El stopped giggling. Her eyes went a little wide and serious. "Mike, wait right here. I'll be right back."

Shit. I hate when this happens. Her period was not done with her yet. She walked quickly and carefully to the bathrooms.

When she got there she was confused, there was a hall full of bathrooms, five on one side and five on the other. Every one of them had a strange symbol on it that she didn't recognize.

She walked into one. She found that it was a single bathroom with a lockable door. Must be unisex or something. El thought to herself. And speaking of sex, none of that tonight. I hope Mike isn't too disappointed.

She dealt with her emergency, and left the washroom to get back to where he was. He hadn't moved from the spot he was standing, that put a smile on his face until he saw a beautiful blonde girl run up to him hugging him and kissing him on his cheek. She stepped back smiling at him her arms still holding on to his.

Who is that?

The blonde girl looked at her, and her smile got even bigger. "El!" The girl ran to her and gave her a crushing hug.

"Where have you two been? I was worried sick. Dad said you'd stop by the cabin, but when you didn't show I got worried and came into town. You know how he worries about his girls."

It's Sara. That's all El could think before she the heavy sobs started. She was so happy that her dad had her daughter back, and now she not only had her dad back, but she had a sister too.

Sara stepped back, looking scared, "El? You ok? Dad said you were acting a little weird yesterday. Sister's don't lie El, you have to tell me what's going on. You know we don't keep secrets from each other."

"This one is kind of a doozy… Sara… but I need to tell someone who I know will believe me other than Mike

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"Sara, are you still into space and all that kind of stuff?"

Sara looked at her with a sarcastic expression. "I'm an astrophysicist, of course I'm into all that stuff. You are kind of scaring me now, what's going on."

"Mike you go first," El said.

Mike explained his world of technology, or lack thereof. "I used to think I was smart with gadgets and all that, not quite like Dustin, but I had a knack. I went into fixing watches."

"You still do that now." Sara said carefully.

"Yeah, I can't figure out why that's not different. Until a few hours ago I had no idea what a digital watch was. Or what a digital anything was."

"Ok, El, what's your story? I'm sure it's not as totally out there as Mike's is."

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Just as Mike had, Sara started to cry when she heard how bad it was for El. She came over to hug her on the sofa, and wouldn't let go for the longest time. El continued talking while still hugging her.

"So we weren't sisters? Or even friends?" Sara said, "I can't imagine a universe without you El." She wiped the tears from her eyes.

"You were… gone."

Sara shook her head, "Poor dad. He must have been devastated… but you? You were his second chance."

El nodded, and started to cry herself. "And then I lost him, thinking he was dead. That was even worse than being in the Upside Down."

Both girls hugged and cried. "But now it's like the universe is completely re-aligning itself to make sure that I'm happy. After all I went through. It's overwhelming how good the last day has been."

"Ok, wait a minute, wait a minute. You aren't telekinetic here are you?"

El smiled, and brought a cup of coffee to her hands.

"Holy Shit!"

"That's what Dustin said." Mike laughed.

Suddenly Sara was solemn. She looked down. "Neither of you knew each other where you came from. But here you are married and kind of the talk of town. You are never seen apart… well I could go on but I'm sure you've heard all this already from the Party. What about... what about here?"

El said, "Mike and I... love each other. We are still... experiencing it... I knew you wouldn't question anything I said, but speaking of the Party, how come you aren't in it?"

"I'll remind you. Seeing as your new here."

El giggled. "Ok, remind me."

"Max is a bitch. She's always been a bitch. She treated you like a friend when it was convenient. She didn't believe you did she? No idea why Lucas puts up with her. Probably because she… ok, well, now it's me being bitchy. Sorry Mike. Only El really sees this side of me."

Mike laughed. "It's ok Sara tell us how you really feel."

"Back to what I was saying… you two?"

El looked down and could see that Mike did also.

"I was going to say… it's complicated." He looked at El. "But, El. it's not complicated for me at all. I heard my voice on that z-d thing. I know how I felt then. I know how I feel now."

"I feel it too Mike. My voice was also on that cd."

"Sorry, Sara. I think El and I have been reluctant to let our feelings out. Not knowing how the other felt. But I don't care anymore. I love El Hopper. Who it turns out is actually El Wheeler."

El was nodding vigorously. "I'm glad we didn't waste too much time getting to this point. Sara, I feel such a strong connection to Mike. I knew I loved him the second I saw him."

"But," Sara said to Mike, "You had to get over Max first."

Mike dropped his eyes. "Such as our relationship was. I'm beginning to think Max is not a nice person in any universe. She uses people. I mean, I know she had a shitty childhood, but so did El, and she turned out like… like..."

"Like your soulmate, Mike... I turned out like your soulmate." El hugged his middle. She rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

"Ok, you two really shouldn't be out on your own. You need a crash course on the new normal for you guys. Will can help with that he's an anthropologist."

"Will?" Mike looked at El.

"You know him?"

"If it's Will Byers you are talking about where I came from he was my best friend."

"So you know he's kind of quiet… and sensitive."

"That would be why you two are perfect for each other." El said. "How come the Party didn't know about him."

"Because I didn't tell them."

"You guys are going to get to know each other all over again. That's a gift. Enjoy the experience." Mike shook his head. "I never pictured Will as an anthropologist."

"He'll be back from Mirkwood any day now."

Mike laughed. "Did you say Mirkwood?"

"You had a Mirkwood where you came from?"

"No, it was from a book, The Hobbit, that had characters that were also in Lord of the Rings."

"Never heard of it. Will and I read a lot, so must be only where you are from."

"I had it too," El said. "I read it when Dustin begged me to. It's too bad, Sara, it's quite a story. I'm sure between Mike and I we could tell you the whole story."

"That sounds like a fun evening. Um, Sara, we should really get going. El and I have a lot to talk about."

"You also have homework, El used to read dictionaries, but both you are going to read your encyclopedia set. Start from the A's skip all the stuff that's the same to both of you."

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"Aunt Flo is still visiting Mike. So no hanky panky, but we can still sleep in the same bed?"

"You have an aunt that's going to be staying with us? Wait what to you mean still."

El laughed. "Ok, I need to tell you how a woman's body works."

Mike blushed, "Sorry El."

"No it's me that's sorry, Mike. There are going to be all kinds of idioms from where we come from that neither of us know. And here?" She looked around, "We are both lost, and we are both found."

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" I can face anything as long as it's with El. I finally found someone who loves me." Mike wrote for this first entry in a brand new leather journal.

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" I can face anything as long as it's with Mike. I've wanted to be loved like this for a long time." El started a new chapter and page in the diary.

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"So no hanky panky. I'll wait. What do you want to do tonight."

"We'll watch TV." El said, maybe we'll get some insight to the way this world works."

"What's a TV?"

"I forgot, you came from Prehistoric World. Did they have fire or the wheel where you came from?"

"Uh, El, what's a wheel?"

Her eyes went wide, "Are you…" then she saw Mike burst out laughing.

"Ooh, funny boy. You get that one for free. I sure hope the Boy Who Cried Wolf was a children's story where you're from."

Mike held up his hands. "Ok, Ok, I give. Yes it was. I won't do it again. I won't do it because I want us to have total faith in what we say to each other. Friends Don't Lie. I will never lie to you, not even as a joke. So have you heard the one about the girl from The Upside Down who met the guy from Prehistoric World?"

"You know, I have heard that story. Just the beginning though. I heard it's going to have a happy ending."

"Yes it will El. I promise."

She snuggled up to him. She figured out how to use the remote because Mike had no clue what it even was.

"Hmm, I control the remote. This world is going to be perfect."