[Nancy storms up to Steve, a hurt and furious expression on her face]
CCarol
[Mockingly] Aw, hey there, princess!
TTommy
Uh oh, she looks upset.
[Nancy slaps Steve]
NancyWhat is wrong with you?!
What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? I was worried about you. Can you believe I was actually worried about you? [Scoffs]
Nancy
What are you talking about?
CCarol
I wouldn't lie, if I were you. You don't want to be known as the "lying slut", now, do you?
[Jonathan walks up]
TTommy
[Notices Jonathan and smiles] Speak of the devil. Hi.
Nancy
[Realizing what happened] You came by last night.
CCarol
[Mockingly] Ding ding ding. Does she get a prize?
Nancy
Look, I don't know what you think you saw, but it wasn't like that.
What you just let him into your room to [pointedly] study?
TTommy
Or for another pervy photo session.
Nancy
We were just-
You were just what? Finish that sentence. [Menacingly] Finish the sentence. [Nancy doesn't respond] Go to hell Nancy.
Nancy
[Drunk] You wanted- you wanted this.
No I didn't want this, I told you to stop drinking-
Nancy
Bullshit!
No, it's not bullshit, okay?
Nancy
Bullshit!
No, it's not bullshit, Nancy.
Nancy
No YOU. You're... bullshit.
Nancy
You're- you're pretending like- like everything's okay. Y'know like- like we didn't- like we didn't kill Barb! Like-like it's great. Like we're in love and we're partying. Yeah let's party. Let's party, we're partying. It's bullshit.
Nancy
It's bullshit.
[Heartbroken] You don't love me?
Nancy
It's bullshit.
Nancy
What do you think? Where were you this morning?! I missed first period!
I figured Jonathan would take you.
Nancy
What are you talking about?
Jesus, you really can't handle your alcohol. Uh... you remember going to Tina's party last night, right?
Nancy
Yes.
Nancy
I... remember dancing, and... spilling some punch, you got mad at me because I was drunk and then you took me home.
No. Yeah, see, that's where your mind gets a little fuzzy. That was your other boyfriend, that was-- that was Jonathan.
Nancy
I don't understand.
It's pretty simple, Nancy; you were just telling it like it is.
Nancy
What?
Um... apparently, uh, we killed Barb, and, uh, I don't care, 'cause I'm "bullshit" and, and our whole relationship is "bullshit". And, uh, pretty much everything's just bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. Oh, yeah, also... you don't love me.
Nancy
I was drunk, Steve! I don't remember any of that!
So that makes everything you said just what, just bullshit too?!
Nancy
Yes!
Nancy
Tell you what?!
Nancy
Really?
CClassmate
Harrington! Dude, we need you, man; that douchebag's killing us! Let's go!
Steve stares at Nancy; when she doesn't answer, he walks away]
I think that you're bullshit.
"Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind." George Sarton said that. You guys know who George Sarton is? Doesn't really matter. The point is, mistakes have been made, yes.
Nancy
"Mistakes?!"
Nancy
You killed Barbara!
"Abundant mistakes". But, the men involved in those mistakes, the ones responsible for what happened to your brother and... Ms. Holland's death, they're gone. They're gone, and for better or for worse, I'm the schmuck they brought in to make things better. But I can't make things better without your help.
Nancy
You mean, without us shutting up?
[To Jonathan, indicating Nancy] She's tough, this one. You guys been together long?
Wanna see what really killed your friend?
[They enter the chamber holding the portal to the Upside Down]
Teddy, I brought you an audience today. Hope you don't mind.
TTeddy
The more the merrier, sir.
[Gestures at the tendrils coming out of the portal] I call it, "One Hell of a Mistake." Wouldn't you? See, the thing is, we can't seem to... erase our mistake. But we can stop it from spreading. It's like pulling weeds. But, imagine for a moment, if a foreign state, let's say, the Soviets, if they heard about our mistake. Do you think they would even consider that a mistake? What if they tried to replicate that?
[A man with a protective suit and a flamethrower approaches the portal]
The more attention we draw to ourselves, the more... the more people like the Hollands know the truth, the more likely that scenario becomes. You see why I have to stop the truth from spreading, too... same as those weeds, there. By whatever means necessary.
[The man begins incinerating the tendrils]
So... we understand each other now. Don't we?
[Nancy notices Dustin crying after being rudely rejected by two girls at the Snow Ball]
Nancy
Hey.
Nancy
[Offers her hand] Wanna dance?
Nancy
Come on, let's go. Here. [She puts his hands on her waist] Mm-hm. Closer.
[Dustin hesitantly moves closer]
Nancy
[Smiles] A little closer. Okay. Now, feel the music, the rhythm. Start to move to it... Yeah, there.
Nancy
That's good, yeah. You know, out of all my brother's friends... you're my favorite. You've always been my favorite.
Nancy
Yeah.
[They glance at the girls who rejected Dustin, who are staring at them]
Nancy
Girls this age are... dumb. But, you give 'em a few years... and they'll wise up. You're gonna drive 'em nuts.
Nancy
Oh, I know so.
[To Nancy, who is bandaging Eleven's wound] Whoa, hey, what are you doing?
Nancy
Cleaning the wound?
No, first we need to stop the bleeding, then clean, then disinfect, then bandage.
[everyone stares at her]
Have you forgotten what he showed Nancy? Hawkins on fire. Karen, Holly, everyone -- dead!
Yeah, man, he also showed Max her brother walking around with a big hole in his chest. That's what he does; he gets in your head and he tries to scare you.
Nancy
Yeah, well he did a good job, because I am scared! And you should be scared too, because if he's still out there, he's planning to end our world, so...
...we don't stop looking, even if it takes a hundred more crawls -- a thousand! We don't stop until we're goddamn sure that wrinkled, rotting, noseless bastard is dead and gone and never coming back. [He holds out his hand.] Everyone in?
[Everyone joins save Dustin. Mike looks to him.]
I wanna see Vecna's heart on a platter. Just wish I could do it myself. For Eddie.
On three, "Kill Vecna". One, two, three...
Nancy
This is our fault. This is all our fault.
We got there as fast as we could.
Nancy
I’m not talking about tonight. We could have acted yesterday, last week, last fall. We could have tried to get them out of Hawkins or… or at least told them the truth! We could have done something, anything!
We couldn’t have known any of this would happen.
Nancy
Do you really believe that, Mike?
After all this time, it comes for Holly? Holly, who has nothing to do with any of this. It makes no goddamn sense.
Nancy
It makes perfect goddamn sense. Vecna told me this would happen. He showed me. And not just the four gates. Holly, Mom, Dad dead. And we just chose not to believe him. But now it’s all coming true. Like, don’t you get it, Mike? Vecna’s come back to realize his vision, to punish us. He did it with Fred and Chrissy and Max and now it’s our turn. And he’s not gonna stop. He’s not gonna stop until we’re drained of every last ounce of suffering.
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