It had only been a few months since Sebastian met the byers kids, they were inseparable. Everywhere that they went Sebastian went with them, whether that was at school, the byers house, or surfer boy pizza. It didn't matter as long as he was with them he was fine with it.

Like right now, Sebastian was sitting on wills bed watching will paint. Will didn't let anyone see the painting because it was for mike. Mike is Will's best friend from Hawkins, mike is coming to California for spring break tomorrow. Based on what will and jane have told him about mike he thinks they will get along well.

The two boys hadn't said much to each other since Sebastian had come into the room, but that was the great thing about their friendship they didn't always need to have a conversation to enjoy each other's presence.

Soon the comforting silence was interrupted by a car horn outside. They already knew who it was. Will grabbed his poster board and Sebastian grabbed his backpack and left the room. Sebastian opened the door for will and jane to get in and then got in himself.

"Hold on to your butts, brochachos" argyle said to them as he pulled out of the driveway.

It wasn't until halfway through the ride to school that will noticed that Sebastian didn't have his project. "Where is your project?"

"In my backpack" Sebastian replied absently as he closed his eyes again hoping to catch some sleep.

Will gave him a questioning look. "You fit a poster board in your backpack?"

"We were supposed to put it on a poster board?"

"It's a visual aid. What did you write it on?"

"A piece of paper?" Sebastian thought for a moment. "You know, I think it might have been napkins"

will just shook his head at him, trying not to laugh at him. "Who'd you write it on?"

"Dolores Huerta" Sebastian nodded his head towards wills poster." What about you"

"Alan turning" will held up the poster so it sat on both of their laps. He pointed to each part of his project and explained it to him. At one point will just started rambling, sebastian didn't even think he noticed. But Sebastian wasn't going to stop him. He could listen to will speak all day and never get bored

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The three of them say their goodbyes to Argyle and Jonathan and head into the school. Jane waves to a girl that was walking towards them but when she passes Jane realizes that she wasn't waving to her she was waving at a girl behind her. Sebastian gives her a sympathetic smile when she looks at him.

Once they get to the classroom they go and sit in their respective seats. When jane sits down, jake, one of angela's minions spits a spitball at her. Angela and jake laugh at her, mouths wide open. but he soon stops laughing and then he starts coughing jake pulls a rubber band out of his mouth. Jane and will turn around to look at Sebastian who just smiles at them innocently.

"Seb?" will was looking at him with a straight face. Jane already turned around, wanting to forget that it happened.

"Yes, William?" he replied.

"Why did you throw the rubberband at him" will asked even though he already knew the answer.

Sebastian put his hands up in defense. "Well, if he kept his mouth shut there wouldn't be a problem"

Will held out his hand. "Give me the bands"

Sebastian tried to say something but will just give him a look, reluctantly Sebastian handed over his ball of rubber bands.

"Thank you" will tucked it into his desk as Sebastian slumped back in his chair with his arms crossed over his chest and a pout resting on his face.

Before Sebastian could say anything else, Ms. Gracey entered the classroom. She had a bunch of names in a bowl and unfortunately for Sebastian, Angela was the first name to be drawn.

"After learning to speak, she traveled the world to spread her message, and along the way changed how the world perceived those like her with disabilities. And that is why I have chosen green Keller as my hero. "Angela finished her presentation and everyone clapped, even Sebastian. But he clapped simply because he was glad it was over.

"That was wonderful, angela. Truly wonderful. What an inspiring story" Ms. Gracey says as she turns the lights back on. "Okay. Now let's see who has to follow that" she reaches into the bowl and reads it. "Jane"

Sebastian drops his head on the desk with a thud. He knew this was going to end badly, it's not that he didn't have any faith in her. It's just he knew how Angela was, he knew she was going to pick at everything she messed up on.

Will gives her a nod as she hesitantly makes her way up to the front of the class. Sebastian gives her a thumbs up for encouragement, she nodded and took a deep breath before speaking.

"Hi. For my hero, I... I chose my dad. And for my visual aid, I made a "direyama" of our cabin. Sebastian flinched when she mispronounced direyama. Jane turned it around so everyone could see.

"More like diarrhea" Jake commented, making the whole class laugh.

"Shut up, asshole," Sebastian spat.

"Sebastian!" Ms. Gracey exclaimed. "We do not talk like that in my classroom"

"You're just letting them laugh at her!" Sebastian raised his voice.

"Quiet, everyone. Let's be respectful" Sebastian knew that the last comment was mostly for him.

Jane picks up a figure and holds it up for them to see. "This is my dad. His name is hopper. He made the best egos"

Sebastian's attention was dragged away from her when he noticed the girl next to Will bugging him with her foot, he couldn't see Will's face but he noticed his body language. Sebastian took his bag off the chair and dropped it on the floor next to the front of his desk.

The girl moved her foot and looked at him but Sebastian turned his head towards jane again. He kinda zoned out Jane's presentation a little bit, he was trying to figure out why he did that. He told himself that he was helping will out of an uncomfortable situation.

But at the same time, he also felt this ball of rage in his stomach when he saw it. It wasn't a new feeling he had felt before when he saw kids hanging out with their moms and dads at parks or in restaurants. Jealousy. That's what it was, he was jealous. But why?

Sebastian was brought back from his thoughts when Angela was speaking. "Yeah. Sorry. I'm just, like, confused. I thought this was a presentation about a historical hero"

"My dad was in the newspaper," Jane defended.

Angela scoffed. "Your local paper? I just don't think that's what Ms. Gracey meant historically. This is supposed to be about famous people"

"My dad is famous. He... he saved lots of lives. In a mall fire. He was a hero for people. And he was my hero too" tears started to well up in janes eyes. It was clear that she was about to start crying.

"That's not what I'm saying at all, but it's okay. I am so sorry, Ms. Gracey. I didn't mean to interrupt. I just wanted clarity on the rules of the assignment" Angela said.

"Well, technically, you are correct, but Jane has decided to do her father. So please continue with your presentation, jane" Ms. Gracey says.

"God, Angela, you are such a fucking bitch" Sebastian didn't even bother to try and be quiet about it. He wanted her to hear it.

"Hey, man, watch your mouth," Jake warns him.

"Or what? You're gonna hurt me?" Sebastian taunted.

Jake stands up from his chair and walks up to Sebastian's desk. "Yeah, I am"

Jake looked confident but Sebastian knew it was all a front. Jake couldn't fight to save his life, Sebastian knew that. He has fought Jake before, let's just say it didn't end well for Jake.

Sebastian stands up so that they're only inches apart. "Go ahead. Punch me. Give me a reason. Give me a goddamn reason"

"Jacob and Sebastian! To the principal's office right now!" Ms. Gracey yelled.

Sebastian stepped back and gestured for Jake to go first. "After you, princess"

Sebastian could feel Jane and Will's eyes on him, Sebastian gave them a nod to show that it was going to be okay as he exited the room. He knew that he was most likely to have detention, so he knew he would be okay.

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Sebastian was sitting in detention carving another tally mark into the desk he usually sat at. Today's mark would make forty-two definitions and it's only been a few months since school started.

Even though he just arrived he was already planning his next escape. He sits there for a couple of minutes and waits for Mr. Huggins to fall asleep then makes his escape.

Mr. Huggins was his math teacher, he was really old, he looked like he was in his late sixties or early seventies. Sebastian had no idea why he didn't retire already.

Once Mr. Huggins was out, Sebastian left. He stopped by his locker to grab his stuff and headed for the door. Coincidentally, Will was standing a few steps ahead of the door, he looked like he was looking at something.

"Hey, will. What are you looking at?" Sebastian questioned as he walked towards him. Will just pointed toward the big crowd of people that were laughing at something. Sebastian took a closer look and realized that the person they were laughing at was jane.

Will and Sebastian rushed over to Jane who was on the floor picking up the pieces of her project. Will got to her first since Sebastian decided to stop so he could flip off Angela as Mr. Gracey dragged her away.

"El... I'm sorry. It's going to be okay. It's...it's not that bad. Well, fix it together, okay?" Will said, hoping it would make her feel better.

Sebastian handed her the hopper figure that was snapped in half. "Yeah, we can fix it. Angela is just being a bitch"

"Bitch?" Jane gave him a confused look.

"It's a name for a really mean person," Sebastian explained.

"Like a mouth breather?" Jane asked.

Sebastian nodded. "Yeah, like a mouth breather"

Soon enough Johnathan came to take them home. Sebastian was spending the night at wills house once again, he practically lived there at this point.

Sebastian had a pallet made on the floor of Will's bedroom. All throughout dinner mike was all they could talk about, will kept telling him that mike and him would get along well.

But Sebastian wasn't so sure, I mean he sounds great but the only thing he knows about him is that he's Will's best friend and Jane's boyfriend. But if he makes them that happy by just talking about him then he must be pretty great.

He'll just have to wait till the morning, he was invited to go to the airport with them to pick up mike. So he'll find out soon.