Back to Hawkins || ➵ Byler

Chapter 2 ➳ Moving in

  General POV:

They were getting closer and closer to their new home which made Will very antsy and anxious. He kept his head low and fiddled with his fingers the rest of the way. 

He didn't feel like drinking his slurpee even though he basically harassed Jonathan to get him it. 

It was just melted sugar on ice now. 

That's kind of what Will wanted to do. He just wanted to melt away, disappear so he would never have to see this house, their neighborhood, the neighbors, the city. 

Remember earlier when I was telling you that he was a little excited about moving? I was really wrong. 

Will does not wanna do this. 

But there was nothing he could really do about it. They were 5 minutes away from his new life. 

A happy life, he hoped. 

No more Mind Flayer, no more demodogs, no more upsidedown. 

The bad luck has always followed wherever Will went, and he was praying that this time he would actually get a chance to be happy after being depressed for 3 years straight of pain, suffering, and anxiety. 

The same goes for Jane. She wants nothing but her, Will, and his family to be happy. 

This is kind of their last chance to be happy, you could say.

It's not like they are going to move AGAIN. 

Joyce and Jonathan don't make enough money for that to happen. 

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Jonathan pulls up in their new driveway to their new house. 

Will did have to admit, it looked a lot nicer than the one he left behind in Hawkins. 

It was painted a light blue color and a dark teal roof and had lots of windows. 

It gave off a happy feeling in which WIll really liked. His old house gave off a depressed feeling with all the dark green colors. 

He definitely like the change. 

"This is it. We are here.. finally." Joyce cheers. 

"You excited to see your new room, Will?" Jonathan asks.

"Yeah." Will says blankly.

Even though his words and tone didn't say it, he was a little excited. Maybe he has a room big enough for a bigger desk he can put all of his art supplies on. 

That would be awesome, he thought. 

He stumbles out of the car and shuts the door closed.

He turns his head to see Jane admiring the beautiful house in front of her.

"This is our home now?" She asks Joyce. 

joyce nods her head joyfully and leads all of them inside. 

"This house is bigger than our other one so there will be enough space for the four of us." Joyce turns the key in the lock and opens up the door for Will and Jane to go exploring. 

Both of them stand there waiting for Joyce to say something. 

"Well go on, go explore." Joyce laughs. 

Jane looks at Will and smiles. "Come on Will." 

She skips down one of the halls and gasps at how pretty the kitchen is. 

"Pretty."

"Yeah. It's definitely gonna be different." Will slowly follows behind and shoves his hands into his jacket pockets.  

"Are you okay Will?" Jane asks concerned. 

Will looked at her and plastered a fake smile on his face. 

"i'm fantastic. Thanks." He lies. 

Since she doesn't really understand sarcasm, she grins widely and wraps her arms around Will. 

"I guess we are siblings now. Aren't you... excited?" Her smile fades while her brother hesitates to speak. 

"Yeah.. it's going to be interesting having a sister."

He did mean that. He was somewhat, to an extent, excited about having her as a sister, but he was also a little... how do you put it... uh, mad/pissed/confused. 

But maybe he was just being to hard on her. He doesn't even know her that much. 

"Im gonna go find my room." 

Will awkwardly nods his head and turns the other way. 

This will be fun.