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. ✧ ・゜. +・o ✧
A shaken-up Joyce escorted Alina and Will to the car, rubbing her son's shoulder. Gabe watched as the three of them headed towards it, all of their faces saying different things—Joyce's was relief, that her son had recovered from whatever had happened to him in the field (was it PTSD from the time he was lost in the woods?), Alina's was still terrified, streaked with tears (she'd burst into relieved sobs when Will had finally responded) and Will's... Will almost seemed calm. He was a little pale, but other than that... he didn't look traumatized or anything, like Gabe expected him to. No, for Will it was like nothing had happened at all.
"Okay, that totally freaked me out," said Max, her skateboard under her arm as she watched the three make their way towards the car. Joyce was still rubbing Will's shoulder, and Alina had moved away slightly, her head bent. Max turned to the others. They were all standing on the steps leading into the school, watching the three leave. "Did that not freak you guys out?"
"Two episodes in two days," said Lucas, his brow furrowed. Unlike the others, though, his eyes were not strictly locked on Will. No, Gabriel could tell that he kept glancing to Alina. He had a crush on the girl, Gabe realized. And he wasn't very subtle about it. But for some reason, Alina didn't seem to know. Perhaps it was because of his obsession with Max that begun on their first day here.
"It's getting worse," said Mike.
"You think it's True Sight?" Lucas suggested, causing Dustin and Mike's eyes to lock onto his. Gabe watched as Mike shook his head a fraction of an inch, and realization ran through him. This was one of the things they had talked about inside the AV Room, when he and Max had both been kicked out.
"What's True Sight?" Max asked, exchanging a confused glance with Gabe.
"It's nothing," said Lucas quickly, noticing their eyes on him. But Gabe wasn't convinced. He listened to the car engine rumble as it pulled out of Hawkins Middle, taking Will and Alina, who he could see staring out of the window, away. And then Gabe spoke.
