❝ I could never love someone.❞
She liked him. But god forbid life happens and screws everything up. Doubting herself, doubting everyone and everything, Valentina Alma was screwed.
At least she had the brains to push some of those feelings away. Yet...
However, there was always one thing that ruled over the other, when she arrived home, she was greeted with her parents sitting on the sofa, arms crossed.
Taking off her shoes, she then looked at them wearily. "What's going on? Did someone else die?"
In a creepily manner, her mom turned her head sideways, beginning to taunt her. "Nothing happened, we were just having a conversation about something. I left some food for you in the microwave, if you want it."
Valentina let out a slow thank you, but decided against even going near the kitchen and headed straight up to her bedroom.
After closing the door, she leaned against it. "Weird."
Unfortunately for her, just downstairs, her parents started to converse about a mysterious package that had arrived for Valentina, hence their strange behavior minutes prior. Armando put it back on the coffee table before declaring, "She can never know about this. You know how she is, she'd go after this Enzo guy, if it means finding Hopper."
"I don't like this, she'll be heartbroken once she finds out that you've been hiding this from her and the other thing too, you know that," Christina replied.
"Let's make a deal, we'll tell her after she graduates," Armando persuades Christina.
"Till April?" she retorted, until she received a look in return, "Deal. Fine."
Fortunately, in the near future would Valentina see dear Jim Hopper again, but at what cost?
The following morning, Robin woke Steve up early to make him persuade Valentina to join them, again. This meant that everyone else had to also get up, where Dustin and Max hit Steve with their pillows. Within thirty minutes, everyone was in the car.
Upon arriving at the Alma residence, Steve wasn't particularly excited considering the fact he now knew that Valentina was by no means a morning person. However, when he rang the doorbell, Armando was already awake and immediately agreed to let Valentina stay with the group for the rest of the week.
Seeing as it would be a secret apology for being involved in the government and causing trouble. Not only that, but it would get Valentina out of the house and interact with more people.
Though it wasn't easy as it seemed when she walked outside the house, fifteen minutes later with messy hair and a glum expression. Pouting as she opened the passenger door.
"Good morning!" Dustin excitedly exclaimed.
"Eh," waving him off, Valentina had stayed quiet for the rest of the car ride.
Making a quick stop at Steve's house, they dropped off Valentina's things, before heading to the nearest market to pick up a few things for Eddie.
Still with the glum expression, Valentina looked at all the items on the shelves, then grabbed a box of Cheez-Its and threw it into the shopping cart.
"Don't frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile," Robin declared sarcastically.
"There's no one even here, Robin."
Steve coughed, "I'm someone! I mean not that I'm in love with you or anything, but there's someone here. Me!"
"You know what I meant Harrington. God you're such an idiot, it's not even funny, it's sad at this point," she responded as she walked away.
"That's as if she's everything about, walking away from, confrontation."
"I wonder why!"
After Steve bought everything, the crew headed to the boat house. Where they all updated Eddie on the whereabouts and the situation of the whole Chrissy Cunningham case. They immediately left after hearing the trail of sirens.
When they arrived at the scene, there had been a swarm of police cars along with paramedics by quite literally a block over from the trailer park off Kerley.
Police had essentially pinpointed that Eddie Munson had been the suspect, but had not made it publicly known. Spiking interest for the group, they headed to the crime scene, leaving the long curly haired metal head at the boat house.
Steve had gotten out of the car to see Nancy Wheeler being investigated by two police officers. The two made eye contact, whilst waving as a form of comfort.
At the time of volunteering at the station, Powell and Callahan had been nicknamed, Dumb and Dumber, with it being quite obvious as to why. Scoffing at the two, Valentina got out to walk over to them, to pull out any kind of information she was able to receive.
"Howdy, Dumb and Dumber! What do we got here? Anything I can do to help? You know how good I am at cracking these kinds of cases," she enthusiastically claimed.
The two officers crossed their arms before they started to glare. "Listen kid, I know it's been a tough year, but after what happened last time, I prefer you stay out of trouble."
"Oh come on! It wasn't my fault that Lonnie Byers is a total shithead. This town talks and it hasn't been looking good for him ever since the incident with Will. The dickwad deserved that punch. Besides I'll be more useful than Dumber here who only has half of a brain cell left and you know it," she still tried to persuade the two, more or less, Chief Powell.
"Are you going to let her talk to me like that?" Officer Callahan gestured to Valentina with his hands.
"I swear to god or even the devil at that, you two continue to act like this and I'll put both of your sorry asses in a cell. Overnight," Chief Powell complained.
"Ooh, using those two names in the same sentence, won't do you any good," Valentina pointed out.
"Goddamnit! Get your ass back in your boyfriend's car and go back home," Powell comically retorted.
Putting hands up in surrender, then walking backwards to Steve's car. "Fine, but if you find me at a crime scene, don't be surprised."
Opening the door, she yelled, "And he's not my boyfriend!"
Sitting down, she ran her hands on her face in slight embarrassment, before turning to the three in the back. Unfortunately finding them all, teasing her about the claim.
Dustin making a kissing face, Robin grinning side to side like a maniac, and Max raising her eyebrows in amusement. "Oh, save it!"
"At the trailer park? You sure you want to go back there, Nance?"
"Don't be such a baby, Steve. Just follow me."
Getting in the car, Steve pouts, "Don't say I didn't warn you."
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