I honestly can't get over Stranger Things! I've been geekin' out over it since Season 2 dropped. My love for the show only grew and grew until I started writing about it and finally decided to start writing a story for it! This is a story with my OC in it so if you don't like fanfics with OC's in it then ya might as well click away now :P. I'd have more to say about this but my mind is all over the place right now, sadly. This is officially my first fanfic about this show so I hope you guys enjoy it!

Mike closed his locker after grabbing all the necessary items for his classes. Lucas, Will and Dustin were talking amongst themselves about Star Wars and comic books, dissecting each topic as they went along. Mike on the other hand was in his own little world, thinking about El again. He hadn't stopped since she came back and ultimately closed the gate to the upside down. Especially after the SnowBall, and the moment they had together. That one intimate moment, where it was just the two of them in the world. The moment he had waited for since she disappeared into the Upside Down. To hold her in his arms and never let go. To feel her body heat warming him, and to see her beautiful eyes staring back at him. Ever since that night he's been missing El while he's at school. Even if they were together the night before. Seeing her again was just a daily thing he missed.

"Mike!" Will called, his voice suddenly chiming into Mike's head.

"H-huh?"

"Who do you think would win in a fight? Spider-Man or Captain America?"

Mike waved his hand and rolled his eyes. "Pffft definitely Captain America!"

"Are you kidding?!" Lucas cried outraged. "Spider-Man has Spidey Senses! He can see Caps attacks a mile away!"

"So? Cap's a super soldier! He knows like every martial art known to man! Spidey couldn't handle all of that!"

"Well Spidey does have the proportionate strength, speed, agility, stamina, and durability of a spider." Dustin added.

"That's suddenly better than a super soldier?" Mike questioned giving Dustin a skeptical look.

Dustin shrugged. "Pretty much. He caught a car that was thrown at him by the Hulk."

Mike groaned, face palming himself. He glanced to the side and saw Max suddenly heading their way. Hoping she'd at least take his side or change the subject.

"Max." Lucas called. "Please tell Mike here that Spider-Man would whoop Captain America's ass any day."

"And please tell Lucas how ridiculous he sounds." Mike shot.

Max laughed. "Why is this even a discussion? Spidey would win hands down."

Mike groaned loudly again while Lucas exclaimed in victory.

"What'd I tell ya?"

"That's bull! Cap is so much better than Spider-Man."

"Ok anyway." Max interrupted. "Are we still hanging out after school?"

The boys all confirmed that that plan was still in affect. They were all excited to hang out after school. Mostly because they had two more people in their group who had close to the same interests they did.

"Also." Dustin added. "I'd like to add on to that question and ask if everyone's still on for the sleepover?"

"I am." Will announced.

"I know I am." Lucas said.

"Me too." Mike said.

"Same." Max added.

"Great! We just need El to let us know if she's coming and we'll have a full party." Dustin said. Subtly glancing at Mike after mentioning El's name.

Mike picked up the timing on Dustin's glance almost instantly. "Why'd you look at me when you said that?"

Dustin shrugged innocently. "No reason."

Mike's eyes narrowed trying to see through Dustin's bluff.

"What're you trying to say?"

"Nothing. Just, Y'know, pointing out the fact that you and El are basically dating, so you should be able to ask her and find out if she can come to the sleepover."

Mike rolled his eyes. "For the thousandth time. We. Aren't. Dating!"

"C'mon Mike." Will said.

"Really?" Lucas questioned.

Mike's eyes flickered back and forth between the two of them. "What?"

"You act like it's not painfully obvious." Will pointed out. "You guys are completely in love with each other."

"No we aren't!" Mike defended.

"C'mon Mike." Dustin prodded. "Don't act like we didn't see you two kissing at the dance."

"But you didn't." Mike stated.

Dustin sighed. "You're right, we didn't." A smile slowly made its way into his face. "But Nancy and Jonathan did."

Mike's gaze shifted back to the hallway while Dustin added on to the teasing. A kid that was strolling past them caught his eyes while he tried to shut out his friend's teasing. A light skinned, black curly haired boy. He's seen that kid on numerous occasions throughout the first week of school. Always by himself, never talking to anyone.

The boy met eyes with Mike for a split second. That second felt like an eternity. Mike could almost sense what the boy was going through. He could see it in his eyes. He could sense his loneliness, sense how he wasn't happy while he was in school. Almost like how Mike was before he met Will.

But the boy looked away from him. Like he knew what Mike was thinking when he saw him. Walking past them faster than he initially was.

Mike watched him walk away from them, suddenly able to hear his friends teasing once more.

"Hey guys, who is that kid?"

"Uh-uh. Don't try to change the subject, Mike." Dustin said.

"No really. Who is he?" Mike replied pointing and directing everyone's attention to the boy walking away from them.

"Oh. Him."

Mike turned to Dustin, his face twisting in confusion. "You know about him?"

"Only a little. He's new here."

"Yeah. I heard he's mixed too." Lucas added.

"Mixed?" Mike repeated. "Like..." He met eyes with Lucas to make sure he wasn't jumping the gun and assuming something he shouldn't. But Lucas nodded to him. Confirming to Mike that this boy was black and white. It wasn't too out of the norm for mixed or interracial couples to exist in the 80's. But then again, it wasn't seen very often. Most of the time being rare and even frowned upon by people who couldn't understand how love works.

"Wow." Mike said. Astonished by how unique the boy was. "I've seen him a bunch of times throughout the first week of school. He's always alone. I don't know if he has friends."

"From what I hear, he doesn't talk a lot." Lucas said. "He's pretty antisocial.

Antisocial or not. Mike was thinking all this boy needed was some friends. Friends that understood what it was like to be unique. Friends like them. But before he could even think about proposing that idea to the group, the bell rang grabbing everyone's attention.

"Shit. Bell rung. Better start heading to class! They say 5 minutes is enough but I honestly doubt it." Dustin said. "See you guys later!"

Everyone shortly said their goodbyes and heading to their individual classes. Mike slowed down still contemplating about the boy. That idea still lingered in his head. He wasn't afraid of adding him into the party. But now wasn't the time to think about it, he had to hurry to his class before risking being late.

The boy started jogging to his class after the bell rang. Thinking to himself as he did. "That guy keeps staring at me. Every time I see him. Maybe I should talk to him. It's hard to make friends here, plus he probably wants to talk anyway. For whatever reason..." He sighed. "Who am I kidding? Who would ever wanna be friends with James Willard? One of the most quietest kids in the school?" James hated being so quiet at school. But he couldn't help it. It was hard for him to make friends, not to mention he was fairly new to everything in the area since he just moved there. He figured the best he could do now was just lay low and hope the school year would fly by. The town seemed like a place to live an average life in. Maybe he could manage it...

"Go long!" Lucas shouted to Dustin. He waited a few moments for Dustin to gain a few more yards from him, before thinking he was far enough and launching the football to him. It wasn't a pro quarterback throw, but it was enough to get it to Dustin's position. Dustin shouted in victory once he managed to catch the ball. Stomping around and yelling "Touchdown!"

The school day had ended as fast as it began. Allowing the Party to enjoy themselves with a get together before they got back to school the next day. Max was teaching Will how to skateboard. Shakily making some progress as she did, with some slips and stumbles along the way. Mike and El had decided to sit together and watch it all while they talked with each other. Content with each other's presence alone.

"How was school?" El asked.

"Eh." Mike responded with a shrug. "Still getting used to it. High school is a bit different than what Nancy told me about."

"I wish I could go." El said as her face fell.

"Don't be sad about it. School isn't all that fun." Mike assured her.

"It's not?"

Mike shook his head. "It's only fun depending on the friends you have there, and if you have cool teachers. If it weren't for Lucas, Dustin, Will, and even Max there, school would be super boring."

"Really?"

"Yup. You're not missing anything."

El smiled at him and turned back to watching everyone do their own thing. Her eyes ended up landing on Dustin and Lucas while they fooled around with the football, popping another question in her mind.

"What're they throwing around?"

"That's a football." Mike answered.

"Foot Ball?" El repeated. A little disgusted by the name. Mike could see that she was imagining something else entirely.

"No not like that. That's just the name for it. It's a ball used for the sport. Not a body part."

El nodded understandingly. Grateful her friends weren't throwing around a limb.

"Do you play Foot Ball?"

Mike shook his head. "No. I wasn't really interested in sports. That, and I was never really good at them."

"I think you'd be good at it."

Mike couldn't help but smile from El's positivity. "Trust me, I wouldn't. There's a certain amount of skill and muscle that you need for Football. Skills and muscle that I have none of, not to mention."

"You're smart." El stated. "I think that'd make you a better player in general."

Mike flashed her another smile. "It just might. Maybe one of these days I'll take you to one of the schools Football games so you can watch it. Sound good?"

El smiled back at him and nodded. Resting her head on his shoulder. "I'd like that."

James had decided to walk home for the day. He didn't feel like going on the bus whenever he was coming back home. Mainly because he had no one to sit with and no friends he could talk to. He'd always come back home with nothing to do. Not even homework since he'd get it all done in class or just do it right away when he got back. That wasn't even counting the home he would come back to. He couldn't find a lot to be happy about in this town. Nothing to really cheer him up.

"Will, do a flip!" A voice suddenly called.

James whipped his head to the direction where he heard the voice. It was a voice he's heard before at school almost everyday.

"Lucas quit telling him to do that! He's gonna get hurt!"

James recognized that voice immediately. Fully facing the direction from where it had come from. "I know that voice. That's the guy that keeps staring at me. The guy at school that I always see with his friends."

A thought came across James's mind to just keep walking and get back home. But seeing that he had nothing better to do, or anyone else to see, he succumbed to his curiosity. Slowly making his way to Mike's backyard.

He got closer to the group and found a spot where he could watch them without notifying them that he's there. He recognized everyone else who was with Mike while they were hanging out and doing their own thing. He watched Lucas and Dustin play Football in their own creative ways. Shortly moving his attention to Max who was trying to persuade Will to not try to backflip off the skateboard. Then he finally moved his attention to Mike. Noticing he was just sitting down in the midst of it, watching everyone else like a parent almost. James noticed he was accompanied by a girl who he's never seen before.

"That's new." He said to himself. "I wonder who that is. I don't think she's with them at school..."

He shortly cut off his train of thought. More captivated by all the fun the group was having. All the laughter, excitement, and good energy in the air. He completely envied it. Wishing he could be apart of it and enjoy it with them.

"Will catch!" Dustin yelled chucking the football towards Will who he thought was open. But Will wasn't open. He was too focused on keeping his balance on the skateboard to hear Dustin alert him about the ball coming his way.

James saw it heading towards him quickly, feeling an urge to warn him about the oncoming projectile but not wanting to risk being seen by the group.

"Will! Duck!" Mike warned, suddenly getting Will's attention. Will looked up and spotted the ball spiraling towards him, instinctively jumping back to avoid getting hit. But I'm his state of utter panic he had forgotten that the only stable ground he was standing on was a board on four wheels, instantly slipping off, knocking Max back, and falling onto his back hard. Despite the violent fall Will just experienced, the ball was somehow still heading for him. Will didn't have much knowledge or experience when it came to Football or catching one spiraling towards him. He turned onto his stomach and covered his head with his forearms, believing that was the best thing he could do in the situation.

Mike was already getting up to help his friend. He didn't know if he was going to catch the Football with his lack of experience or just block Will from it's painful impact and take the hit himself, but he didn't care, he was gonna put full effort into it. James watched Mike start to make a run for Will, but he realized that he wasn't gonna get to him before the ball was, it'd all be in vain.

But right before the ball was going to hit Will it stopped, just a few feet away from hitting him in the head. James rubbed his eyes trying to make sure his eyes weren't deceiving him. He stared harder at the situation before him and realized that they weren't. The ball was being suspended in the air by an invisible force. Just sitting there.

Everyone froze immediately, even though they were used to seeing El use her powers it was still amazing to watch.

Mike glanced over at El, seeing her staring at the Football intently with blood trickling down from her nose.

James's eyes widened as the ball lifted higher into the air from El's control. With a jerk of her head, she sent the ball flying off yards away from everyone.

A gasp escaped James lips accidentally, he clasped a hand to his mouth as fast as he could, hoping no one heard him.

The Party turned to the source of his gasp instantly. Dread setting in everyone when they realized someone else had watched El use her powers.

"Oh no." Mike said, meeting eyes with James. "Hey, hey you!"

James turned and ran as fast as he could. Hearing footsteps and clamoring behind him.

He was beyond scared. Beyond terrified. He's never seen anyone do what El did. Not even mentioning what she might do to him if they catch him. His running ended up carrying him to the woods, running straight into them. He could hear Mike screaming for him to stop numerous times. But he didn't dare stop or look back, he jumped, ran, and pushed through bushes and whatever else that wasn't rooted into the ground and solid that was in his way. His eyes saw a junkyard a little further down from where he was running. He glanced back to see if his pursuers were still behind him. To his dismay they were. Hot on his trail trying not to lose him. He sprinted even harder to the junkyard, seeing it as his last hope.

He finally made it to the junkyard after an exhausting chase but stopped dead in his tracks when he looked around at the barren field. There was nowhere else to run. No reason to hide considering the Party was right behind him. He tried catching his breath while he thought of another escape route. Starting to hear the closing in footsteps stop.

"Please, stop!" Mike shouted at him out of breath.

James turned and looked at him a bit defensively. He was too tired to run again, facing all of them this time.

"Look we just wanna talk." Mike urged.

"Talk?! You just wanna talk?! After what she did?!"

Mike cautiously advanced towards James. "I know what you saw wasn't something you see normally. I understand you're probably a little scared."

"A little?!" James repeated.

Mike gave James a small shrug. "Ok bad choice of words. I'm sure you're very scared right now. Just stay calm okay? Don't run. We don't want you telling anyone about this."

"Or what?!" James asked. "Are you gonna have that...that freak torture me or something?!"

El's brow furrowed, growing an intense glare at the boy. Mike held out a hand to stop her before she did anything to him.

"El, no!" He turned and met James's eyes again. Getting closer to him. "New kid, look, we don't want any trouble. We just ask that you talk to us and let us explain everything."

"Hell no! You guys are freaks! Stay away from me!" James yelled back.

"Look I know what it's like to be the new kid. We can all be friends it's okay. We were just like you." Mike replied.

James glared at Mike angrily all of a sudden. Offended by his words. "You don't know anything about me. You don't know what it's like."

"No I do! Trust me I do!" Mike persisted. He brought his hand up to James's shoulder to try and reassure him, unknowingly setting an opposite effect on the boy.

"You don't have to be alone anymore. You can be friends with us. We won't hurt you."

James's glare only hardened at him, clutching his hand and throwing it off his shoulder. "You. Don't. Know. ME!"

Everything happened so fast. The sound of a balled up fist connecting to someone's cheek echoed through the still air. Mike's body collapsed against the ground. His face throbbed in pain from the sudden hit. He wiped his nose spotting smeared blood on his hand. El ran to his aid and knelt down to check on him.

Dustin tried to push James back to keep the boys separated from one another, hoping to at least prevent another attack from him. But that only stoked James's fire and gave him a new target. He started to throw punches towards Dustin, hitting him in the face, chest, and stomach. Attacking too viciously for Dustin to keep him from Mike, let alone defend himself. Even doing so much as giving Dustin new bruises for trying to stop the situation from getting worse. His screams of pain could be heard through the punches making them sound more painful than they looked.

El was giving James a death glare. He hurt Mike and was now attacking Dustin viciously, she had enough of it. She was ready to unleash her abilities and make this boy pay.

Mike could read the look on her face and knew instantly something very bad was about to happen.

"El. El don't."

Dustin covered his head to protect himself from the flurry of punches being sent his way. One by one hitting his arms even harder than the one before. But the flurry had suddenly ceased completely. He slowly opened his eyes to see El glaring at something his way.

He looked behind himself and saw James suspended in the air, frightened to death.

"W-w-h-how? W-what's going on?!"

"El stop!" Mike yelled.

El's brow furrowed more as she increased her concentration. A loud, unnerving pop could be heard coming from James's shoulder. A scream of agony came from the boy. His wrist began twisting on it's own and spawning a few more cringing pops. James screamed louder, squirming in place as he did.

"El stop you're hurting him!" Mike yelled again.

James's form was thrown unto the ground, still paralyzed in El's control.

She stood over his body and gave him a menacing glare.

"P...please.." James pleaded. "Please don't..."

El angrily focused again. This time her concentration zeroed in on his head.

James could feel a force begin to take a hold of his brain. Slowly giving him a migraine that only grew worse in pain.

"AAAAGGHHHH!"

"EL LET HIM GO! YOU'RE KILLING HIM!" Mike yelled.

"No!"

"EL HE'S JUST A KID! YOU'RE GONNA HURT HIM BAD IF YOU KEEP GOING!"

"I DON'T CARE!" El yelled, turning back to Mike. "HE HURT YOU GUYS, HE HAS TO PAY!"

"AAAAGGHHHHH! PLEASE!"

"SHUT UP!" El's words amplifying the migraine as she turned to James.

James screamed louder, tears streaming down his face from the searing pain inside his head.

Dustin, Lucas, Will, and Max could only look on in horror at what was unfolding before them.

"EL PLEASE STOP! IF YOU WON'T STOP FOR HIS SAKE THEN DO IT FOR ME!"

El silently glared at James, still wanting to avenge her friends for what he did. But if there was anyone she would do anything for outside of her other friends, it was Mike. Even though giving James mercy was the last thing on her mind to do, she would do it if Mike wanted her to. She hesitantly mentally let go of James's body, allowing him to finally move.

He cupped his hands to his throbbing head and rocked side to side on the ground whimpering from the immense pain he experienced.

Mike finally stood up and grabbed El by the shoulder. She glanced at him before her eyes hatefully stared back at James.

The pain was too much for James's body to handle, within seconds after it had stopped he felt his consciousness slip away. The Party being the last thing he saw before blacking out completely.

That's chapter one for ya. Pretty hectic. I have a feeling you guys don't like my OC right about now, I totally understand that. Trust me though, he'll come around. I feel like this chapter was pretty short though, in my opinion at least. I'm hoping the next chapters after this will be longer than this one every time I upload. We'll see. Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter! Feel free to Review and let me know how you felt about it! Follow and Favorite if you wanna see more! Til' the next one!