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XVI. The Big Bang Part 2

"Will! Will where are you going!" Mike yelled, following Will down the driveway.
"I-i just need to go for a walk" Will said, obviously flustered.
"Will cmon man slow down" Mike said, finally catching up to Will.
Mike ran up behind Will and put his hand on Will's shoulder. Will jumped with the feeling of sudden pressure on his shoulder and turned around with a scared look on his face and a bloody nose. Will frantically began looking around and breathing heavily. Mike quickly pulled Will into a hug and tried to calm him down by running his hands through his hair. Mike didn't understand what was going on, but he was worried about his friend.
"Will, what happened in there" Mike said, pulling away from Will enough to see his face.
"I'm not sure, It happened earlier too around Troy, I really don't know what's going on. " Will began to say as he wiped the blood from his nose. "I don't know what to do"
"Will, you're telling me you just made that can explode... with your mind?? Thats crazy man, it doesn't make sense. " Mike said in disbelief.
"I know it sounds crazy, i think we have to talk to El and Hopper. " Will said
"I agree, but let's at least wait until morning. " Mike said as he walked Will back into the house.

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Will woke up first and walked himself up to the dining room where he saw Hopper sitting alone at the table. He looked over at the clock that rests on the Wheelers coffee table and it read 7:26am. Why was Will up so early? More importantly, why was Hop up so early?
"Morning Hop"
"Oh good morning kid, how was your night with the boys?"
"Fine," Will said, hesitant to tell Hopper about what happened, "Hey can i talk to you about something?"
"Sure, anything."
Hopper's fatherly attitude toward Will always made Will feel extremely comfortable with him. If he ever needed anything, he knew that Hop would be there to help, no matter what.
"You lived with El for a year, in the house in the woods" Will began
"Yes, what about it"
"Did she ever get, overwhelmed or upset, and make things-" Will cut himself off out of sheer terror of what Hopper would say to him if he continued.
"Did she ever make things what Will, is everyrhing okay between you and her?"
"Yes yes Hopper everything's fine i just... wanted to know.. if her emotions made her.... do things that she can't really... control." Will finally blurted out.
"Sure she has, she blew out all the windows in the house once, but what does that have to do with you" Hopper asked, looking concerned for Will, who was now picking at his hands and staring at the ground.
"It doesn't, i was just wondering, i guess" Will said softly.
"Will, you don't need to lie to me," Hopper said sincerely, "Is something going on?"
"I just....", Will said taking a deep breath, "I don't want to talk about it."
"Will, you can trust me, i won't tell anyone anything. Whatever you say to me will stay between you and me, i promise." Hopper said sincerely, " What's going on kid?"

"Well, you remember back when I first got stuck in the upside down?" Will began to say

"Yeah of course, how could I forget" Hop said

"Well I think i might understand now why they took me and let me live.", Will looked up and saw Hoppers expression change, " I mean think about it, when the demogorgon took Barb, it killed her. Why didn't it kill me?" Will said

"Well Will Barb was bleeding when she got taken, remember, you weren't bleeding anywhere."

"Okay, but if blood had anything to do with the demogorgon getting Barb, that still doesn't explain how it found me to begin with. Why me out of all the kids in this town, why did it take me? " Will was now staring directly at Hopper who no longer had a response to the boy. 

"What are you trying to get at Will." Hopper said, now beginning to worry.," And what does El have to do with this?"

"The other day, when i walked Eleven home, I got beat up by some kids in the street. ", Will began, except this time, talking about it didn't make him emotional., " They were hitting me pretty bad and I started hearing a ringing sound in my head. I don't know what happened but every time they hit me, the ringing kept getting louder and louder until..." Will stopped, he started to hesitate telling Hopper what happened. 

"What happened Will." Hopper said. Hopper was interested in the conversation with Will, He was beginning to think about all the things Will had mentioned before he started talking about the fight in the street. He continued to think about all the times when El would get overwhelmed with emotions and do things she couldn't control, could Will be the same way?

"I don't know exactly what happened, i wish i did. Its just, the ringing in my head was so loud and then all the sudden, it stopped and everyone around me," Will paused, he couldn't stop thinking about what Hopper would say when Will told him the truth.

Hopper sat with interested ears and watched with caution as Will struggled to get the rest of his sentence out. 

"They flew away, i guess. It was almost like an explosion, like a really big bang, and i didn't know where it came from or how it happened, i just.." Will began to tear up," I want to know what's wrong with me Hop. I even looked around to see if maybe El had seen the boys hurting me and she did it but she wasn't around. I did it Hopper and i don't know how it happened"

"Okay kid, just calm down. Nothing's wrong, we'll figure it out. Was this the only time you've experienced something like this."

"No" Will said

"When else?" Hopper questioned

"Last night, in the basement, i made a can of soda explode" Will said.

"How were you feeling emotionally, or do you not really know" Hopper asked, trying to make sense of this.

"I was overwhelming myself I guess, I couldn't stop thinking about how i could've hurt people. I'm scared Hop. Will said as a lonely tear streamed down his cheek. 

"Will there's nothing to be afraid of, did you ever consider talking to El, or maybe your mom? Eleven can help you more than you know, and your mom and I could help you find out what's actually happening." Hopper said.

"I don't want to tell anyone right now, i'd rather keep this quiet for now until i'm ready to talk about it with my mom." Will said as he sat up from the dining room table. Will was happy to finally get this off his chest, but he was worried about what Hopper might do with this information. Will didn't want his secret getting out, and he definitely didn't want to get any attention for being a freak. 

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