XXXWILL POVXXX

Will entered the bathroom and locked the door swiftly behind him. Glancing at his reflection in the mirror, he sighed and pushed his messy hair off his forehead, and wiped the sleep from his eyes.

He'd long since gotten rid of the bowl cut, just when he moved to California to be specific. He now had fluffier hair that seemed to get him much more attention from girls- not that he'd been elated by that, but it was fine.

A lot had changed about him since moving, first of all, the hair. Second, his style. He and El had gone thrifting in California where they had the coolest stuff, he now wore baggy jeans and oversized band tees. Lastly, he wasn't being bullied, which was an odd experience for him but a welcome one. He'd made a lot of new friends, and El had too.

A knock on the door startled him from his internal monologue.

'Will' Eleven said 'Jhonathon said to hurry up because we're leaving in 20 minutes.'

'Yeah, okay, won't be too long' he hurriedly replied.

They were having a road trip down to Hawkins to see all their friends. His mom wasn't coming as she had to go on a 'business trip'. Will was excited to see all his friends again and get to hang out with them.

Okay, less thinking more moving.

He grabbed the hair brush and sorted his hair out, then quickly brushed his teeth. Then he rolled up the sleeve of his Pajamas.

He shouldn't have to deal with this.

Opening the cabinet under the sink, Will grabbed his mum's makeup bag, then fished out the foundation. He was lucky she'd left it behind, and even luckier she hadn't noticed little bits going missing each day- heavens forbid she got suspicious and thought he was using it for something else!

He put some foundation on the back of his hand and then began dabbing it on the mark on his wrist- expertly covering up the marking that was there.

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He could barely remember getting it as if the memories had been suppressed. He got flashes, occasionally of being in the lab, but nothing more.

He was thinking about telling his friends but was confused about how to go about it.

Hey guys, I was in the same lab as Eleven for like 7 years and I have powers too. Great, now let's get back to watching a movie.

No that wouldn't work at all.

Taking one last look in the mirror, Will yanked his sleeve down and unlocked the door.

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xxELEVENxx

Eleven looked in the mirror again, for what must have been the one-millionth time that morning. She had woken up at 5:30, filled with excitement to see all her friends again. She had been bored until 9:00 when Will had woken up, definitely not be Eleven tapping him every 2 seconds to see if he was awake.

They were leaving at 12:30 to get there at half past 6. The plane should land around five, with a 23-hour drive to Hawkins.

Eleven was wearing a long dress that went down to just below her knees with colorful swirls on it, Will had helped pick it out with her at the Charity Shop and all her friends gave her compliments and asked her if they could borrow it at some point.

Eleven had happily said yes, of course. She was happy with the new group she had now, consisting of around 8 people. Not as many friends as Will, but enough for her.

Someone knocked on the door and Eleven flew down the stairs with a yell of 'I'll get it.

After many years of not being able to answer a knock at the door, she enjoyed being free to do it.

Opening the door, she saw Angela.

'Hi, Angela, what brings you here?'

Angela blinked once and then said 'oh hi, just returning Will's hoodie, he left it behind him'

'I'll grab him for you' Eleven said, before turning into the house and yelling his name.

Will appeared next to her, 'What is i- oh hey'

Angela blushed a little before replying 'you left this last time you were over so I thought I'd give it back

'Oh right, thanks, I've been looking for this' Will said taking the jumper

'No problem, call one of us when you get to Hawkins yeah?'

'Yeah, I'll call you as soon as I'm there

Seemingly happy with this, Angela said her goodbyes and left. Eleven shut the door as Will pulled on the hoodie Angela had just given him and then made a face.

'I didn't know you were still friends after the break-up'

'Yeah, we are. We ended on good terms anyway. I don't think either of us loved each other.'

'Hmm,' Eleven hummed 'Why are you making that face?'

'Hoodie smells really strongly of perfume, think she sprayed it before she got here'

Eleven giggled a bit as Will continued to make the face. 'Change it if you're that bothered by it'

Will considered then made as if to go upstairs, then Jonathan came in.

'Come on guys, we need to go now'