Max woke up from a nightmare, hyperventilating. She goes to the kitchen just to take her pills. Madison put the phone down. "Headache?"

"Yeah..."

Police sirens are wailing in the distance and the dog starts barking. The Mayfield sisters go investigate.

"Looks like that Munson boy's up to no good again."Susan points out the obvious

Max heads closer to Munson's trailer.Madison follows her sister, skeptical

"Max what are you doing?"

"Mr. Munson. Where is she?"

"I just found her there. I swear I don't even know her name. I have never seen her 'fore."

"Just calm down and stay back."

"What you boys doing?"

The two took a peek just to see Chrissy, lifeless in her cheerleader outfit. Her legs look twisted, out of place like something out of a horror movie.

"HEY"

The sisters gasped.

"You can't be out here. Get back inside. Back inside."

The sisters ran out of the crime scene, scared.

"What do you think happened?" Madison asked

"I don't know."

Max started to walk away

"Where are you going?"

"Dustin's house, I won't be long."

" Wait, Max"

She stopped walking and turned to look at her sister

" Once you are done, meet me at Family Video"

Max just nods and continued to walk. Madison went on her bike and rode off.

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"Then Vickie laughed. And it wasn't like a cheap, fake laugh either. It was like... It was a real, genuine laugh." Robin explained.

Steve finished stacking the other side of the movie display. He gave his girlfriend a smile when she walked through the door.

"Of course. It's my Muppet joke. It's hilarious"

Madison let out a chuckle. " She sounds like Miss Piggy giving birth. "

" Right, that's what I said"

Robin shook her hands excitedly. "My point is that Vickie laughed, and everything was just like... It was perfect. "

"But?"

"But I'm having this problem where it's like, I should stop talking. I have said everything I need to say. But then I guess I get nervous, and the words keep spilling out, and it's like my... my brain is moving faster than my mouth, or... or rather my... my mouth is moving faster than my brain. I'm digging this hole for myself, and I want to stop digging, I'm trying to stop, but I can't. And I'm doing it right now, aren't I?"

Steve put his hand on the counter, nodding

"Yeah, you are."

Robin hung her head in disappointment. "Oh, I'm hopeless."

Madison moved over to the classics section.

"Aren't we hopeless at one point. I thought I was hopeless last summer."

" Yeah but you got the boy of your dreams. And you guys are an unstoppable power couple,you can have a small argument, and the next few hours, it's like nothing ever happens. You come back to each other every time. And I want that. I know what I want and I've found the girl of my dreams, but I'm not like you, I don't have the courage to ask her out. " Robin rambled on

Madison shrugged and grabbed a movie.

"Honestly, if you think Vickie is the one then just go for it. How do you think I ended up with him."

Steve just nodded and smiled.

"Ooh, I think I found our morning movie. Doctor Zhivago. "

Steve groaned and crossed his arms

"Ugh, you know I don't do double VHS."

"But it's about doomed love." Robin pleaded

"Oh, well, if you just started with that,"

"Also, Julie Christie is B-b-bonkers hot in this. Like, seriously, the most beautiful creature I have seen in my life."

She grabs the remote and turns on the TV.

"Well it is your choice;"

"We're in the Forest Hills trailer park in east Roane County. We don't have a lot of details now, but we can confirm that the body of a Hawkins High student was discovered early this morning. Police have not released the name..."

"Isn't that by your trailer?" Robin pointed to the tv

All the worry from this morning, from seeing Chrissy's body came right back at her like a harsh reality check.

"Yeah."

Madison swallowed a lump in her throat. They stared at the TV in horror.

One hour later...

The news was still talking about the murder; it is the only thing on. Madison taps her fingers anxiously on the counter until..

The bell rang.

"Hey,Maddie"

It is Dustin and Max

Steve leaned against the counter and pointed to the TV.

"You see this."

"How many phones do you have?" Dustin asked.

"Someone was murdered."

"How many phones do you have?" He repeated impatiently

"Two. Why?"

"Technically three, if you count Keith's." Robin added.

Dustin and Max made eye contact and nodded.

"Yeah, three works"

Max walked around the counter while Dustin threw his bag, making a mess.

"What are you doing? What are you"

"My pile!" Robin yelled.

"No, no, no!"

"Our tapes," the pair say in unison.

"Dude, what are you doing, man?"

"Setting up the base of operations here." Dustin answered him,

Steve furrowed his eyebrows confused.

"Base of operations?"

"Get off."

Dustin continued to type into the computer, ignoring Steve's remarks. "I need it."

"For what?"

"Eddie's friends' phone numbers."

Steve scoffed. "Oh, Eddie Your new best friend you think is cooler than me because he plays your nerdy game?"

"Harrington"

"What?"

"Yes. I never said that." Dustin responded.

Robin became frustrated due to the mess
he caused

"Seriously, guys, maybe on a Monday you can play around, but it's Saturday. It's our busiest day."

"Robin, I empathize, but this cannot wait."

"Calling Eddie's friends is an emergency."

"Correct!"

"Want me to strangle him or do you want to?"

Robin turned to Steve. "We could take turns;

"Why haven't you- you know what Max, Can you fill these two in while I do this?"

Max took a deep breath, being the first to explain as Madison was about to open her mouth. They talked â outside seeing Chrissy last night in Eddie's trailer, the lights flickering, the TV not working, and her body being found the next morning, dead.

Have you seen or heard from Eddie recently?

Eddie Munson. When was the last time you talked to him?  Seen him?

Max sighed.

Okay. Sorry to bother you.

Know anyone who'd know where he is? I don't think he's at the arcade. Yep, I'm pretty sure. Reefer Rick? No. Does this Reefer Rick have a last name? I mean, it's kind of...

Madison hands a girl a tape. "All right, Doctor Zhivago."

"But isn't that double VHS?"

Madison elbowed her boyfriend

"It's filled with action and romance And a little bit of suspense"

"So, my boyfriend won't, like, totally puke when I bring it home?"

Madison paused to think" Oh...Uh, no. No. He's gonna..."

"He's gonna love it,"Steve suddenly jumped in.

"Yeah."

He walked out the door to say goodbye to the lady.

"See ya."

"Yeah, see ya later. Alligator"

Madison arms are crossed to her chest

" After a while, Crocodile"

"God damn it"

Max hung up the phone. "Hey, guys, I might have a lead."

The groups attention went to her, Dustin being the first one to speak up.

" Seriously?"

"Yeah. Eddie gets drugs from some guy named Reefer Rick, and sometimes Eddie crashes there."The young Mayfield started to explain

"Sounds promising. Where does Reefer Rick live?"

Max sighed at Robins question. "See, that's the thing. No one knows. He's more of... a legend than someone that people know."

"Last name?"

"I don't know that either."She replied to Dustin

"Bet the cops know the last name."

The group turns to Steve, Max eyebrows is furrowed with confusion. " What"

" Cops, I mean, listen, if this Reefer Rick is actually a drug dealer,I guarantee you he's been busted at some point.Means he's in the system."

Dustin scoffed. "The cops? Steve? That's your suggestion?

Madison rolled her eyes at their sudden bickering

"I think they should be filled in on what we know, what's going on."

"You think Eddie's guilty, don't you? Dustin asked accusingly."

Steve raised his hand in the air

"Whoa. I believe in innocent until proven guilty, all that constitutional shit. I just, you know, don't think we can rule it out. "

"That's precisely what we're trying to do here, Steve."

Max turns to her sister with a shake of her head.

"And maybe we'd have a little bit more luck if you spent less time looking at your girlfriend," Dustin points at Madison. "And more time to find Eddie."

" Well somebody got to attend the customers"

" Especially, if they're babes right." Robin teased with a wink.

Steve points to her

"Hey no fair, I attend to babes and non babes alike. We've got a very big selection in here, it can be super overwhelming for people. "

"Yeah, it can be." Robin moved over to the computer and started to type.

"What are you doing?"

Her attention focuses on the keyboard" Maybe we don't need a last name.

As she continued to type a huge selection of Ricks appeared. Madison started to catch on

"Twelve Ricks have accounts here."

"Lot of Ricks.".

"Ok, let's narrow it down."

Madison motioned to Robin. "Rick Alderman's latest rentals are Annie and Dumbo.

"Chances our drսg dealer has a family?"

Max shook her head. "Not likely."

Madison nods, as Robin continued.

"All right."

"Rick Conroy. Sixteen Candles, Teen Wolf, Romancing the Stone."

They all disagreed.

"Okay."

"Rick Joiner. Mask, Footloose, and Grease."

They disagreed again.

"Rick Kimbrough. The Blue Lagoon and Splash."

They all laughed.

"Nope"

"No way"

"Okay."

"Rick Lipton. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Cheech &Chong's Next Movie. Cheech &Chong's Nice Dreams. Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke."

Madison snapped her finger. "Bingo."

"Lipton?"

"Spelled like the tea. 2121 Holland Road," Robin confirmed to the young Mayfield

"That's out by Lovers Lake."

"Middle of nowhere."Max realized

"It's a perfect place to hide."

Madison walked and grabbed a piece of paper writing down the location before flipping the sign.

A/N:Sorry for the wait, Finals were coming up and I wasn't feeling too good. But I'm fine now. Eddie Munson will be in the next part