"I'm here! I'm here! Don't drive away!" Kendall yelled as she ran down her driveway to Jonathan's car. Jonathan laughed at her yells, her neighbor walking her dog eyeing Kendall but the girl just waved at her. "Hi, Mrs. Adler!"

Kendall climbed into the passenger seat with a sigh. "Sorry I'm late." Kendall muttered tiredly. She looked to her house and watched Marcus walk out of the front door and to his bike, making her point at him. "That little dork stole my lunch money last night." Kendall said, squinting at him.

"Was Marcus ransacking your room too?" Jonathan asked and Kendall sighed, a small laugh passing through her lips as she nodded, resting her elbow on the windowsill and her head in her hands as he started to drive. "I walked into my room after he left and found my mattress not even in my bed anymore."

Jonathan laughed, looking at her before looking at the road. "How did he do that?" Kendall rolled her eyes playfully, holding her hand up in front of Jonathan. "Don't ask. I don't even know."

Jonathan chuckled as he pulled into a spot at school. "You know you should just hide your money better." He said with a shrug. Kendall turned to him with an annoyed expression. "And where do you hide your money? Because I can share your intel with Nancy. Apparently Mike stole like half of her piggy bank money."

Jonathan laughed, shaking his head as he turned off the car. "I'm not giving away my secrets." Kendall's jaw dropped defensive as the sound of a loud engine made Jonathan and Kendall look back into the parking lot. Kendal turned to Jonathan who just shrugged.

They both got out of the car and watched as a blue Chevrolet Camaro sped into a parking spot. A boy with a long mullet, wearing denim on denim walked out of the car, smoking a cigarette. Kendall scoffed, turning to Jonathan from across the car. "What an ass." Kendall told him and Jonathan nodded.

"I know." A voice announced from behind Kendall before a high pitched chuckle came from the voice. Kendall and Jonathan turned their heads, locking eyes with Tina. She looked at Kendall and Jonathan, blowing a bubble before watching the new boy walk into school.

Kendal scoffed, walking to the other side of the car to Jonathan. "Let's just get inside." Jonathan nodded, walking beside her.

"Kenny! Kenny! Hold up! Wait!" Steve yelled as she and Jonathan passed his car that he and Nancy were still at.

Kendall sighed, continuing to walk since she heard Steve and Nancy running after them. Steve came up beside her holding a bunch of papers with Nancy on the other side of him. He flicked the paper before showing it to her the papers. "Did either of you finish this?"

Kendall snatched the paper out of his hands so she and Jonathan could look at it. Her brows furrowed as she looked at Steve. "What even is this?" Steve's eyes widened slightly, his lips pursing slightly. "Uh... early applications." Steve mumbled.

Jonathan let out a quick laugh, covering it with a cough, making Steve shoot his head up at him. Kendall squinted at the paper. "Why is it about a basketball and the war." Kendall asked and Nancy chuckled, leaning over Steve to look at Kendall. "Because they both won."

Kendall instantly groaned, pushing the essay into Steve's chest. "Yeah. I cant help you with that. Have fun though." She muttered as he r and Jonathan quickened their pace.

Steve stood frozen beside Nancy as he lifted his arms in the air. "What? Kenny!" Steve yelled and Kendal waved as she continued walking.

...

"All I'm saying is why not dress up if we're allowed to? It's Halloween where's the fun in not dressing up?" Kendall said as she and Jonathan walked out of their math class. "Because it's embarrassing." Jonathan laughed out at how invested Kendall was in the conversation.

Suddenly, papers hit the two in the chest, Nancy popping up, laughing from the other side of Kendall. "You two are coming to this." Kendall's brows furrowed at Nancy's excitement, looking down at the paper on her hand. "Come and get sheet faced."

Kendall made an 'o' shape with her mouth in excitement as Jonathan shook his head, leaning over Kendall to hand the flyer back to Nancy. "No, I'm not." Kendall turned to Nancy, noticing a small frown and perked up. "I'll go!"

Jonathan turned to Kendall with a dropped jaw, "What?! We had plans." Kendall let out a small frown, pointing at the flyer. "This sounds awesome though. The crappy punchline included. If you want to be a party pooper, have fun alone on Halloween."

Nancy instantly turned to Jonathan, shaking her head. "You can't sit all alone Halloween. That's just not acceptable." The boy sighed, shaking his head defensively. "Well, you can relax. I'm not gonna be alone. I was supposed to go trick or treating with Kenny and the boys but now I guess I'm just going trick-or-treating just with kids."

Kendall scoffed before laughing, shaking her head. "No, no way. We were probably gonna be at your house by 8:00, listening to the Talking Heads and reading Vonnegut or something." Jonathan's lips pursed as Kendall turned to him to see if her guess was right.

"Sounds like a nice night." Jonathan shrugged out as they got to Nancy's locker. Nancy rolled her eyes, turning to look at a Jonathan. "Jonathan, just come. I mean, who knows, something might happen." Nancy said, her eyes looking at Kendall knowingly who was reading the flier before looking back at Jonathan.

The Byers boy have Nancy wide eyes as if saying 'shut up' until suddenly Steve popped out from the corner of the hall, wrapping his arms around Nancy and spinning her around. Nancy squealed and once Steve let her down, she hit his chest as hd laughed. "Oh, my God! Take those stupid things off."

"I missed you." Steve mumbled, a big smile on his face as he looked at Nancy. Kendall turned to Jonathan, pointing in her mouth as she stuck her tongue out, pretending to gag, making Jonathan laugh.

Kendall turned back to the couple and saw them kissing, making her groan, grabbing Jonathans hand and walking down the hall. "Oh my God. We gotta go."

Once they were far enough away from the couple, Jonathan turned to Kendall, their hands still interlocked. "You're at least coming over tonight, right?" Kendall turned to Jonathan, a big smile on her face as she nodded. "Oh, of course. Can't miss those family movie nights."

...

"Okay. Okay. I'll go trick or treating with you but only if... Just hear me out. We bring our own pillow blankets for candy but we don't walk up to the doors with the boys but instead steal their candy while they're distracted smiling at the camera." Kendall said as she laid on Jonathan's bed, facing the ceiling. Jonathan sat criss cross beside her, going through the photos on his camera Kendall had gotten him the Christmas prior as he laughed.

"You don't think the boys will notice you taking candy for the hem while I distract them?" Kendall rolled her eyes as Jonathan looked down at her. "Eh. Dustin will be the only one that might catch me." Jonathan laughed at her words when the sound of footsteps rang through the hall.

"Jonathan are you almost ready for- Oh! Kendall, are you staying for movie night?" Joyce asked, her and Bob sticking their heads into the room. Kendall smiled, shrugging her shoulders. "If you guy'll have me."

Bob let out a happy cheer, nodding his head. "Of course! The more the merrier." Kendall smiled, nodding her head. The adults went to walk out of the room before Joyce came back in, holding out two movies. "Can you two go find out which movie Will wants?"

The teens nodded, Jonathan taking the movie before they both walked towards Will's room, knocking on the door before going in.

"Hey, bud. I didn't know what you'd like, so we got a variety. Take your pick." Jonathan said as he and Kendall walked into Will's room. Kendall smiled, crossing her arms. "Whatever you want."

Will nodded as Jonathan put the movies down on Will's nightstand, his eyes wandering to Will's sketchpad "What are you working on?" Jonathan asked, the name 'ZOMBIE BOY' written in big green letters, making his and Kendall's brows furrow. "Zombie Boy? Who's Zombie Boy?"

"Me." Will muttered. Kendall's face fell slightly, tilting her head softly at Will. "Did someone call you that?" Will stayed silent, worrying Kendall as Jonathan tapped Will's knee again, sitting on the bed beside Kendall. "Hey. You can talk to me. You know that, right? Whatever happened. Will, come on, talk to me."

"Stop treating me like that!" Will suddenly screamed, catching Kendall and Jonathan off guard. Kendall frowned, sitting on the bed diagonal from Will. "Like what?"

Will rolled his eyes, hitting his sketchpad. "Like everyone else. Like there's something wrong with me."

"What are you talking about?" Jonathan asked asked and Will let out a sad exhale. "Mom, Dustin, Lucas. Everyone. They all treat me and Marcus like I'm gonna break. Like we're babies and we can't handle things on our own. It doesn't help. It just makes me feel like more of a freak."

Jonathan shook his head at Wills words. "You're not a freak." "Yeah, I am." Will mumbled. Kendall looked up to Jonathan sadly, not knowing what to say. Jonathan but his lips before his eyes went wide.

"You know what? You're right. You are a freak." Jonathan said, moving to sit criss cross in front of Will and beside Kendall.

Kendall whacked his arm as Will's face dropped. "What?" Jonathan shrugged, leaning towards Will. "No, I'm serious. You're a freak. But what? Do you wanna be normal? Do you wanna be just like everyone else? Being a freak is the best. I'm a freak. Kendall's a freak."

"Hey!" Kendall yelled and Jonathan scoffed, turning to look at Kendall beside him. "Oh, come on. You are."

"Is that why you don't have any friends?" Will spoke abruptly. Kendall instantly snickered as Jonathan leaned back in shock at his words. "I have friends, Will. Kendall. Kendall is my friend."

Will's face scrunched. "But that's only one person. And you only hang out with her and me." Will said and Jonathan nodded, lightly pushing Will's shoulder. "Because you're my best friend, all right? And Kenny... She's Kenny." Jonathan said, making Kendall put her hands under her chin as she smiled, posing slightly.

Jonathan laughed at her, grabbing one of her hands and pulling it down before turning back to Will. "And I would rather be best friends with Zombie Boy and this one than with a boring nobodies. You know what I mean?" Will's lips pursed slightly as he shook his head.

Jonathan sighed, putting his hands on his knees. "Okay, look... Who would you rather be friends with? Bowie or Kenny Rogers?" Kendall gave Jonathan the side eye before clearing her throat obnoxiously, making Jonathan roll his eyes as he held back a chuckle, restating his last words. "The famous Kenny Rogers."

Will groaned at the question, shaking his head. "Bowie." Kendall's jaw dropped, looking between the two Byers boys. "I feel like that was an insult. I'm literally Kenny Rogers." Kendall said and Jonathan turned to her with sarcastic sad eyes. "Can't you be Bowie?"

"It's my name!" Kendall yelled. Jonathan raised his brows at her, resting his elbow on his knee and his chin on his elbow as he looked at her. "Okay, then who would you wanna be friends with? Bowie or Rogers?"

Kendall's jaw clenched, looking down to pick at her nails. "...Bowie." She muttered, making Jonathan let out a triumphant hum, pointing to her as he turned to Will. "See what I mean? It's no contest. The thing is, nobody normal ever accomplished anything meaningful in this world. You got it?" Will nodded before he tilted his head, shrugging. "Well... some people like Kenny Rogers."

Suddenly, Bob popped into the room, a bright smile on his face. "Kenny Rogers. I love Kenny Rogers." Bob said happily before turning to Kendall, nodding at her. "Both are delightful." Kendall sent him a small smile before he looked down at Will's desk, the two movie options in front of him and he practically squealed in excitement at one of them. "Mr. Mom. Perfect!"

Bob practically skipped out of the room and Kendall waited until she knew he was far enough away before laughing, leaning down and pressing her forehead to Jonathan's shoulder as the two Byers boys laughed with her, Jonathan leaning his head on top of Kendall's.

—I LOVE THEM SMMM😫
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