••••• "Don't don't you want me? / You know I can't believe it when you say that you don't need me" •••••
"This might be the stupidest thing I've ever gotten myself involved in, but I'm in."
In which Steve Harrington and Kimberly Henderson go from be...
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Nancy opened her front door. It felt so strange and eerie to be entering the Upside Down version of her own house, let alone to be in the Upside Down again. The rest of the group cautiously followed behind her, taking in their surroundings.
"Might be time to get a maid, Wheeler," Robin joked.
Nancy ignored her. "Come on. I don't want to stay here longer than we have to." She started up the stairs and led them into her bedroom, none of them realizing that something downstairs had caught Steve's attention. Nancy opened her closet that just days before, Kim had been looking through for something they could wear to meet with Dr. Hatch at Pennhurst. She pulled out a shoe box and opened it on her desk, eyebrows scrunched together in confusion when she pulled out a pair of shoes.
"Those aren't guns," Eddie stated the obvious.
"I mean, these heels are a bit pointy, but I was hoping for a deadly projectile," Robin added.
"I don't understand," Nancy muttered, shaking her head.
"Maybe you left them somewhere else," Eddie suggested.
"There's a six year old in the house. I know where I keep my guns," Nancy snapped.
"Wait," Kim said, taking a closer look at the heels. "Didn't you throw these away last year? You wore them for junior prom but it was raining and you stepped in mud. I remember you were super pissed that your shoes got ruined before pictures."
Nancy nodded, remembering how she had been so upset that Jonathan had even offered to go out and buy her a new pair before the dance. Her eyes landed on a textbook and stack of flashcards that were sitting on her desk as well. She quickly flipped through the chemistry cards, thinking back to the night Steve had tried to help her 'study'.
"I get that grades are important to you but perhaps studying can wait till we get out of here?" Robin suggested, trying not to sound annoyed.
"These are from sophomore chemistry," Nancy said, taking a better look around her room. "And th-this is old wallpaper. And this mirror, this went to a yard sale. And you," she picked up a stuffed animal from off her bed. "You're not supposed to be here. No, I gave you to Cousin Joanna two years ago." She finally spotted her diary and flipped open to the last entry. November 6th, 1983.
"What is it?" Eddie asked, growing more confused the longer he was in the Upside Down.
"Nancy? You're freaking me out," Robin added.
"I think the reason that my guns aren't here is because they don't exist yet," Nancy said quietly.
"They don't exist?" Kim asked. "What do you mean?"
"This diary should be full of entries but it's not," Nancy explained. "The last entry is November 6th, 1983. The day–"
"The day Will went missing," Kim realized. "The day the gate opened."
