You are one of a kind

Prologue

Jennifer Hayes is in love, and she has been for a few years now, if she where to say when it all began it has to be: November 11, 1983 the day Will Byers funeral was held. Well she didn't fell in love that day exactly I mean come on! It was a funeral, if there is a thing she remembers about that day in general was her non-stop crying .But that's when it all started something changed inside of her and it stills remains imprinted in her heart.

She wasn't Will Byers friend, not even close to it, but his sudden disappearance and death made a huge impact in her life, she all but wondered how such a terrible tragedy could strike a nice kid like him. A kid who even though was nerdy and shy did no harm to anyone whatsoever. Top student, AV club member, (perfect target for bullies like Troy). Aside from talking to his nerdy friends most of the time he just kept to himself.

The first time she noticed Will's presence they were both in the sixth grade, a year before he "died". He was animatedly talking with his best friend Mike Wheeler about some stupid science trivia facts outside the school's bleachers where she was casually passing by, he had caught her boringly staring at him before he blushed and looked away. "What a dork" she thought, but that was about it, she didn't spare him a second glance after that.

Then Middle School started and the next thing she knew Will Byers disappeared and was found dead a few days later. Her heart broke with the news, she couldn't understand why it hurt so much, but it did.

After the funeral when she was in the quiet of her room she found herself meditating about her life, it was perfect, an only child her mom and dad spoiled her to no end, everyone at school called her social butterfly she was part of the so called "popular clique" a happy go lucky bubbly girl, who owned tons of pretty dresses, and had many friends. So why? Why did she felt so miserable at the time?

Maybe it was the fact that a kid her age was all of a sudden inexplicably dead. Jennifer remembered thinking about the unfairness of it all, how sad and broken Joyce Byers seemed, how the sadness surrounding them made its way inside of her chest, making it difficult to breathe.

So in the quiet inside of her big and beautiful princess like room looking at her happy face in all those family pictures she had by her bedside table she thought how bratty and ungrateful she had been all her life till that day. She had a family that loved her to the moon and back. A father who did everything in his power to put a smile on her face and a protective and attentive mother. But she was spoiled and unbelievingly bratty and failed to treasure the important things in life.

So even though she was only 12 years old at the time that day represented something special for her, it marked the beginning of a change. A change she'll embrace forever.

Being honest with herself it was all thanks to Will Byers, she decided that even if the boy was dead and they didn't had the opportunity to befriend each other she'll forever remember him no matter what.

Or that's what she thought…

A couple of weeks later, Will Byers returned to school, to say she was shocked is an understatement but she certainly didn't act like a total asshole about it, calling him "Zombie Boy" and all those stupid names. Sure she was surprised, the whole town buried him, but then again, why would she be mad about the fact that he was alive and everything had been a huge mistake? That the body they found, wasn't his but someone else's? She was happy and grateful that his family had him back, that his friends had him back, it made her feel unbelievingly happy. She planned on using his return to her advantage to finally speak a word or two to him, since she regretted not talking to him before… but she never did.

Still, there was something she became an expert at, she mastered the act of stalking Will Byers and as creepy as it sounds she was proud of it. She knew nothing about him, but she was sure as hell that something about him changed entirely he had a mystic aura surrounding him. He didn't smile, looked paranoid and his friends couldn't do anything for him. He looked sad and broken, but if his friends couldn't do anything to reach out for him then there was nothing she could do to help him out, or at least that's what she tried to convince herself about. Truth was she was afraid, of what exactly? At that time she didn't know. But thinking about talking to him triggered her anxiety and her heart started to beat faster every single time, so she stopped trying to do so.

Instead Jennifer made it her personal hobby to observe him daily, and soon she started noticing everything about him, the way he dressed, the way he walked, the way he talked to his friends, everything. She knew Will Byers wasn't doing ok, but she admired how hard he tried to pretend he was. And her heart beat faster at that too.

She knew Mike Wheeler knew that his best friend wasn't doing ok, but the boy looked broken himself, though it seemed to be for a very different reason.

It took a while but Will did get better, he smiled more and started opening back to his friends, Mike also seemed better, the boys hanged out together even more than they did before, their friendship felt different, in a brotherly kind of way, and it made her happy. His small group of friends started growing, first came feisty red- haired Max, and finally in their last Middle School year Jane Hopper arrived. She was perfectly fitted for the group as if she already knew them, she was always close to Mike and it was easy to figure out they liked each other. Her dynamic inside their friends group worked perfectly she got along with them all, but specially bonded with Will.

Jennifer didn't know why she felt bothered by the fact that Jane and Will got along that well, maybe it was because she still hadn't spoken to him once even though she really wanted too. But it wasn't until the news about Chief Jim Hopper marrying Joyce Byers at end of the school year that she understood what had been going on with her all along, when she overheard Dustin chatting with Lucas about how great it was that Jane and Will where officially siblings, she found herself releasing a sigh she didn't know was holding.

Jealous, all that time she had been jealous, she knew perfectly well Mike and Jane had a thing going on, but the girl still managed to talk and bond with Will in a special way, she talked so casually with him, Her Will. And it was that train of thoughts that made her realize something important. She was in love, and felt happy about it.

Middle School ended, High school started and she still hasn't spoken a word to him but couldn't care less. Pure happiness. Everyday that's what she feels. Knowing exactly what her feelings are makes her heart flip in a nice kind of way.

AN: Hello thank you for taking the time to read this, I'm planning to write a multichapter story

this is something that has been in the back of my mind ever since I watched the first season Of ST

I really hope itll be well received :)