After their conversation at Asher's house, the three knew that they needed to find Eddie. If any of this was linked to the Upside Down, which was a slight chance, they needed to know sooner rather than later. So, the three had decided to go somewhere were they'd be able to get some more help, at that would be at Family Video. Asher and Dustin knows that Steve and Robin are always put in for the Saturday shifts there, so they knew that the two would both be there.

"Hey Steve" Dustin says as the three walk into the store, seeing Steve and Robin behind the counter.

"You guys see this?" Steve asks the three teenagers.

"How many phones do you have?" Dustin asks Steve, getting straight to the point.

"Someone was murdered" Steve mentions.

"Yeah, we already know, dickface" Asher says to Steve, rolling his eyes "How many phones do you have?"

"Two, why?" Steve says before looking at Robin.

"Technically three, if you count Keith's in the back" Robin mentions to the younger teenagers.

"Yeah, three works" Max mentions, making Asher and Dustin jump over the counter, knocking the tapes over in the process.

"My pile!" Robin complains.

"No, no, no! Not my tapes, dude!" Steve also complains as the two just ignore him and go onto the computer "What are you two doing?"

"Setting up base of operations here" Dustin answers, not even giving Steve a glance.

"Base of operations?" Robin asks, being completely and utterly confused.

"Stop. Get of off that" Steve tells Dustin, who is busy typing away on the computer.

"No, I need it" Dustin says to Steve.

"Need it for what?" Steve asks, being confused just like Robin.

"Looking up Eddie's friend's phone numbers" Dustin bluntly says.

"Oh, Eddie, your new best friend who you think is cooler than me because he plays your nerdy game and because he's best friends with Ash?" Steve asks Dustin, rolling his eyes.

"You sound a bit jealous there, Harrington?" Asher asks with a laugh.

"Eddie, yes" Dustin complains before realising what Steve had said "I never said that."

"Seriously, guys, maybe on a Monday you can play around here like toddlers, but it's Saturday" Robin explains to the three "It's our busiest day."

"All right, look, Robin, I empathize, but this cannot wait until Monday" Dustin says as he writes down all of the numbers of Eddie's friends apart from Asher's.

"What, 'cause calling all of Eddie's friends is an emergency?" Robin asks, not being impressed in the slightest.

"Correct!" Dustin shouts right in Asher's ear.

"You know, if you explain what is going on, they'd be a bit less hostile and you won't need to burst my ear drum" Asher says to Dustin "Honestly, you need to start putting details into your explanations."

"Fine, can one of you just fill them in while I do this?" Dustin asks, looking between Max and Asher.

"Do you want to do it or me?" Asher asks Max, making her sigh before she explains everything to Steve and Robin.

For the next twenty minutes, Asher, Max and Dustin were calling all of Eddie's friends while Robin and Steve were working. Asher kind of felt bad that they were taking over the whole place while Steve and Robin had to work, but they had to find Eddie. That was what was important to Asher at the moment.

"Dude, have you seen Eddie?" Asher says to Gareth on the phone, just wanting to get straight to the point.

"If you haven't seen him then I definitely haven't" Gareth says to Asher "He spends more time with you than anyone. You should know where he is."

"If I knew where he is then I wouldn't be ringing you" Asher says with a sigh "Does Jeff or Doug know where he is?"

"Probably not" Gareth says to Asher.

"Thank you for being no help at all" Asher sarcastically says before hanging up the phone "Okay, so Gareth is no help at all, like usual."

"I'm pretty sure he's not with Asher" Asher hears Robin say to someone on the phone "Yep, I'm pretty sure since I'm standing right next to Asher" She says before hanging up the phone.

"You know what, that's the exact same conversation I just had" Asher says to Robin with a laugh.

"Well, normally, everywhere Eddie is, you're normally not that far" Robin says with a shrug.

"Hey, guys, I might have a lead" Max says after hanging up the phone "Apparently Eddie gets his drugs from some guy named Reefer Rick, and sometimes Eddie crashes there."

"Yeah, I know" Asher says, making the three look at him.

"And why didn't you bother telling us this?" Dustin asks Asher.

"It slipped my mind" Asher says with a shrug. If he was being honest, it didn't slip his mind, but he didn't think that Eddie would just hide out in someones house where he was going to get found eventually.

"It slipped your mind?" Robin asks, making Asher nod his head.

"You know, you could of told us this earlier" Dustin tells Asher "Then we wouldn't of had to spend all of this time calling all of this friends."

"You know, I'm feeling very attacked right now" Asher says, sounding offended.

"You're lucky you're pretty" Max mumbles "Do you know where he lives? No one else actually knows."

"Nope" Asher says, shaking his head "He's more of a legend then someone people actually knows. That, and Eddie won't tell me otherwise he's not allowed to crash there anymore."

"What about a last name?" Dustin asks Asher and Max.

"I don't know that either" Asher and Max both say at the same time.

"Bet the cops know the last name" Steve says as he walks over to the four.

"What?" Max asks.

"Cops" Steve says again "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."

"The cops?" Dustin asks with a scoff "Really, Steve? That's your suggestion?"

"That's the stupidest idea I've ever heard, and that's coming from me" Asher says to Steve "My old man always tells me, never trust a cop, ever."

"Yeah, well your dad is an abusive asshole" Max tells Asher.

"I think, at this point, they should be filled in on what we know, what's going on" Steve mentions to Dustin and Asher.

"Yeah, and give up Eddie to the police" Asher says with a scoff "Great idea Steve. Do you want a medal?"

"You think Eddie is guilty, don't you?" Dustin asks Steve.

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

"That's precisely what we're trying to do here, Steve" Max says to Steve, not understanding what the hell he is going on about.

"And maybe we'd have a little bit more luck if you find less time trying to find a girlfriend and more time trying to find Eddie" Dustin argues back.

"Oh, well, someone has to attend to the customers" Steve argues.

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

"Hey, not fair, okay?" Steve says to Robin "I attend to all of the customers equally, babes and non-babes alike. We've got a very big selection here. It can be super overwhelming for people."

"Yeah, it can be" Robin says before turning around as she starts typing on the computer.

"What are you doing?" Max asks as her, Dustin and Asher all crowd around Robin and the computer.

"Maybe we don't need a last name" Robin says, still typing away on the computer as Steve joins the group "Twelve Rick's have accounts here."

"That's a lot of Ricks" Max points out.

"So, lets narrow it down" Robin says as she clicks onto the first Rick "Rick Alderman's latest rentals are Annie and Dumbo. What are the chances our drug dealer has a family?"

"Very slim" Asher mentions.

"All right" Robin says before going onto the next Rick "Rick Conroy. Sixteen Candles, Teen wolf, Romancing The Stone."

"No" The group all say at the same time.

"Okay. Rick Joiner. Mask, Footloose and Grease" Robin says.

"You guys have Grease?" Asher asks happily "How did I not know this?"

"You like Grease?" Steve asks Asher.

"Hey, it's a good movie, all right?" Asher says defensively. The only reason why he loves the movie so much is because that's the movie that Asher and Max watched on their first official date. Ever since then, Grease has been his favourite movie.

"I'm not judging" Steve mumbles out.

"Rick Kimbrough" Robin says, going onto the next Rick "The Blue Lagoon and Splash."

"Definitely not" Max says with a laugh.

"Rick Lipton" Robin says "Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Cheech And Chong's Next Movie. Cheech And Chong's Nice Dreams. Cheech And Chong's Up In Smoke."

"Bingo" Dustin happily says.

"Lipton?" Max asks.

"Spelled like the tea" Robin mentions "2121 Holland Road."

"Isn't that out by Lover's Lake?" Asher asks.

"Yep, it's in the middle of nowhere" Max mentions.

"It's a perfect place to hide" Robin says with a smile.

"Okay, so what are we all sitting around for?" Asher asks "Let's get going, come on."

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