mystery of love ~ byler

part 1

march 17th 1989
9:36pm

Will Byers, an innocent 17 year old boy got a little too drunk at a party his friend Max Mayfield brought him to. She regretted her decision after he drank 3 cups of the liquid the party hosts made. Max didn't even know how he got outta her sight, she promised Will that she'll keep an eye on him just in case something like this would happen. She broke his promise but Will wouldn't figure out right? Will was never the one to get drunk first, or get drunk in the first place. Max found him laying on someone's bed. No one was with him though which was good.

Max walked up to her friend and looked down at him, she smiled and shoved him off the bed so he could wake up. Will was aggressively pushed off the bed. He woke up on the floor and felt a sharp pain in his ribs. "OOwwwChhiE," he groaned and sat up slowly. When he was fully up he looked at Max with the evil eyes, she chuckled "c'mon you're too drunk to be here!," she explained but Will didn't want to leave the room, the bed was too comfy even though he wasn't laying on it. "no," he said quietly, Max heard the message but still bent down to his level and picked him up by his arms. She stood him up right and let go of him, "we'll get your favourite chocolate from the gas station.... i promise," she looked at will and raised her eyebrows, Will looked at her with wide eyes and nodded quickly, she smiled but before she could say anything else, he went running off.

She ran after him knowing that he was just running outside to the gas station since it was just around the block. She caught up with him and told him to slow down as they ending up in the little parking lot near the gas station, Will saw a couple making out while making their way to the stanky bathroom right outside of the place. "THATS NASTY, THEYRE GONNA DO THEIR BUSINESS TOGETHER!" he yelled as he stopped and pointed at the couple, he was loud enough for them to hear so they stopped what they were doing and looked directly at Will. "oh my god Will are you crazy? don't say that!" she sorta laughed while walking to stand beside Will, he was still cluelessly pointing at them.

the couple just stood there facing the little 17 year old, they looked about 17-18. The girl just stood up right and started walking towards Will. Her boyfriend just walked after her. "oh shit," Max whispered "you're dead meat."

"What the hell did you say?" she was way taller than Will, Will was only 5'2, he hasn't grown since middle school. The girl was about 5'9 and her boyfriend looked around 5'11-6'0, he liked tall girls huh. Max was only a few inches taller than Will, she was 5'5. Will was scared to death now, so was Max. He looked up at the girl then looked at her boyfriend who honestly looked as scared as the other two. "i-i think i'm gonna throw up," Max looked at Will and quickly escorted him to the nearest bush which was only a few steps away from them. She patted his back slowly. He threw up a lot and fell a bit, he couldn't feel his legs, Max quickly grabbed him "look i know you're really mad about what he said and i know you probably don't wanna help but can someone plEASE help me bring him to my car?" Max looked at both of the couple while Will wasn't having the best time.

The girl honestly looked like she felt bad for yelling at him but walked passed her boyfriend while tapping him on the chest tell him to go and help. He quickly went up to the boy and girl and bent down to now slouching Will whose balance was caught by Max.

Will looked at him and pouted a bit "your girlfriends a b word," Wills pout turned into a grin and a little chuckle, The boy looked at him, "don't tell her i told you, but i know," he smiled and chuckled, "come on! seriously you guys should start talking when his balance isn't on me, i'm gonna die watching you two having a conversation about your bitchy girlfriend NOW HELP ME," Max quietly yelled at both of them but her glare was directly at the mystery boy.

He picked will up slowly and gently, will threw his head back as the boy touched the part where he hit when Max threw him off the bed a little bit too hard. "STOP," Will yelled "stop, don't touch there," he said it a quieter but loud enough for the both of them to hear. The boy quickly let go so Wills balance was back on Max, she groaned, "where does it hurt?" she asked the shorter one, "right here," he pointed at his lower hip, The other boy got that message and once again took him from Max's arms. The taller boy picked up the other one bridal style but made sure not to touch him in the spot the smaller one pointed to.

They started walking to Max's car, they walked a bit slower so the smaller boy won't complain. While they were walking the smaller boy just kept his head in the crease of the the taller ones neck. The smaller boy looked up at who was holding him, he studied his features.

The boy had black curly hair that bounced with every step he took, he had dark brown eyes that will couldn't get over. He had freckles splattered all over his face, they were just like chocolate sprinkles. Will could only see them because of the street lights but oh how will could just stare at him forever. He was handsome, very handsome and will admired every bit of it.

After awhile staring at the boy, they made it to the car. "we're here!" Max said pointing at her red Porsche 959, she stole it from her garage since her dad went on a business trip to Canada.

Max didn't really like to say that she was rich, she was scared that people will see her in a bad way. When her father left town she'll usually go to parties with Will, but sometimes will would say no because his brother was at home and he'll get a little too over protective while wills mother didn't care as long as Max kept him safe, or he didn't want to go because he didn't feel like it. Will is the complete opposite of Max, he doesn't even know why max befriended him the in first place.

The mystery boy looked down at will who was still admiring him. "time to go," he gave will a little smile before he tried putting him in the passenger seat. As the boy helped will into the car, he noticed that he wouldn't let go of his sleeve. "what's your name?" will said quietly and stared at the boy. "um it's Mike, Mike Wheeler," he gave him a nervous chuckle, "what's yours?" he smiled slightly at the boy. "Will Byers," he gave him the biggest smile and let go of his sleeve and sat in the car. Max got in after him and turned on the car. "What was that?" she smirked at Will. "what?" Will gave her a confused look but knew exactly what she was going on about. Max rolled her eyes and looked back at the road, "don't go yet," will exclaimed, he opened the window and stuck his head out, "bye mike wheeler!" he yelled as he saw the boy walking back to where his girlfriend is. right, he has a girlfriend. Will frowned but the boy looked back and waved while giving him a slight smile, Will smiled again and put his head back in the car. "let's go now," he sighed and yawned. Max knew something was up but she didn't wanna say anything, she looked to her right and saw a sleeping Will Byers next to her. The alcohol didn't affect Will as much as before, but he knew for a fact he was gonna have the biggest migraine in the morning.