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THE COLD AIR NIPPED AT the party's face as they sped down the road towards the Wheeler residence. Carrie's cheeks turned red from the cold weather as her legs pedaled her bike faster than the others. She didn't like the idea of leaving Eleven at the house by herself, and she had spent many classes worrying about the girl. She was pretty sure she failed the quiz because her mind was too busy worrying about the brunette.
Familiar houses came into their view as they turned the corner to the road that Mike lived on. Riding over the grassy terrain that led to the power lines where a small figure stood. The boys had hopped off of their bikes and decided to walk their bikes over the grass, and Carrie soon followed when her legs grew too exhausted to continue pedaling.
They were all panting when they had reached Eleven who was staring at a large cat that was on the other side of someone's fence. Carrie shouted her nickname loud enough to snap the girl out of the trance that she was in. The redhead grew worried when she saw the tears in Eleven's eyes.
"Are you okay?" she asked, turning her bike around so that Eleven could ride on the back of her bike. Eleven nodded her head. Carrie was skeptical of her answer but patted the bike seat. "Hop on. We only have a few hours."
Eleven slowly walked towards the bike with a worried expression but copied Dustin, Lucas, and Mike's actions of swinging one of their legs over the bike and sitting down on the seat. Carrie carefully clammored onto her bike before pushing off and following the boys.
El placed her hands on Carrie's shoulders, turning her head slightly to not only look at the passing surroundings but also to not have Carrie's long, red hair hit her in the face. El had directed the Holland girl to where she had seen Will. Carrie led the others, and they soon came to the woods where they had to get off their bikes and start walking.
Carrie, Mike, and Eleven were leading the pack with Lucas and Dustin following behind with unpleasant expressions on their faces. The three walked side-by-side as they trekked through the crunching, brown leaves and fallen branches.
Carrie, who hadn't really spent time with Mike that day, turned to him and was shocked by the new bloody mark on his chin.
"Are you actually gonna tell me what happened?" she quired, pointing her finger at the wound. When she had first seen it, he had lied and said that he fell at recess. She didn't believe him. He glanced up from his shoes to look at her with a nervous expression. "Did Troy and James do this?"
