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june 28th
old mills' hill
"made it." dustin dropped his duffle bag.
"yeah, only took five hours." max rolled her eyes.
"it wasn't that bad." tilly smiled.
"says the girl who does track." slater scoffed.
"don't even, the only thing i run from is you." tilly smiled.
"asshole."
"dweeb."
"nitwit!"
"loser!"
"nerd!"
"okay!" max rolled her eyes, "that's enough."
tilly stuck her tongue out childishly at the boy before moving away.
"why couldn't we just play d&d?" will groaned.
"oooo, i'm down." tilly patted his shoulder.
"i'm so thirsty." lucas got the water flask him and max were sharing and drank from it.
"did you seriously just drink the rest of our water?" max looked at him in disbelief.
he looked at her before spitting some back in.
"disgusting." slater grimaced as lucas offered it back to max with a smile. she shook her head and walked over to the others.
they had now emptied their bags and built slater and dustin's invention.
"pretty impressive, right?" dustin stared at it.
"yeah."
"it actually is."
"now, you ready to meet my love?" dustin asked them.
"okay, sure."
"yeah."
dustin sat on the grass and turned the radio on, "suzie, this is dustin. do you copy? over."
the radio static hissed, showing no one was there.
"one sec. she's probably," dustin tried to come up with an excuse, "she's still there."
will and tilly shared a bleak glance.
"suzie...this is dustin. do you copy? over." dustin retried, "i'm sure she's there. it's just..."
"yeah." lucas tried to believe him.
"you know, maybe she's, like, busy or..." dustin rambled.
"yeah." lucas nodded again.
"it's around dinnertime."
"mmm."
"yep."
"suzie, do you copy? this is dustin. over."
the only thing that was responding was the radio static.
"suzie, do you copy? this is dustin. over."
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the sun had set and it was very dark. the six were still on the hill, waiting for dustin's 'girlfriend' to answer.
max and lucas were laying on the grass together, tilly had her head on will's stomach - half asleep, slater was relaxing on her legs and dustin had been standing up.
"... do you copy? this is dustin. over."
static.
"suzie! this is dustin. do you copy? over."
static.
"suzie, this is your dustin. do you copy? over."
static.
"suzie..."
"dustin, come on!" max groaned, "she's not there."
"she's there, all right? she'll pick up." dustin defended himself.
"maybe cerebro doesn't work." will suggested.
"or maybe suzie doesn't exist." lucas accused him.
"she exists!" dustin gasped.
"i've seen her with my own two eyes." slater added.
"slater, when we were nine you told me you saw a duck sized horse." tilly rolled her eyes.
"and i stand by my statement!"
"she's a genius and she's hotter than phoebe cates?" lucas questioned, ignoring them, "and karla is a younger janet jackson? no girl is that perfect."
"is that so?" max sat up.
"thanks lucas." tilly rasped as she rolled off of will.
"i mean... you two are perfect." he stuttered, "i mean, like, per-perfect in your own way. in your special- your own special way."
the two girls laughed at his uncomfortableness.
"relax, i was teasing." max admitted.
"i wasn't."
"tilda and i are obviously perfect but dustin and slater are obviously lying." max stood up, "come on, don juan."
"where are you going?" dustin asked.
"home." max pulled her and lucas down the hill.
"well... guess it's just me, byers, wilkinson, davis." dustin sadly smiled at them.
"um... it's late." will looked down as he got up, "sorry. maybe tomorrow we can play d&d. or something fun. like we used to?"
"yeah, sure." dustin sighed.
"of course." slater nodded.
"welcome home." will smiled at him, "you coming mattie?"
"uhh," tilly got up and dusted herself, "daniel won't mind if i stayed a little late. he knows it's their first day back."
"okay." will softly kissed her forehead, "i'll see you guys later."
"ew." slater grimaced at their slight affection.
"shut up." tilly glared at him.
"bye, will." slater waved.
"bye." tilly waved at him as he strolled down the hill.
"yeah...."
"you okay?" tilly sat next to the radio.
"i guess." dustin shrugged, "thanks for staying."
tilly laughed, "are you kidding? you guys just got home and are my best friends."
"you're so cheesy." slater grimaced.
"you love me."
the radio started playing distorted sound causing the three teens to flick their heads over to it.
dustin dropped to the floor and picked up the radio, "shit, shit. suzie? suzie, is that you?"
the voice on the radio started speaking clear russian.
"t-that's not suzie." tilly stared at it.
"well duh!" slater sighed, "turn it up!"
dustin turned the volume up and they listened carefully.
"do you speak russian?" dustin asked the two hopefully.
"i can't even speak english properly." she laid down.
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june 30th
starcourt mall
the next day, despite how exhausted she was, dustin dragged tilly to go meet steve at scoops and slater was unsurprisingly late.
"have a nice day." robin tiredly handed her customers their ice cream.
"thank you."
"hey, bin." tilly smiled at her.
"till." robin nodded a greeting.
"hi." dustin gave her a wide grin.
"hi?"
"i'm dustin." he introduced himself.
"i'm robin." she replied, looking over to tilly in confusion.
"pleasure to meet you." dustin nodded, "uh, is-is he here?"
"is who here?" robin asked.
the back door flew open, "henderson."
dustin pointed to his best friend as he laughed.
"henderson! he's back!" steve jumped up and down, "he's back!"
dustin grinned, "i'm back! you got the job!"
robin gave them a look.
"i got the job!" steve repeated as they began their handshake, "hey! oh!"
"ah!"
"how many children are you friends with?" robin asked.
"too many." tilly sighed as steve began making dustin a uss butterscotch.
once he was done, him and dustin went over to a booth so dustin could tell steve about his girlfriend.
"i'm going over there." tilly told robin as she went in front of the counter.
"good luck."
"no, no. no way," steve laughed, "hotter than phoebe cates? no."
"mm-hmm." dustin nodded with a mouthful of ice cream, "brilliant, too. and she doesn't even care that my real pearls are still coming in. she says kissing is better without teeth."
"seems like she really like you." tilly squeezed in the empty space next to him.
steve passed her a small red spoon that he kept for her.
"wow. yeah, that's great." steve tried to be encouraging, "proud of you, man. that's ro- that's kinda romantic. that's like... wow."
"hm." dustin had another spoon full, "so do you really just get to eat as much of this as you want?"
"yeah. i mean, sure. it's not really a good idea for me, though." steve explained, "i gotta keep in shape for the ladies."
tilly scoffed while taking a spoonful of the ice cream, "right,"
"yeah, and how's that working out for you?" robin called from the other side.
"ignore her." steve sighed,
"she seems cool." dustin smiled.
"oh she is." tilly reassured him.
"she's not." steve snapped, "so uh, where are the other knuckleheads?"
"they ditched me yesterday." dustin sighed, "slater's on his way."
"no." steve gasped, glancing at tilly.
"yep, except tilly. but our first day back." dustin frowned, "can you believe that shit?"
"woah, seriously?"
"i swear to God. mmm." dustin nodded, "they're gonna regret it, though, big time, when they don't get to share in slater, tilly and i's glory."
"glory?" steve leaned in, "what glory?"
dustin moved closer to him, "so, last night, we're trying to get in contact with suzie..."
"oh. mm."
"mm-hmm?"
"mm-hmm."
"and uh," dustin paused before whispering, "...i intercepted a secret russian communication."
"dustin..."
"what?" steve couldn't hear him.
"uh..." dustin took a deep breath before repeating it, "i intercepted a secret russian communication."
"just speak louder." steve ordered.
"i intercepted a secret russian communication!" he yelled, grabbing everyone's attention.
"great..." tilly put her head on the table.
"jeez, shh. yeah, okay, that's what i thought you said." steve lied, avoiding the looks they were getting, "what-what does that mean?"
"it means, steve, we could be heroes." dustin told him, "true american heroes."
"huh."
"mm-hmm, american heroes." dustin repeated, "just think, you could have all the ladies you want and more."
"more?" steve raised his eyebrow.
"more." dustin confirmed.
"i like more."
"mm-hmm. and tills, you can have any guy you want." dustin turned to her, trying to get her on board.
she yawned, "thanks dustin,
but i already have the person i want."
"wow, cutest couple." steve gushed.
"jealous?"
"hush," steve turned back to dustin, "wait, what's the catch?"
"no catch, i just need your help." dustin admitted.
"with what?" steve asked,
dustin went into his bag and pulled out an english to russian book, "translation."
slater walked into the ice-cream shop with a smile on his face. he spotted the three and walked over to them.
"steve!" slater smiled as steve gave him a bear hug, "i see you got the job."
"they begged me."
"liar."
"hey guys." slater squeezed in.
"finally, you're here."
"you're late."
"are we doing this or what?" slater grinned.
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