In case you don't live forever

Chapter 6: Hiding

Peter's Pov:

We continued walking through the forest with our bikes by our side while Eleven and Mike had a conversation. Dustin, Lucas and I stayed a little behind listening to them talk.

It was starting to get dark and we had almost arrived to where we needed to be. According to Eleven. When we got there I realized that we just went to Will's house. I questioned it and walked up to Mike and El. "Here" El told us. "Yeah this is where Will lives" Mike said to Eleven. "Hiding" El looked at Mike. "No, no this is where he lives. He's missing from here. Understand?" I looked at the house then at her. "What are we doing here?" Lucas and Dustin came up to us and threw their bikes to the ground. "She said he's hiding here" Mike looked at them. "Um... No!" Lucas looked at Mike. "I swear if we walked all the way out here for nothing.." Dustin was cut off by Lucas "That's exactly what we did! I told you she didn't know what the hell she was talking about" Mike looked at Eleven "Why did you bring us here?" He sounded annoyed and tired. She just studdered a little. "Mike don't waste your time with her" Lucas yelled at Mike "What do you want to do then?" Mike faced him. I started to walk away from the fight seeing faint red and blue lights in the distance. "Call the cops, like we should have done yesterday" I heard Lucas yell. "We are not calling the cops" Mike yelled back. The lights started to get clearer and closer and I could hear sirens "Hey guys!" I yelled getting no response. "Guys!" I yelled again this time they came up beside me. "Will" I heard Mike mutter from beside me. We all ran to our bikes and hopped on. We followed the sirens as well as we can. All the police and fire trucks stopped. They led us to the bottom of the Quarry. We hid behind a fire truck trying to stay out of sight. We saw them pull a body out of the water. It was wearing the exact same clothes that Will was wearing the day he went missing. "Its not Will. It can't be" I mumbled feeling tears gather up in my eyes. I refused to believe that it was Will. I refused to believe my best friend was dead. We watched them bring the body out of the water. "It's Will. It's really Will" Lucas spoke. We turned away and I was just about to break out into tears. "Mike" Eleven rested a hand on Mikes shoulder but Mike pushed it off. "Mike? Mike, what? You were supposed to help us find him alive. You said he was alive. Why did you lie to us? What's wrong with you? What is wrong with you?" He yelled at her. "Mike" She said softly. "What.." Was all he answered with and then he stormed to his bike. "Mike, come on. Don't do this, man. Mike..." I could tell Lucas was trying to hold back tears. "Mike, where are you going? Mike!" Dustin had tears rolling down his cheeks. Mike picked up his bike and walked it up the hill as Lucas yelled his name "Mike!". Lucas, Dustin, El and I stood there for a minute before I picked up my bike and walked it back up the hill trying my best to hold back my tears.

I rode my bike home and opened the door. My dad, Chris heard me close the door and saw my heartbroken face. He came up to me "Peter, what's wrong sweetie?" He asked and wrapped his arms around me. I didn't answer. All I did was hug back and burst into tears. We stayed like for a while. Soon enough my other dad, Harry came downstairs "What's wrong?" He asked concerned. The only answer he got was a shrug from my dad. He joined us in the hug and rubbed my back a little. I cried in their arms for a while until they unwrapped their arms from me "You go to bed sweetie and we'll talk in the morning if you want okay?" My dad Harry said. I nodded and went upstairs to my bedroom. My brother, Steve walked into my room soon after. "You okay little bro?" He asked sitting next to me on my bed. I shook my head no. "Whatever is wrong Pete, it will get better. I promise. And if you need anything you can just come to me" Steve reassured me and wrapped his arms around me tightly. I hugged him back. We stayed in this position for about a minute before Steve pulled away. "You get some sleep okay?" He told me. "Goodnight. I love you" Steve kissed my forehead before leaving me alone in my room.  After he left I crawled under the covers and cried myself to sleep.

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