FORTY SIX

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The Mall Rats

Catherine was super glad that Steve got the job at Scoops Ahoy, not only because they could slowly save up for an apartment together somewhere, but because she gained a new friend through his ice-cream slinging partner- Robin Buckley

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Catherine was super glad that Steve got the job at Scoops Ahoy, not only because they could slowly save up for an apartment together somewhere, but because she gained a new friend through his ice-cream slinging partner- Robin Buckley. The two had quickly become really close friends, spending time together outside the mall. There had been many nights when Cat had invited Robin to stay the night at hers so they could have a sleepover. The first few times, Robin had declined but eventually accepted.

The two laid on Cat's bed in their pyjamas, watching movies all night. "We should like, paint our nails." Cat suggested, taking her gaze of the small TV in her room, which was currently playing 'West Side Story', and looking over to Robin.

"What colours do you have?" Robin asked. She didn't usually paint her nails, but was open to the idea. She was at a sleepover, after all.

"Oh, I have loads." Cat grinned, climbing off the bed to grab the box of nail polish from her cabinet. "Nancy keeps gifting me the ones she never uses." She placed the box on the bed, opening and sitting crossed legged beside Robin. "You know, we should invite her over next time we have a sleepover."

Robin raised an eyebrow. She didn't know this Nancy that her new best friend was talking about.

"Oh, c'mon." Cat grinned, picking a colour from the box. "It'll be fun." She opened the light blue nail polish she had chosen, beginning to paint her toes.

Robin picked up a shade of pink, smiling as she began painting her finger nails.

***

Catherine leant on the doorway of the Hopper cabin, watching as Eleven frantically paced back and forth across the porch. Cat wasn't tutoring El that day, she was just there to hang out as sisters and now the two were waiting with the girl for Mike to show up. El inhaled sharply, clearly annoyed at her boyfriend for not showing up. She pushed past Cat as she stormed back into the cabin, Cat stepping inside after her. "Hey. Is everything okay?" Hopper asked the girls as El picked up the phone. Cat shrugged in answer to Hopper's question, watching as El dialled in Mike's number.

"It's 9:32." El said into the phone, walking into her room. "Where are you?"

Cat followed her into the room, shutting the door behind her and taking a seat at the foot of El's bed. She watched as her sister talked to Mike about why he wasn't visiting. From what Catherine could hear, something was wrong with Mike and Nancy's Nana. Cat knew he had to be lying because if their Nana really was sick, Nancy would have rang her.

The phone call ended and El slammed her bedroom door after hanging the phone back on the receiver. She curled up on her bed, resting her head on Cat's shoulder. Cat ran her hand through her sister's hair, which had grown a lot since their last adventure.

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