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Chapter 8/?

Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ( i need to update these links, visit my pinned post for the updated links)

The group heads over to the elevator. Eddie is walking because apparently the doctors said it was okay. Steve didn't fully belive it but whatever. Steve was also walking with Robin at his side making sure he didn't fall.

At least thats what she said thats what she was doing. From Steve's perspective it looked like she was walking next to Steve while she stared off into space.

They all crammed into the elevator in a comedic fashion. The elevator wouldn't be considered small if it was just one or two people but when there were 5 people coming into the elevator with three people already in there, it was small. The elevator ride was uncomftorable and weirdly quiet. Once they got to the third and last floor everyone rushed out and exhaled as if they had been holding their breaths the entire time, which Robin was.

Their group started walking toward Erica's room and the three other people walked the other way. Two of them looked to be a couple and the third person was headed in the same direction but didn't seem to be walking with the couple.

The group walked into Erica's room. Lucas, Max, Eleven, and Erica were playing a card game that looked suspiciously like Go-Fish. They all looked up when the group walked in.

Erica and Max laughed seeing them all try to fit through the doorframe at the same time. El and Lucas were barely holding themselves together. Mike sat next to El and Dustin sat down next to Lucas. Dustin looked at Lucas' cards and then at Erica's. He smirked and then leaned back in the chair. Robin, Eddie, and Steve sat in the chairs away from the bed.

"Do you think it makes you better than us when you sit back there?" Max asked in a mocking tone of voice.

"I think that there's no more room next to Erica's bed." Steve responded.

Eleven passed more cards out to Dustin and Mike and they continued the game. The game finished with Max winning. El started shuffling the cards and Mike spoke.

"Do you guys want to try playing this fun game I learned recently."

"Sure." Lucas said

"Why not." Max remarked

"Is it stupid?" Erica asked.

"Well I like to think its not stupid but you probably will think it is."

"Thats fair."

"What are the rules?" Dustin asked.

Mike began explaining the rules. The game sounded unnesecarily complicated but really fun.

They began playing and El won the first round. (Steve didn't say it but he saw her wiping away the nosebleed she had from looking at the cards.)

The kids played games for the next hour or so. El, Max, and Lucas were joking around alot and it sounded weird to say but, it looked like Mike and Dustin were somehow third wheeling. Or would that be fourth and fifth wheeling.

"Hey, do you want to go into the hall and talk about whatever you wanted to talk about?" Robin asked.

"Yeah sure." Steve said building up some confidence. It was Robin, she would love him regardless but he was still nervous. It was like there were thousands of tiny butterflies rolling in his stomach.

They walked out of the room with Steve following her. The two walked a little bit away from the open door, enough that the group wouldn't be able to hear them unless they were trying to.

"So, what is it?"

"Um I," Shit, Steve was stuttering. Why was he nevous. It was going to be fine. "I think I uh might be Bi."

"Really, I knew it."

Steve lowered his shoulders and relaxed. He didn't know what he was so nervous about. Robin was literally the one who had brought up the idea. "Wait, you knew it?"

"I mean I guessed. You were staring at Kevin Bacon the whole time we watched Footloose."

"I didn't even think about that."

"Okay so what did make you realize?"

"I'm not telling you."

"C' mon I've told you pretty much everything."

"I'll tell you if you tell me the name of that new crush."

"Fine." Robin stuck out her hand and Steve shook it.

"Well, it was Eddie." Steve said blushing like hell.

"Shit, Eddie. I mean thats fair, he is hot."

"Okay, whats the name of your secret crush?"

"Not telling you"

"You shook on it!"

"I was crossing my fingers. Anyways, I would bet that Eddie has a thing for guys. And he'd be crazy not to go for you."

"No, I don't think he's into dudes."

"Your gaydar is ass."

"My gaydar is perfectly fine, it works."

"Steve, you thought I was straight, ME."

"Well, yeah. But my gaydar still works."

"Fine, if your gaydar works so well answer me this. Which of the kids is probably queer?"

"Will and Dustin."

"Steve, its all of those kids. They are all queer."

"Robin, I trust your gaydar but you're wrong."

"Am I though?"

Steve laughed "Yes you are, Mike is most definitely straight."

now it was Robin's turn to laugh, "Even if I'm wrong, which I'm not, Mike is they gayest one there."

"No way."

"Have you seen the way he stares at Will?"

"He does not."

"Yeah, all the time. I'm suprised you didn't notice."

"Am I oblivious or are you wrong."

"You are a dingus so I would guess that youre oblivious."

"I am not a dingus."

"Are too."

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Am not."

"Are too."

"You guys sound like children." Eddie said with just his head sticking out the door and the rest of his body inside the room.

"Hey Eddie," Steve said, blushing. "How much of that did you hear?"

Eddie steps fully out into the hallway. "Just the 'Am not, are too" part of it." he says in a mocking tone of voice.

"Did you need something or did you just come here to bother us?" Robin asked, their words sounded mean but their tone was joking and nice.

"Everyone was just wondering what was taking so long. Dustin wanted to listen in on you guys but I told him we shouldn't."

Robin looked at him skeptically.

He looked back at her sheepishly, "Okay fine it was Lucas who said we shouldn't."

"We're done anyways." Steve said.

They all walked into the room and sat down.

"Finally, you nerds are back." Erica said.

"What?" Steve asked, "Were you worried about us?"

"We were just wondering if you idiots had somwhow died." Erica was joking and everyone knew that by the sound of her voice but there was a serious layer in her tone. A tone that was saying that they could die that fast, that everyone in this room has seen people die. Everyone laughed but they all knew that they could die, pretty much at any time.

"Nope, not dead yet."

Robin and Steve sat down in their chairs and Steve laughed. Neither him or Robin were sitting in their chairs properly, or anyone else for that matter.

A doctor walked in and Mike, El, Erica, and the adults all tensed.

Dustin, Lucas, and Max were all still laughing together completely oblivious to the change in tone. Finally they saw that everyone was looking at the doctor and they saw him too.

it was quiet and tense in the room, there was a sense of hope but it was also filled with anxiety and fear. Everyone held still and was as quiet as possible. If someone were to walk into the room they would instinctively beome quiet and would probably have anxiety loop around their chest and slowly pull.

The doctor chuckeled awkwardly, "I come bearing good news."

They all relax and it's still quiet but less like during an imprtant test and more like relaxing with close friends.

"You're able to be released from the hospital now. We've already called your parents and they are heading here."

The kids all stood up and started cheering. Lucas danced around with El, Max and Mike and Dustin were standing up and laughing with everyone. Eddie and Robin were still sitting but they were smiling. Steve was talking with Erica.

Time passed quickly and soon all the kids were dropped off at home. (courtesey of Mrs. Sinclair and Robin who had stolen Steve's car while he was in the hospital)

Steve and Eddie were back in their hospital room, they were watching a movie Robin had brought for them.

"Hey Steve?"

"Yeah."

"Do you belive in a god?"

"Well thats a really compliated quiestion. I used to, before all of this. Things happened and I realized that God just didn't care if he even did exist. If I'm really stressed out I might pray but its more to comfort myself than anything. What do you think?"

"I personally think that there might be a higher power of some kind, but they aren't whatever religions describe."

"That makes sense. Why were you asking?"

"Just curious. I've met lots of people with lots of different beliefs. You're one of the only people who didn't scoff at me before answering with something like: 'I'm a christian.' "

Steve laughed. Eddie was interesting and funny. He didn't look his usual self without the clothes and rings, but he still looked really cool. He looked like someone who would flip off cops with no hesitation but help people whenever he could. Of course Steve had seen him do both so it wasn't all that hard to imagine.

A different doctor than the one in Erica's room walked in. He looked as uncomftorable as the other doctor. Although the other dotor had been uncomftorable because of the tension, this one was uncomftorable because it was such a private moment.

He spoke confidently anyways. "You two are able to be released now."

"Again!?" Eddie remarked.

"Again?" The doctor asked.

"Our friend was released today too." Steve answered.

"Oh our hospital tries not to keep anybody over four days unless they truly need our help."

The doctor them begins to explain how to take care of the concussion and stithes to both of us. Steve wasn't paying attention but he did catch when to use the pain meds he perscribed so thats good.

Eddie's uncle Wayne came to pick him up and brought him fresh clothes.

Robin came to pick up Steve but unfortunately she didn't bring clothes for him. Steve couldn't think of any words, he was too tired. Instead of trying he just listened quietly to Robin's music.

The music sounded more muted than usual. Over the last three years Steve had gotten some hearing damage so that he could barely hear out of one of his ears.

They finally reached Steve's house and he walked straight upstairs, took his disgusting clothes off, and laid down.

He passed out almost immideately.

A/N: I feel that I may have rushed this but im fine with how it is so i wont change anything. I finished this last night but I couldn't think of a title and then I passed out. Also to the friend who told me that I shouldn't go past 13 chapters, I'm going way over that. Steve is a tired little bitch who sleeps alot.