Sarah was finally discharged from the hospital just a couple days later, though she still had to have often check ups and a special diet so she could start gaining healthy weight. Hop's trailer was small, nothing like her home in the city, but it was still home. There was a small living room connected to the kitchen, one bathroom and two bedrooms. Sarah and Eleven shared a room, it was tiny, only big enough for a small closet and a bunk bed, which was all they needed.

"Welcome home!" Hop said slightly anticlimactically, "I know it's not great but we survive. You and El will share a room, the bathroom is right over there and my room is right next to yours. Um, El and I haven't really gone shopping recently, but you can wear whatever is in the closet."

Sarah looked over at Eleven who just shrugged.

"Everyday after lunch Dustin will tutor you so you can start school after break and either Joyce or Mrs. Wheeler will pick you both up at nine each morning to take care of you two while I'm at work."

Eleven rolled her eyes, "He treats us like we're two."

"El," Hop warned, "I'm just trying to protect you."

"Mhm, I'm gonna help Sarah get settled, and hopefully find something that will semi fit."

Eleven grabbed Sarah's arm and pulled her into their room. "Don't worry, Hop is just a little worked up. I mean, you were dead for nine years."

Sarah nodded, "I'll be fine, I just wish my emotions would come back."

"They will, don't worry."

"I'm going to go to bed, goodnight."

"Goodnight."

Thank you.

Eleven smiled she liked speaking to Sarah through their minds, hearing her voice with emotion was relieving, it reminded her that Sarah did feel. Even if she didn't recognize it.

You're welcome.

The next morning Sarah woke up with the rising sun, her blinds were open, it was the first sunrise she had witnessed in nine years. Her blinds were always shut in the hospital. It was unnerving for her, yet she found herself unable to look away. It was beautiful. She stared at it all until it was far after over. Sarah hadn't realized how much she had missed since she got stuck in the Upside Down.

"Good morning."

Sarah jumped, her head hit the top of her bunk. "I didn't know you were awake."

"Did I scare you?"

"No, just surprised."

Eleven looked a little deflated at Sarah's response.

"I'm sorry, I still don't feel anything."

Eleven just nodded, "Let's go get some breakfast, Joyce will be her in two hours and you need to shower."

Sarah smelled herself, it was bad and her hair was still knotted and ratty, "I should be embarrassed shouldn't I?"

"It's ok."

The two went into the kitchen and Eleven pulled a box of eggos from the freezer and started to heat them up. As they cooked she grabbed three plates, forks, butter knives, syrup and butter.

"Those are the eggos you love so much." Sarah said.

Eleven looked at the toaster, "They are, you saw that from the Upside Down?"

Sarah nodded, "I hope they're good."

"They're the best."

The eggos popped out of the toaster and Eleven plated them. She taught Sarah how to butter them and pour just enough syrup. Sarah rushed through the eggos, they weren't her favorite, but they were better than eating Upside Down slime.

"Look who's awake." Hop walked into the kitchen and sat at the table, scarfing down his eggos."How did you girls sleep?"

"Fine." Eleven said.

"I saw a sunrise." Sarah said, "It was beautiful, I'm sure that it would make me happy if I could feel."

Hop smiled sadly, "Sunrises were your favorite when you were younger."

Sarah sighed, "I think I'm going to take a shower."

Eleven got up, "I need to tell you what to use."

Eleven pointed out which soaps were conditioner, shampoo, and body wash and Eleven told her which order to use them. Once Eleven left the bathroom Sarah turned on the shower. As the water reached her desired temperature, she stepped into the shower. Allowing the water to penetrate her skin. She started washing her hair as quickly as possible. Filling her hand with mounds of shampoo, lathering it into her hair, pulling out every bit of dirt and grime she could. Then she moved onto conditioner. Pulling and ripping at the knots and tangles, after what felt like ages, she was able to brush her hands through her hair as if it weren't even there. Her dirty blonde hair, thought it still reached her ankles, felt so much lighter now that it was clean. From then on the wash was easily, the warm water had rinsed off most of the grime from her body, but she new bacteria still covered her. She scrubbed as hard as she could until her skin was pink and raw, but it felt clean. Sarah felt the most clean than she had in years.

Stepping out of the shower Sarah went to her room, in the closet there were many oversized shirts, and no other pants. She frowned, grabbing a random shirt, she put it on. It reached past her knees, the sleeves reached far past her hands, it would have to do.

There was a knock on the door, Sarah peeked her head out, it was Joyce. Sarah slowly stepped out.

"Oh hello dear." Joyce said pleasantly. "Hmm, I see you don't have a great wardrobe." Joyce gave Hopper a disapproving look, "I'm sure I have something in my closet you can wear."

"Hm, yes, well I have to get to work. I'll see you girls later."

"Bye Hop."

"Bye Dad."

Hop pushed passed Joyce and the girls and harshly drove away in his truck.

"Is he ok" Sarah asked.

"Oh, he's still a bit shocked about everything, you know, he thought you were dead this whole time. It takes some adjusting." Joyce explained.

Sarah just nodded, she seemed to do a lot of that, it was the closest thing to feelings she could get besides speaking through her head. They arrived to the Byers house and Sarah found out that it was only just bigger than her home. Though it felt much bigger when she got inside.

The first thing Joyce did when she got inside was get Sarah some new clothes. She grabbed her smallest sweater that she had, it fit rather largely on Sarah and she grabbed a pair of small jeans that fit Sarah with a belt.

She made the girls breakfast and Will hung out with them while they waited for everyone else to arrive. For most of the day the kids just sat around a table and played games. Sarah didn't join, she just observed and learned how to play from watching. The game was called Dungeons and Dragons, Sarah had seen them play it from the Upside Down but lost interest because it took so long. Now she learned that they all had characters that represented themselves, each character had their own powers and they worked together to defeat a monster or win something. Sarah only said few words the whole day and when she did she whispered them. Almost like she didn't want to get in trouble. Joyce noticed that Sarah never put her hair behind her ears, she always kept it infront of her face. The other kids noticed too.

After lunch Dustin started to tutor Sarah. At first he didn't know what to do, he's never tutored before, especially not someone in Sarah's situation.

"So, uh, what do you know?" Dustin asked awkwardly.

"I know everything you know."

Dustin sighed, "Ok, don't be so vague."

"Sorry, I um, I've attended school and learned everything you have learned. I've just never written it down."

"Oh, how-how did you um...attend school?"

"I can see all of you in the Upside Down, you just can't communicate with."

"Wow, that must've been really hard."

Sarah looked down at the floor uncomfortably, "Uh yeah, can we um, focus on schoolwork?"

Dustin realized that he must've made Sarah feel really uncomfortable and immediately felt bad. "Oh, yeah, sorry. Um, let's start with math. So you know the equations with variables?" Sarah nodded, "We'll be doing that equation, but it's mixed up so we have to order it. Does that make sense?"

"I think so."

"Ok, here I'll write some examples on a piece of paper and we can practice. Let's start easy, 3x+2y=15."

Sarah looked at the equation for a moment, then pushed her hair behind her ear and pointed at the equation, "First you'd add 3x to fifteen so that the equation would be 2y=3x+15, right?"

Dustin didn't say anything, Since he had seen Sarah her hair had always covered her face, but she just pulled it back, exposing her face. She was beautiful, she had a soft, pale complexion and faint freckles, her eyes were a mix between blue and green. Dustin never realized how capturing her face was, everything about her was amazing, from golden blonde hair, to her dainty fingers. Dustin knew she was strong, every muscle in her body was toned, but she moved so fairly, she could be a fairy. The way her mouth moved when she thought gave Dustin butterflies and he could tell that her nose would crinkle perfectly if she smiled. Even when she didn't smile, she seemed so wise, so thoughtful. Dustin couldn't begin to imagine what she'd been through, but she came out of it like an angel.

When Dustin didn't answer Sarah looked up at him. She didn't realize how close they were sitting together, their faces were inches apart. She looked into his eyes, something happened inside her gut, she didn't know what, it was warm and strange. She noticed how bright his eyes were, she'd never payed much attention to his face.

"Um, is that how I do the equation?"

Dustin took in a breath and looked over at the equation, backing up a little, "Uh, yeah, yeah, thats right. Let's keep working."