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Yes I'm alive, enjoy this small chapter on the Byers moving to California as some sort of prologue to Season 4 I guess: enjoy!

So, uhm, hi.

It's been a long long time since I did this sort of thing, you know, writing about my feelings and stuff and what happened in life.

If I remember correctly the last time was just me and my imagination running wild about my mom and imaginary sisters and stuff, whole load of nonsense.

For the people that haven't caught up yet, yes it's me (y/n), yes I do write about my feelings. Yes I have a diary, and to anyone ever opening this stuff, I will look completely insane because Russians, monsters, oceans of tears and gay love. Well I mean the gay love isn't insane but like a lot of people still don't comprehend.

So what was I doing, oh yeah that's right, that's where we left off!

It feels kinda weird that Joyce decided to leave just like that. After the mall fire Hopper died and El ended up with Joyce. And of course, powerless just like me because maybe that was the way to end this stuff. But around a month or two later Joyce just decided to move away, away from Hawkins, taking El, Jonathan and of course Will with her.

Everyone gathered at their house the final day to help pack their stuff. Lucas and Max were teasing Dustin by continuously singing Neverending Story because it apparently saved the day, I kinda missed that back during the fight at the mall, I was too busy with dying I guess.

Anyway Will and I were vibing to it, since it is the song from the first movie we ever watched together.

Mike was busy with El, probably setting things right after all the lying and being totally not obsessive over her.

After a while Lucas and Dustin went over to the donation box. "Wait there's a D&D set in here," Lucas said confused. Then as a synchronized pair they looked at me. "Not mine, I don't even have my own set remember? No money and all?" I responded. "Well it's in the donations box, so might as well give it away to someone who recently became a nerd," Dustin said as he grabbed the box and left together with Lucas.

I looked around and noticed Max sitting in a corner looking over some of the boxes. She seemed to be a little bit upset so I walked over to her.

"Are you okay?" I asked. She looked up. "Oh yeah no I'm fine," she responded. I couldn't leave it at that though. "You really sure, because, you know, Billy gone and all that?" I asked. "I'm just, scared... my life is going to change, I don't think I'm ready for that." "Max, you will be fine, you are the strongest, most badass person I know, if anyone is going to get through this like a boss, I know it will be you." I said hoping to calm her down. "If you need me, I am right here." "I'm sorry, I don't want to be rude but, shouldn't you be with Will right now, he is going to leave in a while?" Max said. I wasn't really offended. I get it, Max is closing up, which is part of her personality. And maybe I should just let her, I told her that she can open up to me whenever, and that will be enough for now.

Finding Will was kind of a search though. But I eventually found him as we sat down together on his bed. "Hey, uhm, we will still see each other right?" Will asked. "Yeah, totally, no way any distance can keep us apart," I said. I laid my head on his shoulder as tears started to form in his eyes. "I don't want to leave you," he said. I moved back up, turned towards him, grabbed his face and turned it towards me. "You aren't leaving me, because you will always be in my heart." I said. He looked at me directly in my eyes.

Let me go!

I kinda startled myself when I thought back to that moment. That's just the way these adventures will stay with me, Max lost her brother, Will was possessed, and I, I had to see him suffer, every, single, year. But he was leaving now. "I love you," I said as I kissed him. "And I will call you, every day of the week," I said when I ended the kiss. Will buried his face in my neck in some sort of hug as he started crying.

The crying was kinda contagious as I started crying too. And soon everyone was crying. Max, Lucas, Nancy, Jonathan, Mike, El, Dustin and Joyce. But it had to happen, of course they had to move away, all the way to California.

I gave El the biggest hug I could since she kinda felt like a sister to me, you know, with the whole Nine ordeal. On the topic of Nine, I'm pretty sure I died.

Oh well, that's impossible, but alas, not an issue to delve into right now.

After El I gave Jonathan a hug too. Joyce hugged me way too hard and Mike had to save me from her grasp. She felt sorry for the fact that I was now kinda all alone, I mean nobody knew about my mother. Heck, even I don't even know what is going on anymore but sure.

After Joyce, I was once again at Will. Without any hesitation we kissed and hugged it out. And then it was time, time for the Byers family to move to California. Will got in the car as the friends staying behind got on their bikes. We all shared once last farewell wave as then the Byers and El drove off.

I started crying again. Mike comforted me as he told me we will visit them soon. The comforting kind of helped. It made me think back to the olden days when Will was still missing and in The Upside Down. I cried so much it kinda got the same status as Dustin singing Neverending Story, something funny. I mean oceans of tears, who can even cry all that. Apparently me. I shared the thought and we all laughed about it, and then the sadness kicked back in.

But that isn't right now. Right now is Vecna and a dead body found in Eddie "the freak" Munson's trailer. Max told me as she lives across the trailer nowadays. Her message got cut off though as Mike and I were too far away, on our way to catch a plane to California, as it is now spring break 1986. I will see Will again.

But something just feels...

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