A whole year has passed.
A whole year without Eleven.
And everyone seemed to have forgotten her.
Everyone except for Michael Wheeler and...
Jessica Hernandez.
Jessica has matured within the year.
Still battling the return of her depression, she lear...
El was walking through the forest, her thumb tracing over her necklace over and over again.
She HATED that she couldn't talk to Mike and Jessie.
And it was because of that girl.
That fucking girl.
Jessie was right.
She ruins everything.
She walked to where the cabin was and stopped, seeing Hopper there, smoking.
What was it that Jessie says when everything just got worse?
Oh, right.
Fucking shit.
She was NOT in the mood to be lectured for sneaking out of the cabin.
She sighs, knowing that whatever was going to happen next was NOT going to end well...for both her AND Hopper.
She breathed in and out, deciding to...what was it called again?
Just get it over with.
Yeah, that's it.
She walked towards the cabin, not even glancing at Hopper as she did so.
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She didn't even care to look back as he trailed in after her, slamming the door closed.
"'Friends don't lie.' Isn't that your bullshit saying?"
She decided to ignore that comment, heading to her room, wanting to escape from the bad events that happened when she tried to reunite with Mike and Jess.
"Hey, hey! Hey! Don't walk away from me!"
She turned to as Hopper slammed her door back open, his expression angry.
She stared at him with annoyance and hidden anger.
She just WANTED to fall asleep so she can escape today's doing.
El took off the jacket she had on, tossing it on her bed as Hopper asked;
"Where'd you go on your little field trip, huh? Where?"
Hopper had a rising suspicion.
"Did you go see Mike and/or Jess?"
He was so angry at her carelessness that he missed the sudden flash of sadness that appeared on her face.
"They didn't see me," she answers, disappointment and heartbreak evident in her tone, her eyes watering.
She WANTED to see them.
She WANTED to tell them that she was being safely hidden, that she was being taken care of.
She WANTED to tell them that she wanted to come home to them, but couldn't.
That they would have still been together if the Bad Men weren't at Mike's house.
"Yeah, well, that mother and her daughter did and they called the cops."
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