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In Mike’s bedroom
“Come on, come on, come on, pick up. Pick up.” Mike whispers into the ringing phone then smiles when the phone clicks as Will’’s sleepy voice mumbles through the other of the phone
“Mike.” Will was sleeping peacefully when his phone began buzzing after tossing and turning he rolled over and answered the phone smiling as Mike’s voice comes through the end
“So how do you feel about London?” Mike asks the grin in his voice evident
“Why would we go to London?” Will asks
“Cause I got ten first class plane tickets to London and you’re the only one who didn’t say yes yet.” Mike explains
“So everyone huh?” Will asks
“Yep, Max said yeah before I could even finish explaining, Dustin said he’s always wanted to got to London, Lucas’ was excited too and Jane was pretty excited too.” Mike explains
“How’s you even get these?” Will asks sitting up in bed now
“My parents are fighting again and they gave me these like it’ll make it go away.” Mike sighs
“I’ll ask my mom.” Will says
“Tell her your mom that one of the tickets is Jonathan’s to chaperone.” Mike adds
“Okay, I’ll text you bye, Mike.” Will smiles
“Bye, Will.” Mike smiles hanging up the phone
In Joyce’s room
“Hey, mom, can I go to London with my friends?” Will asks sitting at the foot of Joyce’s bed
“That depends on who’s going?” Joyce asks sleepily
“Max, Mike, El, Dustin, Lucas and four chaperones, and Mike said that Jonathan had one of the tickets.” Will says
“All right then. You’d better get packing then.” Joyce says sitting up
“On it.” Will smiles leaping off the bed
“Jonathan, you're going to London!” Joyce yells her voice slightly hoarse
“Okay.” Jonathan’s voice shouts back
At Steve and Robin’s apartment
“Hey, dingus, get packing we’re going to London!” Robin shouts as Nancy mumbles something into the comforter
“Sorry, what’s you say baby?” Robin asks kissing Nancy’s shoulders
“I said too early for shouting.” Nancy mumbles a little louder
“I’m sorry baby.” Robin smirks
Outside WIll’s house
Will and Jonathan wait outside their house waiting for Mike and the others Hopper had rented a bus to drive them all to the airport Will smiles as sips more of the tea in his flask as Jonthan ruffles his hair under the grey beanie attached to his head then there was a goran as the buss lumbers up the drive with a hiss the door open and Hooper steps with Steve to load the bags into the back Will looks around and sees the Jane has fallen asleep on Max’s shoulder and Max looks like she’s gonna die but Will does dig the new short slightly choppy look Max has, after looking around Will chooses to sit next to Mike cause he has a crush on Mike but Mike’s straight so it could never happen. “All right seat belts on, kids.” Hopper says from the front seat as the bus roars into life again after collecting Lucas and waiting for Dustin to find his Beats they were in for an intermindly long drive to Indianapolis airport
Outside the airport
“Have a good time kid. And try talking to Max about how you feel, huh?” Hopper suggests leaning his head and one arm out of the window
“I will Hop.” Jane smiles slinging her backpack on
Inside the airport
“So we should get checked in and go through security and then get some breakfast.” Steve suggests
“I could eat.” Robin shrugs
“Yeah.” The Party agree
In security
“What’s gonna happen?” Jane asks clinging to Max the clinical look to the security reminds her of all the times she end up in the hospital when her horrid father used to beat her
“They’re just gonna check your back to make sure you don’t have anything dangerous in there and then you’re gonna through that gate there.” Max points to the metal detector arch. “And then we can have some breakfast, okay?”
“Okay.” Jane nods gripping Max’s hand making Max’s heart sing
‘Christ I’m gay.’ Max thinks as she puts her backpack onto the conveyor belt
In the terminal
“Oh, that was a good breakfast.” Steve sighs sitting back in his seat
“Hey, hey dingus watch this.” Robin belches loudly making Nancy recoil in disgust and the Party giggle like children
“Pssh, that’s nothing.” Steve scoffs before opening his mouth and belching just as loudly as Robin but for significantly longer
“That was disgusting.” Jonathan cringes kissing Steve on the cheek
“Flight 1269 will be boarding at gate 32 in 15 minutes. Those with priority boarding, first class or in our frequent flyers club please make your way to the gate now.” The tannoy announces
“Great all the way at the end.” Nancy sighs
“I’ll give you a piggyback.” Robin promises
“Okay.” Nancy hops up onto Robin’s back while holding her handbag and with Robin’s backpack on her back
“All right, get on.” Steve sighs as Jonathan gets onto Steve’s back both backpacks on his back
“Maxie?” Jane stares at Max with big eyes
“Fine.” Max sighs
“Yay!” Jane cheers clambering onto Max’s back with both hers and Max’s backpack on her back
“Fine.” Mike sighs at Will’s eyes as Will climbs on Mike’s back his bookbag with his art supplies swinging into Mike’s thigh while Mike’s backpack is on Will’s back
“Get on.” Lucas sighs as Dustin gets onto his back taking both backpacks onto Dustin’s back
By the gate
“All right you guys are all good to go.” The woman at the desk says handing the group their passports back as the younger members of group charge down the tunnel laughing as they go
On the plane
“Can I draw you?” Will asks
“Sure, as long as I can have it when you’re done.” Mike smiles
Later once Will had finished Mike he’d fallen asleep the drawing safely nestled in his backpack Max couldn’t help but to notice Will’s staring. “Your gay is showing again.” Max smirks
“Is it obvious?” Will asks doodling the group as heir D&D characters, Max’s satyr zoomer which Mike had created for her with Will’s help, Dustin’s dwarven bard, Jane’s Leonin mage, Lucas’ Elven ranger, Mike’s Goliath paladin and his Gith cleric
“It is, unfortunately.” Max nods with a smile
“I hate the feeling of being invisible.” Will says as soon as the word ‘invisible’ passes his lips his skin disappears leaving his clothes floating in his seat
“What the hell?” Max says
“What’s wrong?” Will asks
“Will, there’s no nice way to say this but you’re invisible.” Max whispers to the other boy
“Ah!” Will yelps as his skin shimmers back into existence
“No one can know.” Max says
“Agreed.” Will nods. As the plane lands with a bump and thump the 6 friends and four chaperones stay until everyone else had left and they made their way off the plane collected their luggage and made their way to their hotel what they didn't see was two men in hats and sunglasses take photos of the group as they left Heathrow airport and then converse in Russian.
“There they are.” He raises the camera and begins snapping more photos of the Party as they walk out talking
“What? Dreykov’s projects?”
“Da.”
“And what of Daniel Petrov?”
“The Widow? He has not been seen in years. I heard that he was set upon by the Taskmaster.” As the group begins looking for taxi Max’s head begins to spin and then the world slows down for everyone except for her the feeling was stranger but felt almost natural like she’d done it before
“Max? You okay?” Jane asks
“Yeah, sorry I spaced out.” Max says shaking her choppy red hair
“Come on, we gotta go to the hotel.” Jane says grabbing Max’s hand