Later that day once the dismissal bell rang, the Hawkins kids started to gather their things to leave the AV club room, Five eyeing Avabelle as she grabbed the briefcase and quickly ran out of the room, attempting to go unnoticed.

"We can't let her leave," Five whispered to Brileigh as he got up and grabbed her arm.

"Where are we going—" Brileigh didn't even finish her sentence before Five ran them out of the room and down the hall, following the brunette as she headed towards the main doors of the school building.

The two had to swim their way through the crowded halls of middle schoolers that stood at their lockers or walked by, Five sticking his head up as far as possible to watch Avabelle's every step. As she was about to reach the doors and run out, Five used his abilities and ended up on Avabelle's back, knocking her to the ground. Brileigh groaned at Five's recklessness, not wanting to use her abilities in plain sight, and caught up to them a few moments later.

"What the hell?!" Avabelle exclaimed as Five stood over her.

"Avabelle," Five began. "Where did you get this briefcase?"

"Why do you care?" Avabelle tried to grab her briefcase, but Five had his foot on top of it so she couldn't grab it.

"Where did you get this briefcase?" Five repeated, staring Avabelle dead in the eye, letting her know he wouldn't leave until he had an answer.

"You wouldn't be asking if you already knew..." Avabelle muttered before sitting up and sighing. "You work for the Commission, don't you? Or is it the Handler herself? Have you guys finally found me?"

"I have no idea what that is or what you're talking about," Five replied. "But I know I've seen a briefcase exactly like that one from the future."

"I swear, if you're playing me and pretending to not work for the Handler so I get close to you and you can trick me into coming with you and suffering consequences, I will actually kill you," Avabelle threatened.

"Jeez, calm down, he was just asking a question," Brileigh muttered under her breath a little too loudly.

"Well I don't really trust you or your boyfriend right now," Avabelle snapped at her.

Five and Brileigh exchanged a quick look, their eyes wide before shaking their heads. "He's not my boyfriend."

"And she's not my girlfriend, I'm with the beautiful Delores," Five said with a dreamy look on his face as Brileigh rolled her eyes.

"Look, Five says he saw that briefcase when we were in the future of 2019, which we both someone time traveled to with our abilities," Brileigh began to explain, the expression on Avabelle's face showing she was putting the pieces together. "So it must be important, and somehow you're connected to it. All we want to know is some answers, we promise we won't turn you in to the 'Commission' or the 'Handler' or whoever is after you."

Avabelle sighed, not trusting them entirely, but beginning to give in. "Fine. You two can come to my house tonight around nine and we can talk more. It isn't safe to talk about this kind of stuff out in the open, you never know if she's here listening."

"'She'? Who?" Five asked, whispering, "The Handler?"

"Yes, now shut up," Avabelle said through gritted teeth. She then grabbed a Sharpie from her backpack and Five's hand, writing down her address on his palm. "Come here tonight, and I'll explain more. Just you two, not the others, or nobody else you know. Got it?"

Brileigh and Five nodded, Avabelle nodding back. Five then held out his hand, helping Avabelle up before she turned around and left, leaving the two of them standing in the hallway.

"So, how do we kill the next six hours?" Five asked.

"We can go explore more of the town," Brileigh shrugged.

"Or, I have a better idea," Five smiled slyly. "I can go on a date with Delores, and you can do whatever your heart desires out here in this hick town."

"I absolutely despise that idea, I'm not going out alone," Brileigh complained. "Come on, let's have some fun! Saving the world doesn't have to be boring!"

Five groaned, but not protesting when Brileigh grabbed his hand and ran out of the school doors with him, grinning her pretty signature smile widely.

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A/N: i promise the story will get better, bear with me, sorry if it's boring lol but i thought i'd update before my schedule gets busy 🥵

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