𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 3
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘵.2
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BACK AT THE MALL, Dustin and Steve tried to understand the Russian recording as they hung out in Scoops Ahoy's backroom.
At some point during the thousand time they had played the stupid tape, the younger boy noticed as his friend kept checking his watch, as if waiting for something to happen. Clicking the button to make the recording stop, an annoyed look was thrown Steve's way, making him stop the chewing of the third banana he had eaten within the past 20 minutes.
Not bothering to swallow the contents of his mouth, the sailor looked right back at the boy wondering the reason behind his change of expression.
"What?" With a disgusted face, Dustin pointed a finger to the tape player that Steve had apparently been ignoring. "Why are you checking the time? We're translating Russian, Steve. Focus on the tape!". Dustin continued his rant, cutting Steve's attempt at answering short, "It's not like the president is waiting for you by the food court, she's always late anyways!"
Words slipped out of his mouth, as he tried to make up an excuse to Dustin's very true and obvious observation.
"First off all, Evelyn is way more relevant than Reagan, that guy looks like he likes raisin ice cream" The younger boy stood analyzing what the brunette had just said, wondering what goes on inside his head. "And I haven't seen her all day, yesterday she sounded tired. Is there something wrong with me worrying about my girlfriend, who also happens to be your sister?"
Standing up from the chair he had been sitting on, Dustin rested both his hands on the table and moved his eyes to the boy standing in front of him. He scoffed, as a whisper-like voice with a very clear sarcastic tone left his lips.
"No. Very. Very chivalrous of you to do that. But, umm... Have you forgot about the Russians trying to invade our country?! 'Cause you know, if that's so, maybe you should go get me an Orange Julius--" Giving the teen a pointed look, Steve threw the banana peel towards the trash can, failing miserably, as they both watched it cringely fall a couple of inches away from it. "I'm trying to listen to the Russian, but the music sounds familiar."
A dramatic eye roll took over Dustin's face, not really believing the nineteen year-old.
"What music? Why are you listening to the music, Steve? Listen to the Russian! Again, we are translating RUSSIAN!" "I'm trying to listen to the goddamn russian! But there's music--". Both their voices were interrupted by a third person joining in their little disscusion.
"All right, babysitting time is over. You need to get in there" Robin's sudden entrance, made both boys freeze by surprise, they stood there as if a bomb was about to explode. With a turn of her head, Robin gestured heatedly to the quadrant she had been working on for the past few hours, seeing all her vital information replaced with weird symbols that kind of resembled some type of alphabet.
"Hey, my board! That was important data, shitbirds."
Giving her a really look, Dustin tried not to give away any of the there's Russians planning to attack us storyline "I guarantee you, what we're doing is way more important than your data." Steve stood next to the now sitting teen, agreeing with everything he was saying.
"Yeah? And how do you know these Russians are up to no good anyways?" Steve and Dustin shared a shocked look, "How does she know about the Russians?". The teen turned back to question the older boy next to him. "I don't know," they continue to ramble "You told her abo-" " It wasn't me". An obvious expression formed on Robin's face, as she wondered how could two people share one brain cell. Feeling a it had been enough of their bickering, the girl decided to answer their stupid questions.
"Hello, I can hear you. Actually I can hear everything. You are both extremely loud." Both boys kept quiet sataring at Robin as she spoke, amazed by the outcome of the situation. "You think you have evil Russians plotting against our country, on tape, and you're trying to translate, but you haven't figured out a word because you didn't realize Russians use an entirely different alphabet than we do."
As they glanced at each other, Dustin and Steve processed her words, words that made them aware of how little progress they had made in the past half and hour. "Sound about right?" .With the intention of trying to defend their honor, the long-haired boy went to speak, but got interrupted by Robin, who still had a couple of things to say.
"Oh and by the way, I have no idea how you got a girl like Evelyn Henderson to date you Harrington, she is way out of your league." When a chuckle escaped Dustin's lips, Steve raised his hands in exasperation, not expecting a stab to the back from him.
Ever since he had realized he was in love with her, Steve had always thought that Evelyn and him would end up getting married, having kids and living the happily ever after they deserved. But deep within him, there was a part of his heart that didn't want to hold her back from experiencing a life full of love, and adventures that she might not get if she stayed with him.
Not getting into college was a big downer for him, as he expected to get into the same college as his girlfriend. But despite the ruined plans, they made the decision to stay together and try to maintain their relationship, even if she was only a couple of hours away.
So, he would tell himself he would be fine if they broke up, that he would keep on with his life, but if he was being honest, he knew the harsh reality.
Robin reached for the tape player, breaking Steve out of his daydreaming trance "Whoa! What do you think you're doing? "Steve grabbed the gadget before she could, almost tripping while doing so. "I want to hear it" "Why?" both boys questioned simmultanesly, "Cause maybe I can help. I'm fluent in four lenguages, you know". Robin was set in participating in whatever they hell it was they were doing, but Dustin seemed hesitant about it. "Russian?" at this, the girl spoke what seemed Russian to them, very impressed, they stared at her bewildered "That was Pig Latin, dingus".
After a little convincing, Robin was allowed to help translate the recording and Steve willingly went back to work.
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RUNNING OUT OF THE CAR, Max, El and Evelyn stopped by the mall's entrance. Seeing a hesitant Eleven, Max and Evelyn shared a knowing look.
The redhead was the first one to intervine "Hey, what's wrong?" "Too many people. Against the rules" El looked next to her, waiting for the older girl's approval. Evelyn thought about Hopper, and about how he would murder her if he found out she was responsible for this. Max broke the girl out of her trance "Seriously? You have superpowers! What's the worst that could happen?". But the thing was... What Hopper didn't know wouldn't hurt him, right?
Both girls waited eagerly for Evelyn, "If Hopper finds out you were here, you're both dead".
Squealing loudly, the teens took of running into Starcourt mall, leaving a smiling Evelyn to catch up. When she finally reached them, Eleven looked around like she had just entered the White House, her eyes big as plates and her mouth wide open.
"Do you like it?" asked Evelyn from behind, scaring the amused girl who slowly nodded along. Breaking El out of her trance, Max took her nad in hers, "So, what should we do first?", seeing the girl's expression she continued "You've never been shoping before have you?" at her negative reponse, Max smiled widely "Well I guess we're just gonna have to try everything".
"You guys go have fun I'll meet you outside in an hour, alright? I'm gonna go see Steve". At the mention of her boyfriend, Max and Eleven raised their eyebrows and giggled like little girls, making Evelyn scoff as she waved them goodbye.
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EVELYN WALKED INTO THE ICE CREAM PARLOR ready to rock Steve's world. As she approached the counter, where he was scooping ice cream and making small conversation with some costumers, he looked up with a smile on his face at the sight of his girl.
"Here she is!" Evelyn looked confused at to why Steve was telling a stranger about her, he didn't usually care for costumers "Hey-" "Your boyfriend here just told us you got into Purdue with a full ride, congratulations sweetheart!" said the old lady who had jut bought some strawberry ice cream.
Before she could react, the woman walked away, leaving Evelyn to look at her boyfriend with an annoyed expresion. She grabbed his hand, not caring about the counter being left unattended, and dragged him through the back door, ignoring Dustin and Robin's presence, to the hallway.
Knowing what usually happened when they were in the back corridor, Steve crashed his lips onto hers without hesitation. "I'll miss-, when you leave-- we won't get to--" Annoyed at this, the blonde girl stoped kissing her boyfriend, and loudly sighed at his words.
"What? What happened?" the boy blinked "I thought-- we always- we- back her-" "Not that Steve." Steve shrugged his shoulders, still wondering what he had done wrong."Why do you keep reminding me about that? You know I don't like to talk about it," Evelyn irritatingly said, "And the other day too!"trying to intervene without having his head cut off, the brunette boy fumbled with his words.
"Look, I'm just sad and frustrated that at the end off summer, you'll leave for college, Ev. I'm here, and I'll be here for God knows how long, and you'll be off living your dream in college far away from me."
Standing still, she tried not to cry, "You don't know that" He scrunched his face at her reaction "I'm not even sure I'll be able to afford what the scholarship doesn't cover, cause I definitely don't make enough money at my job to help my mom pay for all the additional expenses." Still wanting to express what he had been feeling for a while now, the boy standing in front of her tried to reason with his girlfriend, "You know you'll end up going anyways, I definitely do! It's the only thing I've been thinking about since you got the letter Evelyn", taken aback by this, the girl shook her head.
"I thought you were okay with it, you said you were happy for me" A confused yet sad expression made it's way to the blonde's face. Stammering over his words, Steve kept on going "I am! I didn't lie about that... It's just, I know everything is gonna change, and I know we said we would try to make things work, but I'm not so sure anymore." Not wanting to believe what Steve had just confessed, Evelyn felt her eyes well up.
At this point, both of them were facing off in what seemed to be turning into a real and serious argument.
"And you don't think I feel awful about it?! I love you, and I don't want to leave you, but we agreed that we had until the end of summer. Why are you doing this now?". Steve looked into the girl's eyes, seeing tears running down her cheeks was making him want to cry, and mostly because he had been the cause of them.
Steve had never made Evelyn cry of sadness, and he prided himself for it, so this was making him feel like the worst person to ever exist.
"Look Ev, this is not how I wanted this conversation to go, and this is definitely not the time fo-" "When's the right time then? When I'm leaving for college? When I'm already there?". The boy's mouth went dry, and no words were able to come out, "And how did you think this was gonna go?! Cause it looks like you had a long time to think about it!"
A deafening silence fell between the couple, as they stared deeply into each others eyes.
Evelyn broke the silence with the question both of them had been dreading to ask, "So what? I f you really feel like that, I don't know what I can do anymore", she reached for the door handle and turned to look at him.
"I need to think about it."
With that last sentence, she left him standing in the corridor by himself, both not knowing how would happen next, Evelyn ran out of the store towards the entrance, where she waited for the girls to come back so they could leave.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hello everyone! I know this is a pretty short chapter, but I have been writing and rewriting a few chapters cause I forgot to rewrite episode three. So for the time being, enjoy part two from last chapter! Also, sorry for the long absence! I have been busy with senior year and I finally got the time and energy to finish this story!