"Mia, are you getting ready?" Stiles yelled though the door,
"Yeah" she nodded to herself as she pulled the black dress up. She took a look in the mirror as she sorted her hair and shoes out, making sure she looked although she was going to a real funeral. She found it ridiculous that they were still holding it after realising that he's still out there. But never the less, there was going to be a grave with a stuffed animal in it.
"Uh Mia, Jonathan's here... I thought I was taking you?"
She furrowed her eyebrows as she opened the bedroom door, walking out to see the car parked outside. "Yeah... I thought you were taking me to, but I guess not! Your still coming though yeah?" Her brother only sent her a nod as he watched her stumble out to the car.
"Hey... you do remember that Stiles is meant to bring me, right?"
"I needed to talk to you" he shrugged, driving off and parking a little down the road, as he started speaking she looked over at him, catching a glimpse of the tie hanging completely open around his neck, "my dad and mom were together last night... doing god knows what...."
"Shit what the hell?"
"Yeah, and there was just stuff everywhere... I didn't dare ask what any of it was..." He shook his head quite violently "I was trying to- to talk to my mom about the monsters... and stuff but he completely shut me out... like he always used to, you know?"
Mia gave a slight nod "are you ok?" She asked,
"I feel like shit... why is he back?" He looked up into her eyes, his where sparkling due to the thick layer of tears that where threatening to spill.
She sighed and pulled him over the centre console, making him wrap his arms all the way around her and burry his face into her neck, letting out soft cries. "Hey it ok, it ok... he'll be gone soon, and we'll get will back"
Jonathan sniffed quickly as he pulled his head from her neck, his eyes locking onto her lips before smashing his against hers.
They quickly turned that one kiss into a make out, as Jonathan was pulled Mia over onto his lap, her dress rode up over her ass as she sat on him, still engrossed in the kiss. His hands where going up and down, over her ass with each movement.
Soon enough they broke apart and instantly he went to her neck, and started kissing,
"Jon..." she whispered lowly trying not to let whimpers escape,
"Mhm..." he mumbled,
"You're not thinking straight" she shook her head,
"I'm thinking pretty straight..."
"No, no, your upset, please don't do this because your emotions are everywhere ok?" She moved her hands to his hair, playing with it as he slowly lifted his head, his hands travelled up her body and stopped on her back, pulling her closer to him,
"I wouldn't of done that without reason Mia... haven't you realised?. I-I've been trying to drop hints you know?..."
"What hints?" She chuckled, her hands slipping to his shoulders, straightening out his top, they were both comfortable, sat there.
"The amount I've been holding you... how much more awkward I've been... that kiss the other night—"
"Well the kiss was obvious" she shook her head "but you've always been decently touchy with me... you might of been clingier this week... but I just assumed it was because we haven't seen each other in a year... and all this shit with Will and what ever the fuck that monster is..."
He shook his head, finally helping her move back over to her seat,
"I like you Mia. I've always liked you. Shit I've liked you since god knows when... you know?" he shrugged,
"Jonathan..."
"You don't have to say anything, just pretend this never happened if you want. I don't care. I needed you to know though,"
"Jonathan. I uh- I mean... I-"
"Its ok if you don't feel the same way, Lik-like I said I just wanted you to know" He let out a low, awkward chuckle as he turned away from her, "we should probably get to this funeral..."
Mia nodded when he started to drive, making his way quite quickly to the cemetery.
"Jon," she went for his hand as they neared the crowd, he stopped and looked at her, his eyes travelling her body before he quickly bent down and pulled her dress slightly, making sure it was definitely covering her after their little fad in the car. she blushed as he came back up, her hands which she'd held out were now placed gently on his shoulders. "Are you going for the scruffy after party look?" she asked, pulling at the tie,
"No... I uh, I couldn't do it" he looked down,
"You should of said..." and just like that her hands were moving all different directions as she tied it into a perfect tie. "There... you look good" she smiled.
Jonathan held his arms out before stuffing his hands into his pockets "you do too, well- no you look beautiful actually..." he blushed,
"Thank you," Mia snaked her arm around his as the two of them finally joined the crowd, splitting up to go stand with their own families.
As the priest started Stiles laid his hand on his sisters shoulder in a comforting way, he was none the wiser that Will was still out there, and what ever was in that coffin was not him. He genuinely thought that Mia was distraught, he thought everyone was distraught.
Once all the talking and prayers were over the cemetery emptied, everyone who passed threw a rose down onto the grave and stopped to speak to the mourning family, Mia patted Jonathan's arm with a sad face as she walked by, but of course, he grabbed her wrist as she was almost away.
"I need to talk, again," he cleared is throat, his eyes flickering from her to her brother,
"O-oh... ok..." she slowly nodded and turned to stiles "you go... I'm sure Jon will bring me home right?"
"Yeah, of course" Jonathan nodded,
"Yeah fine what ever." Stiles sighed, walking away from the two,
"What's up? Something else happen?" She asked, pulling one of his hands into hers,
"Nancy and I, we've figured something out" he cleared his throat dragging her to the bench Nancy was sat at alone. It wasn't big enough for to three of them, "uhhhh" Jonathan looked around before looking up at Mia, his eyes travelled down her as he sat next to Nancy, grabbing Mia's waist and pulling her down to sit on his lap in one bold move, both of them shining bright red. Normally Mia would of jumped up and smacked his chest, laughing it off, but after what he said, she felt different about it...
"Something going on... between the two of you?" Nancy asked clearing her throat as she slowly looked at them.
"I uh, I- um... n-no? I guess we're... uh- no we are just friends, there was no room for her... you know?" Jonathan stammered, his hand discreetly snaking around her back as he did,
"Just friends" She smiled, kicking her foot up to hit the paper in Nancy's hands "what's what?"
"Oh right ok, so it's a map..." she shoved it closer towards the two, as they looked they saw the red x's around some places,
"This is where we know it's been, right?" Jonathan asked, the two girls nodded
"So that's," Mia pointed towards an x "Steve's house"
"And that's the woods where we found wills bike and that's my house," he pointed to the other two x's
"It's all so close" Nancy sighed,
"Yeah exactly, I mean it's all within a mile or something."
"What even this thing is, it's... its not travelling far is it..." Mia looked from Nancy to Jonathan, he had some look on his face, "you want to go out there?"
"We might not find anything"
"I found something" Nancy nodded "and if we do... see it, then what?"
They all sighed as they thought, "then we kill it" Jonathan said fast. He stood up, helping Mia to her feet as he raced over to the parked cars on the other side of the graveyard, the two girls stopping when he opened the door of a familiar car,
"What are you doing?" Nancy scolded him,
"Just give me a second," he groaned using a pocket knife to open the glove box, he got it open and pulled out a gun and two full boxes of bullets,
"Are you serious! Her dads a cop- he's the chief! She could rat you out," Nancy waved her hands at Mia,
"Hey, I wouldn't... but seriously Jon? Your dads gun?"
"What? Do you guys want to find this thing and take another photo? Yell at it?" He shrugged hopping out of the car. This whole situation was leaving Mia in awe, Jonathan's sudden boldness, it was turning her on, and this was not the time for it.
"This is a terrible idea" Mia sighed,
He came down to her face, looking her dead in the eyes, "yeah. Well, it's the best we've got." He held her shoulders, catching Nancy sighing from beside them "you can go and tell someone," he waved his hand "but they are not going to believe you. You know that."
"Your mom would" Nancy sighed,
"She's been through enough" he now fully turned to the other girl,
"She deserves to know,"
"Yeah, and I'll tell her... when this thing is dead" he started walking off with Mia "you should probably get to the wake" he shouted back to the other girl, still dragging her to his car.
"Jon... Jonathan slow down..." she pulled at his arm "slow down," when he turned to face her, she grabbed his face, holding it softly as his arms snaked her waist "slow... down..."
"I need to find him"
"I know. We all need to find Him so we can calm down. Yeah?" She ran her thumb up and down his cheek as he leant into her touch
"Are you coming back to mine? Just for a little bit before we go out to look for this... this thing with nance?"
"O-oh it's tonight your planning?"
"Yeah... well maybe? tonight or tomorrow... is.. that ok?" His hands now pushed hers from his face and his rested on hers,
"That's fine... it's fine" she smiled slightly, pushing herself to lay her head on his shoulder. They stayed like that for a second, both of them thinking, they didn't know if the 'him liking her' and 'her maybe liking him back' thing was because of grief, or because they were actually falling for each other?
But suddenly they pulled apart and got into the car quietly, and drove... quietly, back to the Byers house, taking the longer route.