Julie is still wearing the same outfit from the prologue!

November 7, 1983

Julie, Lucas and Dustin stand in front of the mysterious girl they found. She is sitting on the basement sofa, still wearing Julie's raincoat. Mike returns and wraps a blanket around Julie who thanks him. He turns to the girl and asks her, "Is there a number we can call? For your parents?"

"Where's your hair? Do you have cancer? 

"Dustin!" Julie smacks Dustin upside his head. "Sweetie-"

"Is that blood?" Lucas points at the girls shirt and Mike slaps his hand away.

"Stop it, you're freaking her out!"

"She's freaking me out!"

"I bet she's deaf." Dustin claps his hands in front of the girls face, causing her to flinch and back away. "Okay, not deaf."

Julie smacks him upside his head again. "Of course she's not deaf! Did what happened in the woods? Now stop freaking her out!"

"Yeah, she's scared and cold." Mike walks over to the laundry basket and grabs some clean clothes. He walks back over to the girl and offers them to her. "Here. These are clean, okay?"

The girl accepts the clothes and stands up to take off Julie's raincoat. She then starts to pull of the oversized shirt making the boys look away as Julie stops her. "No, sweetie! Not here." She points to the bathroom. "Over there is the bathroom and it's for privacy." She takes the girl's hand and leads her there with Mike following them. As she starts to close the door, the girl stops her.

Mike gives the girl confused look. "You don't want it closed?"

"No."

Julie and Mike smile at each other. "So you can speak. How about the door just like this?" Julie leaves the door open a crack. "Is that better?"

"Yes."

The two smile at the girl before walking away. "Okay, boys. I'll go upstairs and get her something to eat. Keep an eye on her."

Mike nods. "Will do."

She walks up the stairs and opens the basement door, then heads into the kitchen to see Karen.

"Oh, Julie! I didn't know you were here."

"Just wanted to see the boys for a little bit and cheer them up about Will. I wanted to get them a snack before heading back home, if that's okay?"

"Of course, dear! You know you never need to ask, you're family. We can never thank you enough for looking after those boys."

"Thanks, Mrs. Wheeler."

"Julie."

"...Thanks, Karen."

"You're welcome."

Karen kisses the top of Julie's head and heads upstairs. Julie opens the freezer and grabs the pizza bites. After heating them in the microwave, she hurries back to the basement. She finds the girl back on the sofa and changed in the clothes Mike gave her. She puts the plate of pizza bites on the coffee table and crouches in front of the girl. "Got you something to eat. Now can you tell us your name? I'm Julie. That's Mike, Lucas and Dustin."

The girl rolls up her sleeve revealing a tattoo with the number 011.

"Eleven. That's your name?" The girl nods. "It's really pretty, sweetie."

"We can call you El for short. Like me, I'm Mike but my full name is Michael. And Julie, we call her Jules. Do you like that?"

Eleven nods and Julie smiles. "Okay, I have to get home now. I'll come back tomorrow after school. Will you be good until then?" Eleven nods once more.

"Good." Julie gets up and stands next to Mike, whispering "Give her eggos tomorrow morning."

Mike nods and before Julie can leave, he calls out to her. "And Julie? Thanks for the bracelets."

The boys lift up their arms, revealing the bracelets she made for them and can't help but also think of Will. She smiles at them and leaves.

Julie returns home to see her father waiting for her. "Where have you been?"

"I went to see the boys. They're really worried about Will, so I wanted to cheer them up."

"...Okay." He walks over to her and kisses her forehead. "At least you didn't miss curfew."

"Do I ever?" He chuckles at the response. "I'm heading to bed, goodnight." 

"Goodnight, kiddo."

She goes into her room and closes the door. "And stop smoking, already!"

"I'm trying!"

"Well try harder!"

After she takes off her raincoat and puts it away, she lies down on her bed and thinks about Eleven.