemed to be in her own world.

"max why didn't you tell us before," lucas said suddenly, "i don't know, i guess it was just, ugh i didn't even think that much about it until this month, you know,  i guess i thought they were bad dreams," "max you said they were happening every night," steve interrupted, "it's been mixed up, it started as every night, but then slowed to every week, which shortened to every few days, which went to every other day, and then with this last month it's been every night again, but now..." "it's more than just nightmares," mike interrupted.

max shook her head in disbelief, "i've had almost five whole nights worth of dreams in the past twenty-four hours, it's never gotten this bad," she sighed in frustration, "and now i'm not really learning, cause i feel like i might of known for while, but accepting the fact that this is something way bigger than bad dream, it's just...it terrifies me,"

"hey your not alone in this," mike said, "if this turns into what happened to me, we are going to give you the same amount of assistance and support that you all gave to me," will added on, "we can get through this," lucas assured her. "well what are we supposed to do now," max said impatiently looking out the window.

"the best thing we can do is keep you distracted and wait for any more information we can get our hands on," nancy said crossing her arms. "let's play a board game then," dustin suggested  making his way to the bookshelf, "candy land," he sang waving the game around, "candy land is absolute shit," lucas said shaking his head," "you know what lucas-"

"what happens if i'm a spy," max interrupted, "what happens if it's using me like it used will, and then a gate opens and it releases something," the room went silent, "that could be a possibility,"steve said, "not helping dude," dustin said shaking his head, "no he's right," max said, "we have to be ready for anything," "but what do we even do in a situation like that," mike said, "it seems like the best thing we can do right now is just be aware of the possibilities," will answered, "it's not a lot but-"

"you have me," a new voice cut in. all eyes turned to eleven who was standing in the corner of the room. everyone became silent. "has she been here the whole time," steve whispered to the red haired girl who then tried to stifle her laugh in her shirt.

eleven shot max a dirty look but continued, "i can fight whatever off but that's only if you can keep her intact," eleven said eyeing max. max furrowed her eyebrows and held her chest dramatically, "i feel attacked," she announced jokingly, "guys we don't have time to argue we have to just try and forget about this until we get contacted and know how to actually handle the situation ok?" nancy said to the group, "ok," everybody responded sounding slightly unsure of themselves "ok... go find something to play with,"

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the group had gotten up and dispersed around the house to do various things but max and mike sat quiet on the couch. she found her hands in mikes and felt calm and relaxed. she hated the fact that she liked it, but didn't make any effort to push him away. she knew it was wrong for so many reasons, but she felt as if the main one was the fact that eleven... mikes girlfriend, was eyeing them from the corner of the room.