𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃

Sweatshirt

•Eleven POV•
We slowly make our way around the corner and into a small living room. We spot a lady laying in a chair, staring lifelessly at the tv.

"Terry?" The lady next to me says.

My mom slowly moves her head towards the three of us and she immediately looks at me.

"Jane." She whispers before getting up for the first time in what seemed like months.

She hobbles over to me, her bones and muscles still stiff from sitting for so long. I stand frozen and look at her nervously.

"Hi, mom." I say lightly smiling.

She suddenly pulls me into a gigantic hug and begins to lightly cry.

"I thought you were gone. My special girl." She said still crying. She pulled away from the hug and examined my face.

"How old are you now?" She asks me.

"I'm a Junior in high school. 16."

She smiles and grabs my hands, her eyes soon shifting over behind me.

"Who is this?" She asks curiously.

"Oh, Mike! Um it's a long story." I say and she pulld me over towards the couch.

"I have time." She said ready to listen.

I look to Mike and he begins.

"In 7th grade, one of my best friends went missing. Me and my other two friends went looking for him in the woods when we found her. El- Jane's head was shaved and she was in a big t shirt." He said looking to me about the name.

My mom nodded for him to continue.

"So we brought her home and later figured out she had been taken by the government and that she had powers. She could barely speak english." He said chuckling to himself.

"Then I sacrificed myself and went to another dimension. The lab got me out but Mike saved me, again in the 8th grade. We started dating and at the school dance Mike, me and our other friend got kidnapped until a few months ago." I said exhaling.

"How did you find out about me?" She asked confused.

"My old friend from when I was young, we met and became friends again." I said and she nodded.

There was a long silence before she smirked at me and pointed to Mike.

"So this is your boyfriend?" She said still smirking and I nodded.

"Also, um I thought my name was Eleven because of this." I said showing her the tatoo on my arm. Her eyes widened and I looked to Mike who was grinning at me.

"So my friends call me El, not Jane." I said and she nodded.

"I'm just happy you're back." She said with a grin. I smiled back.

"Me too."

•Mike POV•
We said goodbye to Terry and headed back out to the car. We sat and I looked over at El who looked at peace with herself.

"Thank you." She said to me before reaching for my hand and holding it the rest of the way home.

When we got back to my house we went into my living room and sat on the couch in our normal position. El leaning onto my chest and my arm around her shoulders. We watched 16 candles since El had been dying to watch it.

Soon enough she was dead asleep and I smiled down at her.

•Eleven POV•
Thursday morning I woke up in my bed, satisfied with everything. Everything was just perfect. It had never been this way. It is getting close to the end of the year which means finals are approaching... ugh. I was in a great mood anyway, Thursday being one of my favorite days of the week.

I threw on a pair of my favorite jean shorts and one of Mike's sweatshirts. It was so big it made me look like I wasn't wearing any pants, but everybody knew I was so it's ok. I looked at the clock and realized Dustin would be here any second now so I slid into a pair of black flip flops and swung my bag over my shoulder before checking myself in the mirror. I changed my bag from a backpack to a shoulder tote kind of thing, I liked it. I quickly brushed through my hair deciding to leave it down as I heard a honk from outisde.

I raced down the stairs saying goodbye to Rachel and Hopper before heading out the door to see Dustin and Mike in the car. Immediately when Mike saw his 'Tears for Fears' sweatshirt. I hopped in the back and he turned to me with a smirk.

"I was wondering where that went." He said lauging and I smirked back.

"It's comfy." I said smiling.

"Alright lovebirds break it up!" Dustin said with a chuckle.

•Max POV•
I was so excited to see El today after meeting her mom yesterday. I jumped in the car and squeezed up right next to her.

"How was it?!" I said a bit too overexcited.

"Perfect. Everything is just perfect." She said calmly, smiling to herself.

"It hasn't ever been perfect since you, Mike and Will got here." I replied with a laugh recieving laughs from them all.

When we all got to the school, we all walked in a line, Mike and El holding hands of course. Lucas looked really really nervous about something. I tapped him on the shoulder and he jumped.

"You ok?" I asked. All he did was nod. I shrugged it off and we all continued walking into the school.

Yo Lucas wassup. Also sorry for lame chapter.
-Ava