ASPEN | Stranger Things

Chapter Twenty-Two | The Never-Ending Story

"You can make it up to me now," Suzie compromises. I raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

"I want to hear it," Suzie pushed further. Oh, now I want to hear it as well whatever the hell she's talking about.

"Not right now." Dustin declined. Oh, it must be really embarrassing if he doesn't want us to hear it. I smirked a little.

"Yes, now, Dusty-bun," Suzie demanded.

"Suzie-poo, this is urgent." Dustin pleads.

"Yes, yes, you're saving the world, I heard you the first time," Suzie remarks. "But Ged is also saving Earthsea and he's about to confront the shadow, so this is Suzie, signing off."

"Wait, wait, wait. Okay," Dustin agreed. it went radio silent for a second. "Turn around. Look at what you see, in her face, the mirror of your dreams." Dustin was singing a god damn song.

"Make believe I'm everywhere," Suzie joins in. They both don't have terrible voices but I never knew Dustin could sing. I snicker a little. "Given in the light. Written on the pages is the answer to a Never Ending Story!"

"Ahhh, reach the stars, fly a fantasy, dream a dream, and what you see will be, rhymes that keep their secrets," my friends all looked each other, in confusion. "Unfold behind the clouds."

"And thereupon the rainbow is, the answer to a never-ending story, ahh, story, ahh," they finally finished... well, whatever the hell that was and Dustin chuckles.

"Planck's constant is 6.62607004." Suzie answeres the questions.

"You just saved the world," Dustin tells his girlfriend.

"Gosh, I miss you, Dusty-bun," Suzie tells him.

I small smile grows on my face. I have a huge disadvantage here. I can somehow finally get him to stop calling me 'redhead'. I'm gonna just keep calling him Dusty-bun until he agrees to stop calling me redhead.

"And I miss you more, Suzie-poo," Dustin cooed her. I faked a gag.

"I miss you more, multiplied by all the stars in our galaxy,"

I frowned. "What fuck is this flirting?"

"Aspen!" Robin frowned. "Language."

"Sorry dad," I rolled my eyes.

"You're grounded," Robin teases, giving me a smile.

"God! Please! I'm done with shit." I mutter, glaring at the Mind Flayer who was still chasing us.

"No, I miss you..." It was then switched off by, I'm guessing, Erica.

"It's turning around." Steve suddenly said and I looked out the back window, indeed the Mind Flayer was turning around.

"What?" Nancy asked, turning around.

"It's turning around!" Steve repeats louder.

"Maybe we wore it out," Lucas suggested.

"I don't think so," Jonathan speaks. "Hold on," he then turned us around, doing a U-turn and we started to follow the monster.

"Not meaning to be a pussy or anything," I started. "But shouldn't we be trying to get away from the Mind Flayer?"