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2| Mad Max and Stellar Stella
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THE SKY BEHIND HER, was dark and vivid colors of orange, dark purple, and red could be seen. In it, stood the silhouette of a unearthly creature. It made the girls blood run cold, and she froze. Fear etched in her face as she stared at the spider like creature.
-"Stella, Stella!" She heard her name, the voice pulling her back into reality.
"Stella! Are you alright?" She turns to see Tom looking at her with slight concern. Stuttering is all she can do, as she tries her best to respond.
-"I-I-I'm fine!"
Tom nods and bites his bottom lip. She flashes him a smile, to confirm what she had said was true. Thankfully the Brit catches on, and smiles back.
( • • • )
-"There's no way that's Mad Max." Mike shakes his head in disbelief. The five were supposed to be playing at recess, not spying on some girl they didn't know, wait only four of them were spying. Stella refused to take part in spying on another girl who had done nothing wrong.
Earlier that day, a new student named Maxine Mayfield had arrived. She came from California, and was in the same science class as the boys and Stella. Immediately after class was over, the party pulled Stella aside and told her about "Mad Max" from the arcade.
-"Yeah. Girls don't play video games." Says Will as he watches the red head skateboard. Stella scoffs and places her hands on her hips.
-"You really underestimate us, don't you......"
-"And even if they did, you can't get 750,000 points on Dig Dug." Dustin cuts her off, his focus completely on, said "Mad Max".
"It's impossible."
Lucas, who had been surprisingly quiet, just stood still, and stared. Stella's eyebrows furrow when she sees the small smile on his face. Her eyes dart back and forth between her friend and the red head. He was totally staring at Max. Does Lucas Sinclair have a crush?
-"But her name is Max." He speaks suddenly, almost scaring Stella slightly. He held a far away look in his eye, and didn't even turn to look at his friends when he spoke.
-"So what?" Mike shrugs, his face looking funny as he held an uncertain expression.
-"So, how many Maxes do you know?" Lucas asks, seeming very intrigued by Mad Max's skateboarding. She does a trick that requires her to jump up.
-"I don't know."
-"Zero. That's how many. She shows up at school the day after someone with her same name breaks our top score."
-"So, you think that she's Mad Max?" Stella asks while pointing discretely in the skateboarding girls direction.
-"Exactly. So she's gotta be Mad Max. And plus she skateboards, so she's pretty awesome." Lucas nods with a grin. Was he whipped or something?
-"Awesome? You haven't even spoken a word to her." Mike starts to grow flustered, he crosses his arms across his chest as the painful memory of Eleven's disappearance, comes to his mind.
-"I don't have to. I mean, look at her." Lucas turns to Mike, taking his eyes off of Max.
Stella rolls her eyes at the boys, and scoffs lightly. She chuckles and shakes her head causing Will, Mike, and Lucas to turn their attention to her.
-"You guys are acting like a bunch of creeps. You do know that, right? Spying on some girl you don't even know. Why not go and talk to her?"
-"Crap I've lost the target." Dustin says frantically while scanning the area. Five pairs of eyes search through the crowd of kids. The red head was no where in sight and Stella could tell that Lucas was slightly freaking out.
-"Oh! There." Will points to her. All eyes immediately turning to him, and then Max.
The red head looks around before dropping a piece of crumbled up paper into the near by trash bin. Before Stella can stop them, the boys hurry across the lawn and practically dive into the trash.
-"Come on guys!" She says while walking across towards them. She places one hand on her hip, and the other on her forehead as she watches them
-"Got it. There we go." Dustin holds up the paper triumphantly. They all gather around him, and he unfolds the balled up paper.
"Stop spying on me, creeps." They all read in unison. Lucas sighs in disappointment, and Mike rolls his eyes. Dustin hands the paper to Will who reads it over again.
The curly haired boy frowns as he stares hardly at the cement. He lets out a puff of air before turning around.
-"Well, son of a-"
-"Don't say it!"
Stella yells, causing the other kids around them to stop and stare at her.
( • • • )
History was never Stella's favorite subject. Especially back in seventh grade. Not much had changed over the year, but since they were now studying old England, it wasn't so bad anymore. It was the last class of the day, so that was a bonus.
She took a seat towards the back of the class and started to pull out her needed supplies. It didn't take the girl long to see the glimpse of the red hair that flew past her. She looked up and her eyes went wide when she saw Max Mayfield sitting in the seat to her right.
-"Hey, so what are you are guys learning?" She asks, catching Stella off guard. Max sounded uninterested, tired and bored. Her eyes wandered around the classroom as she watched kids pile in, and take seats next to their friends.
-"Oh um, King Alfred the Great. You know, from England. He reigned in the late 800s over Wessex." Stella fills her in quickly while straightening out her papers.
Max nods slowly and pulls out a notebook. She opens it and starts to doodle on an empty page.
Stella then took an the opportunity to introduce herself. Who knows, maybe this could be the beginning of new friendship.
"I'm Stella! I don't know if you remember me..."
-"Yeah you were in science, and also hanging out with those creeps at recess." Max interrupts her in mid sentence. It wasn't hard to miss the brown haired girl, for her freckles and big blue eyes were eye catching.
-"Y-yeah! That was me! I did tell them that they were being weird." Stella explains, hoping it'll change Max's seeming option of her.
-"Oh really? Thanks I guess." Max smiles ever so lightly. Stella smiles back, a bit unsure of how to handle this.
Max seemed like a nice person, but she also seemed shy. It was understandable to see people misread her demeanor. But Stella, wasn't going to judge her for the way she acted, since it was her first day at a new school.
-"So, how do you like Hawkins?!" She asks slowly, letting random words form in her mouth. She wanted the conversation to continue, because underneath her hardcore shell, Max seemed to be opening up.
-"Hawkins is fine. I mean it's not California, but it just seems like a small quiet town." Max replies with a shrug. She continues to doodle in her notebook and Stella nods. The part she added about Hawkins being a "small quiet town" made her chuckle lightly to herself.
-"Ok, I couldn't help but notice, but do you play at the arcade?" Stella asks quietly, hoping that her question didn't sound too weird or nosy.
-"Yeah, I'm Mad Max. You play?" The red head answers, becoming interested now that the topic of conversation had changed to something more exciting.
-"Oh um no. Well, not yet at least. I've been trying to come up with an awesome name but every time I do, it's already been taken by someone else!" Stella answers truthfully.
-"Well, your name is Stella," Max says slowly, her eyes squint as she thinks. She looks down at her paper and begins to draw something on it.
"why not Stellar Stella. You know, Stella is star in Latin and stellar is having to do with stars." She says while holding up her paper. On it, is written "Stellar Stella" in bubble print letters.
The two girls share a laugh. That was a pretty rad name, and Stella had to admit it. The two then spoke quietly about their favorite arcade games before Mr. Bridger announced that it was time for class to begin.
When the last bell finally rang, everyone immediately stood up and started to pack their things. The mindset being, school is done, I'm going home, and no one can stop me.
-"I haven't excused you yet!" Mr. Bridger shouts over the noise, his voice being drowned out by the commotion of the students.
-"Come on, let's get out of here!" Max leans over and whispers to Stella, who usually waited for the teacher to excuse her. She didn't like getting into trouble over small things.
-"Oh well....."
-"Come on! It's a free country."
The red head walks out of the classroom, and Stella doesn't hesitate to follow. Max was right, it is a free country, and Mr. Bridger had said that he had already said enough for the day.
-"Wait up!" Stella calls out. Max turns around and smiles lightly as the other girl rushes towards her.
-"See, you don't have to wait for him tell you to go, when he said he was finished and has nothing else to say!"
The two girls share a laugh and Max invites her to the arcade. Stella shakes her head and tells her that she has to go home.
-"My brother should be here any minute!" She adds as they walk towards the doors.
Max pauses slightly and looks over at her.
-"You have a brother?" She questions the brown haired girl, becoming interested.
-"Yeah. His name is Steve. He's kind of like the King of Hawkins High! I think that's silly though." Stella answers with a laugh. Max nods to make it seem like she was in the conversation. Steve's black BMW then pulls up to the entrance.
"There he is! It was nice to meet you Max! See you tomorrow!"
-"Bye!" Max waves as she watches the Harrington siblings laugh and get along. A wave of jealousy washes through her as Steve drives off. She couldn't help but feel left out, her brother was nothing like this Steve guy. All she needed was one look. He was smiling and laughed at something that Stella had said.
Max shook her head and placed her skateboard down, and then set off for the parking lot of Hawkins High.
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This one's a bit short, but I like it!
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