It's just spark (but it's enough to keep them going)

All the time in the world

Joyce left work for lunch time. She didn't had time to bring food with her that morning, nor money to buy something, so she went back home. She had an hour so she had to be quick. In the drive home she thought about Hopper. They were getting closer and she liked that. She felt like something was growing between them, she could feel it sometimes in the way he looked at her. They always had a connection for the past they shared, and it kinda returned after he helped her save Will. She had thought that maybe he didn't want that connection back when he disappeared, but now she knew he did it because he was hiding Eleven. And lately there was something more, something like feelings. Somehow she knew that she always gonna love him in some way, and that was too much to process.

When she got home she find something unusual, Jonathan was reunited with Nancy, Steve and a blonde girl. She was probably a Steve's coworker because she was wearing the same type of clothes.

- Hey mom. - Jonathan greeted her. - What are you doing here? - He asked looking a little nervous.

- I came for lunch. - She answered. - What are you guys doing? - She asked,noting that his older son looked like he didn't want her there.

- We were... - Steve started talking but Jonathan interrupted him.

- We were doing the university applications. - Jonathan said.

- But they are coming next week. - She said out loud, realizing that what his son said didn't make sense.

University applications? Lie, that was a lie and she knew it. Why was his son lying to her? She could feel that something was wrong. She looked at the papers around the room, she was sure the answer was there. They were up to something and she needed to know what was it before it becomes something bad they couldn't handle. It was almost like she had a feeling, a feeling that reminded her that they had to be alert because they were never going to be totally safe again.

- Mom. - Jonathan called her like he was insisting her to let it go.

- Jonathan, what's wrong? - She asked. She had sense that something was wrong since the beginning, but now that she knew she was right she needed to know what was going on.

- It could be nothing, i don't want to worry you. - He tried to avoid telling her.

- Please. - She insisted.

- Okay. - He accepted.- Robin tell her. - He said to the blonde girl.

- Are you sure is okay to me to tell her? - Robin asked.

- Yes, she knows everything about the upside down and the lab. - He answered.

- So, she won't think i am crazy? - Robin asked still looking unsure.

- I won't. - Joyce answered without even doubting it for a second.

- Yesterday i saw something at the mall, something that is not normal. - Robin said looking unsure in how much was okay to reveal.

- Did you saw some men wearing black or maybe some men with guns? - Joyce asked letting her know that she had been seeing some unusual staff too.

- How do you know? - Asked Steve surprised.

- Just because i'm an adult woman doesn't mean i'm stupid or i don't see things that happens around me. - She defended herself. - I know there is something going on at the mall basement. - She let them know her suspicions.

- Okay, i guess we have a confirmation now. - Nancy said looking ar Joyce like she was proud of her.

- It was late, i forgot the keys of my house, so i came back to the mall to look for them. I saw a group of men carrying a man. - Robin continued her story. - But this man, he was different. He looked dirty and like he was sick, his clothes were ripped, his eyes were red, and he was really strong. Four man had to grabbed him so they could take him. And i don't know where they took him or if they did something to him. - She explained the best she could.