Imogen felt hollow after telling Steve everything, she did not end up driving home having left her car at the school lot since Steve wouldn't allow her to even step into her car in her state.

He drove her home and the entire car ride was silent—not a suffocating one, but a calm but sort of anxious one. He pulled up her driveway, and she stayed inside for a moment.

"I need time—Steve, both of us do" She looked at him placing her hand on his," Let's just focus on—everything at the moment, and we'll see where we go from there"

"How long?" Steve whispered holding her hand

"Only time will tell" She responded softly gently removing her hand from his. She looked at him for a moment leaning forward placing a kiss on his cheek leaning her forehead on his own," We'll know"

He let out a breath as she got out of his car, watching her walk into her house. Once the front door closed his eyes lingered on the wooden door for a moment.

Everything was slowly hitting him—he knew about the pregnancy but he had no idea that she lost the baby.

He assumed she had terminated it, but he was foolish to even think that Imogen had a single bone in her body to do that. All of the pent-up emotions he had just spilt out as he felt his eyes water and fall down his cheeks.

All Steve could think of is maybe Nancy was right, and he was bullshit

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Imogen was not up for school the next day, feeling emotionally drained and just wanted to be around her brother and Mom, though she knew she couldn't ask them just to clear their day for her. And she was not going to resort to cuddling Mews who would only just hiss and scratch her.

She heard a soft knocking on her room door, making her mumble 'Come in' and the moment it opened, she smiled seeing it was Dustin.

"Hey, Sis, Mom said you were staying in today?" She nodded waving her hand for him to come inside.

He walked into her room sitting on her bed noticing that she looked pale—and his chest hurt seeing the sight. He knew not to just go forward and ask her what happened, so he settled to just holding her hand.

"Duffin?"

"Yeah?" He looked at her

"Whenever you have a secret that is too much for you to handle. I want you to tell me, or someone and not hold it all in"

Dustin's eyes widened at her words, making him gulp, though Imogen didn't notice it since she was looking at their clasped hands," What brought this all out?" He asked cautiously

She sat up looking at him trying to put on a strong front," It's complicated, and I don't even know where to start—but this is not about me right now. It's just a little older sibling advice"

"Which I get often" Dustin added making her chuckle.

She lifted her hand ruffling his curly hair," Look, if things get really hard to handle, just ask for help—and I don't just mean Mike, Will and Lucas. I mean someone who can watch out for you"

Dustin looked at her for a moment and then frowned," Did something happen with Steve?"

"What makes you think that?" She furrowed her brows at him

"Well, I saw him drop you off yesterday sis, and you did tell Mom that your car was at school because you were not feeling well enough to drive home, so you hitched a ride"

She snickered laying back down," Well to answer your question it might have something to do with him—"

"Which is why you ditched school?"

"Yes" She answered instantly

"Is this why you always tell me to not rush and grow up? Because of all this teenage drama?"

She laughed hugging her pillow," Yes, it is Duffin, and please for the life of me—just enjoy being young"

She looked over to her clock and sighed," You gotta head for school pal, sorry I can't drop you off today"

He jumped off her bed and waved his hand," As I said—you need your days off" He walked over to the door," Love you!

"Love you too!"

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Will was having another episode in his sleep and felt himself travelling through the tunnels. His body felt frigid, and he felt horrified. After his episode at school, the day when they first lost Dart, he knew he was not alone in his body anymore.

It was feeding off of his fear.

Through travelling in the tunnels, he felt his throat burn as his mouth had opened and all that he shouted was Imogen.

Why Imogen? Why her? She had nothing to do with the Upside down—but then he remembered one crucial thing when he was stuck there the year prior.

All alone, and scared—the only person besides his mom that he could hear clearly for his safety was her own.

He let out a breath as he felt his body halt in place, raising his hand to his throat scratching it.

"IMOGEN!!" He shouted her name making it calm his burning throat.

At the Henderson residence, Imogen who was asleep had shot up from her slumber out of breath. She was sure she heard Will's voice shouting her name.

She didn't even hesitate to get out of bed, threw on a hoodie and ran out of her house to her garage—she cursed remembering she didn't have her car, so she walked to the shed and looked for the old bike she hadn't used since getting a car.

Upon finding it she soon left straight to the Byers residence.

While leaving her home, Dart had grown up substantially, and his body was half the size of Yertle's Terrarium. Soon, the creature shattered the glass and escaped out of the enclosure, his skin that shed is left behind leaving a mucus-like substance behind his trail.

Mews took the wrong time walking into Dustin's bedroom and was soon enough lost and had become Dart's meal.

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"Mike?" Imogen looked at the younger Wheeler who was walking to the front door of the Byers residence.

"Imogen?" He looked at her confused

"What are you doing here?" Both of them said in sync

Imogen went first lowering her bike to the ground," I know it might sound strange, but when I was sleeping—I heard Will shouting my name"

"You what?" He asked slowly

"Like I said it's hard to explain, it was like he just—" Imogen folded her arms shaking her head," It's better if we just check if my crazy theory is true"

Mike just nodded walking to the door and knocking on it," Hello!" He shouted, "Will? Mrs Byers?"

The door opened slowly, and Joyce peeked out looking at the pair of them," Hey, Mike, Imogen"

"Is Will here?" Mike asked impatiently

"You know what?" She said softly," Now is not a really good time"

"Is he okay?" Mike asked slightly nervous making Imogen bite her nails. She peered behind her shoulder for a moment and then walked out of the house closing the door behind her.

"Yeah, you know. He's...he's just not feeling really well" She stepped forward making Imogen and Mike move back a little as she placed her hand on their shoulders," He's lying down. So, I'll tell him you stopped by, okay?"

She walked over to the door about to go back in but Mike spoke up," It's about the shadow monster, isn't it?" Joyce turned slowly gaping

Imogen then took the moment to speak up," I—I need to talk to him because I think he somehow called out for me"

If this was the year before Will's disappearance, none of these words Mike and Imogen said would make any sense. God forbid they wished it was not real, but with everything they had gone through the year prior, it could never be normal in Hawkins.

Their words made sense to each other, but to people who were unaware—they would all think they were insane.