Golden Hour - W.B + M.W

Chapter Two

This chapter has been edited. A lot.

Mike walked through the hallways, his brain filling with thoughts- so much so that he almost felt dizzy. He was only snapped out of his trance when he felt another body collide roughly into his own.

"Watch where you're going, tall ass!"

He blinked. Standing in front of him was Troy, who was, surprisingly, looking up at him. Apparently, the school bully had not grown at all since the seventh grade. He had the same face, same arrogance, just seemed much less intimidating based on his height. However, Mike was probably the opposite. He was the tallest in the party, Lucas not far behind him. Most people refused to pick on them anymore, and no one dared to call them nerds, even though they secretly didn't mind getting recognized for once.

Mike gaped at him before a smirk tugged at his lips. Troy looked more than angry as the boy who he used to bully every day started laughing at the sight of him.

"Wow, even William is taller than you!" He said, purposely getting on the other boy's nerves. It definitely worked, because next thing you know, he was aiming a punch at Mike's face.

As his fist grew closer, Michael practically caught it in his own hand and forced it down. He then proceeded to physically turn Troy's head the other way and push him lightly. Troy was fuming in fury, but stalked off as he flipped off Mike with both hands.

The bell for the end of the day rang. Mike grabbed his bag from out of his locker and swung it over his shoulders. He quickly locked the door to the small compartment and joined the large group of students, all rushing to get out of the school doors. Mike tried to listen to find his friend's voices, but no such luck occurred. He only heard the average sound of highschoolers talking animatedly, the average "Hey, are you okay?" And "get away, nerd!" ordeal that usually happened, people basically tripping over their own feet to get outside.

From across the grounds, Michael spotted Max, Dustin and Will, all waiting for the other members to join the party. He ran over to them, bag full of homework bouncing on his back. Will spotted him first, and his cheeks reddened slightly, but Mike was sure he had imagined it for once he looked away, it was gone. He stopped running and stood beside Will, now only waiting for Lucas and Eleven. However, that was soon shortened as Max pointed out Eleven from across the yard, walking towards them.

It was around five minutes later Lucas had arrived, which Max immediately started pestering him about.

"Where were you?" She asked, trying and failing not to let annoyance seep into her voice. However, she took a sharp inhale when she noticed the bruise forming on the bottom left of his face. "The hell did that to you?" She asked, concern now lacing her words. It was funny seeing how quickly the young girl's emotions changed just from the tone of her voice, though her face stayed impassive.

Lucas grinned. "Someone pissed Troy off. His is worse, you should see what I did to him." He said. Max scoffed and smacked his shoulder. Mike only bit his lip and stared down at the ground, a guilty yet amused expression on his face. Eleven somehow took notice to this as soon as he did it and raised her eyebrows at him. Sometimes they think she still has some sort of mind power, the way she is so observant of all of her surroundings, which would be very likely considering everything that took place two years ago.

"I may or may not have insulted his height." Mike said, meeting Lucas's eyes. The boy grinned wider at him. "That's great!" He said enthusiastically while Max gaped at them. Silence followed the group for a few more seconds, but before Max could start scolding him again, someone cleared their throat.

Everyone except for Mike jumped when they turned around and saw a smaller and younger version of Mike standing in front of them. "Who the hell are you?" Lucas asked, a terrified expression on his face, as the others looked in between Mike and the other boy in shock. The boy had the same eyes, same curly black hair, which was styled shorter than Mike's, and glasses.