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1983
Hawkins Indiana

'Audio Visual Room'

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'Audio Visual Room'

We all start walking downstairs. "So how does she do it again?" I question as we make it to the garage door. "She looks at the radio and focus's her mind it's difficult to explain but bam. Will is there" Kyle stares as we open the garage door. "So we go to the school go to the AV room to get a stronger signal for her" Dustin states as they all get on their bikes.

"Do any of you have a spare bike?" I question and they all look at me. They shake their heads 'no' and I let out a groan. "Well I'll meet you at the middle school" I groan walking towards my car. I need to buy a bike for crying out loud. They all start biking off as I do down my window "be careful you little shits! I'll get the blame otherwise!" I yell before stepping on the gas and going in their direction. As I drive pass them I beep and wave as they yell at me and I laugh.

A few minutes later, they eventually show up. Finally they were taking forever. I jump out of my car and shut the door locking it. "Took your time guys!" I yell as I walk on over to them. How I'm I going to pull this off walking into middle school? "How are you going to pull this off?" Kyle questions me saying the exact words I thought. I shrug my shoulders "I don't know I'll think of something" I say as we walk through the doors.

"Okay remember if anyone sees us we're sad" Mike states pointing as we walk in a huddle. We walk down the hall and take a right spotting the AV room right in front of us. Mike walks up to the door and tries to open it but it's locked. "It's locked" Mike states to all of us as I look around to see if anyone is coming.

"Hey do you think you can open it?-" Dustin questions pointing at the door "with your powers" and I give him a funny look as El's jaw drop. "Boys and Julie?" He questions confused. We all snap our bodies around facing him. "Assembly is about to start" he says to the boys and they nod. "Just y'know-" Mike says looking towards the floor "Upset" Lucas states "definitely upset" Dustin points out. "Very upset" Kyle adds on.

They should have taken drama that is A+ approval right there. "We need some alone time" "to cry" I just nod and go along. How am I still here? "Listen I get it I do I know how hard this is but let's just be there for Will" he states and the kids nod "and then the heath kid is all yours" he says throwing the keys at Mike.

He turns his eyes over to El and me "I don't believe we've met what's your name?" He questions El. El looks up to him "Eleve-" before she could finish her name Mike corrects her "Elenor! She's my uh" he stutters. "Cousin!" Lucas yells "second cousin" Dustin does the same thing. "She's here for Will's funeral-" I state "I was here dropping them off but they want me to stay plus I don't think their parents would want them alone at this time incase anything happens" I declare as he nods at me.

I knew drama was the right choice for me, so glad I ticked it on my list. "Ah well, welcome to Hawkins middle Elenor wish you were here in better circumstances" he states as El looks around "thank you" she nods. "Where are you from exactly?" He questions and everyone starts to panic. "Bad place" she nods and we all panic. "Sweden" Dustin blurts out. "I have loads of Swedish family" "she hates it there though" I state "cold" Lucas states "ice cold" Kyle adds on. "Shall we?" He states "yep" and we walk down the hallway. "Sir I'll stay by the doors and keep an eye on them not wanting all eyes on me since I'm in high school" I cover up and he nods.

We make it to the gym doors and I stay put as they all open the doors and stand still. I see everyone stare at the doors and at the boys, I hear Dustin whisper "abort" and turn around but Lucas stops him as they walk in and sit down on the bench. Before sir goes to sit down I pull him aside "Excuse me, could you tell the boys I had to go I'm sorry" I say quickly before walking down the hall.

I make my way to the car and jump in. I start driving into town. I know Jonathan and Joyce had to go see the body today and if my points are correct they will be at the funeral shop or a place that sells caskets for Will's burial. I need to go check up on Jonathan I haven't seen him in awhile since that shit show with Steve. My heart breaks for him, but isn't Will alive? Didn't Eleven find that out? So many questions and so little answers.

Once I'm in town I pull up to the funeral shop. That sounds so bad but I don't know what else to call it and I walk inside. I spot Jonathan and the person that runs the shop looking at caskets for Will,
My heart. I walk in and Jonathan spots me and I just run up to him and embrace him. I wrap my arms around his waist as he wraps his around my neck. "Oh Jonathan how was it? Was it him? Is everything alright?" I question him. "It's him but mom says it's not him and we had a massive argument and it's just been nuts" he smiled weakly as I lift up my head and pull away.

"I'm sorry to hear all that it must be so difficult I can't even begin to understand what your going through" I say before I turn around spotting Nancy. Since when does she come to Jonathan? I get that she picked up the pieces for a picture but that was it. "Give us a moment" he says to the man before we both walk on over to Nancy. "Hey" He states "hey" she says looking into his eyes. I'm sensing something here, or is it just me? "I just.. can we all talk for a second" she declares as all exit the room.

They both sit down as I stand up next to them. Nancy grabs the picture out of her bag and shows it to us. "How could you capture that on the camera without using the wide end?" I question "I don't know, it's weird" Jonathan says quietly. "And your sure you didn't see anyone else out there?" She asks turning towards him. "No.. she was there one second, gone. Figured she bolted" He clarifies. "The cops think she ran away" Nancy declares "Barb would never run away they don't know her at all" I state pacing around them.

"I went back to Steve's and I thought I saw something. Some weird man or.. I don't know what it was" she stumbles breathing out. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come here today" she states. "That goes for me too it was wrong timing I just wanted to check up on you" I say. "What did he look like?" He questioned Nancy. Um rude ignore me then, anyways. Nancy turned around "what?" "This man you saw in the woods, what did he look like?" He questions.

"I don't know.. it was almost like he-" Jonathan cut her off "He didn't have a face" and Nancy's eyes widen. What the hell have I missed. "No face?" I question. "How did you know that?" She questions Jonathan. Jonathan rushes outside and we follow him. "We need a car" he states. I throw him my Keys. "Cmon" I run across the road to my car as he unlocks it and we all jump in.

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We get into the red room. Jonathan puts the picture in this machine thing. "What's that?" I question standing beside Jonathan "you'll see" he states, flipping things on. "Bright, enlarging" he whispers to himself and he turns this nob and works his magic as we step back. "Does Joyce say anything else?" I question "no, only out the wall" he whispers as we here a 'ding' noise.

He grabs the sheet of paper and place it in water swaying the tray up and down. "How long will this take?" Nancy questions "not long" Jonathan says as he focuses. I zone out a bit and come out of my trance while they stare at each other for two seconds. Before Jonathan can apologise Nancy's eyes widen. "That's it!" She whispers as we all but our heads together and watch the picture reveal itself. The picture reveals this tall guy with no face watching Barb. Holy shit!

"My mom.. I thought she was crazy she said, that's not Will's body that he's alive" he states "if he's alive..." I point out "Barbara" Jonathan whispers as we all look at each other.

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