(ON HOLD) Stranger Things side story!!

chapter 1: moving

(this is right after the Beyer's and El moved away from Hawkins)

El's POV

We had been on the road for an hour already, I knew moving took along time, but I'm not sure how much longer I could stand.
"How much longer?" I asked.

"Well, Jonathan said that it'd be an hour and a half drive, so I'd say we have about 30 minutes. If you want to stop tell me, I'm sure Will will want a snack too." Mrs. Beyer's reply's. I can tell she's getting anxious and wants to be there too.

"No, thank you" I say as I stare out the window. All I can think of is the next time I get to see Mike. He said that he'd visit for Thanksgiving, but that's far away and I want to see him sooner. As if almost reading my mind, Joyce says,

"Don't worry, I planned a little meet up with Mike Lucas Dustin and Max for you and Will in 2 weeks. Mrs. Wheeler had talked about meeting half way in between our new house and theirs, but I will probably just drive you back to Hawkins for the weekend. How does that sound?"

"Good." I reply.

          Just as I start to drift to sleep, something outside catches my eye. "Mrs. Beyers, did you see that?"

"See what honey?"

"A girl." I say as a glance back trying to find her again.

"No I didn't, maybe you're just getting a little tired, why don't you try to rest. We still have 20 minutes left." Joyce suggests.

"Ok, I'll try." To be honest its hard going to sleep after all that happened at the mall, and Mike would call me and comfort me if I had a nightmare, but he wasn't here now. Somehow though I managed to fall asleep for the rest of the trip.

"El, wake up! We're here!" Will calls from the driveway. He and Jonathan arrived a few minutes early, so they had already explored the property. I step out of the van, yawning as a walk up the driveway to Will. "Come on, grab a box and I'll show you around!"

"Ok, which one?" I reply, looking for the boxes I packed.

"Oh, yours are in the back of the truck,   here you can carry this," he says as he's handing me a small box with crayons in it. "That box will go in my room, I'll show you the in a second."

I stand there admiring the new house, it was still small and had just enough rooms, but I love it! As I walk in I noticed two hallways leading to the 4 rooms, the one on the right was where my room and Will's room was, and on the left, Mrs. Beyers' and Jonathan's. Then right in front of the door is our family room, and the kitchen behind it. Everything looks so empty without our stuff unpacked, so, lonely. Will walks up from behind, carrying 4 big boxes filled with pillows and blankets.

"These are our bed sheets and pillows, if you wanna follow me to our rooms."

"Ok" I follow him to his rooms, which has already been filled with boxes.

"Yeah, since we got here first we thought that we'd go ahead and start unloading the truck, we didn't touch your stuff though." Will adds quickly

"It's ok, I don have many things anyway." I say, as I set the box on the floor.

Will gets caught up in moving his bed around, so I go to out to find my room. It's only 2 doors down from Will's, on the other side of the bathroom. It's weird, as soon as I walk in a blast of cold air hits my head. I immediately look up to see where it's coming from, only to find an air vent on the ceiling. I always hated those, they remind me of the air ducts I used to escape the lab. Trying to distract my mind, I open the window to warm up the room. It smells like the woods in Hawkins, like when me and Mike would walk along the train tracks. I love to smell, it makes me happy inside.

"Knock knock, can I come in?" Joyce is standing in the doorway, holding a box with my clothes. "I thought I'd start helping you unload your stuff before starting on the kitchen."

"Thank you, I like help." I start heading out of the house, skipping down the driveway towards the truck. As I pick up the last box of mine, I notice how much Jonathan and Joyce have unpacked. All that's left in the truck is the kitchen and living room stuff.

"This is your last box, I was thinking after we finish the kitchen we'll go get dinner at the local diner, and maybe meet some people." Joyce calls out from the front of the truck.

"Yeah, that's sounds good." I keep thinking about how I have to make new friends, and start getting nervous.

Just as I start to shake out all the nerves, I hear leaves rustling in the woods. I set the box down and start walking forward, looking for any movement. All of a sudden I hear a tiny wimped, and a tiny wolf like animal jumps out onto me. I scream and jump backwards, trying to find my balance. I had never seen a wolf or anything like this before, so I didn't know what to think. The creature starts running towards me, having trouble walking on the wet dirt. It jumps onto me again trying to lick my face. Not knowing what to do, I start backing up again, just as Jonathan comes out to see what the commotion was.

"Hey, I heard screaming, are you..." He starts, but stopping when he see the tiny puppy. "Holy shit you found a puppy!!!!!!"

"What's, a puppy?" I ask slowly. Jonathan picks up the puppy and starts petting his head.

"You've seriously never seen a dog before? Come on, I'll explain what a puppy is later, let's go show mom." We walk up to the house, calling will and Joyce outside. Once they come out Will starts obsessing over the pup, scratching it's small belly. "El found this in the woods, can we keep it?" Jonathan asks.

"Well Jonathan, we just moved, and a puppy is a big responsibility, I think we should wait till we get a pet." Joyce says, looking around for an owner. "such a nice puppy mist have an owner, they are probably worried sick." Ms. Beyers' takes the puppy, looking for a collar. "Well, I don't see a collar, maybe it was ripped off."

"Or it doesn't have an owner, like a stray!" Will comments happily.

"Well I'll take it to the police, and see what they think, El do you want to come?" Joyce asks.

"No, I want to stay and call Mike." I reply, looking off into the distance.

"Ok, Will, you stay home with her, and Jonathan look around for some missing signs please." Jonathan quickly runs towards the car, getting in and driving away, while Mrs. Beyers' take the dog to the police. I walk inside with Will, but he doesn't stay to call Mike. I'm dialing the number I had written down just as the phone starts ringing, scaring me half to death.

"Yes" I answer the phone.

"El!"

Thank you for reading!! I'm really sorry if this is terrible, but it's my first story, comment any errors or things I should change about it!! Chapter 2 will come tomorrow!!