JULES INHALED and exhaled, trying to calm herself down at what Jonathan had just told her. She shook her head, exhaling once more before speaking.

"Jonathan, you don't just do that type of stuff. It's and invasion of privacy. Plus—Plus it's disgusting." Jules scolded, her eyebrows beginning to furrow together.

"I—I know that." Jonathan responded in a shaky breath. "I regret it all." He nodded firmly.

"Do you really?" Jules raised her eyebrow. "Because you just seem to regret it now that I've yelled at you." Jonathan stayed silent. "I've got to go." Jules sighed, her lips forming a frown. "Dustin's waiting for me. Goodbye, Jonathan."

"Bye, Jules." Jonathan shook his head. He had messed up.

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TY HOPPER on the other hand, had no clue of what Jonathan Byers has done. He's been going on with his day as scheduled. He drove his way to school, gone to his first class. On time. That was a huge shocker for his teacher. But, he still hasn't seen any of his friends.

After his first class, he made his way to his locker. He saw Jules, and started to approach her, but decided not to in the end. It's for the better. Ty thought. Even though it went well yesterday.

Jules spotted the male but continued her way to her second class. She wasted no time during passing period. She was not one to get marked late.

"Hey, Steve." Ty greeted. He finally found one of his friends.

"Hey, Ty. What'd you think of the party last night?" Steve asked.

"I wouldn't call it so much of a party..." Ty trailed off. "More of a...small gathering." He chuckled.

"You have a good point." Steve sighed. "I've gotta head to class. I'll see you later."

"See you later."

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     LUNCH TIME was Ty and Jules' favorite time of day. No stress. No studying. Just you and your food...and crazy drama from time to time.

Jules sat alone today. I mean, she was mad at Jonathan, and she had a good reason for it! Ty, obviously, sat at the popular kids table.

"That's why science doesn't make any damn sense to me." Tommy stated. He wasn't very smart. Ty would like to say that he's the only smart one of the group.

"No," Carol began. "I swear. Look at this. It's totally frostbite."

"Oh, thanks, man. It's a heated pool." Steve responded to Carol's statement.

"Well, if it's not frostbite, then what is it?" Carol asked. Ty stared at her blankly.

"I don't know." Ty responded. "I'm not a freaking doctor."

"Ugh, I don't care what it is, it's disgusting!" Steve groaned. "Get it off the table. We're eating here."

Carol slapped away Tommy's hand. Uttering a small, "Ew!"

"Hey, Tommy." Nancy finally spoke up. "When you left, did you see Barb?"

"What?" Tommy asked, with a mouth full of food.

"Barbara." Nancy clarified. "She's not here today."

"I seriously have no idea who you're talking about." Tommy responded. What an asshole. Ty frowned.

"Come on, don't be an ass, man. Did you...Did you see her leave last night or not?" Steve said, playing with his food.

"No, she was gone when we left." Tommy chuckled softly.

"Probably couldn't stand listening to all that moaning." Carol raised her eyebrow for a split second. And then, started making moaning noises, Tommy chuckling through it all.

"Can we not talk about sex while we're eating?" Ty spoke up for the first time in a while. He went unheard. "Fine. If I puke, it's your guys' fault." He mumbled.

Carol kept repeating the phrase, "Oh, Steve!" Which made Ty pull a face.

"Gross." He mumbled again, standing up to throw his tray of food away. He saw Jules sitting alone, and he had a tiny argument in his mind. He finally came to the conclusion to sit with her.

When Jules looked up to see who sat with her, she had to do a double take. They agreed not to talk after what she had done. But yet, here they were.

"Hi." Jules greeted.

"Hi." Ty smiled softly at his childhood friend.

"The popular kids get too popular for you? Or did you just get tired of hearing Carol moan Steve's name?" Jules asked as she played with her food.

"The second one." Ty chuckled, Jules joining in as well. "Although, I do wish the first one would happen." He said once their laughter quieted down.

"Why? The popular kids have the perfect life. I mean, I've seen people bow down to you guys in the hallway." Jules laughed awkwardly.

"Really?" Ty questioned.

"Oh, yeah." Jules nodded. "People are such suck ups."

"I'm not going to argue with that." Ty agreed. "Um, so, how's Dustin?"

"Oh, him? He's doing great. I mean, it's taken a toll on him that Will's gone missing but, he's toughing it out. He's a Henderson." Jules ranted quietly.

"Oh, that's great. If someone I was close with had gone missing, I don't know what I'd do." Ty lowered his voice. "Except for Carol or Tommy. I would kill for them to go missing."

"Really? Who would've thought." Jules laughed again.

"Who would've thought." Ty agreed.

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THE BELL had rung, signaling the end of class. Jules was relieved. For someone who was such a great student in school, she absolutely hated it. She saw Jonathan walking, falling into step with him in the parking lot.

"I swear, Jonathan. If you didn't delete those photos—." Jules began before Jonathan hushed her. "I'm still mad at you." Jonathan walked past the popular kids, Steve stopping him. Ty was leaning on the car, looking up at the sky. She smiled softly once he lowered his head and smiled at her.

"Hey, man." Steve said.

"What's going on?" Jonathan asked. And that's when Jules saw Nicole. She backed away from Jonathan and more towards Ty. She didn't want to be apart of this.

"Nicole here was, uh, telling us about your work." Steve answered.

"We've heard great things." Carol said after.

"Yeah, sounds cool." Tommy agreed in a sarcastic voice.

"And we'd love to take a look. You know, as...connoisseurs of art." Steve spoke again.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Jonathan sighed, trying to get into his car, but Tommy had pulled his bag off of his arm.

"Oh, no? Oh..." Steve said.

"Hey." Jonathan argued. "Please, give me my bag." They started throwing his bag around like a ball. "No, just..."

"Oh, shit." Jules spoke lowly. "I have to go pick up cat food for my mom's freakish cat." Ty looked down at her and nodded.

"Bye. I'll let you know if anything murderous happens here." Ty responded.

"Great. Thanks." Jules awkwardly said before rushing away.

She would've helped Jonathan but, she was scared of getting picked on by Tommy and Carol. They scared her. She kind of forgot about the rest of her classes but she was a great liar so she could say she got sick or something. I don't know.

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"WILL'S DEAD?" Jules chocked back tears. Will was like a second brother to her. This news hit her like a truck.

"That's what my dad said." Ty spoke quietly.

"Thanks for the update. Bye." Jules hung up the phone. What kind of world do we live in?

author speaks!
they're making progress!
they're still not friends though...
i'm trying my best to update
more frequently! plus, new
story is in the works 😉

jules and ty argue!
he finally had the courage
to talk to me! how sweet. - jules
i could've let you sit alone but i
didn't, didn't i? - ty