Authors Note: This was just intended to be a short season two narrative, however I may reconsider. If you think I should continue please comment, also give me suggestions for the next chapter if you have any and I decide to write more.
Will awoke with a start, it was Monday morning and his Star Wars alarm was beeping insistently. Will sighed, not wanting to get up, this would be his first day back from school since being in the upside down. It felt as if it was the first time he ever went to school.
Will quickly started his old routine; cloths, breakfast, brush teeth, shoes, coat. As Will put on his shirt he felt that familiar gut retching pain in his stomach. He ran to the bathroom before it could come out, stood by the sink and felt the slimy creature slide out of his mouth as he made a gagging noise. Suddenly the room shifted and turned dark and dirty, it was the upside down. He felt fear rush over his body as he remembered his time in the upside down. Just then the room transformed back into his bathroom as he gasped for air.
At that moment he realized that he would never be normal. This had been happening often since being in the upside down. Neither his friends or family knew, how could he keep this a secret at school, how could he act like this never happened, how would he cover up the slugs, how would people treat him. People had never treated him kindly before maybe they would treat him worse then they had before. These things raced through his mind as he finished getting ready for school.
As Will ran out the door he shouted "goodbye mom!" Running to Mrs. Wheeler's car before his mom could give him and over dramatic hug. He hopped in the back seat taking a deep breath and sitting next to Dustin. This would be a long day. Various questions ran through his mind as he canceled out the sound of Mrs. Wheelers small talk, questions such as, what will people think happened, will people even know he was gone, and how will the usual bullies treat him. Soon the car had reached the school, Will sighed and exited the car; Dustin, Lucas, and Mike following him.
So far nothing seemed unusual to Will as he walked up to school. The usual bullies then met up with them. "Well, look who's back from the dead." Chuckled Troy, giving Will a slight shove. "Hey, back off man, we aren't looking for trouble." Mike said, protecting his friend. "We aren't frog face? Cause last time I checked your freak girl friend broke my arm." Sneered Troy again, this time Troy's friends laughed along. Mike looked down at the ground his heart racing. His friends knew he was thinking about eleven. "Stop Troy, we just want to get to class." Lucas replied to Troy's remark angrily. "Oh, midnight wants to get to class. I guess we should listen.", one of Troy's friends laughed. While the bullies were busy laughing the boys walked around them and through the school doors. "Yep", Will thought "things are just the same as usual."
The four luckily had the same class schedule for the most part so they all headed to their first period, biology. As Will sat down at his desk a girl approached him, "Will, Byers, the boy who went missing right?" "Um, yeah.." Will was caught short by her saying, "Hi, I'm Libby." This was unusual, normally not very many people talked to Will outside his friend group. Soon Libby's conversation with Will was cut short as others followed her lead, asking him obnoxious questions such as, But you were dead?, Where you scared being lost in the forest?, or You must of been starving. Soon the bell rang and the teacher cut short the commotion. The class went by fast for Will, people passed him notes and whispered in his ear. As soon as the bell rang again the questions started again in the hallway. Will tried his best to answer some of them but became overwhelmed, he wasn't used to this attention. When the crowd was gone something was different, his friends were no ware to be found. They had always walked to class with him. So that day Will, for the first time walked to class feeling alone yet surrounding him with questions was a crowd of people.