𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 ➼ 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘍𝘪𝘤²

8☾︎

Mike had asked for alone time with Will so I gave them some space instead I was Helping Mrs. Byers solve this vine puzzle Will drew. 

"Over here!" I notified, pointing at the blank part of the wall. Mrs. Byers walked over and taped the paper to where I pointed. As Mrs. Byers stepped down from taping the paper I heard her take a deep breath and sigh, "If you're tired you could go to sleep. I got the rest of this." I offered.

"That's very kind darling, but I need to do this. I have to, for Will. What if he has another episode, what if-" She started to ramble before I stopped her.

"That's why we're here. To help. Mike is with Will and he won't take his eyes off him. If Will has another episode we'll wake you up. And I got this, it'll be easy. But Will wouldn't like that you're losing sleep. Just take some time to relax and sleep." 

She looked hesitant before nodding and going to her room. I went into the kitchen covered in paper and made her a warm cup of milk. I got extra blankets because of how cold the house was and walked into the room. 

"Oh, no darling. You didn't have to." Mrs. Byers says sitting up from her bed but I shush her. 

"It's fine, this helps my mom fall asleep after a long shift," I say handing her the milk and tucking her in. 

"Thank you so much Y/N. Your mother is very lucky to have a daughter like you." Mrs. Byers said before closing her eyes. I smiled. Lucky. I thought about what she said as I continues to piece together the puzzle.

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"Will what's wrong?" I heard Mike ask. My head shot up and I saw Will looking at Mike. When he saw I was awake he looked at me too. He was taking deep breaths. It was way too early in the morning for this.

Will got out of bed after calming down. He went to talk to his mom. Mike and I followed him. 

"Mom." She didn't answer, "Mom." He tried again. No response. "Mom." He grabbed onto her shoulder and she turned around scared.

Mrs. Byers had calmed down upon seeing it was Will, "Yeah?"

"I saw him," Will said

"You saw who baby?" Mrs. Byers asked Will

"Hopper. I think he's in trouble. I think he's going to die." Will told his mom.

"Well, that's intense." I lean over and whisper to Mike. He just nods

✩✩✩

The three of us gathered around Will as he scribbled on another paper. He passed the paper to Mrs. Byers

"Hey, is this where you saw him?" She stuttered "Is this where you saw Hopper?" 

"I think so, yeah." That was the answer Joyce needed to grab the paper and try to find where it fits. 

Mike, Mrs. Byers, and I wandered around the house looking for the spot. She looked in the living room, Mike looked in the kitchen, and I looked in the hallway.

"Over here!" Mike called out.

Mrs. Byers ran over and taped the paper to the wall. "So Hopper is over here?" 

"Yeah. Now we just gotta find out where here is, right?" Mike asked back.

"Right," I answered.

"Did he say anything? I mean before he left?" Mike asked.