"My name is Kelley. And I'm you're counselor from today" The woman smiled at Will. "It's nice to meet you" Will smiled back. "So, how's your day today?" She asked putting her hands on the table. "Good" Will replied simply. "Okay. Do you always feel bad or sad? Or oy sometimes" "Well, I can't tell that I feel sad always, it happens for some reason. But I'm happy when I'm with my family and friends" Will said looking down. "Okay. Can you tell me the reasons why you feel sad?" She asked calmly. "yeah. Well, the main reason is my nightmares. And the other reasons...." Will stopped for some time and thought "I don't know actually. Maybe I overthink too much" he said. "Can you tell me about your nightmare ?" she asked.
Will started playing with his fingers. He remembered his nightmare. The road, the darkness, the cold, and the guy. He closed her eyes and sighed.
"Yeah"
Will told the counselor about his nightmare. After about 40 minutes they finished talking. Ms. Kelley told him the meeting schedule and told him what pills should he take. Will said bye to her and left her office. Will sighed and started walking. He felt a little relieved. He was happy that it affected him from the first day.
He went outside and checked the time it was 11 AM already. He thought Mike left, cause he's been talking to Ms.Kelley for an hour. But when he looked away from his watch he saw Mike from his window talking to someone on the phone. 'he didn't leave' Will thought.
He walked towards the car and get in the passenger seat. "Hey," Mike said putting his phone in his pocket and smiling. "hey," Will smiled back. "Home?" Mike asked. Will looked at him for a sec "Umm, y-yeah" Mike smiled at him.
Soon they came back. Will and Mike got out of the car and saw El walking toward them. Probably wanted some air. "what were you doing? Will asked when El approached them. "Oh. I just wanted to walk around." She answered. "So, how was your first day with a therapist?" She asked smiling. "it was good actually," Will said. "Hey, El" Mike said. "oh hey" El looked at Mike's car "He drove you home?" she asked. "umm. Yeah. My car didn't start in the morning, so I asked him" Will answered. El nodded.
"do you live here with Will?" Mike asked El. "no. I'm on my vacation. I just came here to spend it with my brother" she answered. "oh God, I forgot my handbag again. Just a sec" With that Will left them. "Why didn't you go somewhere else? I mean there are so many places to go on vacation" El just laughed in response. "like Crater Lake in Oregon" El stared at him when he said that. Mike stared back smiling.
"Here, I always keep forgetting my bag" Will walked up to them holding his handbag. he saw them staring at each other. " Is something wrong?" Will asked. El was the first to break eye contact "Umm, no-nothing" El answered. "okay?" Will said confused. "Well, I need to go. Bye guys" With that Mike left them.
Will spend his whole week drawing. After finishing his drawing he sold it to the customer. The customer was so thankful. Every customer who commissioned art from Will never complained. And after his last client, he was free. Will and El spend their time together. They went shopping or just went for walks. They would stay up all night talking and laughing about random things. Usually, they would call their friends. They call Max the most. Three of them would talk for hours.
Will was so happy that El came to California. He forgets about his nightmares and everything when he's with his sister. Will is still seeing his therapist. Of course, his nightmares didn't disappear, he's used to it now. He just decided not to overthink everything.
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"Are you still having your nightmares?" Ms.Kelley asked. "yes," Will answered. "Are you taking your pills?" She asked. "yes, of course" Will answered. "Has anything changed in your nightmare? Or do you see the same guy just standing?" she asked. "Nothing has changed but..." Will paused for a sec "In every nightmare, he stands closer to me" He said looking at her. "And I don't know why, but after having these nightmares I'll have a bad day. My mood changes fast" Will started breathing fast. "hey, Will. It's okay. You're doing pretty well" she said with a sad smile. "you told me about your past, and it's really hard. You've been through so much, and it might be hard for you to handle everything that is going on. Just don't stop taking pills and try not to remember past events that happened to you" She said with a smile. Will smiled back nodding.
2:00
Soon Will arrived home. "El I'm home!" He yelled entering the house. "El?" he said again. No answer. He walked to the living room, she wasn't there. Then he started walking to the kitchen. "SURPRISE" Max and El yelled at the same time. "OH MY GOD MAX!" Will practically ran up to her dropping his handbag on the table and tagged her. "How are you?" Max asked hugging him back. "I'm good. How are you?" Will said still hugging her. "Now I'm better," she said chuckling and pulling away. "When did you arrive?" He asked smiling. " an hour ago, I didn't tell you, 'cause I wanted to surprise you," she said smiling. El watched them smiling.
Then they sat in the kitchen talking. Max told them how's Hawkins. Dustin and Lucas couldn't come due to their jobs. Will told Max about Mike. told her that Mike's his neighbor now. Max wanted to see Mike again. From the first meet, she knew that he was a good guy, she thought Mike would be a great boyfriend to Will. But a year ago Will could see him just as a friend.
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"He freaked out when I told him that," Max said laughing. Will and El also laughed. They were eating and talking about random stuff in the kitchen. Just then Will got a message on his phone. He unlocked his phone, it was a new client.
~on the phone~
-NickWheeler- Hey, I wanted to commission art from you.
-WillByers- Hey😄. Of course, what kind of drawing you wanted to commission?
-NickWheeler- I'll send you a photo so you can draw it
-WillByers- Sure!
-NickWheeler-
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