Valerie Rivers was an enigma to the town of Hawkins, Indiana.
She wore dark clothing, had a lip piercing, and everyone always assumed that she was just part of the troublemaker gang that her brothers belonged to. However, Val was the complete opposi...
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"The week is long." Robin repeated, as she went over the full translation in her notebook. "The silver cat feeds when blue meets yellow in the west. A trip to China sounds nice if you tread lightly."
"Did you translate the rest of the message without me?" Valerie pouted, as she entered the parlor and made her way over.
"Sorry, Birthday Girl. You were taking to long to return." Robin smirked, as she instantly let the girl go behind the counter and into the backroom. "By the time you decided to come back, Evil Russians might have already infiltrated Hawkins."
"Oh, of course. Don't want that to happen. Am I right?"
Robin smiled as she observed the girl before her. She admired the girl for being brave enough to tell her, Dustin and Steve about her sexuality. She knew that it was hard for Val to tell anyone else, in fear that she would be bullied again. That meant that she must have really trusted them, which made Robin's heart swell with gratitude.
All of a sudden, there was a knock coming from the back door of the shop.
"Delivery!" A man's voice gruffly notified them.
Robin was drawn away from her thoughts as she slid off the counter and opened the door.
"Thank you." She said, as she signed her signature. As she did so, she glanced up and noticed the logo on the man's uniform. He was from a company called, 'Lynx Transportation', and their logo was none other than a silver cat. Her eyes grew wide as realization dawned on her. She then ran back into the room, completely forgetting about the package itself, and grabbed Valerie's hand.
She ignored the raven-haired girl's questions of confusion, and instead, dragged her out of the parlor and past Dustin and Steve, who had just entered the shop. Robin stood up on a bench in the center of the Starcourt's cafeteria, and pulled Valerie up with her as she examined other logos in the mall's food court.
"A trip to China sounds nice." She repeated to herself as her eyes connected with the Chinese restaurant, Imperial Panda, that was right across from her. "If you tread lightly..." She continued on, as she noticed a shoe store nearby as well called, Kaufman Shoes. She gasped at her sudden findings as Valerie caught on to what she was doing, and decided to look around the mall for herself.
"When blue meets yellow in the west." Val uttered, as she surveyed all of the stores around her. She then realized that she shouldn't be looking at the shops at all. "Robin, the clock!"
The sailor girl instantly turned around to look at it, and a smile grew on her face once she saw that the clock had a blue hour hand, and a yellow minute hand.
"Guys. What are you doing?" Steve called for them, as he and Dustin made their way over.
