CHAPTER SEVEN
— spasm boy —

"THERE'S TWO OF THEM!" lucas sinclair shouted. he moved mike and dustin aside, and walked to eleven. "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE!" he yelled at el.

"hey, hey, hey!" mike grabbed lucas' arm and pulled him back. "she was surprised, too. amelia said the bad men thinks she skipped town." mike averted his eyes to eleven. "el probably thought that, too."

"wouldn't it have made sense for eleven to skip town, too?" dustin spoke up.

"they split up." mike said. "amelia went somewhere else, and we found eleven in the woods. it's just a crazy coincidence that amelia found her here."

"if amelia found her here, you don't think the government will either?" lucas tried to be rational. however, mike was always good at countering the boy's argument. "amelia has powers. the government doesn't."

"do you think amelia's powers are different from el's?" dustin asked out of pure curiosity. he averted his eyes from eleven to the boys. "i'm sure they are. it's lame of the government for them to like, give the same superpowers to each person."

"you think there's more?" mike asked.

lucas scoffed, "obviously." he looked to el. "are there more? did anyone else leave with you?"

eleven shook her head.

"good." mike nodded. "that's great. amelia said she would help up with el. she's gonna find them a way safe out of hawkins."

"i wanna meet this amelia chick." dustin said whole crossed his arms. "she seems cool."

"she's scary." mike muttered.

"i think she's like the terminator." lucas agreed with dustin. "like, super cool, and shit."

mike shook his head. "nope. pretty scary."

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"something wrong with the meatballs?" mrs. wheeler asked the boys, who surprisingly weren't hogging down their dinner.

"oh no, i had two bologna sandwiches for lunch.. i don't why." dustin answered mrs. wheeler's question. lucas chuckled vaguely, "me too." the boys laughed awkwardly as they continued playing with the meatballs on their plates.

"it's really good, mrs. wheeler." amelia said with a smile and generous nod. "yeah. it's delicious, mommy." nancy added. "thank you, girls."

nancy looked at amelia, bug–eyed. she looked embarrassed by what she was about to do. she should've gotten permission before amelia came, but nancy wasn't thinking too far ahead at the time.

"so there's this... special assembly thing tonight" nancy began, looking away from amelia. the noirette's brows furrowed. she hasn't heard of an assembly, and she isn't sure why nancy is bringing the event up when they'll be at steve's get–together. "it's for will at the school field. barb's driving." nancy concluded.

"why am i just hearing about this?" mrs. wheeler asked.

"i thought you knew." nancy said with a shaking head.

"i told you, i don't want you after dark until will is found."

"i know, i know, but it'd be super weird if i'm not there. i mean, everyone's going." nancy said with a light shaking head.

she then turned to amelia and raised her eyebrows. here's her leverage. "that's why amelia is here! she's like, new and everything and i want to introduce her to everyone tonight." nancy explained.

amelia surprisingly caught on. she started to nod exaggeratedly with food stuffed in her mouth. "yeah, mrs. wheeler! i mean, i barely got to know the people in my classes!"

mrs. wheeler sighed and thought about it. "just... be back by 10:00." nancy nodded as her and amelia shared a grin.

"why don't you take the boys, too?" mrs. wheeler suggested.

"NOO!"

mrs. wheeler was surprised by the yell coming from every single person on the table—expect for amelia. instead of gasping, though, the noirette giggled. she liked how it was so in sync.

"don't you think you should be there? for will?" mrs. wheeler asked. mike was shaking his head as he drank his milk. and suddenly, something made him spit it out.

amelia giggled at first, and then turned to see what he was looking at. that grin immediately dropped. "ITS GONNA BE MORE OF A HIGH SCHOOL THING." amelia yelled normally as she itched behind her ear.

dustin then slammed the table, causing more chaos that confused nancy and mrs. wheeler. "sorry." the boy apologized. "spasm."

amelia laughed loudly and quite obnoxiously at dustin. she earned glares from mrs. wheeler and nancy. amelia didn't like the look or the feeling she got, so she reached for her drink and quietly sipped. "it's more for jonathan." she muttered in her cup.

mrs. wheeler furrowed her brows. "you know the byers?" she asked the teenager.

amelia swallowed down a gulp. "y–yes?" she didn't sound sure of her reply, which made mrs. wheeler question things, but decided not tonight.

amelia threw in a chuckle after the pause, and brought her lips back to her drink again.

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before the pair could go to the "field", nancy packed an extra set of clothes to get ready. amelia sat on nancy's bed, waiting quietly. her mind was finally off steve, lingering off to someplace else. to a memory...

she remembered her first ever experiment held on her. the first one she could remember, at least. she was only a young kid... and it was to smash a coke can. of course, she did it. but she did it in a matter that the scientists liked.

to this day, the girl doesn't know why they loved how she handled the can. she just knows that they loved it.

her mind snapped back to reality when nancy sat beside her. nancy watched amelia's thinking over the mirror's reflection, her eyes studying her face.

amelia smiled softly.

nancy smiled too, chuckling. "you're really pretty, amelia." the girl didn't know how to react but just say "thank you" and "you are, too."

nancy scoffed and looked down with a shaking head. "sure." she stood up and walked to her dresser. she grabbed a necklace from the small hanger and put it on.

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"barbara, pull over."

amelia looked away from outside the car window to nancy, then barn after she asked, "what?" the red–head turned the steering wheel and drove to the side of the road. nancy chuckled. "pull over!" and barb did so. she parked the car at the side of the road which was not far from steve's house.

barb asked nancy, "what are we doing here? his house is three blocks away!"

"we can't park in the driveway." nancy argued.

"are you serious?" barb scoffed. amelia knew barb's intentions. her healthy intentions. since nancy was so vulnerable and needed protection, barb was there for her. she understood why barb was so defensive with steve. but amelia had to act like she didn't know.

"yeah, barb... the neighbors might see us and rat us out to his parents." amelia said as she was applying some of nancy's lipstick through the rear view mirror.

barn scoffed. "this is so stupid, i'm just gonna drop you guys off."

"calm down, barb. come on. you promised that you'd go. you're coming and we're gonna have a great time." nancy argued.

"he just wants to get in your pants." barbara said.

amelia's brows twitched. "why would he want to get in nancy's pants?"

nancy laughed briefly at amelia's joke. "no he doesn't." she shook her head at barb.

amelia itched the back of her neck, confused from what barb meant, but whatever it meant, barb wasn't lying. amelia was given the talent of knowing when people lie or not.

"nance... seriously. he invited you to his house. his parents aren't home. come on, you are not this stupid."

"tommy h. and carol are gonna be there. along with you and amelia."

barbara scoffed. "tommy and carol have been having sex since like, seventh grade." nancy began shaking her head and turned to the steering wheel. "it'll probably be like a big orgy." the red–head commented.

nancy giggled as amelia furrowed her eyebrows. "what's an orgy?" she whispered. nancy chuckled at amelia again? taking her question as another joke. "gross."

"i'm serious!" barbara stated.

"alright, well... you can be like my guardian, alright? make sure i don't get drunk and do anything stupid." nancy shrugged as she began taking off her shirt to change into something more party appropriate.

barbara sighed and groaned. amelia fixed herself in the backseat, and ran her fingers through her hair.

"is that a new bra?" barbara asked. amelia looked at nancy and her new bra. amelia laughed.

"no."

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the three girls walked up the steps to steve's house. music was playing in the distance. amelia reached to ring the doorbell and waited. she began fixing her dark, red long sleeve knit sweater that belonged to jonathan, tucking it in from her black jeans.

barb was shaking her head due to disappointment the whole time as she walked up the door step. "barb, chill." nancy advised.

"i'm chill."

after a few short seconds, steve opened the double doors. he immediately looked at amelia, growing a smirk, and then turned to nancy and barb. "hello, ladies."