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"I still don't get why they call him zombie boy. I mean, I get it. He got lost in the woods for a week or something, but why is he a zombie? Because everyone thought he was dead?" Max says as she walks down the halls with Taylor and Lucas. "Yeah, I mean, we had a funeral for him and everything." Lucas says trying to explain to Max and Taylor again.

"Really? After a week?" Taylor says pulling her eyebrows together. "Well, see, some other kid drowned at the quarry. We thought it was Will because his body was super decomposed." Lucas said being more specific then before.

Taylor stopped in her tracks to turn and face Lucas. "What! Lucas, that's not even a little funny." Taylor raised her eyebrows as she spoke seriously.

"Its not a joke, all right? Its public knowledge. You can ask anybody. Except Will, because he is really sensitive about it. All right?" Lucas spoke so seriously that Taylor started walking towards a random person she's never met, nor seen in her life.

Max pulls her from her from the hook on her backpack and starts walking away from Lucas.

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Taylor was in Mr. Clarke's class. As he is talking about the Phineas case Dustin walks in, slamming the door as he walks inside. "I am so sorry, Mr. Clarke. Really, I'm so sorry. Please continue with the class. Don't mind me. Really, continue, please. Thanks." Mr. Clarke does as he says and continues with the class.

"Although it wasn't a crowbar, it was a rod, as I said" Then Taylor looks over to see the four boys whispering. She could hear what they were saying though.

Then she sees Dustin turn over to Max and start whispering to her. "Dustin!" Mr. Clarke says raising his voice a little.

"Yes, my lord?" Dustin says respectfully. Taylor starting giggle in her chair. She then sees Mike turn around and death stare her. She quickly stopped laughing and faced forward.

Mr. Clarke and Dustin started talking again but Taylor wasn't listening, she was too busy daydreaming about going home. Taylor got out of her daydream after Mr. Clarke started talking again.

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Max and Taylor were in the Av club room after Max told her that Dustin invited them. "What happening?" Dustin just waved at them to come closer. They walked up to the table and the trap from Halloween. It fly's open and Taylor bends over to see what inside. "What the hell?" Taylor whispers with a disgusted look on her face.

"His name is d'Artagnan." Dustin then picks him up. "Cute right?" Taylor looks at him like he's crazy. Which she though he was. "D'Artagnan?" Mike asks Dustin. "Dart for short." Dustin answers back, with a smile on his face.

"And he was in your trash?" Max asks. Dustin smiles at her "Foraging for food." Then Taylor saw his eyes widen. "You wanna hold him?" Max pulls herself up and her eyes widen.

"No, no." Dustin says to her smiling. "I don't want to-" But Dustin doesn't listen and gives it to her anyways.

"Oh, God, he's slimy!" Max yells passing it to Taylor.

"Ew!" Taylor gags as she passes it to Lucas.

"Ugh he's like a living booger." Lucas says with a uncomfortable face. Then passing it to Will.

"Ugh, oh, God!" Will doesn't wait a second to pass it to Mike.

Mike just holds it in his hands and pulls it closer to his face. "What is he?" Mike asks furrowing his eyebrows.

"My question exactly." Dustin says as his smile grows wider.

Dustin then pulls out 5 books. "At first, I thought it was some type of pollywog." "Pollywog?" Max asks him. "Its another word for tadpole. A tadpole is a larval stage of a toad." Right before Dustin could say anything else Max says "I know what a tadpole is."

Dustin nods at her "All right, then you know that most tadpoles are aquatic, right? Well dart isn't. He doesn't need water." Lucas looks at him confused. "Yeah, but aren't there nonaquatic pollywogs?"

"Terrestrial pollywogs? Yep. Two to be exact. 'Indirana semipalmata'. And the Adenomera andreae. One's from India, one's from South America." Dustin explains to them. "So how did one end up in my trash can?" Dustin asks them. "Maybe some scientists brought it here, and it escaped?" Max says trying to make an answer to Dustin's question. Mike then points at dart. "Do you guys see that? Looks like somethings moving inside of it."

Taylor and everyone else starts moving closer to get a better look at it. Mike moves the light to get a better look. Then the thing made a weird sound. Not something Taylors ever heard at least. Everyone jumps back. Max grips onto Taylors hand. Taylor looked down at their hands and blushed. Max realized what she did and pulled away. Little did Taylor know, Max was blushing too.

Dart ran off the table. "Woah." Dustin said as he quickly caught it. "It's okay. It's ok. I got you little guy. I know you don't like that. It's okay." Everyone looked at it, and Dustin, weirdly. "And there's another thing. Reptiles, they're cold-blooded. Ectothermic, Right? They love heat, the sun. Dart hates it. It hurts him." Dustin explains to them.

Lucas looks at Dustin confused. "So, if he's not a pollywog or a reptile..." Dustin's smiles, big , and says excitedly. "Then I've discovered a new species." Taylor scans her eyes around the room to see if anyone else was surprised, or if it was like an everyday thing for them. But someone caught her eye.

Will.

He looked scared.

Very scared.

Before she could ask if he's ok the bell rang. They walk out of the Av club room. "We gotta show Mr. Clarke." Mike says. " What if he steals my discovery?" Dustin asks Mike. Mike rolls his eyes at him. "He's not gonna steal your discovery." "You know, I'm thinking about calling it Dustonious pollywollgus. What do you think." Dustin asks Taylor. "I think you're an idiot." She says jokingly.

" You know, when I become rich and famous for this one day, don't come crawling back saying, 'Oh, my God, Dustin, I'm so sorry for being mean to you in 8th grade.'" Dustin says in a not very feminine voice. Taylor looks at him and giggles " Yeah, like I'd say that."

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Taylor, Max , Lucas and Dustin were in Mr. Clarkes room to show him whatever Dustin has discovered. "This is the reason why I was late for class." Dustin says to Mr. Clarke, putting the trap on Mr. Clarkes desk. Mr. Clarke looks at the trap put in front of him. "Pretty neat. These doors function?" Mr. Clarke asks Dustin.

"Well, yeah, obviously. But it's not about the trap. Its what inside. Now, this very well may change your perception of the world." Dustin explains to Mr. Clarke. "Consider my interest piqued." Mr. Clarke says slightly smiling. "All right, first, let's just clarify that... this is my discovery, not yours." Taylor crosses her arms and looks at him. "Dustin! Just show him..." Taylor starts motioning her hands around the trap. "That thing, I guess."

Dustin looks at Taylor dead in the eye. "It's a he Tay! A he!" "Dustin!" Max yells at him. "Okay, fine." Right as Dustin is going to open the door Mike runs in. "Stop!" Mike grabs the trap with Dart in it. "I'm sorry, Mr. Clarke. It was a stupid prank." Dustin looks at him like he's insane. "What the hell are you doing!?" Mike keeps on talking to Mr. Clarke. "I told him to stop. We need to go." Dustin looks at him confused. "Mike!" "Right now!" Mike says back to him.

They ran out the classroom to the AV club room. Max and Taylor where about to walk in but Mike quickly shut the door on them. "What the hell!" Taylor yells outside of the door. "Hello? Hello?" Max yells with Taylor. "Guys, come on. Can we come in yet? " Max yells trying to get the boys attention. They knew it didn't work when they heard Mike yell "No!" on the other side of the door. Max slams her fist against the door again as Taylor slides down the wall next to the door.

"Mike so annoying." Taylor says with a groan. "Tell me about it." Max says agreeing with her. Max then again, starts knocking on the door. "Guys, what's going on? Come on." Max yells again. Taylor quickly gets up and starts digging in her bag.

After a few seconds she found a bobby pin. Going up to the lock and starts twisting the pin in the lock.

Few seconds of doing that Taylor twists the nob and opens the door. Her eyes widen as she sees Dart running out of the room.

"What the..." Max says weirdly behind Taylor. "Oh shit!" Mike yells running out of the room. Dustin falling on Taylor in the process. "Where did he go?" Lucas asks with concern. "What was that!?" Max yells helping Taylor up. "Dart!" Mike yells back at her, answering her question. "What?" Taylor says. She remembers it being small not too long ago. " You let him escape!" Mike yells at Taylor with anger.

"Why did you attack him?" Dustin says defending Taylor. Mike just hits his chest and says "Come on." running away.

"Don't hurt him. Don't you hurt him!" Dustin yells to Mike not wanting this to happen again.

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Taylor and Max walk into the boys locker room, trying to find Dart. "Where is it at?" Taylor says annoyed she has to look for Dustin's not normal pet. "It's a he Taylor." Max says giggling a bit. "You're so right. I'm so sorry." Taylor says jokingly.

They went back to looking for Dart after that. As they were looking the heard someone yell from behind them. They turned around just to face Mike.

"Omg." Taylor said slapping her forehead. "What the hell are you doing?" Max yells at Mike. "What are you doing?" Mike says changing the tone in you. "Why are you in here?" "Looking for Dart." Taylor said in a obvious tone. "What else would we be doing here?" Taylor asks Mike because he wasn't making sense to her.

"This is the boys' locker room." Mike said annoyed at them. "Yeah, so?" Max asks him, not seeing a problem. "So you should go home." Mike says dropping the stick and walking out. Taylor instantly started following him. "Why do you hate us so much?" Taylor asks Mike. It was a genuine question. She wanted to know why Mike hated her and Max. She did not want to be not liked. She just wanted to fit in.

"I don't hated you guys. How can I hate you I don't even know you." Mike said plainly. "But you don't want us in your party." Taylor said back to him. "Correct." "Why not?" Taylor asks again.

"Because you guys are annoying."

Taylors heart broke like a mirrorball.

Into a thousand little pieces.

Annoying?

Is that what I am to him?

"And, we don't need another party member. I'm our paladin, Will's our cleric, Dustin's our bard, Lucas is our ranger, and el is our mage." Mike yells at them. Taylor just walked past Mike. Not even wanting to hear about El. Taylor sits on the bleachers with tears in her eyes.

She wanted to go home.

She didn't wanna be around Mike anymore.

Maybe he would want to be her friend it she just

Shut up.

Taylor started to cry. But before Max and Mike could see she ran out the gym. As she walked out she bumped into a girl with short curly hair. "I'm sorry." Taylor apologized to the girl and kept on walking.

Eleven looked back at her. El knew that Mike made her cry. She felt bad for her. "Pretty." El whisper. Looking back at Mike.

Taylor walked into the principle's office and went up to the front desk. "Hello, can I use your phone?" Taylor asked the lady at the front desk. This time it was a different woman, not the one the first day.

"The lady looks up at her and nods "Yeah, go ahead sweetie." She said thank you and called Ethan. She hears a voice go "Hello?" She sniffed. "Ethan, can you pick me up?" She heard keys in the background and Ethan say " I'll be there in 5." She hears the line go dead so she puts the phone back. She said thank you to the lady again and walks out the school. She sits on the steps for 5 minutes, crying, then she saw a car pull up.

She saw a woman with a worried look on her face. She walks up to her. "Have you seen Will byers?" She asked. Taylor looks up at her, blinking her tears away. "I think he's inside with his friends." The woman just says a tiny thank you and walks inside.

A few minutes after that she saw Ethan's car pull up. She hears the doors open behind her but doesn't care to look back to see who it was.

She hugs Ethan and sobs into his shoulder. "Get it the car." He says calmly running his fingers through her hair. As she sat in the passenger seat she looks out the window to see the party and Max there.

Ethan started driving when he saw the way she looked at the boys. "Did they do this?" Taylor nods at him. "It was Mike again. He called me annoying." She said sobbing into her hands.

When they got home Taylor went to her room and just cried into her pillow.

𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬!

HII!!! this is the third chapter 🤗🤗🤗

mike hurting my bb tay is not ok

i already have a lot of ideas for seasons 3 and 4!!!
and i'm so excited to write them😛

anyways

BYEEEE

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𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫💗

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