when you know, you know ; steve harrington

two ─ girls day out

As a daughter of a cop, life was never easy for the Sterlings. Losing their mother at a young age as a bait, transferring from one place to another, never having loyal friends, life was never normal for them.

After the loss of her mother, Theresa Sterling, she loved spending her time with two people apart from her family.  Firstly, with her ex boyfriend and secondly with Jim Hopper, her father, Richard Sterling's colleague.

"How do you even remember the way to his house, Teddy?" Damon asked as he received a shrug from Teddy.

"There are few things that I'd never forget, Damon," Damon scoffed playfully as the elder Sterling pulled over and stepped out of the car. She was nervous. It has been years since she'd seen Hopper and she was genuinely worried whether he would remember herself and brother.

They were kids.

She remembered the time she used to play around with Sarah Hopper, Hopper's late daughter and she remembered how the graph of his life went down drastically. And, it was the same year that she'd moved away from Hawkins to California.

Teddy knocked on the door as the siblings waited for the door to open. And, it opened revealing an unknown brunette, who had a short hair and looked younger apparently.

"Hi?" She said, nervously.

"Hi?" The brunette repeated as she looked at the blonde carefully.

"Is-- is he here?" Damon asked.

"Who?" She asked.

"Hop--"

"El! What are you doing out the---? " Came Hopper's voice as Teddy's eyes brightened. "Dorothy? Damon?" Well, that is how he calls her. The siblings grinned as they lunged on Hopper and crushed the poor lad, leaving Eleven confused.

"Who are they, Hop?" She asked, as the trio pulled away. Hopper smiled widely and let the kids inside his old cabin.

"El, this is Dorothea and Damon," he said. "And, kids, this is Eleven, my daughter, " Teddy's eyes widened as Damon choked on the air.

"Your daughter?"

"Adopted," Eleven replied with a small smile, as Damon nodded his head.

"Eleven? As in number?"

"Well, her real name is Jane Hopper. It's just her... nick name," Teddy nodded her head and smiled at the brunette softly, who , too, smiled back.

"How are you kids? I got a fax from the Department about the transfer of your dad. Didn't think that it would be this early though," he said as he served them with tacos, followed by Eleven who gave them orange juice.

"Here we are!" Damon faked an excitement as Hopper chuckled.

"How's Hawkins?" Suddenly,  there was an uncomfortably silence.  Teddy waited for them to reply, but Hopper just nodded his head curtly.

"Did you meet your guy?" Hopper asked, changing the subject, but Teddy's thoughts were filled with that question and his reply.

"Oh, she did!" Damon said with a smirk, as Teddy slapped his arm. "They bumped into eachother and I swear Hoppy, it was like a fucking soap opera!" Hopper laughed as Eleven chuckled with confusion.