When we arrived at Eleven's house we had to go to bed. Tomorrow was going to be a big day. Eleven managed to make four two persons rooms. Max and Lucas, Jonathan and Nancy, Mike and Eleven although they are still broken up, and Will and I.

Soon it became dark. Will and I had put both mattresses against each other. I felt something against my arm. When I looked I saw Will his hand. I grabbed it.

'What is wrong?' I asked and turned around looking at him.

'He almost got you, again, he threatened you, he wants you dead, then Eleven,' Will said.

'And I don't want to lose you,' he followed. He started to cry.

'I… Don't want to… Lose you,' he said between his inhales through.

'You aren't, I won't let it happen,' I said.

'No, I don't deserve you, I don't have the right to be your boyfriend, I should have died In The Upside-Down,' Will said crying.

'Don't be so negative!' I said.

'But it is the truth!' Will said.

'If I died you guys would have found Eleven and she couldn't have helped you guys because I was death so you would live happily ever after without the Mind Flayer interrupting happiness at every turn,' Will said.

'That… Is…,' I tried to say.

'It is the truth,' Will said.

'I don't deserve you,' he said. I couldn't think of any better way to help him. I pulled up both of our blankets and I switched to his bed. There I put my arms around him. He buried his face deep inside my arms. He still cried.

'I'm here, it's okay, you can cry, like I did everyday when you were gone,' I said. Will looked up.

'You did?' he asked.

'Yes, everyday,' I said and remembered the old times. 

'Hey, look, I am so sorry from yesterday, I get it, know that you can always talk to me,' Mike said. It made me cry. I put my arms around his waist and cried on his shoulder again. He put his hand on my head.

'I, wish I would have been with you, every day,' Will said. He laid his head on my chest. I kissed him on his forehead and stroke my fingers through his hair. There he fell asleep. Just as sweet and innocent as always. I tried to sleep too. And I fell asleep. 

The next morning I woke up. Will was awake and looked at me.

'Morning sleepyhead,' he said. He smiled. He got higher up and kissed me. Then he cuddled up against me.

'Hi,' I said overwhelmed and tired. Then a door opened and Max and Eleven came out of the door.

'Hey guys,' Max said.

'Hi,' Will said. He smiled. Eleven smiled back. Then they walked to the bathroom.

'Isn't it kind of like a problem that they're in the bathroom?' I asked.

'Well at least I get to spend more time with you,' Will said and kissed me.

'I love you,' I said. I put my arms around him and hugged him.

'Ouch, that's my stomach,' he said while being pushed together.

'Sorry, it is just how much I love you,' I said. Will smiled. After over an hour Max and Eleven came out of the bathroom.

Will and I went in, brushed our teeth and washed our face clean. Then we dressed up and went back out of the bathroom. And that in like two minutes.

When everyone was dressed up Eleven started searching for someone who we could use to get to the source. But she didn't find anyone.

'Maybe you should rest?' Nancy asked. Eleven nodded and went back to her room. Everyone separated and started minding their own business. Max and Mike went somewhere while me, Will, Lucas, Nancy and Jonathan stayed in the kitchen. I grabbed Will his hand. He looked at me. He smiled.

'It is still mind blowing that you two are together now,' Lucas said.

'Well sometimes it happens in life, the two who are desperately in love with each other, don't dare to ask, and when they finally do it keeps impressing others,' I said.

'Over, and over and over,' I followed. Then I put my arms around Will his neck and hugged him.

'Okay guys, you need to settle a argument for us.' Max and Mike came back to the room.

'Who do you think should decide Eleven's limit, Mike, or Eleven?' Max asked.

'The way that you frame that is such bullshit,' Mike said.

'It's not bullshit Mike, this is your whole problem, it's also probably the reason why she dumped your ass!' Max said.

'El dumped you?' Nancy asked.

'Yeah because she is conspiring against me,' Mike said.

'You're corrupting her,' Mike followed.

'No enlightening her,' Max said.

'Mike, Eleven is her own person capable of making her own choices,' Nancy said.

'Eleven saved the world twice and Mike still doesn't trust her,' Max said. '

'You want to talk about trust, after you made Eleven spy on us!' Mike said.

'Wait what?' Lucas asked.

'Oh, she didn't tell you this, your girlfriend made Eleven spy on us!' Mike said.

'No, no, no, I didn't made her, it was her idea!' Max said.

'And who cares?' Will asked.

'I care, what if I was taking a massive shit?' Mike asked.

'You weren't!' Max said.

'But what if I was?' Mike asked.

'Then gross,' Max answered.

'Seriously Mike?' Nancy said.

'I am just trying to demonstrate how careless Max is with Eleven her powers, in fact how careless all of you are, you are treating her like some kind of machine when she is not a machine and I don't want her to die looking for the Flayed, so can we please come up with another plan because I love her and I can't lose her again!' Mike said furiously. Everyone was silent.

'What, is going, on?' Eleven walked into the room.

'Nothing, nothing!' Mike said.

'Just a family discussion,' Lucas said. But I got really dizzy. I fell to the ground.

'(y/n)!' Will said and caught me. I still fell hard on the ground. I was in "mind space". But because of my dizziness I forgot everything. I remember seeing a building. Something like Brimborn Steelworks. And Billy. And the Mind Flayer. Then I came back to the real world. 

There wasn't anyone here. Even Will was gone.

'WILL?!' I yelled scared. I felt alone. But then I got a flashback to him touching his neck. I stood up.

'Where are you?!' I asked furious. I knew he was here. I could feel his presence.

'Hi there.' Billy came out of the kitchen.

'Go, away!' I said.

'You, let us in!' Billy said. He came closer and closer as I stood against the wall.

'And now,' Billy said throwing away the chair.

'You are going to let us stay!' Billy said.

'Go away!' I said.

'No, you don't get it, there is only one person who is going to leave, and that is you, we are going to end you,' Billy said.

'Then Will, then your friends,' Billy followed. He could almost touch me.

'And then, everyone,' Billy finished.

'I SAID, GO AWAY!' I faced my head a little bit down and used full force of my powers at Billy. He launched against the wall. The wall broke and Billy fell outside. His back was sliced open by the tiny wood pieces.

But in "mind space" he couldn't die. So it was all for nothing. Then I returned to the real world. The real real world. I knew because everyone was here. I sat in front of the tv with Will as close as he could behind me. From shock I crawled backwards into Will his arms.

I hid my face far away between his arms and cuddled up as far as I could against him. I was scared. Way too scared. I felt nothing but fear. Then there came a spark of safety and love. From Will. I cried. Cried every tear that I didn't use in the past two years.

'It's okay, I'm here, you're safe, nothing can happen to you,' Will said trying to help me feel less scared. And it worked a little bit. But there was something that wasn't right about what I discovered.

'You let us in, now, you are going to let us stay,' I said between my inhales and crying through. What could it mean?