Tuesday, October 30th, 1984.

I'm Analyn, and I'm a 12 year old girl. I go to Hawkins Middle School. I'm not exactly popular, but people know me. Especially the group of nerds, AKA Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Will, who went missing last year.

This town has always been pretty weird. For example, the whole Victor Creel situation. But no one talks about that. I remember when Will went missing. It was November 7th when I heard about it, the day after. Everyone was scared, and it was a dark time. We were basically on house arrest. Thankfully, Will was found, but no one knows the exact details of the situation.

I saw the group walk into Mr. Clarke's classroom. I peeked a little. The bell rang, however, so I tried to rush to my classroom.

Then, my eyes moved toward this new girl riding on her skateboard. She had red hair, a red jacket, and she was gorgeous. I had never seen a girl like her. She was going towards Mr. Clarke's, so she was definitely in 7th grade.

I didn't even know why, but I just really wanted to talk to her. Of course, I didn't have feelings for her. That was practically unacceptable at the time.

However, I kinda did admire her.