-october 31st 1984-
-354 days without eleven-
-reader's pov-
every kid in the hallway stared and laughed at us with pointed fingers, it made me feel small. I lowered my head and hid my hands in the cuffs of my outfit.
"when do people make these decisions?" asked dustin as we walked through the hallway, in a line of 5.
"everyone dressed up last year," will responded.
"it's a conspiracy, I'm telling you." fretted dustin.
"just be cool," replied mike.
"who you gonna call?" a random boy called out, "the nerds!"
"prick!" I yelled at him after having enough of being made fun of.
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the bitter autumn wind whipped at my face as I rolled down the hill on my bike with the others. I was ready to have a fun night trick or treating after a boring day at school and an unusual past couple days.
"really, everyone dressed up last year." dustin urged at his point again.
a loud whirring noise started to grow closer and closer. I peeked my head around to see a navy-blue chevrolet camaro picking up it's pace.
"guys?.. GUYS?" I yelled, gaining their attention. they all quickly gasped before we all started to pedal faster.
the car and our bikes swerved to either side just in the nick of time. I hit the forest floor with a thud and my body thrashed against the orange leaves.
"HOLY SHIT!" screeched dustin, "was that?!.."
"mad max." lucas finished for him with a horror-struck expression.
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dustin, lucas, mike and I were all play-fighting with our empty pillow cases.
"en garde!" announced mike as he whipped his pillowcase at me.
I took a quick sidestep backwards before flicking my own pillowcase back. jonathan's car then pulled up beside the driveway. will happily got out of the car, camera in hand, before shutting the door behind him.
"will!" mike cheered before running up to him and engulfing him in a hug.
"you ready for tonight?" dustin cheerfully asked.
"yeah!" exclaimed will.
"awesome!" lucas grinned.
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"trick or treat!" we all said in unison once an old lady had opened the door to us.
"awww!" she cooed, "well, aren't you cute? the little exterminators and.. an office lady." our thrilled smiles faded in an instant before we all took a handful of candy and stuffed it into our pillowcases.
we left the old woman's porch and were now trailing back down onto the street.
"if I get another 3 musketeers, I'm gonna kill myself." groaned lucas.
"what's wrong with 3 musketeers?" dustin inquired.
"what's wrong with 3 musketeers?!" I repeated, totally bewildered.
"yeah, no one likes 3 musketeers." mike agreed.
"mhm, it's just nougat." will reasoned.
"whoa. just nougat?" retorted dustin, "just nougat? it is top 3 for me."
"top 3?!" lucas and I exclaimed.
"top 3." repeated dustin.
"ugh god, gimme a break." complained mike before dustin continued.
"seriously, I can just eat a whole bowl of nougat, straight up." he said.
"that's disg-" I began but was cut off by a mini michael myers jumping at us with a fake knife swinging about.
"shit!" I cried out whilst the boys screamed like babies.
a familiar chuckle came from inside the michael myers' mask, it was pulled off to reveal max mayfield.
"holy shit! you should've seen the looks on your faces!" she laughed, "and you?" she egged on at lucas, "who screams like that? you sounded like a little girl!" she then turned her back and began to trail on, her red hair swaying as she stepped.
"hey, you guys coming or not?" she asked, "I heard we should hit up loch nora, that's where the rich people live, right?"
"yeah!" dustin and lucas smiled before racing after the redhead, will followed after the two boys, leaving mike and I.
"you alright?" mike sighed after turning to me.
"yeah.." I breathed, "I'm.. fine." slowly and together we began to walk after the group.
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my shoes scuffed along the concrete as we walked from house to house. my pillowcase had grown heavier and heavier so I now just let it drag along the floor. mike and will were a couple yards ahead of me, immersed in conversation. just like how max, lucas and dustin were but they were even further away.
suddenly, I noticed mike storming off, leaving will to stand still for a moment before he dawdled after him. only to be stopped and jumped by a trio of older teenagers.
"HEY!" I shouted at the teens, they all turned their gaze to me, abandoning will who now lay quivering on the floor.
I stumbled backwards as the teenagers towered over me, holding out their fake knives.
"leave him alone.." I murmured.
"what was that?" one of them growled before leaning closer to my face.
"did I stutter?" I spat, suddenly growing annoyed, "I said, leave him alone!" I then proceeded to punch the teenager square in the face. he hissed in pain as he pulled away from me, this didn't only anger him, it angered his friends. their eyebrows furrowed even more, before I broke out into a sprint down the street.
I bolted down each street with my pillowcase of candy tightly gripped in my hand. my breathing levels quickened the closer I got to home, the teenagers were no longer after me but nevertheless it still felt as if someone was after me.
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I slammed the door to my room shut before sliding down the back of it. tears streamed down my face as I tried to regain control of my breathing. my hushed sobs got quieter and quieter until they were completely silent. my shaky hand reached for my walkie until it got ahold of it and I pulled it towards my face.
"hi el.." I gently spoke into it, "it's day.. 354, aka halloween... today didn't go as planned. max joined us.. which I was fine with but then I kinda got left out. and I just wish.. I wish that you were here because.. you'd always make sure I wasn't left behind and you'd.. you'd understand me.." a deep sigh slipped my lips, "you'd help me keep control of my powers a-and you'd explain these nightmares or whatever they are to me. I don't like doing it without you eleven, it's getting harder everyday.. please come home.. I'm going crazy without you."
"crazy together?" a very faint but also very soft voice offered in my ear, my eyes widened just like yesterday.
"eleven?.." I called out quietly as I strained my eyes to look for el.
"y/n." the voice spoke again, my heart beat increased once the same brunette from yesterday started to appear. the feeling of eleven's lingering presence grew stronger and stronger as I looked into her doe-like eyes. this was when I realised.. this girl was eleven. happy tears welled in my eyes as I reached out to the ghost-like figure but as soon as my fingers met the figure, she faded away.
my happy tears instantly turned to sad ones and my back fell against the door again as I just let the tears flow and flow and flow.
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lost love
Fanfiction"and she disappeared just as fast as she appeared." eleven hopper x fem reader
