(y/n) - your name

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"Are you ready for the party tonight?" (y/n) asks Nancy but jumps as she slams her locker door, looking pissed off. "I'm guessing the talk with Steve didn't go well..."

"It didn't. I told him, I told him how I felt about the whole thing with Barb but he still said to pretend!" Nancy complains as (y/n) leads her to her car since the girls were going to get ready at Nancy's place for the Halloween party tonight at Tina's. (y/n) looks over at Billy briefly to see him having a pissed off expression while smoking as he waited for Max. He was in an ok mood this morning when she saw him, telling him that he didn't have to drop her or pick her up since she would be driving to Nancy's after school.

So what happened after (y/n) drove off for school in the morning to get him so mad?

"(y/n)!" Nancy breaks her out from her reverie and she quickly gets in her car to drive to Nancy's place. "So what are you wearing for tonight?"

"Well, not really a costume but you'll just have to see. It's a surprise." (y/n) winks and Nancy's mood brightens up in excitement. The girls quickly jump out of the car as (y/n) arrive at Nany's house, grabbing their bags to run upstairs and get ready. (y/n) got dressed in a bathroom as Nancy talked to her about what happened at school today, also ranting about Steve at the same time.

"Hurry up! I want to see the outfit (y/n)!" Nancy yells out and the girl walks out of the bathroom, passing by Mike who stopped and stared with wide eyes. (y/n) went over to Nancy in her room and her eyes widen, squealing out in excitement. "Oh my god girl you look amazing!" (y/n) flushed, unsure about the clothes she wore. She went with a leather look, a leather jacket, leather skirt, knee-high boots and a velvet off-shoulder top. It was the most she had dressed up ever but still covered up in a way she was comfortable in a social setting.

"Really?"

"Of course! Now come here, I need to do your makeup and your hair-"

"-no I think I'm good..." (y/n) slowly backs away from Nancy but she grabs her and pulls her to the vanity. "Nancy no-"

"-please! Let me do this. It'll be fun!"

"Fine... Makeup only but don't touch the hair. I don't like doing or putting anything in it." (y/n) grumbles in defeat but knew Nancy needed this after a long time, letting her put makeup on her. It was (y/n)'s first time ever wearing it, never having owned any products for herself before. She didn't even know how to put it on.

"Ok... and done!" after what felt like hours Nancy steps back to let (y/n) take a look at her handy work she was proud of in the vanity mirror.

"Well shit Nancy... I really don't look like myself."

"In a good way or a bad way?"

"A good way. I look good actually..." (y/n) smiles and Nancy silently cheers before going to do her own makeup. (y/n) watched curiously before getting up and packing up her stuff in her bag. She had planned to stay over at Nancy's for that long-awaited sleepover. Better staying over after getting shitfaced drunk at a friend's house than risking driving home.

"Where are you both going?" the girls look over to see Mike standing by the doorway, a curious look on his face.

"None of your business. Go away Mike!" Nancy closes the door on her brother before grabbing her stuff.

"Steves picking us up and dropping us home?"

"Unfortunately. I think that's him outside." Nancy peeks out her window to see Steve's car, his lights off since the girls were sneaking out for the party tonight. "Ok, mum and dad are in the kitchen and Mike... well if he snitches I'll make his life miserable." (y/n) chuckles as she and Nancy creep down the stairs, avoiding making too much sound to attract the parentals. (y/n) opens the door and quickly runs to the car as Nancy closes it behind her, jumping into Steves's car and scaring him.

"Hey Steve!" he blinks and turns around, confused for a second before his eyes widen realising who it was.

"Holy shit (y/n), is that you? Cool get up!"

"Thanks, I like the couple costume you and Nancy planned. It's adorable." Steve smiles, greeting his girlfriend by kissing her cheek as she gets in the car. (y/n) notices the small smile on Nancy's face and she relaxes. Maybe tonight she won't have to look out for a relationship breakdown and enjoy herself.

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"Holy fuck..." (y/n) leans over from the back seat where she was sitting, looking through the front windshield to see the raging party that was occurring in front of her. "Welcome to American party experience..." (y/n) whispers, seeing multiple teenagers drinking out on the front lawns, others competing against each other in drinking challenges, music blaring out every open doorway and window, and couples literally making out in public.

"Is this your first party (y/n)?" Steve asks as he goes to park his car.

"Like this yeah. Harder to go to parties when you're either not legal or you're not cool enough to be invited. And even if I was invited, I wouldn't go alone since my friends are not the party types."

"Well welcome to your first party!" Steve grins out, cutting the engine off from the car and everyone jumps out, heading towards the party across the lawn. 

Walking through the house was... something... it smelt awful, of sweat and alcohol as (y/n)'s body shook heavily with the music that thrummed through her. She didn't recognise a lot of what seemed to be students from other schools or just people that came around for a party since it wasn't that hard to miss a raging party on Halloween. Steve and Nancy led (y/n) to the kitchen, all three of them grabbing something to drink. Steve was the designated driver for the night so he laid off the heavy stuff, making sure to have his head on straight to drop the girls back home.

"Wait (y/n) that's-" Nancy was cut off in shock as she chugs a glass of vodka, hissing lightly but humming from the heat and (y/n) just chuckles as she filled up her glass again.

"I'm a heavyweight. Plus, I'm planning to get hammered tonight!" other people cheered as they overhead (y/n) and Nancy looks at Steve in worry but he shrugs.

"I think she will be ok...? Maybe...?" Nancy scoffs and walks away, so fed up with her boyfriend's dismissiveness. (y/n) just blinks as her escorts walk away from her, sipping from her cup as she walked around the house. There were teens outside in the pools, others playing games in the downstairs man cave, couples going upstairs and a large crowd dancing in the living room. There was some loud cheering coming from the front lawn and (y/n) walked out to see a large circle of students surrounding some guy being held upside down over a giant barrel of alcohol.

"Billy!?" (y/n) watches in shock as he finished drinking all that alcohol in 42 seconds, standing up straight and yelling out in victory. She scrunches her face in slight disgust at the scene but enjoys the shirtless view as he wore a leather jacket and dark jeans with biker gloves. Everyone chanted Billy's name, him taking a cigarette from some guy and smoking.

"We got ourselves a new keg king!"

"That's how you do it, Hawkins! That's how you do it!"

"Boys..." (y/n) rolls her eyes, walking towards the house.

Billy was being celebrated, high on the alcohol buzzing but everything fades out when he smells that familiar floral scent and he knew (y/n) was here. She told him she would be at the party with the loser musketeers minus one, looking around the crowd to see a glimpse of her before she walked into the house and he followed her discreetly. He wiped his face from the beer he was chugging to look more presentable, stopping for a moment and leaning against a wall with a smirk on his face. 

She looked hot dressed in leather, matching with him. Billy watched (y/n) lean over the table to see the different drinks, tilting his head to see the skirt on her as she grabbed her usual vodka but decided to mix with something sweet. He watched her push her hair back, taking a sip of her drink and leaning against the table while talking to a classmate of hers. His eyes were caught on her lips, red and full that were turned up in a smile. She really looked good.

Billy saw (y/n) walk over to the two lame musketeers to talk to them, heading over to them while walking past the making out couples and the buzzed out dancing teens. He climbed over a table as his posse follows him.

"We got ourselves a new keg king, Harrington." some random guy says while the others cheer Billy on, but he tried not to be obvious that he was looking at (y/n) as she peered up at him while trying to hide the smile behind her glass. Steve was annoyed, taking his glasses off and Nancy just rolls her eyes at the testosterone-filled scene, escaping to the kitchen to drink.