The next day, my dad was dropping me off at school, but we had to stop off at the Byers house first.

"Did you find anything last night?" i asked. He just shook his head. I could tell he was stressed. Him and Joyce used to be close in high school so this case was more personal than the others.

We knocked on the door and Joyce flung the door open. She looked like she hadn't slept for days. "We've been waiting six hour Hop" Joyce exclaimed.

"I know, i came as soon as i could" Hopper said as we came inside. "Six hours" she said more sternly. "A little bit of trust here, all right. We've been searching all night. All the way to Cartersville" he said.

"And?!" Joyce questioned. "Nothing" he replied hanging his head. "God" Joyce said as her voice quivered. I saw Johnathan standing behind the wall so i gave him a small wave. He gave a disheartened smile back.

"Flo says you got a phone call" Hopper said breaking the silence. "Yeah" Joyce said beckoning us over. The phone was covered in black soot as if it had caught on fire. "Storm barbecued this pretty good huh?" Hopper said as he inspected the phone.

"The storm?" Joyce questioned angrily. "Yea, what else?" Hopper asked. "Your saying that's not weird?!" Joyce exclaimed. "No, it's weird" Hopper replied.

"Could you maybe... Trace who made the call?" Johnathan asked. "No, it doesn't work like that. Now, are you sure it was Will? Flo said you just heard some breathing" Hopper said leaning against the wall.

"No. It was him. It was Will! And... He was scared!" Joyce shouted as her voice broke. "It was probably just a prank call. Maybe, somebody was trying to scare you" Hopper said. "Who would do that!?" Johnathan asked.

"Wills story was on the news. It brings out all the crazies, you know. False leads, prank calls" Hopper replied. Joyce shook her head and scoffed.

"No Hopper, it was not a prank. It was him!" Joyce shouted. "Joyce" Hopper said putting his head in his hands. "Come on! How about a little trust here? Don't you think i don't know my own sons breathing? Wouldn't you know your own daughters!" Joyce shouted.

The room fell silent. Hoppers face dropped as he walked away. Johnathan gave me an apologetic look as i looked at the ground. "Bambi, go wait in the car okay?" Hopper said with his back turned to me.

I slowly nodded my head and walked out of the room. Before i left, i turned back to Joyce. "I hope you find him soon" i said with a soft smile. Joyce gave me a thankful nod as i turned back and made my way out to the truck.

The car ride to school was awkward to say the least. "I won't be home tonight okay. They're doing another search party tonight" Hopper said breaking the silence. I nodded my head slowly. "Yea i won't be home until late too. I'm tutoring someone from school" i said biting my nails.

"Your tutoring someone? Who?" he questioned. "Steve" i replied. "Steve... Is Steve a girls name or a boys?" he asked. I rolled my eyes. "It's a pricks name, alright. My teacher is making me because he's failing english" i said. Hopper let out a chuckle.

"Well, maybe this will be good. You teach him english and maybe you can become friends" Hopper said with a grin from ear to ear. "No chance" i said getting out of the car.

When i got to school, i got my books from my locker and was heading to the toilet. As i was about to go in, i stopped as i saw Johnathan putting up posters of Will. "God that's depressing" i heard a voice say.

I looked around to see Steve, Nancy, Barb and the rest of the goon squad. "How much do you want to bet he killed him?" i heard Tommy say. I rolled my eyes and made my way over to Johnathan.

"Hey" i said. Johnathan swung around and seemed surprised to see me. "Oh, hey" he replied. "I just... You know... I'm sorry, i don't think anything i say will make you feel better" i said awkwardly. Johnathan gave me a small smile as he looked behind me.

I turned around to see everyone staring at him. Johnathan looked uncomfortably at the ground. "Everyone's thinking about you" i said with a fake smile. There was silence.

"Look, it sucks. But they'll find him. My dads looking everywhere and so is the rest of the town. If my dad finds out anything, i'll be sure to let you know first" i said. "Yea em, thanks" Johnathan said. I gave him a soft smile as i walked away.

"Oh look, the slut is marking her next victim" Tommy called out. Everyone giggled quietly. I gave him the finger as i walked off.

When school finished, i made my way home to our empty cabin. I heated up some left overs as i got my books together.

I still could not believe i had to willingly spend time with Steve Harrington. It was bad enough i had to breath the same air as him in school but now i had to go to his house? My life could not get any worse.

Since my dad was not home, i had to walk to Steve's house. When i finally got to his neighbourhood, i saw all the grand houses. I knew Steve was loaded, but this was a whole new level.

I made my way up to his house and knocked on the door. Carol swung the door open and looked me up and down. "What are you doing here?" she asked in a spiteful tone. "I'm here to study... Steve asked me to meet him here" i replied.

Carol let out a loud laugh as i stayed silent. When Carol realised i was not laughing along, her face dropped. "Your serious?" she questioned. "Yup" i replied with a half smile. "Steve, cock biters here" Carol called out as she walked away.

"Oh we're still doing the derogatory insults? Okay, fun" i said sarcastically. Steve came to the door and looked surprised to see me. "What are you doing here?" he asked. "You asked me to come here... Yesterday" i replied in an annoyed tone.

"Shit... I completely forgot" Steve said as he laughed. "I'm kind of busy so can we reschedule for another day?." I scoffed. "Are you serious? I just walked like five miles to get here and now you just ask to reschedule?" i exclaimed.

"Well em... Yeah" he replied. "Fine" i said as stomped off. I mumbled to myself as i walked away. "Wait!" Steve called out. I turned around slowly.

"Do you want to stay for a while?" he asked in an annoyed tone. A smirk grew on my face. "I believe i would" i said walking past him into the house. Steve rolled his eyes as he slammed the door.

"Why are you still here?" Tommy said as i walked into the backyard. "I said she could stay because she walked all this way, alright?" Steve replied. I gave Tommy a fake smile as i sat down.

Steve grabbed a knife and a beer as he cut a hole through it. He gulped all the beer in one go and threw the can on the floor. "Is that suppose to impress me?" Nancy said with a smirk on her face.

"You're not?" Steve replied. "Your a total cliché, you do realise that?" Nancy said as she chuckled. "Ha, that's rich" i mumbled under my breath. "Okay party girl, why don't you just show us how it's done?" Steve said handing Nancy a beer and a knife.

Nancy stood up and cut a hole in the can. She gulped it all in one as everyone cheered. I noticed Barb sitting uncomfortably on the chair, looking like she did not want to be there.

"Barb, you wanna try?" Nancy asked. "What? No" Barb said with a scoff. "Oh, come one" Nancy begged. "Nance, i don't want to" Barb said in an irritated tone.

"It's fun! Just give it a shot" Nancy said handing Barb a beer and the knife. Barb rolled her eyes as she reluctantly tried to cut a hole in the can. She suddenly dropped the can and the knife as she had accidentally cut open her hand.

"Shit!" Barb shouted. "Oh my god, Barb are you okay?" Nancy asked. "I'm fine... Where's your bathroom?" Barb asked in annoyed tone. "Oh yea it's uh, down past the kitchen, to the left" Steve replied.

Barb went inside and Nancy noticed i was feeling left out. "Do you want to try?" Nancy asked. "Oh no i'm good thanks" i replied with a fake smile. "Yea, i wouldn't let her touch anything if i were you. We don't know what sort of diseases she might have" Tommy said with a smirk.

Nancy looked uncomfortably at the ground. "Do you know what, i think i'm going to leave" i said getting up. "What? Look, just stay and one of us will drop you home after" Steve said in a guilty tone.

"I'll risk the walk" i snapped as i kept walking. Tommy and Carol both giggled to eachother as i left. Steve frustratedly followed after me. "Hey, Joy, just wait!" he exclaimed.

I stopped and grabbed my books. "I'll leave some notes on Romeo and Juliet here, read them!" i said sternly. "Are you seriously going to walk 5 miles home after you just got here?" he asked.

"It's better than being here with you" i replied as i grabbed my things and left.