╰┈➤ 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨: 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵

         𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸

                                    ❛ trick or treat till the neighbors 

                                                gonna die of fright  ❜

"VICTORIA! BREAKFAST IS READY!" 

"I'm in the living room you know, no need to yell." Vickie muttered walking into the kitchen, "Are you sure the food isn't expired? Mom and Dad haven't gone grocery shopping in months." "Yeah well Mom and Dad haven't been home in months." Ben retorted, sliding a plate of toast towards her as she took her seat at the table.

"It's been two weeks.""Feels like months." Victoria took one look at the bread and pushed the plate away. "Definitely expired." "Yeah, dinner at the Byers's tonight?" Victoria nodded, standing up from the table. "Do you wanna bike to school or do you want to drive with me?" "I'll just go with you." "Be at the car in five." Victoria nodded, running up the stairs.

"Is there a new kid in your school too?" Ben asked as Vickie shoved her ballet shoes in her backpack in the passenger seat. "Yeah, Max something." She muttered, putting on her shoes.

"Mayfield. Or Hargrove maybe. We got two of them as well, real pieces of works they are, a California dream and a mildly attractive douchébag. Is their brother the same?" "Sister, and yeah. I thought she was cool and that I could talk to her but then she said I'd probably look stupid in glasses." Ben winced.

"Awful first impression but maybe she was just nervous." Ben reasoned. Victoria rolled her eyes, "I don't think she wants to be here, nor do I think she wants to be my friend so I won't bother." "Just don't give up so easy, she's new." Victoria ignored him, pouting for looking at the scenery and letting the voice of Kate Bush fill her ears and her thoughts.

"EVERYONE DRESSED UP LAST YEAR."

Dustin whined, as Victoria fumbled through her locker. "Don't worry Dustin, you guys look cute!" "We look like dorks." Lucas groaned. Victoria slammed her locker shut. "Yeah but you're my dorks." She stood on her tippy toes, placing a kiss on each of their cheeks, flustering the two boys, before heading off to her next class. Her red hair swinging in a ponytail behind her.

The two boys noticed another redhead opening her locker, they shared a look before making their way over to her.

Dustin cleared his throat, "Hi Max, I'm Dustin and this is —" "Lucas." "Yeah I know, the stalkers." The boys stared nervously, "Uh no actually, we weren't stalking. We were just-" "Helping out friend work up the courage to talk to you!" Dustin interrupted, his voice dripping with lies. "You met her yesterday, Vickie. She was concerned because you're new and all." "And you skateboard which is really cool, she's always wanted to learn." Lucas added, expanding the lie.

"But since you're new and all, we were thinking it'd be okay if you come with us." "Come with you where?" Max questioned, uninterested. "Trick or treating. Our party's a democracy and the majority voted you could come." "I didn't realize it was such and honor to go trick or treating with you." She responded sarcastically.

"Yeah we know where to get all the full-size candy bars and we figured you'd want in." Dustin smiled, "That's presumptuous of you." "... Yeah, totally so um you'll come? You can't be the only girl Vickie goes with us and sometimes Lilian." Max just slammed her locker and walked away.

"We're meeting at the Maple Street cul-de-sac in 7:00." He called after her. "That's 7:00 on the dot!"

"Presumptuous, that's a good thing right?"

"SHOW ME YOUR BIG BEAUTIFUL SMILE SWEETIE." 

Joyce chirped, Victoria obliged smiling at Johnathan's camera. "Now strike a pose." Victoria puckered her lips and blew the camera a kiss causing Will to laugh. "I don't know if Alexa Grady blew kisses," Johnathan muttered. "But it works."

"Really V did you have to be a character from the shining? We couldn't you be Samantha from Sixteen Candles from like every other kid your age." "Because I didn't watch it." Victoria shrugged, walking to get her shoes.

"Alright you ready guys?" Victoria and Will nodded.

"Be safe!" "I hope it doesn't suck." Bob said, mocking Dracula. 

Victoria attempted to smooth the wrinkles in her blue dress. "I just don't get what she sees in him." Johnathan said suddenly. "Who?" Victoria quipped, "Bob." "Yeah, well at least he doesn't treat me differently." Will muttered. "I mean I can't even go trick or treating by myself it's lame." 

"You think I'm lame?" "No but it's not like the twins are coming to watch over Mike, you know?" Victoria pitied Will. Jonathan sighed.

"Vickie! Will!" Dustin called as they pulled in front of the Wheeler home. Victoria and Will unbuckled their seatbelts and began to make their way out of the car. "Hey listen, if I let you go on your own, promise to stay in the neighborhood?" Will smiled, "Yeah, yeah totally." "Just meet back at the Wheeler's house at 9:00."

"9:30?" "9:00." "9:25?" Victoria joined, Johnathan shook his head. "Hey Will, don't let any of your spazzy friend use all this alright?" "Did you just call me spazzy?" Vickie scoffed, pretending to be offended. Jonathan rolled his eyes. "Except Vickie."

"I hope it doesn't suck." He mocked.

"Trick or treat!" They all chimed simultaneously, sporting award winning smiles.  "Well aren't you cute, the little exterminators and a doll." Victoria scoffed. As they took handfuls of candy from the women's bowl.

"If I get another three musketeers, I'm gonna kill myself." Lucas sighed. "What's wrong with three musketeers?" "What's wrong with three musketeers?" "No one likes three musketeers." "Yeah it's just nougat." "Whoa just nougat? It is top three for me."

Top 3 was a bit much.

Victoria picked out another chocolate bar, dropping it in Will's bag. "I will never understand how you hate chocolate." "I don't hate it, it's the flavor it's nasty." "But you like hot chocolate." "Yeah but it's nasty in solid form."

"Seriously I could eat a whole whole of nougat, straight up-" someone in a Micheal Myers mask jumped out scaring the party. Mike and Will immediately pushed Vickie behind them. Lucas let out a shriek that sounded like it could have come from Victoria herself. 

"Holy shit! You should have seen your faces." Max laughed as she pulled off her mask. They let out a sigh of relief and Victoria rolled her eyes.

She began to walk away as Victoria dropped a candy bar into Mike's bag. "Hey, you guys coming or not? Oh I heard we should hit up Loch Nora. That's where the rich people live right?"

"Oh hey, Tiffany lives there." Lucas chirped. 

Victoria elbowed Dustin. "Who invited her?" She hissed. "We did. Lucas and I!" "I thought we voted on these things." "We did, Lucas and I." "That's 2 to 3 dumbass."

"I don't mind her coming." Will interjected as Victoria shot him a glare. The traitors happily followed after her. Victoria and Mike strayed behind.

"I don't like Max Mayfield." She muttered. "Yeah me either."

"RICH PEOPLE ARE SUCH SUCKERS."

"Sorry Vickie." Dustin apologized as Vickie shrugged, adjusting her brunette wig. "Wait you're rich?" Max asked, "I suppose." She muttered, avoiding her stares.

Victoria didn't feel like playing whatever flirting game Dustin and Lucas were trying so she fell back. Will stuck a camera in Vickie's annoyed face, "Did you agree to this?" Mike asked looking at Will.

"Agree to what?" "To her joining our party." "It's just for Halloween." "You should have checked with us." "Well they were excited, I thought you'd be okay with it." "She's ruining the best night of the year." Mike walked ahead of the two. Will turned to his friend.

"Are you upset with her being here?" Victoria shrugged, "I mean I told you about how she insulted me and you still agreed to her being here. Perhaps I'm just dramatic."

"Maybe a little, here if she insults you again I won't agree for her to be around anymore, deal?" Victoria nodded, dropping a snickers into Will's palm before walking away.

After a couple minutes Victoria didn't notice Will catching up to her. "Will?" She called, causing Mike's head to turn around. "Where is he?" "If I knew do you think I would be calling out for him?" Victoria snapped, she turned around, she saw Will running towards a house.

"Will!" She yelled pulling Mike with her as Dustin and Lucas turned around following.

They found him huddled behind a brick wall, Vickie squatted down next to him. He looked scared and she frowned. She should have stayed with him. "I'm sorry for leaving you, are you hurt?" Victoria asked placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Is he okay?" Dustin asked as Max and Lucas trailed behind. "Yeah I'm gonna get him home, I'm gonna get you home okay?" Mike said putting his hand on Will's shoulder over Vickie's. Will nodded as Mike helped him to his feet. 

Dustin attempted to help but Mike stopped him, "I got him, let's go Vickie." Victoria nodded. "Keep trick or treating, we were bored anyways." 

Vickie picked up her trick or treat bag, "Bye Dustin, Bye Lucas." Vickie waved. She had forgotten to say goodbye to Max, so focused on Will. Max took this to heart, scoffing, "What a priss." She muttered when she thought Vickie was out of earshot.

She wasn't.

✎ I can't write Vickie the way I want for the life of me. Idk how to do enemies to lovers man. Please comment I can see you guys reading and none of you are really interacting.