HAWKINS BLEEDING , will byers

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HAWKINS BLEEDING! CHAPTER TWELVE:
THE NEW TOP SCORE

Stephenie ran through the house picking up any lose change she could find, in between couch cushions and on the counters. she completely forgot about her plans to join the boys at the arcade tonight until Will called her on her walkie— that Steve had gotten her for that past Christmas. Stephenie closed the drawer of her side table and turned on her heels to see Steve standing at the door with a small plastic zip bag full of quarters.

"oh my god—Your the best" Stephenie exclaimed, hugging her older brother who chuckled slightly

"alright let's go, you don't want to be late" Steve patted her shoulder and grabbed his keys off a hook before following Stephanie out to the car.

Steve pulled up to the arcade in record time, and Stephanie could see three of the four boys waiting out front.

"Okay, so I'll pick you up in like an hour?" Steve asked and Stephanie nodded, before getting out of the car

"Cya Steve" Stephenie said

"Have fun" Steve drove off and Stephenie made her way to the three boys

"Hey guys" Stephenie waved them. It was less of a punishment hanging out with them.

"Hey Steph" Mike said, doing there special handshake they made up (you can choose what it is🙂)

as Stephenie was greeting them, Wills mom pulled up. After about two minutes of Joyce talking— about what Stephanie assumed to be just her being over protective, he got out of the car Stephenie waved to Joyce with a smile she returned.

"Hey Will" she said as they were heading inside

"Hey Steph" Will smiled at her

"Please, do me a favor and get a room" Lucas said, they both blushed before Stephenie gave a quick but hard punch to Lucas shoulder.

"Ow!" He whined and Stephanie rolled her eyes at him

"To slay the dragon, use the magic sword"
"Oh, Jesus!" Dustin said "I'm in unchartered territory here, guys."

They watched as Dustin played Dragons Lair, trying to beat Lucas's high score. Stephenie stood next to Mike and Will.

"Down! Down! Down! I'm going! I'm going!
I'm going! I'm going! I'm going!" Dustin repeated as he managed to get a sword,
and the rest of them clamored

"Okay. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up! No. No. No!" Dustin exclaimed as his character was killed by the dragon's fire.

"No! No! No! I hate this overpriced bullshit!" Dustin complained "Son of a bitch! Piece of shit!" He said as they stepped away from the game slightly

"You're not nimble enough. But you'll get there one day." Lucas encouraged Dustin, "But until then, Princess Daphne is still mine." He boasted

"Whatever. I'm still tops on Centipede and Dig Dug."

"You sure about that?" Keith, the worker asked from behind them 

"Sure about what?" Dustin asked, and Keith game them a look. Dustin seemed to know what he meant "You're kidding me. No, no, no." Dustin said as he made his way over to Dig Dug "Move! Move!" He pushed people out of the way "No, no, no, no, no. Hey, no! No! No!" He said as he looked at the scoreboard to see someone named 'Mad Max' above his name.

"751,300 points" Stephenie read of the screen

"That's impossible." Mike said

"Who's MadMax?" Dustin asked

"Better than you" the worker, Keith stated simply while eating cheese puffs making Stephenie curl her nose up at his orange covered hands

"Common, who is it"

"If you want to know I'm going to need something in return" he said looking at Mike

"No, no, no, no your not getting a date with her" Mike shook his head rapidly

"Mike, Common just get him the date"

"I'm not prostituting my sister!" He yelled

"But it's for a good cause" Dustin said

"No it's not!"

"You couldn't get a date with Nancy even if you tried" Stephanie told Keith who gave her an offended look

"Yeah Mike, don't get him the date, you know he's going to spread his nasty ass rash to your whole family"

"Acne isn't a rash and it isn't contagious You pubescent wastoid"

"Oh im a wasteoid, she wouldn't want a date with you make what? 2.50 an hour"

"Nice perm" Keith said sarcastically

"gonna make fun of my hair?"

"Guys do u see the—" she heard Will say, but he stopped and his eyes widened. He looked towards the door and started to walk towards it. noticing nobody else did so she followed Will, but it was like he couldn't see her, like he was in a trance.

for a while Will was just starring up at the sky and Stephenie stood back slightly

"Will" she yelled a couple times. She walked forwards and put a hand on his shoulder and he finally turned around quickly

"are you ok?" She asked

"Will? Steph?" Mikes voice came from behind them near the door and they both turned "everything okay?" He asked

Stephenie looked at Will with a questioning look for a second before turning her head back to Mike who was walking towards them.

"Yeah, Uh... I just needed some air" Will answered and Stephenie nodded

"It's crowded in there" Stephenie added, having a feeling Will was not just getting air

"Come on, ur up on dig dug, let's take back that top score" Mike wrapped his arm around Will and started to walk back towards the arcade doors, while Stephenie turned to look back up at the sky in question... what was Will seeing?

After Steve picked her up they went home and ordered pizza, their mom and dad were never home anymore. Like at all, so microwaved meals or take out was all they ate— except when Nancy would come over to hangout with Steve and cook something edible for Stephenie.

"so, how was the arcade?" He asked

"Good, it's cool in there"

"okay, it's late. After your done you need to go to Bed, school tomorrow"

"Oh god, a bedtime? What's next? Your gonna cut up all my food into small peices?" Stephenie groaned

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, dead serious. I don't know if I like the new responsible Steve"

"Well, get used to it. Now seriously, go to bed" Steve nagged

"Okay Mom"