Dear Reader•Byeler (completed w/ sequel)

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Will packed his stuff quickly, not wanting to be late to his first summer camp.

A 16 year old boy going to summer camp.

That's normal, wasn't it?

"Will!" Joyce says loudly.

"Coming!" He grabs his bag, pausing for a moment. He grabs his not-yet-written in diary along with a pen and then out the front door.
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Registration was boring, all of the cabin leaders were too enthusiastic and clearly didn't want to do this.

"Alright Will, you'll be in cabin 11 with Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson and Lucas Sinclair! Follow me!" A tall male led him to cabin eleven. The male who led him was already up and gone.

He holds his book to his chest in one hand and opens up the door, seeing a boy with freckles unpacking.

"Oh hey! Lemme guess, you're Will?" The boy turned towards him. Will quickly nods, heat rising to his cheeks.

"How'd you know?"

"The others, Lucas and Dustin, already checked in. They're with some ladies right now." Mike says.

He puts his stuff down and walks over to Will, offering his hand. Will shakes it.

"I'm Mike Wheeler." He meets eyes with the taller boy and nods. "I'm Will Byers." He nods. "Top bunks are taken, you're gonna have to have a bottom."

Will didn't mind, he preferred bottom anyways.

He sets his stuff on the bottom bunk and gets out his pillows along with his sleeping bag.

"So where are you from?" Mike asked.

"Hawkins." Will says softly.

"I'm from Hawkins too! What high school?"

"Hawkins high." He mumbled.

"Oh, bummer man. I go to a different school. What grade are you in?"

"I'm a junior, I'm 16."

"I'm also a junior, but I'm 17." Mike says, flipping upside down to visit Will.

"Cool." Will replied, already feeling lucky he made a friend.

"Got a girl at home?" Mike asked.

"No- I uh- no..." Will sighs.

"I don't either. They all think I'm weird and a nerd, but I can understand that." Mike shrugged.

"People don't like me either. They think I'm crazy..." Will frowned.

"Hey, we can be crazy together, Alright?"

Wills frown quickly turned into a smile. "Crazy together."

'Dear reader, day one of my camp is going amazing. I met a really nice boy named Mike and Dustin and Lucas are pretty sweet too. It's almost lunch time, but I wanted to talk about my day so far I guess. Mike says we can go crazy together, and I don't mind that at all. He lives in Hawkins too. Maybe if I play my cards right, we could hang out when we're not surrounded by horny teens who got sent here by their parents! I hope the next few months go well here. Wish me luck,
Sincerely yours,
Will Byers'