𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝙾𝚗𝚎
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𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚖
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I wish I could say it was a normal evening for the five kids crowded around the board game but I'm afraid that would be a lie. That perfectly regular night was anything but. Some may even call it horrific.
We won't get into that yet, though.
"Harrington!" Lucas's voice was static-y over the supercomm sitting on Genie's beside table. She had a comic book open on her lap but she couldn't focus on reading it with her friend screaming in her ear. Finally, she picked up the damn thing and held it a short length from her face.
"What?" Her voice raised in the slightest, letting Lucas know that she had been hearing him for the last five minutes.
"Are you coming to Mike's? Over."
"Oh shit, that was right now?" Genie shot into a sitting position, the comic flipping shut.
"Yes, you idiot, get over here! And say 'over' when you're done talking!" Lucas exclaimed.
"Yeah, Genie, hurry up!" Mike's voice was faint in the background.
"Can you grab my sweater, I think I left it at your p-" Will's voice cut out as Lucas took his finger off the button on the supercomm. Genie rolled her eyes and swung her feet off the bed.
She hurried through the house, grabbing the blue sweater hanging off the edge of the sofa on her way out. Hastily, she grabbed Steve's old jacket and shrugged it on, rushing out the front door and hopping on her bike.
Arriving at the Wheeler's house within a few minutes and parking her bike beside the boys', she knocked on the door loudly. Mrs Wheeler opened it with a smile.
"Genie! The boys said you'd be coming, they're downstairs." She opened the door wider and Genie stepped inside the house.
"Thanks, Mrs Wheeler!" The girl exclaimed, rushing down the stairs to greet the boys.
"Look who's finally here!" Lucas announced, glancing at Genie who stood breathlessly at his side.
"Shut up." She muttered, pulling the sweater from off her shoulder and tossing it at Will.
"We saved you some pizza!" Will held up the box with three pieces left in it.
"No, Will saved you some pizza." Dustin teased, laughing as he fiddled with a card. Will rolled his eyes and shoved the pizza box into Genie's arms. Genie simply laughed. She was used to the boys teasing each other like this. If they didn't, Genie would be worried.
As the boys played their game, Genie leaned back against the chair she had pulled up and bit into a slice of pizza, casually wiping the grease on the side of her black sweatpants.
She looked up, trying to interest herself in the nonsense coming from the circle of boys before her. Her gaze soon drifted over to Will who she found was already looking at her. Both blushed and their eyes darted elsewhere.
"It's not the Demogorgon." Lucas was saying, shaking his head in disbelief.
"An army of Troglodytes charges into the chamber!" Mike exclaimed, slamming a black figurine down on the board. Genie shook her head, a smile forming on her face as Lucas raised his arms in triumph.
She went back to ignoring the boys, grabbing her second slice of pizza, slamming the box shut and handing it gently to Dustin.
"Here, you can give this to Nancy." She chuckled teasingly. Dustin rolled his eyes but took the box and set it on the floor.
"Wait, did you hear that?" Mike interrupted the exchange by pounding his fists on the table. "Boom, boom, boom! That didn't come from the Troglodytes, no. That came from something else."
The room was silent and the boys unconsciously leaned forward in anticipation.
"The DEMOGORGON." Mike finished, slamming his fists on the table once more for effect. The boys all flinched back, Genie felt a hand clutch her forearm on either side. With an eye roll the girl sighed.
"You didn't see that coming?" She sounded exasperated.
"Oh we totally did." Lucas gasped, his face still looking shocked. Genie laughed and leaned her elbows on the table.
"We're in deep shit!" Dustin exclaimed.
"Will, your action." Mike glanced at the smallest of the boys who had wide eyes.
"I don't know!" Will squeaked nervously.
"Fireball him!" Lucas suggested.
"I'd have to roll a 13 or higher! It's too risky!"
"Cast a protection spell!" Dustin yelled from beside Genie who was suddenly hooked on their little game.
"Don't be a pussy! Fireball him!" Lucas snapped. Genie watched silently with anticipation.
Mike hit the table again, ceasing their arguing. "The Demogorgon is tired of your silly human bickering! It stomps towards you, BOOM!"
The table erupted into chaos, the four boys screaming at each other with Genie leaning back on her chair with a smile etched across her face. Will was looking from Dustin to Lucas and back again as the two of them shouted 'fireball!' Or 'cast protection!' Finally the boy glanced at Genie who mouthed 'fireball' with a mischievous grin. Will smiled and slammed the die down.
"Fireball!" He shouted, the die flying off the table and onto the floor.
"Oh shit." Lucas mumbled as he fell to the ground and joint the search for the die. "You gonna help?"
Genie laughed and slid off her chair, joining them as they patted the floor.
"Mike!" Mrs Wheeler called from upstairs. Mike ignored her.
Around her the boys were complaining in frustration, mainly Dustin.
"Mike!" Mrs Wheeler repeated, coming slightly down the stairs.
"Mom!" Mike began, shifting so he sat on his knees. "We're in the middle of a campaign!"
"You mean the end of one? 15 after." Mrs Wheeler tapped her watch, raising an eyebrow at Mike and walking back upstairs. Mike sighed and ran after her.
"There's no hope." Genie sighed as she moved to a cross-legged position. The boys sighed and Dustin began shrugging on his jacket.
"C'mon guys I'm sure the die will turn up." Will glanced at the other three, getting to his feet. Genie copied his actions, soon followed by Dustin and Lucas.
Will's eyes suddenly lit up and he grabbed something from the ground. "Found it! Does a seven count?"
"Did Mike see it?" Lucas asked. Will shook his head. "Then it doesn't count."
"Yo, hey guys, does anyone want this?" Dustin held up the box with the single slice of pizza left in it. Genie laughed.
"I thought you were giving it to Nance?"
"Only because I want to. Not because of anything you said." He said stubbornly, jogging up the stairs. Another laugh escaped Genie's lips as she dragged Will and Lucas along behind her up the stairs.
"I can't believe Nancy Wheeler turned out like that." Genie shook her head, slowing her pace.
"Better be careful, Gen, or you might end up like her. Dating some douchebag, no offence, and spending all day in your room." Will jokes, skipping up a step to walk beside her.
"I have an idea of who she's gonna end up dating." Lucas snickered earning a glare from Will and a confused glance from Genie. "She already does the second one. I can tell because she always forgets about the campaigns that Mike tells Nancy to tell Steve to write on the calendar." He finished, covering up for his previous statement.
"Hey! I'm here right now! And Steve doesn't write anything on the calendar." She exclaimed, shooting her friend a look.
"What are you guys taking about?" Mike came to meet them at the top of the stairs. As if on cue, Dustin came back down the stairs with the pizza box.
"You're sister. She's got a stick up her butt." Dustin complained walking with the group to the front door.
Genie swung the door open and left the house with the boys behind her.
"Yeah, it's 'cause she's been dating my douchey brother. I love him but sometimes he's a popular high school boy." Genie scowled, swinging her leg over her bike.
As the five stood there, their headlights flickered strangely. Genie payed as much attention to this as the boys did.
"Nancy's turning into such a jerk." Dustin shook his head, sitting on his bike.
"She's always been a jerk." Mike shook his head, his tone bitter. Genie laughed.
"Bye Mike." She said, riding off with the other boys behind her.
"See you!" He called back, his voice quiet as Genie rode farther away.
"G'night ladies." Lucas said turning down his driveway, Dustin shouting: "Kiss your mom goodnight for me!" teasingly.
"Night, Lucas!" Genie called, her voice quieter than Dustin's.
She biked further with the boys, listening as Dustin and Will made bets.
The cool night air bit at her skin and she shivered. Her house wasn't all that far.
As she turned off down a separate road from the boys, she called: "Night!"
"Later Harrington!"
She turned down her driveway and parked her bike beside the door. The outside light was still on so she hurried in quietly, slipping her jacket off and hanging it on a hook by the entry.
"How was the campaign?" A voice said from the stairs. It was Steve.
"It was alright."
"Cool, you should probably head to bed, Genie."
Genie would argue but she was too tired.
"Yeah, night Stevey." She yawned and patted him on the shoulder as she trudged up the stairs to her room to get changed.
Genie laid in her bed glancing occasionally at her supercomm that sat on her bedside table. She wasn't allowed to talk to her friends over the comm at night.
She was fast asleep before she could think about much more, though.
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I'm gonna spice up S1 some more for y'all so just have patience.
I'm really excited to write S2, ik I just started S1 tho lmao.
I like doing A/ns I feel like it gives y'all a chance to get to know me and I like that
Oh and anything in bold will be an a/n!
Update: I've decided to update every week so yeah :)
Update part 2: I have no update schedule, it's being published when I'm bored.
See y'all in part two <3