In case you don't live forever

Chapter 1: Girlfriend?

Peter's Pov:

I sat in the back room at Scoops Ahoy waiting for my friends to come with Steve. When the summer started my brother managed to get me a part-time job scooping ice cream at Scoops Ahoy. And along with that ever since the summer started Will, Lucas, Max, Mike and I have snuck into movies through the backdoor at Scoops and they were late today. Mike was probably making out with El like always. The bell at the front counter rang vigorously and Robin yelled something that I couldn't quite pick out but Steve could apparently because he opened the window, seemingly annoyed. "Again? Seriously?" Steve said annoyed and the bell rang again. He opened the door and bodies came through. I looked up and saw Will smiling widely at me and I jumped out of my seat. He took my hand and followed Mike, Max and Lucas with me by his side. "I swear if anybody hears about this.." Steve started as we walked down a long hallway. "We're dead" We finished for Steve. "And Steve remember, I'm taking tomorrow off 'cause Dustin's coming back from camp" I yelled to Steve and we continued down the hallway.

When we reached the end of the hallway, Mike opened the door and looked to see if anybody was coming. When he walked out we assumed there was no one so we all followed Mike. He rushed into the movie theatre with the rest of us following him and when we got inside, we found a row of 3 empty seats and two in front of them. Lucas and Max sat in the two seats and Mike, Will and I sat in the row of three. We sat down and looked at the screen. The previews had just ended. "See Lucas? We made it" Mike whispered just loud enough that we could all hear him. "We missed the previews" Lucas responded also whispering. "Still made it. Fartface" Max told Lucas, laughing a little. Will handed Lucas a package of skittles and handed Mike something as well. He handed me a package of m&m's and grabbed my hand. I looked at him and smiled. He smiled back and I rested my head on his shoulder. My eyes started to close but shot open when screams and boos swirled around the movie theatre. I looked at the screen to see that it was pitch black. The power must have gone out. After about a minute, the screen came back on and the movie started again. Everyone in the theatre cheered then went silent. I looked over at Will to see a nervous look on his face as he touched the back of his neck. "Hey," I said almost snapping him out of something. He looked at me taking a short breath. "You okay?" I asked him. "Yeah" He replied after a few seconds. "Are you sure?" I asked just because I was worried. Will nodded his head and gave me a small smile "Of course." "Okay" I rested my head on his shoulder again and closed my eyes for the rest of the movie.

Time Skip

I woke up to Will next to me. Last night I had slept over at his house because being at home wasn't somewhere I wanted to be right now. Lately, my dads had been fighting a lot. Like more than parents should fight. Their arguments consisted of them swearing and yelling at each other for hours and normally end with slapping and physical fights. I hated seeing them like this so I just stayed away from home as much as possible. Steve would typically stay at the Byers house as well. No one had any idea about the fights, other than Joyce who was almost like a second mom to Steve and I. I haven't told Will because I don't want him to worry about me. He's been through enough and doesn't need to worry about me.

I turned in Will's bed to look at him. His eyes were still closed and his breathing was slow. "I love you so much, Will" I mumbled quietly before kissing his cheek and closing my eyes again. "I love you too, Peter" I heard Will say and my eyes shot open to see Will smiling at me widely. I shot up, startled. "Never do that again. You scared the living fuck out of me" I told him. "I'm sorry. Good morning, Peter" He wrapped his arms around me. Our small cuddle session was interrupted by Joyce. I quickly jumped back from Will. We found her standing at the door and I fell to the floor. My face blushed red in embarrassment and so did Will's. "Boys, breakfast is ready in the kitchen. Why don't you two get dressed and come eat" Joyce said smiling and then closing the door. Will got out of his bed and helped me up from the floor. Will walked to his closet, pulling out a pair of shorts and a t-shirt for himself. He pulled out a yellow t-shirt and a pair of black shorts from a bin in his closet. It was a bin full of the clothes that I left at Will's house. "Here you go, Peter" Will handed me my clothes giving me a small kiss on my cheek. "Thanks, Will" I smiled at him before he left the room to go change in the bathroom. I quickly got changed and walked into the kitchen to see Will already sitting at the table while Joyce placed 4 plates of food on the table. one in front of Will, another beside him and the other 2 on the other side of the table. I sat next to Will and Jonathan came rushing out of his room. "Hey, hey wait up," Joyce said approaching him. "Oh no, I'll eat at work. I'm late" Jonathan replied. "No, your cheek," Joyce said, wiping lipstick off Jonathan's cheek which I assume was from Nancy. "I gotta run. Alright, see ya later" Jonathan said backing up from Joyce and heading towards the door. "Gross" Will said grabbing my hand under the table as Joyce sat back down. "Well, I don't think you're gonna think its gross when you fall in love," Joyce told Will and he glanced at me. "I've already fallen in love" Will whispered quietly. "What?" Joyce must have heard Will a little. "Oh I said, I'm not gonna fall in love" Will answered, squeezing my hand gently. Joyce looked at him, skeptical then behind us. "What happened here?" She said walking over to the fridge. The magnets had all fallen off. Will and I shrugged.

When we finished eating breakfast, we both got on Will's bike and rode to Dustin's house. Today was the day he got back from summer camp. As we approached his house, everyone was standing outside waiting for us. "You guys finally came," Lucas said. "We're sorry. I overslept" I told him getting off Will's bike. Will got off after me and we went inside Dustin's house using the key Dustin's mom gave to Mike. We all followed Mike to the door and he unlocked it.

We all piled inside Dustin's house and Mike handed us all noisemakers. Lucas pulled a rolled-up poster from his pocket and we stood behind a wall, waiting for Dustin to come home.

The front door quietly opened and footsteps echoed through the house. Dustin's mom came to us and told us that Dustin was here now. El started to move toys in Dustin's room. Footsteps echoed again and El stopped the toys. We all quietly stepped out from behind the wall and stood behind Dustin. Lucas counted to three on his fingers and we all blew into the noisemakers and unrolled the signs, yelling "surprise". Dustin turned around screaming and sprayed his Farrah Fawcett spray exactly in Lucas's eyes. Lucas screamed and the rest of us backed up a bit, startled.

Small time skip

Dustin took Will, Mike, El and I to his room as Max helped Lucas get the hairspray out of his eyes. "I call it the forever clock. Powered by wind, very useful in the apocalypse" Dustin said, pulling a clock thing that he made at camp out of his bag and handing it to Will. "Then, I give you the slammer" He explained, holding a motorized hammer-like device. "Pretty neat, huh?" He said giggling a little. "But this, this is my masterpiece" He grabbed his whole bag and put it on the floor. We all went to the floor and sat down. "I would like you to meet, Cerebro" Dustin said opening the bag to reveal a bunch of stuff. "What exactly are we looking at here?" Mike asked him. "An unassembled, one of a kind, battery-powered, radio tower!" Dustin explained. "So it's a ham radio?" Will asked, holding my hand. "The Cadillac of ham radios. This baby carries a crystal clear connection over vast distances. I'm talking north pole to south. I can talk to my girlfriend whenever and wherever I choose" Dustin explained and our eyes widened. "Girlfriend?" We asked in sync.

"Wait, so her name is Suzie?" Mike asked as we walked through the hall in Dustin's house. "Suzie with a Z. She's from Utah" Dustin told us. "Girls go to science camp?" Will asked, still holding my hand. "Suzie does. She's a genius" Dustin said. "She cute?" Mike asked. "Think Phoebe Cates, only hotter," Dustin told Mike. "What's going on?" Max asked as we started to walk out the door. "We're going to talk to Dustin's girlfriend" I explained. "Girlfriend?" both Max and Lucas asked and they ran after us.

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