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˚⋆ ┊ ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING ┊ ⋆˚
☆⋅⋆ ─ act i. don't you want me, baby?

CHAPTER ZERO - welcome to hawkins

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⠀ ⠀ THE VANISHING OF WILL BYERS sent petty teen drama to the bottom of Peyton Evans' list of importance. She'd gotten to know him, and his brother, Jonathan, from the many many D&D parties in the basement of the Wheeler home. Back before social status was all that mattered, they'd formed a small circle of older siblings with absolutely nothing in common except their snot-nosed little brothers and their fantasy games.

In fact, the fear of losing said snot-nosed little brother was what drove her toward the fight against other-worldly beings in the first place. Fear and an overwhelming, intense sense of rage boiling in her bones. She kicked demo-ass protecting Nancy, even getting between Steve and a very fangy, fleshy death. Because, although she couldn't stand him, she didn't hate him enough to watch him die. And she cared for Nancy enough to trust her judgment (although several 'I told you so's were held back after the incident with the spray paint and the cinema and the slut shaming).

She'd also grown somewhat fond of his little sister. Sidney Harrington was, somehow, the opposite of her cocky, smartass brother. And their little group of four, Nancy, Barb, Peyton and Sidney, they were inseperable for years. When Barb went missing, it tore them apart. Sidney couldnt understand why Peyton and Nancy were so unoptimisic in the possiblity of finding their friend. She didn't realize all they'd been through. That they knew the truth about what happened to their beloved friend. That the powers at Hakwins Laboratory had scared them into staying silent, into never letting her friends and parents know her true fate.

Peyton couldn't imagine the hurt her little brother had gone through, thinking he'd lost his best friend. The relief on his face when the boys finally got to see him, alive and almost well in the hospital, finally freed from the upside-down. Of course, she missed El. Even if she hadn't gotten to know her the way her brother and his friends did, she was sweet. And she'd been through so much for someone so young.

But part of her was relieved. Not that Eleven was gone, but that no part of that terrible place was left in her hometown to torment her friends or her family any longer.

And, for a while, things were almost perfectly normal.

Almost.

[ EDIT: hi i'm not gonna delete my old notes but i'm putting the new ones first so cookie for u if u stick around n read my ramblings.

welcome to adventures in babysitting 2.0 !!

i started this book almost a year ago and i feel like
my writing style has really developed n improved so i'm going back through my favorite book and editing it to better reflect how i write it now

this did all start by me watching yellowjackets n realizing that shauna (sophie nelisse) is the perfect fc for a steve!sister oc so everybody say thank u to showtime <33

ANYWAY i'll stop now n i hope u enjoy the new and improved adventures in babysitting !!! ]

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kinda short and rushed cause i just really wanted to get this out so i can get to season 2 lol

tho i am planning on writing interludes of flashbacks to s1 just of my fav/important moments (fighting the demogorgon, jonathan punching steve, the middle school pool etc)

writing ch 1 which should be out VERY soon

also this book is at like 6k without a single chapter out ??? that's actually ??? insane ??? THANK U :,)

ty for reading and voting
and commenting it really does make my day!

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