Alone- Jim Hopper

1) You Found me...AGAIN!

It's Saturday I'm at another party, to be exact the 3rd party this week and not saying that me not being at a party stopped me from drinking cause it didn't and to be honest I don't think anything will. I tried I did, I really did all the speeches I've had from Hopper, my Mum, hell even Jonathan but no matter what the bottle always finds it's way back to my hand, the alcohol stinging as it struggles to go down my mind slowly slipping giving up fighting it cause at the end of the day it helped, it helped me forget the bad memories and let me escape from reality. I mean after the year I've had I deserve it I mean my brother Will was literally taken, he's back now thankfully still not fully himself but he's getting there, it just feels like he's not fully telling us the truth.

I'm standing with a group of friends in the Livingroom as the party is getting more chaotic we're all drinking having fun letting loose all trying to forget, Billy the new guy at Hawkins I believe his sister is friends with Will he starts coming over towards me, completely staring me down with that flirty smirk of his, all my friends notice nudging me towards him, I huffed downing the rest of my drink and meet him before he gets too close to my friends. "Hey, uh Billy right?" He smirked licking his lips "Billy Hargrove and you are?" I was confused I thought he was Max's brother "Angel Byers, I'm sorry I don't mean to pry but your Max Mayfield's brother right?" he held his hand out for me of which I placed my own he took my hand gentle and kissed my knuckles "Well its lovely to meet you Angel and Uh yeah I'm Max's step brother... how do you know Max?"  I blushed slightly still hazed from all the drinks I've had "Well actually I've never met her but I'm pretty sure she's friends with my brother... sorry that sounded kinda weird, he's brung up a Max before" he laughed nodding at my response "What do you say if we take this some place else?" I froze dumb founded at what he actually meant, I mean I don't even know him and he wants to hook up, my eyes were looking frantically for my friends and as I looked around the house was empty it was just me, him, the music and the red and blue flashing lights... WAIT red and blue flashing lights great police I looked back at Billy, he was gone already bolting for the back door and just as I was about to make my exit a firm hand gripped my wrist.

I was abruptly pulled back into the house by none other then Chief Hopper, I smiled looking up at him slightly swaying "Hey Hop, found me again I see, Busy night?" his face stayed stern eyes set on me, searching my pupils "Still drinking I see" I sighed "I never exactly stopped" he dragged me over to the couch and forced me to sit down "Is that right!? I talked to you about this, with everything going on you need to be sober you can't exactly save Will if your not in the right mind!" he was pacing back and forth every so often looking at me annoyed "Don't bring my brother into this Hop!" he stopped and spun straight to me "Don't bring him into this? He needs you! Hell your whole family needs you, they need you sober. Joyce called me... personally told me you hadn't been home for a couple of days, told me to find you. So want to explain?" I sighed not sure what to say to get me out of this situation "There's not much to say." he shook his head, hand rubbing his jaw trying to calm down "Not much to say? how about you start with where your staying? that's if your even sleeping? Or how about ow much you've been drinking or as you've been putting it experimenting!" I jumped as he yelled "I-I was staying at a friends, as for drinking...Everyday, not sure how much but enough not to remember the previous days and no I haven't had any drugs since the last party." his eyes held pity "That's not your friend Kid, friends don't influence this behaviour. When was that last party... with the drugs?" I looked to the floor avoiding his gaze "She is my friend, she's helping me. The party was on Thursday." He sighed...again whipping his face with his hands "Helping you ruin your life yes, that she is. Thursday, Thursday as in this Thursday just gone or?" I looked up at him "Yeah" he shook his head looking towards the floor hands on his hips "Depending on what and how much you consumed it could still be in your system...This once I wont take you back to the station but I need you to promise me you will stop, cause if you don't it might be another cop standing here handcuffing you...Promise me you will stop, I-They need you to stop Kid it's scaring your mum, your brothers." I nod taking in what he's saying, he says this every time and he still lets me off the hook, I think he does this to avoid the conflict my Mum would bring to him if he locked me up "Uh Yeah-yeah I promise" he looked at me unsure "I mean it Kid" I sighed looking him in his eyes "I said, I promise." he nodded smirking slightly "Great, come on get in the cruiser... okay I gotcha." I stood stumbling slightly as he wrapped his arm around my waist steadying me, he opened the door to the cruiser and helped me in then got in the other side "Can you help me with the seat belt, I can't get it in" I whined as he just climbed in, he nodded leaning in and god he smelt so good, I never want to forget that smell, he finally plugged me in and proceeded to drive me home to Joyce who is going to be so mad at me it's already giving me a headache thinking about it uhhhuh it hurts!

Hopper's POV:

I finally arrived at Joyce's, Angel has been in and out of consciousness clearly tired which meant it was a quiet drive over thank god!  I parked up got out and made my way to Angel's door I opened it expecting her to wake up but of course she didn't, it was at this point I realised what she's wearing, a short dark red dress that clings to her body in all the right places I mean she looked absolutely gorgeous in that dress, it was damn revealing tho and slightly annoyed me that all those boys at that damn party got to see her in it. I sighed and leaned over her to unplug her seatbelt not daring to look anywhere near her chest knowing  the dress would be revealing too much, once unplugged I effortlessly  picked her up bridal style I mean she was literally a feather, I also managed to kick the door closed as I was walking a way, I knocked on the front door waiting for Joyce to answer.  The door opened and a worried Joyce and Bob Stood there "Is She-" I quickly cut her off seeing what she was getting at "God no, she's asleep, drunk but asleep and possibly still high" she stood back letting me in through the door still shocked so Bob asked a couple questions "Was she at another party? Where was she staying? Is it those 'friends' again?" I placed her on the sofa and sat down next to her sighing, Joyce and Bob joined me sitting on the opposite sofa and that's when I felt Angel curling up closer, so close her head ended up in my lap making me slightly gasp not audible for the other two to hear thank god "Yeah she was and she told me she had been staying at a friends house I'm assuming it is those 'Friends' yes... Joyce I talked to her again she promised me she will stop, she said-" she sighed eyes brimming with tears "Hopper she Promises every time and yet I see no change in fact I think its gotten worse, I-I don't know what to do to help her, I talked to her the day she disappeared and she promised me but as I can see she didn't care for the promise or for me." I sighed I couldn't give up on her not my Angel "I believe she can change, she's just got to want it, how about this you call me when she's awake we set rules-" Joyce cut in "Rules, what do you mean rules Hop she's 25 years old I can't control what she does!" I looked down at her innocent face then back at Joyce "Exactly she's 25 and still doesn't have a job! so when she wakes up you call me because to get her on the right track she is going to get a job working for me at the station, which will me no more parties and definitely no drinking or drugs" Joyce looked at Bob and they both nodded looking at Hop "Yeah, Yeah okay... this could work, but I mean by now everyone at the station knows of Angels addictions, they won't want her there" I shook my head "Actually they know nothing about her addiction cause I never check her into the station" Joyce and Bob both looked confused "What do you mean you don't check her into the station? No wonder she's not learning her lesson!" That little dig annoyed me, I mean I'm not the cause of this problem but I'm damn tying to prevent it from ruining her life "It would affect her life if I put it on her record, I was just looking out for her. I'm sorry for disrupting your night, ill see myself out. Call me when she wakes up, please" I stood from the sofa making my way to the front door taking one more look at the sleeping Angel on the sofa it was then when I finally noticed her eyes flickering trying to keep them shut, she had been faking the whole time.  

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