✔︎ | 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, noah schnapp

xxi.

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗬-𝗢𝗡𝗘

𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗜𝗠 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗔𝗛.

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ANOTHER day at set! "joey! get your ass over here!" i scream. "chandler! shut your mouth!" sadie yells in return. i give up and walk over to noah, who is on his phone. "whatcha doing?" i say. he looks up from his phone, "playing a game". "okay, what game?" i ask him. "subway surfers ruby. also, my high score is definitely higher than yours." noah tells me. "excuse me? i dont think so. whats your high score? mines 2.3 million." i fire back. "its 1 million" he mumbles. "sorry?" "its one million." he doesnt mumble that time. before i can respond, we get called to start filming.

"jess?" "what, will?" "is eleven there?" will called my phone in the middle of the night. "no". "okay, where is she?" "how the hell am i supposed to know?" "uh" "have you asked joyce? or maybe jonathan?" "no, i just figured she was with you." "okay. is that all?" "yep." "bye." i hang up the phone and stare at it. "who was that?" my brother asks. "oh no one tom." i tell him, while helping him back into his room. transition into wills house. "mom?" he says while opening the door. "yeah?" she responds. "why are you up?" he asks. "well eleven isnt home. do you know where she is?" "no, i just called jess, and she doesnt know where el is either." "oh. so you and jess?" "mom." "fine. you just havent really made new friends since weve been here." "seems like it." will turns and walks out the door. he doesnt know where hes going, but he doesnt really care. "so what i havent made new friends? it doesnt matter. i have el, sometimes." hes walking down the road, heading to downtown. "oh its you." will spins around to find jess. "what are you doing here?" he asks her. "looking for ven." "oh. uh me too." he quickly responds. "okay" will and i are awkwardly staring at each other. i clear my throat, "im just gonna head back, and look more in the morning." "ill do the same." he responds and starts walking back to his house. were both walking in the same direction, our houses are very close to each other. "so do you like it here?" i suddenly ask. "not really." he says. without thinking i grab his hand and stop walking. "its okay to miss your friends, but youre here now. not in hawkins. you arent going back." he doesnt respond. will is just staring at my hand in his. i follow his gaze and realize what i did. my hand drops from his and i continue walking. he doesnt though. its like hes frozen. "will?" i shout over my shoulder. "w-what?" he asks, snapping out of his state. "you coming?" "uh yeah." with my head still forward i continue walking. after a few moments, footsteps follow me.

filming is over for the day. i tell everyone good bye and leave.

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text messages

mills: hi friends
i am having a masquerade ball
in 3 weeks
starts at 7:30
my house
sadee: im there

gemma: is there a theme? orr...

mills: b&w

gemma: hell yeah im there

finn: hell yeah im there
noah: hell yeah im there
gaten: hell yeah im there
caleb: hell yeah im there

gemma: proud mom moment
right here🥰😻

gaten: 😂😂
finn: dude
gaten: what?
sadee: that emoji.
its disgusting.
noah: proper alternatives include:
😹😼🙈✨🥴🙀👏
gaten: my bad guys
sadee: you are forgiven
finn: ok
gaten: uh