Hoppers POV
When I woke up I got out of bed and groggily walked into the kitchen. When I passed the lounge area I realised the couch was gone.
I rubbed my eyes to make sure they weren't playing tricks on me, they defiantly were not.
I went to El's room, twisted the door knob and opened the door slightly. The couch was in there and mike was sleeping there wrapped up in a blanket, El too, was in her bed still fast asleep.
It was Monday so I had to go to work, I'd get ready then wake El up to tell her, or I'd leave a note.
Once I was dressed I decided to leave a note, I grabbed a spare piece of paper and wrote down
Going to work be back by 5.15, same rules still apply.
I placed it on the small table we use for eating on. Then I walked out the door, closed it then trotted off to my car.
Dustin's POV
I woke up with a yawn. My mom had still not found mews so when I got up she was still frantic and sad. Of course I knew what happened to mews but I couldn't tell her!
I trudged down the hall way, my mom was sitting in her chair gnawing at her nails.
"Anything on mews yet?" I asked her
"No, do you think she maybe got lost?" She said. I felt bad, I wanted to tell her, but I knew I couldn't. I went back to my room, got dressed then tried to sneak out.
"Where are you going so early? You haven't even had breakfast" she kindly said
"I'm uh, going to Mike's. I'll look out for mews" I said walking out the door.
I grabbed my bike and started peddling off to Mike's house. On the way a car rolled up beside me. The window unwinded, Steve was in the drivers seat.
"Hey, need a lift?" He asked. I stopped, then he stopped.
"Yeah, Alright" I placed my bike in the boot and then got in the front seat next to him.
"So kid where you off to?"
"I was going to go to Mike's then try find Where el is" I told him. He started the car.
"Well that won't happen" he plainly said
"Why?"
"Cause mike is where the girl is I'm pretty sure he stayed the night. Did you want me to pick up anyone?"
"I'll ask" I turned on the microphone set attached to the side of my head. "Does anyone copy? Steves taking me to where mike and el are, anyone want to come. Does anyone copy?" I waited for a response.
Then someone answered "Yeah alright" said Lucas from the microphone.
"Guess we're just picking up Lucas." I told Steve.
I directed him to Lucas' house, Steve beeped the horn and Lucas came rushing out and got in the back of the car.
"So are you Like our driver now?" Lucas said
"No, he's not, he just knows where mike and eleven are" I told him. We went down roads I had never seen before.
"Are you sure this is the way?" I asked Steve
"I'm sure"
Mike's POV
My eyes fluttered open to bright daylight. I instantly looked to eleven, she had her back to me, the blankets outlined her shape. I could see that she was curled up, I couldn't blame her it was cold in here. El's legs stretched out then she turned to face me. Her eyes opened.
"morning" I said to her
"Morning" She said back. She sat up then smiled at me. "Did I tell you my real name?"
"Your real name isn't eleven?" At this point I'm so confused.
"It's Jane" she told me.
"That's a pretty name, it suits you"
"Pretty" she blushed.
"Should I call you Jane now?" I asked her
She shrugged "I like El"
"Ok" I smiled.
"Ok" she repeated.
"Can I see they box you told me about last night?" I suggested. She nodded her head. El then got out of her bed, I followed and went into the area where the lounge should be. She went over to the small table and picked up a pice of paper. It was from hopper. She sighed angrily "same rules still apply" she read aloud
"Same rules, meaning no going outside and all?" I asked. El nodded her head slowly. "At least your not alone"
Her smile brightened up "true"
She placed the paper down and went over to a spot in the room and sat down. I went over and sat across from her. El took a floor bored out and underneath was a small hidden compartment with boxes full of sheets and photos. "Woah" I raised my eyebrows.
She pulled out a box titled Hawkins lab. Then she opened it and took out a red file called Ives, Terry.
"Is that your mom?" I asked
"Yes" she simply responded
I looked through all the papers in the file and read it all. Just as I was finishing there was a knock at the door. Els eyebrows creased.
There was a shout from outside "eleven? Mike? It's just us, Dustin and Lucas!" Dustin said. She tilted her head slightly and the door unlocked then opened. They came inside.
"How did you guys know where we were?" Was the first thing I said to them.
"Steve" Dustin simply answered
"What's that?" Lucas asked, gesturing to the papers in my hand.
"El's backstory basically" I responded
"You have a backstory! Is it like the x-men?" Dustin said
"What is x-men?" El asked him
"Oh, their basically a series of comic books with cool superheroes" Dustin told her.
"Forget about the x-men! Can I see?" Lucas asked. El nodded her head. I handed him the files.
"Who's Ives terry?" He asked reading the front cover
"Just read" I said to Lucas. He scowled.
Dustin eagerly looked over lucas' shoulder to the papers.
Lucas opened the file to a random page, that just so happened to be the page about how el was taken.
"Daughter Jane taken when she was a baby. Daughter, Jane. Your her daughter, your Jane. Aren't you" Lucas figured out
"Your name is Jane!" Dustin said, surprised. El nodded her head. "All this time we called you eleven" Dustin giggled. "You have no idea how much we missed you" he then said
"She does" I said. I looked at her, she was she was half smiling, half frowning.
Will's POV
I got out of bed, walked down the hall, looked at the clock and... what! It's already 1.30!
Mom and jonathan were in the kitchen taking down the drawing of the vines.
"Hey bud" Jonathan said to me, still taking down a vine.
"Hey Good morning, how are you feeling" mom asked me
"Fine, I guess. Just feeling a bit empty" I admitted
"Do you want something to eat?" She said
"Yeah ok, did you need help with taking these down?" I wondered
"No, you just sit there, it's ok" mom told me
"You'll never get it done by the end of the day if it's just you two" I warned
"That's ok" Jonathan said
"Come on, I'm fine! I can help" I argued
They were both silent. "Just let me help" I said
"Aright, come on, you can do the bottom half of the kitchen I'll do the top" Jonathan agreed
"Jonathan" mom argued
"He wants to help, let him help. If he wants to sit down he can do that" Jonathan defended me. Mom sighed then started to take some ham out from the fridge. I looked at Jonathan and grinned, he gave a small smile back.
I started to take down the drawings on the bottom half of the kitchen, without ripping the wallpaper.
Just before we finished the kitchen mom finished cooking some ham and eggs for us, we sat down to eat them then got back to work. Once mom started to help it got quicker, we moved onto the lounge room in no time, then to the halls, then to the bedrooms. By 4.30 we finished the whole house.
"Ok, let's go sit down and rest" Jonathan sighed
When we sat down my mind wondered off to the party, I wonder what they did today.
"You ok will?" Mom snapped me out of my daze.
"Huh, oh, yeah I'm fine"
Elevens POV
When Steve came to pick the boys up, Dustin introduced me to him.
"El, this is Steve, steve, el" Dustin said.
He gave a small wave and a nod I smiled back.
"Alright, come on I need to get you little shits home" Steve said while ruffling Dustin's hair.
"Bye El" Lucas said
"Cya" Dustin walked out the door.
Mike turned to me. "I'll come visit you soon, I promise"
"Okay" I hugged him, he hugged me tightly back.
"Come on wheeler!" Steve shouted from outside. He left and closed the door behind him. I locked it, but not with my mind. I used my hands and looked out the window as they left.
It was nice that now he knew I was still alive. Hopefully hopper will let me leave soon. Even though he always says soon. I sat down on the lounge, which we had moved back from my room, and closed my eyes.
Not long after hopper came home and as usual did the secret knock. I opened the door without moving, he entered.
"Hey kid" he said
"Hi" I responded. He came and sat next to me.
"I've got some good news and bad news, what do you want to hear first?"
I creased my eyebrows "bad" I said unsurely
"You still have a little while till things cool off before you can go out" he frowned
"Whats the good news?" I asked
"First good news is, I will allow mike to come over every now and then, just to keep you company. The second thing is, I have a plan for you to be able to go out into the world"
My eye brows creases even more now "plan?"
"Maybe, if you want, I could adopt you then you wouldn't have to be a secret anymore" he introduced the plan
"Adopt?"
"Like when you go into a new family. How would that sound?"
I nodded "I like that plan"
