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xɪɪɪ. ʙʟᴏᴏᴅʏ ʙᴀɢs ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴɢʀʏ ꜰᴀ-

"Uh.. Can I at least take a shower first?" Lucas asked.

•••

THUNDER RUMBLED ABOVE THE girls as they walked towards Max's house. El had convinced them that they had to go.

"It'd gonna start pouring soon." Max complained. "We should be at the mall or, like, watching a movie or something." Viola sighed fidgeting with the t-shirt Max had lended her. "Or we could play in the rain." She shrugged.

"You guys don't believe me?" El asked looking over at the two. "I believe you saw some super weird stuff, totally, but you said Mike has sensed you in there before, right?" Max asked. Eleven nodded in response. "So maybe it was just like that. Maybe Billy just... sensed you somehow." The red-head theorized.

"But the screams." Eleven muttered. Viola held back laugh. "Yeah, I know, but here's the thing." Max began to explain, thinking about what words she was about to say. "When Billy is alone with a girl, they make, like, really crazy noises." Eleven furrowed her eyebrows. "They scream?" She asked, Viola let out a low chuckle. "Yeah, but, like... happy screams." Max tried to keep her life PG. "Happy screams? What is happy screams?" Eleven's curiosity was getting the best of her.

"It's like... I'm just gonna lend you my mom's Cosmo." Max decided. Eleven nodded, turning towards Max's house. "His cars not here." Max pointed out. Viola nervously tugged on the shirt, it wasn't something she was used to, it was tighter. Maybe that's why she was panicking. Or maybe it was this whole situation.

Or maybe it was the voice in the back of her head telling her something bad was going to happen.

"You really wanna do this?" Max asked, turning to El. Eleven nodded.

Max unlocked her door, walking into the house and making a bee-line straight for Billy's room. "Why do I feel like we are gonna find all kinds of wrong in here?" Max whispered as the door creaked open. "'Cause it's Billy." Viola muttered, still lightly tugging on the shirt she wore.

Music blasted from Billy's stereo. The room reeked of cigarette smoke and BO. Max walked in to the room, opening Billy's drawer seeing a bunch of dirty magazines. "Ugh, gag me with a spoon." She slammed the drawer shut again.

Eleven wandered out of the room and towards the bathroom, turning on the light as she walked in. "Max? Vee?" Eleven called making them both walk over.

In the tub were empty bags labeled "Ice" in all capitals. Max bent down grabbing one of the bags. "Ice. It's just ice." She said, dropping the bag back into the water. "Probably for his muscles or something. He works out like a maniac."

Eleven's eyes then averted to the bathroom cabinets that were under the sink, a bit off blood staining the white wood.

Viola's eyes widened as she looked at the red liquid. Eleven reached down and opened the cabinet, pulling out a trash can. Viola walked up behind her, looking into the bin. She expected to see some kind of disgusting used condom or something but instead she saw something that freaked her out more.

"What is it?" Max asked. El slowly removed the item from the bin. It was a red lifeguard fanny pack. Eleven passed Viola the bin. Viola looking inside it to see if anything else was in there. There was.

The brunette pulled out a life guard whistle. It was yellow and stained with blood. She turned towards Max, showing her the item. Her shirt felt like it got tighter as she looked at the whistle. "Can I go borrow one of your shirts, Max? This one's a little too tight. I kinda feel like I'm suffocating." She said in a rushed tone, placing the bin down.