Friends Don't Lie

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Dustin Henderson x Author OC
The cover work isn't mine!
Based off Stranger Things with an OC insert so the side characters and settings were never my original.
Everything based around my OC and her background is original.

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Party Rule No. 1-
Friends. Don't. Lie.

It was a ridiculous party rule to hold so sacred outside of a campaign although I assumed I was the only player who felt that way. The boys told every disgusting detail about themselves to each other, it was almost appalling sometimes. Perks of being the only girl in the party, I guess, boys are still gross.

Some days it was hard to keep up with our number one rule, especially when all I've been doing since I moved here in the 3rd grade was lie. The boys had their party established already, albeit basic at the time, and it took months for them to even let me join in a conversation about their adventures let alone join in one itself. How could I possibly ruin years of friendship?

Except Dustin. He never once gave me a hard time about being a new player or the fact that he didn't want a girl in the party; Lucas complained about that for weeks but he was generally the only one. It helped that Dustin's driveway was practically directly across from mine. We lived three houses down from each other in a little cul-da-sac not far from the school and biked together every morning until meeting up with the others to go to school.

Friends don't lie. I've spent the last 3 years living a lie. I wasn't sure if it was to protect the party or myself anymore. Telling the truth meant admitting that I'd been hiding the truth from my friends for so long.