𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚃𝚠𝚘
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𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚘
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TW: mention of suicide (it's for Romeo&Juliet)
Genie arrived at Dustin's house at about the same time as the rest of the party. They each parked their bikes where Dustin wouldn't be able to see through the window and snuck in the front door.
They held a banner that read 'Welcome Home' and a radio that they would play. Miraculously, the five managed to hide until Dustin entered his room.
They all stood with their backs against a wall. Genie held her party blower thing between her teeth as Max nudged El and told her it was time.
El focused, all the small robotic toys wheeling themselves out of Dustin's room and into the living room. He followed the robots out curiously.
The group snuck up behind him, Lucas in front with the banner.
"Now!" Max exclaimed and they all blew their party horns loudly. Dustin screamed and sprayed Lucas in the eyes with what Genie could recognize as Farrah Fawcett spray.
Lucas let out a shout of pain and the group flinched. Max came forward and gave Dustin a sheepish smile, "Welcome home!"
She dragged Lucas off to the kitchen sink to help him wash out his eyes while the others all took turns welcoming Dustin home.
Genie hugged him tightly, "We missed you, Dusty."
"Good. I thought you guys actually forgot about me." He frowned pushing her away and Genie and the others all chuckled.
"Oh! I wanna show you guys something!" Dustin raced off to his room and dragged out a large suitcase. "I call it the forever clock, powered by the wind. Very useful in the apocalypse."
He then pulled out a wiggling hammer and held it up proudly, introducing it as 'the slammer'. He set down the slammer and pulled out something else. A duffle bag from beside him.
"This is my masterpiece," He grinned at the contraption proudly, "I would like you to meet Cerebro."
"What is it?" Genie asked, eyeing the seemingly random pieces of metal that held the thing together.
"It's an assembled one of a kind battery-powered radio tower."
"So its a ham radio?" Will said.
"The Cadillac of ham radios. This baby carries crystal-clear connection over vast distances. I'm talking North Pole to South," He patted his device lightly, "I can talk to my girlfriend whenever I choose."
"Wait back up-" Genie gaped, blinking rapidly, "Girlfriend?"
Dustin explained his meet cute to the group as they began walking out of the house.
"So her name is Suzie?" Mike asked, still a bit incredulous about the whole thing.
"Suzie with a Z. She's from Utah," Dustin smiled softly.
"Girls go to science camp?" Will asked earning a jab in the arm from Genie's elbow.
"You're so stupid sometimes, you know that?"
"Suzie goes to science camp. She's a genius," Dustin confirmed.
"Is she cute?" Mike asked.
"Think Phoebe Cates but hotter."
Genie's eyes widened even more.
"Dude no way." She said.
"What's going on?" Max asked, following them out of the house.
"Going to talk to Dustin's girlfriend," Will explained.
"Girlfriend?" Both Max and Lucas said simultaneously.
Genie nodded, "That's what I said!"
When Dustin insisted they go up the tallest hill in Hawkins she didn't expect it to be so tiring. Apparently it was.
Genie dragged her feet in the grass, one arm stretched out in front of her, hand clutching Will's.
"Aren't we high enough?" Lucas groaned.
"I wish," Genie muttered under her breath before realizing the boy was referring to actual height.
"Cerebro works best at 100 meters," Dustin said and continued his trek up the hill.
"Y'know, I'm pretty sure people in Utah have telephones," Max said, scowling at the suitcase she was dragging up hill.
"Yeah but Suzie's Mormon," Dustin replied.
"Oh shit, she doesn't have electricity?"
"That's Amish." Max rolled her eyes at her boy friend.
"What are Mormons?" Asked Will.
"Super religious white people," Dustin explained, "They have electricity and cars and stuff but since I'm not Mormon her parents would never approve. It's all a bit Shakespearean."
"Shakespearean?" Max said.
"Yeah, like Romeo and Juliet."
"Right..."
(slight tw)
"You know they both brutally kill themselves at the end right?" Genie asked, dragging herself further up the hill.
"Yeah but y'know, star-crossed lovers-"
"We got it." Max interrupted.
"Hey, guys," Mike spoke up from the back of the group, "This is fun and all but uh..."
"I have to go home," El finished for him.
"We're almost there!" Dustin pouted, jabbing his finger towards the top of the hill.
"Sorry man, El has a curfew," Mike shrugged and started down the hill with El.
"Curfew at four? They're lying," Dustin accused.
"Yeah no shit, they just wanna go suck face," Genie faked a disgusted gag.
"It's been like this all summer," Will said, "He and El always go home together."
"It's romantic!" Max argued.
"It's gross," Will corrected.
"It's bullshit," Dustin finished, "I just got home. Well, their loss, right? Onwards and upwards, Susie awaits!"
The group continued trudging up the hill, groaning in frustration.
Genie noticed her boyfriend hesitate and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You okay, Will?"
He flinched.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine."
Genie narrowed her eyebrows, "What did I say about keeping things from me?"
"Don't?"
"Exactly."
Will sighed and touched his fingers gingerly to he back of his neck, "Just got chills, that's all."
Genie eyed him suspiciously and grabbed his hand, "Alright, let's go or Dustin's gonna kill us."
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Shorter chapter, sorry :/
It's been getting really hard and kinda boring to write these chapters so I'm gonna be in ha lot more of Genie's thoughts and perspectives than the actual show dialogue because it's so boring to copy :/
(Update: HOLY FUCK WE'RE ALMOST AT 1K VIEWS THANK YOU)
See you in part three <3