hawkins, indiana the cabin wednesday morning oct 31, 1984 8:46 a.m.
i don't know what reaction hopper expected from el after not allowing her to go trick or treating. she tried compromising with a ghost costume, that way she'd be safe and still have fun, but he didn't budge. i even offered to chaperone, which he turned down with a look as he placed breakfast in front of el and me.
he instead promised to bring home tons of candy to pig out on, it seemed to be good enough for el. it wasn't often he allowed her to eat candy, apparently.
"you're not going to the party?" he asked, "is the station hosting one?" i asked back, confused as to why we couldn't at least sneak el into that so she'd get candy herself. he shook his head no pulling out an orange paper from his pocket.
i read it from across the table,
TINA'S HALLOWEEN BASH
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come and get sheet faced
mhm, "i wasn't invited," i shrugged, "how'd you even get your hands on one of these?" i asked taking a bite of my bacon, el looked at hopper waiting for his response, "and please don't crash it, it'll look like i called it in," i added.
through a mouth full of food he responded, "they were thrown everywhere near the station, and i'm too preoccupied with conspiracists to even care about a high school party," i glanced at el, asking with my eyes if that's who the conspiracies were about to which he nodded.
"and the l-a-b people are being a pain in the ass," he added making el get a concentrated look while repeating it back, "i can spell," she stated after figuring out what he was saying.
the topic of the lab and everything before now seems to be something hopper tries to avoid around el.
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"dammit," reena groaned tossing her walkman across the table, "again," robin mumbled passing it to me. i shook it listening to the contents inside move around. "i can get it fixed," she immediately smiled while repeatedly thanking me.
"mhm so tonight, should we go to tina's party? or," robin immediately turned the idea down mumbling something about none of us being invited, to which reena pulled out a flyer and slid it to us. "we don't have costumes," i shrugged placing her walkman into my bag for later.
reena seemed displeased with the lack of enthusiasm for the party, so when tina and a group of her friends walked past our table she stood up and waved us goodbye. immediately joining their conversation and laughing with them.
