I am Ella | Romantic Stranger things fan fic

Chapter One: The Wolfhards

I was wearing my black dress, the one that had the lace on the bottom, and the criss cross back. I wore black flats, because It didn't feel appropriate to wear heels. I was the only one there. I was early. I wanted my alone time. I needed my alone time with them. I sat in the front row, adjusting the necklace my mother had given me. I wore light makeup, so that I would be forced not to cry. If I had makeup on, I wouldn't want to ruin it, and I would save myself the embarrassment of crying in front of everyone. It was 3:28 and the funeral started at 4:30. Wow, okay, El. You have about a half hour before people start arriving. What's your next move?
Just then, the door opened, a slight beam of sunlight hitting the ground, and in rolled in my favorite person. I could hear his footsteps. Heavy and urgent. Like he was trying to get somewhere with no interruptions. I stood up, made sure that I was alright, turned around, my head facing toward the ground. His steps came to a halt, and I looked up, and we looked each other dead in the eyes.
"El." Finn said.
I didn't say anything back to him. I just fell into him. I could feel him holding me tightly, and I liked that. He knew how to handle me. I liked that also.

We said nothing, and just stood like that for a minute or two. Finn knew that I wouldn't talk. He knew me so well. It was like we were siblings, not cousins. He was the best.

The funeral started on time. People cried. I didn't. I had my alone time before this. People walked up to me and the rest of the family, Finn, Nick, Mary and Eric. and they told us that they were sorry for our loss. We thanked them, and hugged each and every one.

My bags were packed, and I was ready to move. I was ready for a fresh start. I would make new friends, and leave the old ones behind. All except for one. Eliana. Yes, it was kind of ironic that our names both sounded almost the same. No, we didn't have the same nicknames. I was El, and she was Ana. Simple. I would be sad about leaving her. She was sad about me leaving. It would be okay. We would still keep in contact.

(TWO DAYS LATER)
"El, are you ready? We're leaving soon!" Finn screamed through my hotel room door. Yes, I had my own room. We all did. Why? I'm not exactly sure.
"Yep, I'm ready, Finnlard. Let's get out of here." I smiled, opening the door, my suitcase in hand. All the other stuff from the house had been shipped to Eric and Mary's.
Soon, we were on the rode. The Wolfhard family did not fly in planes, myself included. We were related through our dads, who also happened to be abnormally close for brothers.

"Ella, we're here. Wake up, sleepyhead." That must've been Nick talking to me, because nobody had ever called me El, besides Finn.
I woke up, and ran out of the car, greeting their dog. She was huge, she ran out to me, because she hadn't seen me in ages. She tackled me, and because I was only wearing sweats, I didn't care. We messed around for a while, until Finn joined us. That's when things got interesting. We all ended up in the backyard.
"GET HER GIRL! GO GET EL, ROSIE!"
"NO, NO, NO! GET FINN! NOT ME, ROSIE!!"
I yelled with excitement as she tackled me again, and for once, since last week Wednesday, I felt normal.
We walked into the house and rosie tagged along. It was dinner time, so we all sat at the table and discussed some stuff. Where I would be going to school, what I wanted my room decorated like, things like that.

(AUTHOR'S NOTE!!)
Wow! 668 words. I'm proud. I know that this first chapter is kinda boring, because we are just being introduced to the characters. Or the Wolfhard characters anyway;) I don't really have a set schedule that I want to post on, we'll just see once I get further into the book. Hope you guys enjoy! Love you all!😘