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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;""I would….if it still worked." Jonathon said, sitting down on Will's bed. "Oh that's right. I'm sorry honey I, I forgot." Jonathon sighed and replied with a simple, "Yeah". "What happened to his camera?", Will asked his mom. "Someone broke it." Jonathan said, answering for her. Jonathon looked down at his socks. He thought about Steve and then, he thought about Nancy. He still liked her after everything. He thought the butterflies in his stomach would go away by now but, they were still there. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;"Will was about to sit down next to Jonathon to comfort him when he felt something move around. Will felt a rush of fear run through his body. He didn't want to spit out the slug quickly. He walked over to the door and as calmly as he can said, "I'll be right back." Joyce noticed his voice was a bit shaky but, she didn't want to make her son upset so she left it alone. Will quickly closed the door behind him and ran to the bathroom. He got in there, locked the door, and closed his eyes. Will thought that everything was going to be the same as usual, he pukes up the slug and may or may not see the upside down. This time it was a bit different. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;"He coughed as hard as he could, letting the slug travel to his throat and out of his mouth. He closed his eyes again, scared of what he might see. He opened his eyes slightly to see a girl in the mirror. Her hair, gone. Her nose, bleeding. Her eyes, tired and red. She was screaming "Help" and "Mike" over and over again. Will reached for the mirror, wanting to see if he could do anything. She just kept screaming "Mike! Help! Get me out please it's coming!" Will closed his eyes again and opened them to see nothing in the mirror except himself. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;"He ran out of the bathroom and back into his room to see his Mom and Jonathon in the exact same spot as before. Will had a blank face, not trying to show any emotion at all. "Can I talk to Jonathon….alone.", Will asked his mother. "Well, sure, ok. I'll um..I'll be in my room if you need me." Joyce walked out of the room worked and concerned. Was her son not telling her something? /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;""What's up Will?", Jonathon asked his brother. Will looked nervous which made Jonathon nervous. "Whatever I tell you, promise not to tell mom." Will told his brother quickly. Jonathon got even more worried and nervous then before. "Well, it depends on what it is. Are you hurt or..?" Will sighed and ran up to the door, making sure his mom wasn't listening. He sat back down and took a breath. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;""What..", Will began. "What did Eleven look like." Jonathon was silent. He remembers he told Will about Eleven in the hospital but, not much. "Why do want to know? Did you see her somewhere?", Jonathon said. He got up and started walking around the room. "Well, I don't know that's why I want you to tell me what she looks like." Will told him. "Well, she didn't have hair. That's one thing." Will breathed out a scared and relieved sigh. "I didn't get to see her much." Jonathon continued. "Why did you want to know again?" /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;""I saw her Jonathon. She was literally in the mirror. She was right..right there!" Jonathon listened, interested in what he was going to say next. "She was screaming, asking for help. And, and she was calling Mike's name. She said it was coming and to get her out or, something like that." Jonathon took in all of the information. He became worried and confused. He wanted to believe his brother but, he didn't know if he could. He knew Will had a bad dream the night before. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;""Ok well, how…how did you see her?", Jonathon asked his brother softly. Will took a breath, holding back tears. He had already cried enough. He let out a big breath and said, "I think there's something wrong with me." Jonathon was still quiet. "I…I don't know what it is but I think, I think I'm somehow connected to the upside down." Will looked down at his feet, scared to see Jonathon's reaction. "Oh my god.", Jonathon let out. "I thought we were done with all of that I…", Jonathon breathed. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;""Well how do you know?", Jonathon asked softly. "Well, last night I was there Jonathon. Mom says it was a dream but, but I know it wasn't." Jonathon took in the information then said, "Well did you tell mom yet?" "No, I didn't I- I was too scared." It was silent. "Can you just promise me that you won't tell her. I'll find a way to do it myself." Jonathon sighed looking down and the floor then, back at his brother. "Fine.", he said. "Are you going to tell your friends?", Jonathon continued. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;"Will had never thought about that. He wondered what would happen if he had gotten sick at Mike's house and they saw. What would he do? Would he tell them everything? The nightmare, the slugs, and him seeing the girl in the mirror. "I'm not sure yet. I don't know how they'd react. They've already been through enough because of me." Will pulled his knees up to his chested and looked down. "Hey, Will…it's not you fault ok and, I think your friends will support you." Will smiled, remembering his memories with his friends. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;"They had always supported him. When he had broken his finger while riding his bike, his friends helped him back to his house. They had stayed with him at the doctors when he was scared, they kept him company at home, and they made them feel special. They had also went out of there way to save him from the upside down so, they deserved to know. "I'll tell them soon.", Will told his brother. Jonathon nodded and left the room; closing the door. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"span style="font-kerning: none;""Hey uh, Jonathon. What were you guys talking about in there?", said Joyce who was standing outside the door. "Mom it was nothing he just, he had a few questions.", Jonathon told his mother. "You stuttered Jonathon! You stuttered-" Jonathon stopped her saying, "Mom you know I stutter when I speak. Will is fine. Why do you worry about him so much?" "Why wouldn't I? My son spent a week in that horrid place and…and I feel like he's sacred to talk to me. " Jonathon thought about what Will had told him. "Don't tell mom" he thought in his head. He was so torn. He wanted to tell his mom about his brother. He had been scared for him and wanted to help him some way but, he had swore to keep the secret. /span/p
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