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Chapter 7

Will's POV

         They were coming. Demo-dogs. I had Steve's bat with nails. Steve had a gun like Nancy. And Jonathan had a normal bat. I wanted fight them. For ruining my life. The time I spent in the upside down. El saving me. The Mind Flayer putting him inside me. El saving me. My stepsister did more than that I could to save my own life. The demo-dogs came out. I held the bat and swung it hitting the demo-dog near me. Half an hour later we had killed most of the demo-dogs, the rest went back to the Upside Down, and got rid of the evidence. The party came rushing up to me because I had blood on my face and clothes. "Will!! Are you okay?!" Dustin, Mike, El, Max, and Lucas say. "I'm fine. Don't worry!" I reassured them wiping off the blood. We go to my house so I can change. Mike comes into my house with me. I grab a shirt and go to the bathroom. I change and walk out. "Will?" "Yeah?" "D-did they hurt you?" He asked clearly worried. "No Mike they didn't hurt me." I say. "I was-" I stopped myself and walked out. "Wait Will. What we're you doing?" "I'll tell you later." I say nervous. We walk back to the car to go to the skate park. Max was going to teach us how to skate. The park had normal features too. Like the swings and slide.

        We get to the park and I get out of the trunk with Mike. I sit at the benches with my sketchbook doodling the paladin. Mike looks over my shoulder without me knowing. "Watcha drawing?" He asks. "AHH!!" I say using my pencil as defense. "MIKE YOU SCARED ME!" I say punching his arm. "Owww Byers!" I continue to doodle when Max calls me up. I was second. She told me to step up on the board.  I did. I didn't fall. She told me to push with one leg and keep the other on the board. I did and surprisingly didn't fall. We continued to practice and I got pretty good.

I left and went to the swings. I swung for a while lost in thought when the party came up to me. I still didn't notice them and that's when Dustin clapped his hands in my face. I almost fell of the swings. "Okay Byers what's going on?" Lucas asked. "W-what do you mean?" "Mike can you please leave." Lucas asked. "NO THIS IS WILL WERE TALKING ABOUT. IM WORRIED AND IM STAYING PUT!" He yelled. How we was so worried made me feel happy knowing that he cared.

"Guys I'm fine don't worry!" I said. That might have struck a nerve in all of them.

"HOW DO YOU EXPECT US TO NOT WORRY!?" Max yelled making me a bit nervous. "YOU COME OUT OF STAR COURT WITH BLOOD ON YOU FACE AND SHIRT!!" Dustin added making me more nervous. "PLUS THE POOL INCIDENT!" Mike added. At that point I was just scared. The party didn't see it though. They started yelling at me because of how worried they are. Listing off reasons why and yelling more. I had gotten off the swing and started backing up. They party kept following though. My back hit a tree and the party kept yelling.  Tears started rolling down my face and that's when they realized I was nervous and a bit scared. Mike noticed the most. I slid down the tree and sat down with the party. I told them everything.

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