𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞

𝟏𝟐.

7:14pm
Jane Hopper

"What are you doing here?" A security man asks sitting behind a desk by the dorm hallway.

"I'm Jane Eleanor Hopper, William Byers' step-sister. I want to visit him."

"Identification?" The man flatly requests before I pull out my ID and place it on the counter. He looks at it for a good second before turning to me and shrugging of approval. I take my ID back and start to walk down the halls in search for Will's dorm. It's been weeks since I've seen him physically and I just miss him so much. Calling on the phone is always kind of awkward since we can't really say much considering the people that can listen in on our conversations. It's not like we talk about anything suspicious, but some things are just private.

I knock rhythmically on the door and get greeted by a smiley Will Byers opening the door. I squeal before pulling him into my arms and squeezing him lovingly.

"I missed you so much!" I grin.

"M-me too, El. But you're kinda choking me." He replies with a cough. I let go and take a step back, interlocking my fingers together against my stomach.

"Sorry. It's just- it's been ages!"

"I know." He smiles. "Wanna come in?" Will asks before standing aside for me to enter. I nod with a smile plastered onto my face before walking down the corridor. Both of us walk into his room and sit on his bed with a huff.

"So, you have anything interesting you wanna tell me about your life since we've been apart?" Will questions.

Yeah, maybe the fact that I have a secret romantic relationship with Max Mayfield, a girl, while also having a boyfriend which is technically classified as cheating, I don't fucking know what to do because I don't wanna hurt Mike but I can't help but feel like it's not worth breaking up with him anyway since society won't accept me for who I am so I'd basically be losing both Mike and Max which is a lose lose.

"Nope. You?"

"I mean yeah- I went to California." He scoffs at the irony.

"Oh my god, tell me all about it! Geez, we don't talk enough." I chuckle.

Will Byers

Just as I'm about to tell El everything about my trip, I hear keys jangling against the lock.

Crap. Mike.

El will flip if she finds out that I've been living with Michael Wheeler this whole time seeing that he's literally famous - she's gonna think I've been keeping it from her despite me having planned on telling her about it right before Mike knocked.

"What?" El furrows her brows at me when she realises that I've spaced out.

"Oh- I um- it's nothing, j-just my roommate."

"Cool, can I meet him?"

Before I can answer, Mike enters the room and stops by the door, seemingly confused and... shocked?

"Eleanor??" Mike asks.

Um, what?

"Babe??" BABE?!

"Oh my gosh, you know Will?" Mike smiles and walks towards El, pecking her lips before flashing me an awkward glance.

Okay so me and Mike aren't fighting, but we've been uncomfortable in each other's presence ever since we flew in this morning because of his mood since we were on the plane.