two. HALLOWEEN

"GOOD MORNING, Will." Phoebe greets with a smile as she enters the Byers house. She stared down at the slightly shorter boy and stared at his costume. He was one of the ghostbusters and he looked unbelievably, adorable.

"You look amazing, Will. I love the costume." Phoebe compliments which made the little boy's eyes light up. Even though he was young and Phoebe was double his age. He has a massive crush on the blonde. Who doesn't?

"Thanks, Pheebs." He smiles, giving her a hug. Phoebe knew that Will had a crush on her, which she playfully used against him and Johnathan bothered him most of the time with it.

"Where's Johnathan? Does he not know we're going to be late? I'm trying to make it to school on time today." Phoebe calls out as she looks around the house and spots a cheerful brunette running up to her.

"Phoebe! Hey!" Joyce chirps, running up to Phoebe with her arms opened wide.

"Hey, Joyce. How are you doing?" Phoebe questions, releasing the hug. She watches Joyce enter the kitchen and followed her.

"I'm doing good. Slowly getting there." She mumbles, with her head low. Joyce was still traumatized from all the things that occurred last year. It hit her the most because it was her child that went missing.

Phoebe releases a sigh and walks up to Joyce. She placed a hand on her shoulder which made Joyce lift her head up. "Hey, everything is going to be fine. Just know I'm here to help if anything." She speaks. Joyce nods and she pulls the blonde in for another hug.

"Thank you. I really appreciate it, Phoebe." Joyce said, tightening the hug just a little.

"Woah, what did I miss here?" A voice chimes in, catching both of their attention. The two women looked and saw Johnathan leaning on the door frame of the kitchen.

"You missed nothing, J. Now let's head out, dingus or else we'll be late." Phoebe states. She walks towards the oldest Byers and drags him out of the house by his arm. The two of them got into Johnathan's car and he drove off to the high school.

Phoebe looked out the window and couldn't help but think about this morning events. Eleven wanted to go trick or treating so bad with the other kids. Phoebe and Hopper both knew she really wanted to leave to see Mike, but Hopper wouldn't allow. He didn't want to expose her to any danger. Phoebe couldn't help but feel so bad for Eleven. She just wants a normal kid's life. Hanging out with her friends, going to the arcade, and going to school, but she can't have any of that with those evil people out there wanting to capture her.

Phoebe knew how that felt, but Phoebe has been "missing" for almost nine years. No one has even tried to find her, well that what she believes because she hasn't been found.

"Is something bother you, Phoebe?" Johnathan questions gaining her attention.

"No. I'm just exhausted." She lies. She couldn't speak about Eleven. Nobody knows that Hopper is hiding her and Hopper forbids Phoebe from telling anyone else.

"You should've gotten some sleep when you go to my house. We could've been late." Johnathan says. Phoebe chuckles and shakes her head, "no. I can no longer be late, Byers." She informs.

"Why did you even want to carpool with me today?" He asked, keeping his eyes on the road.

"I didn't feel like driving this morning." She admits, shrugging her shoulders. "Are you going to the Tina's halloween party tonight?" She then questions, looking over at Johnathan.

His eyes silk remain on the road, "I don't think so. I have to take Will trick or treating." He answers, which made Phoebe frown.

"I'm depressed, but I'll come with. I have to put my costume to use." She speaks, "I hope you're wearing a costume, dummy." She adds and she saw Johnathan shakes his head no.

"Yeah, that's not happening. I do not want to wear a costume." He says as he pulls into a parking spot.

Phoebe groans, annoyed and grabs her bag, "You're so wack!"

Johnathan laughs and gets out the car with Phoebe. The two of them entered the high school and walked down the halls, side by side and was greeted by Nancy. She soon left the two when Steve came and carried her away. Johnathan soon left Phoebe to go to his first class while Phoebe went to her locker. She cursed at herself for leaving her math notebook in her locker. She pulled out her math notebook and closed the locker, just to greeted by a handsome face and gorgeous blue eyes peering into hers.

"Wassup, beautiful."

"Have you come to trample into me again and knock all of my books out of my hand?" Phoebe teased, narrowing her eyebrows. Billy chuckles at her joke and moves closer to Phoebe. She backed up a little and felt her back touch the lockers. Billy traps her in by placing both of his hands on her sides.

Phoebe hid her nervousness and fear by glaring at him. She has to admit, he is extremely attractive, but a couple of things turned Phoebe off. His breath smelled like cigarettes, his cockiness was unattractive, and she's heard that he's been bothering Steve which is one of her close friends.

"What do you want, Billy?" She asked, placing her hands on his buff chest and pushing him away.

"Nothing. I just think you're gorgeous and I enjoy flustering you." He admits, letting his tongue glide across his upper teeth.

She rolls her eyes, "I don't get flustered by your actions." She says, walking away from him.

"Come on. Give me a chance." He petitions with a smirk and catching up to her.

"I don't date guys who bully my friends." Phoebe snaps, glancing at him.

"What do you mean?" He quizzes, confused by what she just said.

"I'm talking about you being rude to Steve." She answers, "now I have to go to class." She adds, opening her classroom door and going to her seat.

ITS been a couple of hours and it was time to take Will trick or treating. Phoebe joined them like she said she would. She wanted to go to the party, but not without Johnathan. For some reason she would've felt bad if she went without him.

Johnathan opens his front door when he heard a couple of knocks to see Phoebe standing there in her costume. [which is up above but she is also wearing leather jacket]. "Wow, Pheebs, you look amazing." He compliments.

"Thanks, J." Phoebe smiles as she enters the Byers house. Phoebe noticed that Johnathan had a camera in his hand. "You're recording the night?" She quizzes and he nods.

"Yup. For my mom." He replies. She was about to say something, but she was cut off when she heard Joyce talking.

"Listen. Stay close to your brother, okay? And listen, listen, listen ..." she repeats, placing her hands on Will's shoulder to stare into his eyes. "If you get a bad feeling or anything, you tell him to take you straight home." Joyce finishes. Will nods and repeatedly says yes. "You promise?" She asked and he holds his thumb up, nodding still.

"Yeah." His small voice says. Phoebe smiles at the cute young boy and feels her heart break for him. She feels terrible that he has to go through this and Johnathan has been telling Phoebe about the "nightmares" that he's been having.

"You ready, buddy?" Phoebe questions, gaining the young boys attention. Will looks at her and nods, excitingly. She smiles at his excitement and walks out the house with Will and Johnathan following.

"Be safe!" Joyce calls, as the three leave.

"I hope it doesn't suck!" Bob fools, in a Dracula impression. Phoebe laughs and gets into the car after Will gets in.

The three of them drove in silence for quite a while until Johnathan speaks up.

"I just don't get what she sees in him." He says, cause Phoebe and Will to narrow their eyebrows in confusion.

"What?" Will asked.

"Bob." Johnathan answers, glancing at Will through the rear view mirror and soon returning his eyes to the road.

"At lease he doesn't treat me different." Will admits, looking out the window. "I can't even go trick or treating by myself. It's lame." He adds.

"You think we're lame?" Phoebe asked, trying to lighten the mood.

"No, but it's not like Nancy's coming to watch over Mike, you know?" He explains. Phoebe and Johnathan looked at each other for second and released a sigh. Feeling bad for the young boy.

A few minutes later, the three of them got to Mikes house and they see the other ghost busters waiting for Will. Johnathan pulls up in front of Mikes house and watches Will pick up his backpack, thing.

"Hey, listen." Johnathan speaks.

"Yeah?" Will asked, wondering what his older brother wanted.

"If I let you go on your own, you promise to stay in the neighborhood?" Johnathan questions, causing the young boy to become overly joyful.

"Yeah! Yeah, yeah, totally!" He exclaims.

"And be back at Mikes by 9:00?" He adds.

"9:30?" Will bribes, but doesn't work.

"9:00." Johnathan repeats.

"Yeah. Okay." Will nods. Johnathan holds out his hand which Will grabs, "deal."

Will gets out the car and Johnathan hands him the camera. "Hey, Will. Don't let any of your spazzy friends use this." He orders and Will nods.

Phoebe steps out the car as well, "I hope it doesn't suck." She mimics Bob impression early of Dracula which made the young boy laugh. "Stay safe, Will. Okay?" She pleads and he nods. He hugs the slightly taller blonde and walks off to his friends.

"That was so nice of you, J." Phoebe states as she got back into the car.

"I know." He replies, cockily. Phoebe rolls her eyes and playfully pushed his shoulder. "How about we head to Tina's party?" He then asked.

"Hell yeah."

WHEN the two arrived to the party, the sun had gone down. They exit Johnathans car after he finished parking it and walked into the house. It recked of alcohol, drugs, and sweaty people.

"Hey, look. It's Nancy and Steve." Phoebe speaks. She went to look back to see if Johnathan wanted to join, but she's sees him taking to some girl who was dressed as someone from KISS. "I'll be right back." She winks, hinting that he should hook up with her, but she knew he wouldn't. He's never been that type of guy and she was pretty sure that he had a crush on Nancy.

Phoebe then turned back, to go say hi to the two but they weren't in sight anymore.

"Whatever. I'll get a drink." She says. Phoebe walks over to the kitchen and searched for the drinks. She a bowl that was full of some pink liquid and poured someone into a red, solo cup.

"Hey, sexy." A voice slurs. She turns around to see Troy standing here. She rolls her eyes.

"What do you want?" She snaps, coldly.

"You're so feisty." He says, moving much closer to her. "I like it." He adds, placing his hand on her hip. Phoebe grows angry and was so tempted to use her powers, but she promised Hopper that she would never use it in public.

"Get away from me." She warns, trying to push past him, but he pushed her back against the counter. His face inches away from hers. He had a devilish smile on his face and his hand was slithering up her bare thigh.

"Hey!" A angry voice yells. The two of them snapped their head towards the voice and sees Billy standing there. "You heard her. She said to get away." He sneers. Billy roughly drags him away from her and stands in front of Phoebe.

"Come on. I'm just having some fun." He drunkly comments. He stumbles towards Billy and pushes him backwards. Since Phoebe was standing behind him, he stepped all over her feet and elbowed her stomach. Phoebe groans and clutches her stomach. She feels her eyes water up and she looks up to see Billy looking down at the suffering girl.

Billy grew angry and both of his hands form into tight fist. He knuckles grew white and he lunged forward. Smashing his fist into Troys face; over and over again. The young boy laid on the floor, getting brutally beaten up. Phoebe stood to her feet and tried to tear Billy off of him since no one else tried to. They just watched and chanted for Billy to beat the shit out of him.

"Billy, stop." Phoebe pleads, trying to get Billy off of him. She soon achieves and drags him out of the house. He was huffing and panting in anger, which frighten Phoebe a little.

"Relax, Billy." Phoebe says. She was going to speak again, until she sees Steve storming out of the house. Looking as if he was about to cry. "Wait here and try to relax until I get back." She orders. She walks away from the masculine boy and towards the other. "Steve." She calls, chasing after him. He ignores her. She runs up in front of him, stopping Steve in his tracks. "What's wrong?" She quizzes.

"Nothing." He murmurs, voice cracking.

"Tell me what's wrong." She repeats, crouching down a bit to get a look at Steve's face. He had his head lowered to the ground, devastated.

"Nancy basically told me that she doesn't love me." He replies, wounded and full of sadness. Phoebe releases a sigh and hugs Steve.

"Fuck her. She doesn't deserve you." She said, trying to cheer him up. "You'll be fine Steve. You'll find someone better then her." She reassures, rubbing his back.

"I'm going to go home." He sighs, "good night, Pheebs." He dismisses. He leaves Phoebe and she then sees Johnathan carrying a drunk Nancy out of the house.

"I'm going to take her home." He informs. Phoebe rolls her eyes. She honestly wanted to smack that shit out of Nancy right now.

"Go. I'll be fine." Phoebe said, "get her out of my face before I smack her." She then warns. Johnathan rose an eyebrow in confusion but does as she says.

So much shit is happening tonight, Phoebe thinks to herself, running her hands through her hair. She looks around and sees that Billy was still at the same spot she left him.

She walks back towards him.

"You have a car?" She questioned.

"Yeah, why?"

"Take me - " she stops herself before she could finish the sentence. She was going to ask him to take her home, but he can't know where she lives. That'll blow Elevens cover and she knows that Hopper will be pissed.

"Why'd you ask, blondie?" He wondered. She releases a sigh when a idea pops up in her head.

"Can I stay at your house tonight?"