A/N

Damn, can't believe it's been nearly a year since I've updated. I do know where I'm going though, so bear with me.


Jane realized she could run so fast, she could go just about anywhere she wanted, and be back home before Hopper would even know she was gone! But where to go first...? Oh! She knew! She would go and say "hello" to her best friends at their school! Luckily, the forest she was running through was on the way to her destination anyway. She would get there in no time.

Mike and the others were just about to go inside.

"MIKE!" The brunette boy turned at the sound of his name being called.

"El?"

"MIKE!" Jane called again. Rushing up to the group, she ran in circles around them. "MIKE! MIKE! MIKE, MIKE, MIKE, MIKE, MIKE, MIKE, MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE!"

Mike's stomach turned with anxiety; someone was bound to notice her here if she kept that up.

"What?! What is it?! What's wrong?!" he asked, quickly.

"Huh?" she stopped in her tracks, leaving skid marks on the pavement. "Oh, nothing. I just wanted to come say 'hi'...hi, Mike!"

Mike hadn't expected her to suddenly pull him closer and kiss him on the lips. "...Hi..." he smiled shyly, blushing. It wasn't the first time they had kissed, but it was the first time they had kissed and they were sure other people were watching.

Looking over to his friends, Jane hugged them one by one. "Hi, Dustin! Hi, Lucas! Hi, Will!" The smallest boy strained as she hugged him in her vice-like grip.

"Don't break him, El!" Mike cautioned.

"Hey, guys," Max approached the group. Suddenly noticing Jane, she squinted, "not that I'm complaining, but what are you doing he-"

Jane gasped at the sight of her. "HI!" she gave the strongest embrace of all to the redhead. "It's so good to see you!"

"But...I thought you hated m-"

"Shh...it's okay, just let the hug wash over you," Jane whispered, her voice now unusually quiet.

"Uh...o...kay?"

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

"AAAAH!" Jane let go of Max and clasped her ears. Even after all this time, there were still some loud noises that bothered her. Running in circles around the group again, she zoomed back off into the forest.

"...Should...we be worried that anyone saw her?" Lucas asked.

Mike looked around, everyone else seemed to be heading to class and paying mind to their own conversations. "Maybe not for now, but if anyone asks, just play dumb and pretend like we didn't see anything. Agreed?"

The rest of the group nodded and agreed with him, following him inside the school.