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THE 
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You had woken up a bit early today so you could go pick up Andre, you made your way next door and knocked hurriedly.

Andre was sitting in his room, rummaging through a drawer. his mom sat on the couch and she turns to him, "Hey- I think there's someone at the door for you." she says.

"Tell them to leave." Andre says quickly while he continues to search for his watch. "Andre. be nice and answer the door." his mom says while sighing.

"Yep. I was getting to that." Andre replied and walked to the door, opening it and he saw it was you.

Andre quickly looks behind him and walks out the house and shuts the door behind him quickly. "What are you doing here?" he asks.

"I have proof." You answered and Andre furrows his eyebrows, "Come again?" he replied.

"Proof that what I told you is the truth. but we really have to hurry." You day and check your watch. "What kind of proof?" Andre asks once more.

"Just proof." You reply, Andre looks at you before opening the front door of his house. "Hey mom- I'm heading out." Andre says.

"Alright have fun!" his mom says and waves at you, you waved back while giving her a small smile.

You then run into the yard and get on your bike, "c'mon." you say to Andre and he just walks over to you and waves his hand a little.

"Lemme ride. I just wanna make sure we're careful." Andre says and you furrow your eyebrows, "Uh— it's my bike." You reply.

"And it's for our safety." Andre said while shrugging. "Don't argue with me. just let me ride us there okay?"

Weird. he was acting nice all of a sudden through that hard demeanor? maybe he can change.

"Alright come on." You say and get on the back seat. Andre gets in the front and starts biking, his hair flowing against the wind.

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You and Andre arrived. Andre was the first to get off and he helped you off also, "I'm getting my bike back too." You say while chuckling.

"We'll see." Andre replies while crossing his arms and a small smile tugs at his lips, one you haven't seen in awhile.

You make your way over and grab a metal rod, "think this'll do?" you ask and hand it to Andre who takes a look at it.

"I mean, yeah. it'll hold the bus for a lil minute but— sure. It'll do." Andre answers, "Hey! you two, let's go!" Steve shouted making you roll your eyes.

"Okay asshole! we're coming." You shouted right back. "Who's he?" Andre asks curiously.

"Nancy wheeler's boyfriend- I guess. they used to date, I honestly don't know the chemistry behind they're whole relationship." You stated while shaking your head.

"Mm." Andre hums while taking a few other metal rods. "but he's changed for the better it seems." You say while glancing at Andre who seemed lost in thought.

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After hours of getting things ready you were now sitting inside the bus with the others, you sat down next to andre who had his head leaned to the side and he was also looking down at his lap.

"I like how the uh, fog looks outside. don't you?" Andre asks. you turned to him and glanced at the window while slowly nodding in reply, "Yeah. it's nice." you say.

Andre stared into the night. glancing at him you could see a distant look in his eyes— like he was far away from reality. "Do you miss new york?" you asked.

"Nah. not really. just a bunch of loud mouths there and everything." Andre replied, "but my dad- he lived in new york before his dumbass ran off with some random woman that anybody could careless about. my mom loved him— that's until he started slacking on a lot of shit. she decided it'd be best they get a divorce and she'll start a new life and provide a good environment for me. I appreciate her for it, I really do. she's doing something my dad could never do. I will give him credit on those defensive classes though. I don't wanna end up being like him, a damn alcoholic."

"Andre.." you trailed off while gazing at him. he doesn't glance at you and continues to stare at the window. his lips tremble slightly, "I-" he pauses.

"I know that I can be a asshole like him sometimes. and, I don't wanna be like him at all. ever. I guess, I was angry too, angry cause he wasn't there for me. he didn't provide for me, he wasn't a father to me. I just can't take that out on anyone. hate is a strong word, but I'm not gonna say that. I just don't like him. sounds like I got daddy issues, Aye?" Andre laughs, "But nah, for real. I'm sorry."

You turned to him, "Andre. it's okay. I can understand in a way. before my dad passed I was a little angry at my mom cause she wasn't as sad as I was but I had to realize it would take her some time to actually process it all. she wouldn't give me the chance to yell at her because y'know, the pops she gives my mouth are critical hits." you said causing Andre to burst out laughing.

A stray tear falls from Andre's eye and he quickly wiped it away. "Jeez. what's wrong with me? I ain't got no business to be cryin'."

"Hey. it's okay to cry. and you're nothing like your father, alright? you're calm, cool and collected. and you're super smart. don't let anyone else tell you otherwise." You say while smiling, "and you're, like, soooo rad too." you say and imitate a skater.

"Mm. that's amusing." Andre replies while giggling slightly, "It's gonna stay amusing too. for a very long time. that's if- you want to be around for a very long time?" you said.

"I'd love to be around for a very long time. If you'll accept? we should probably shake on it." Andre says and extends his hand, you take it and shake his hand.

"I accept." You reply and the both of you link your fingers together and hold onto each other's hands tightly.

The both of you stared into each other's eyes for a minute, "I like enjoy talking with you, Andre."

"I enjoy talking to you too, [name]." Andre says while still holding onto your hand. and for once— for once in his life he smiled. you brought him something he never thought he could feel.

And that was joy.

Suddenly you heard a loud roar which made you move away from Andre, the two of you quickly peek out the window.

You grabbed your binoculars. "You sure that's not a dog?" Andre asks while staring outside the window.

"I've got eyes! Ten o'clock! Ten o'clock!" Lucas yells which catches Andre by surprise.

"It's not taking the bait. why isn't it taking the bait?" You whispered to yourself, "What's not taking the bait?" Andre asks but you don't answer.

"Steve! Abort! Abort!" Dustin shouted, you hadn't realized Steve had sent outside. Steve hurries back inside the abandoned school bus, the demogorgon hits the door face first causing the bus to shake slightly.

Andre let's out a small yelp, "what was that?" he asks fearfully.

"Are they rabid or something?" Max asks but nobody replied, you stood there and hurried to the back. dragging Andre with you.

"They can't get in! they can't!" Lucas said and you turned to him, "what if they can?!" you yelled.

Hurrying you run over and grab your supercomm, "Mike? Will? do you guys copy? it's a code red!" you shouted but all that came was static.

Andre stands by the ladder and hears loud stomps. he follows the large footsteps and slowly looks up.

To see a demogorgon staring straight at him, it roars but Andre was louder. he let out a high pitch scream which made everyone turn to him.

"Out of the way! out of the way!" Steve shouted, "You want some? come get this!"

Andre pushes you behind him in a protective manner, neither of you realize you're holding onto each other tightly.

you were holding his hand and he was holding yours, you noticed this but didn't let go, Andre didn't either.

Steve stepped out of the bus, you and the others stayed behind.

"What happened?" Lucas asks— you wanted to know the same thing yourself.

"Steve scared 'em off?" Dustin suggests, "No. no way. they're going somewhere.

END OF CHAPTER SIX