So, Will was rubbing my hand with his thumb, calming me down and I was realizing I loved him. Two seconds later I heard it. The chimes of a grandfather clock. I might've dozed off because of all the craziness but I once again saw Chrissy dying. The most heartbreaking part about it was really the fact that I was right there, ready to help, but couldn't, something held me back. 

Then suddenly I fell back out. Will looked concerned at me. Mike was still walking through the room and Jonathan was watching television, well, more like the advertisements in between the show but still. I wouldn't mind joining him, it could keep me calm, and to be fair the advertisement playing right now had a catchy tune. 

But I couldn't daydream for too long as someone rang the doorbell. Jonathan sighed and walked to the door. He opened it and he almost immediately got pushed out of the way. 

"Hey, what's going on?" Will asked. He was about to stand up, but I grabbed his hand. I didn't want him to leave my side right now. Then I turned to look at the door where some weird lady was standing. "You all probably know nothing yet, I know this might seem weird, but there's been some, strange occurrences in Hawkins," she said. I started thinking. The lady pulled us all to the table where she started explaining these strange occurrences. Basically back in Hawkins so far two people have died an unexplainable death. With every bone in their body snapped and their eyes sucked right into their skull.

"I'm sorry, I'm having trouble understanding any of this," Jonathan said. "I mean, what exactly is going on in Hawkins, what's doing these killings?" he asked. "That's what we're trying to ascertain," the lady told him. Will looked away. I was just sitting next to him, looking down, thinking, thinking about my nightmares. 

"Where's El, like, right now?" Mike asked. "For her safety, it's best you don't know." "This is insane! This is insane!" Mike said furiously. He stood up. "So this training to get El's powers back, how long is it gonna take?" I asked. "Could take weeks, could take months." "Months?!" Will yelled. "Until then, agents Harmon and Wallace will stay with you," the unknown lady told us. 

"We're not the ones in danger," Mike said. "Our friends live in Hawkins," Will joined in. "And it's only a matter of time before they end up like Chrissy," I said. Everyone looked at me. "Who's Chrissy?" Jonathan asked. "One of the victims," the lady said while thinking. "How did you know?" Will asked. "I had nightmares, I saw them die," I explained. "And you only tell us now?!" Will said a bit angrily. "I brushed them off as nightmares," I explained calmly. "OUR FRIENDS COULD DIE ANY SECOND!" Will yelled. "I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS REAL!" I yelled back. I stood up and ran off to Will's room. I slammed the door shut and sat down on his bed. 

Tears started forming in my eyes. We had a fight. For the first time in forever. The last one we had was the day, mind you, THE day. 

'WHY DID YOU DO THAT?' 'Listen, I just want to help.' 'THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU WHEN YOU COULD?' 'Be-because,' 'REMEMBER ABOUT YOU BEING THE BEST FRIEND ANYONE SHOULD HAVE, I LIED, YOU ARE THE WORST OUT OF ALL, PLAYING BEST FRIEND BUT BETRAYING ME AT EVERY POSSIBLE WAY!' 'I didn't mean to okay!' 'Then why did you get so upset?!'

Those words played back atleast ten times right there on the spot. I get he is looking out for his friends, but like I already noticed back when we arrived, something was off, something changed. I loved him and I would never want to go back to the days before we got together, those were mostly crying. I really loved him. But the one question I asked myself right there, on his bed.

Did he still love me?

I was so close to crying, but I fought back against the tears. Because no one liked to see me cry. Jeez where are these depressing thoughts coming from. I decided to move to some other room, I couldn't sleep in the same room as Will right, I needed some time alone I guess. But right as I opened the door he was right there. 

"WHY DID YOU RUN AWAY!" He yelled. But something was off this time. What was this about? "Why are you so angry?" I asked. "YOU RAN AWAY," he yelled. His voice got deeper. And now I was sure. This wasn't Will speaking to me, this was someone or something else. "I never ran off!" I said to try and bait whoever this was. "YOU LIKE BEING ALONE DON'T YOU, THAT'S WHY YOU ACT LIKE YOUR MOTHER ISN'T HOME!" It said as it's voice got even deeper. "What do you mean?" I asked.

Will then proceeded to push me over. I fell backwards towards the ground. Ready to take the pain I braced myself for impact. But it never happened. I opened my eyes and saw my house. More precisely a version from 1983, the day Will went missing. "Remember, you came crying back home." I looked behind me and saw the most hideous monster ever, but is was kind of human. Who was this creep. He was showing me something. So I looked back at the door as it was thrown right open. There I barged right in, crying, Will was gone. But then, from the living room, around the corner came a woman who presumably was my mother. 

"(y/n)? Are you okay?" the woman asked but I ignored her and ran upstairs. I turned back around to this monster. "This cannot be real, this has to be fake!" I said. "You want it to be fake, you block her out, because she doesn't matter." I got really confused, how did I block her out. "You keep creating these fake stories, these fake identities, she doesn't exist to you, because she is the light in the darkness of your life." The monster really was rubbing my stubbornness in my face. "But you want Will to be that light."

The room got warped to Mike's basement. To the D&D game we were playing that night. There he was, Will. Struggling with choosing a fireball or a protection spell. He threw the fireball and right as the dice fell off the table, I heard the chimes again.

"But your time of suffering, is almost at an end," the monster said as I got turned around. "Join me (y/n)." it said. And then I realized I was in danger. I closed my eyes and thought back to nice moments. I knew my bones were about to snap and all, but maybe it actually was a nightmare, and nice memories could pull me out. And I saw Will. Rubbing my hand with his thumb, that calmed me down. With the nice jingle of the advertisement playing in the background I suddenly woke up. What happened? I realized I had fallen asleep on Will's bed right after the depressing thoughts.

"Are you okay?" someone asked. I just then realized Will was standing next to the bed. "I came to apologize but I noticed you fell asleep," he said. "I'm okay, I guess," I said. But I knew I lied, I just woke up from another nightmare. I looked at Will and he had tears in his eyes. Why? He sat down next to me. "Look, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you," he said. "I, was just afraid, I love you, but I was worried about our friends, and El, and I want to help you, but you have to tell me this sort of stuff, dreaming that vividly about murder, I..." he explained. I hugged him. "I love you Will," I said. I also got tears in my eyes again, which he saw. I quickly wiped them away. "No, hey, it's okay to feel your feelings you know," Will said. "If it helps you, we can both cry right now," he said. He then started his worst fake crying session I have ever seen. And I started laughing.

"Stop, no we're supposed to be sad!" I said but I couldn't stop laughing. Now I know I might have forgiven him way too quickly, but I get it, knowing your friends are in danger is really unnerving, but the fact we don't know what's killing them might be the one that turns lovers against each other. 

"So, (y/n), are you really okay?" Will then asked. "I had another nightmare, but I'm fine now, thanks to you," I said. He then proceeded to jump into me and tackle me right onto his bed. There he kissed me. "Will, you're going insane!" I said as I laughed. "You need to get some air and all cause you might die," I laughed. He smiled and kissed me again. "I never die, have you seen me?!" he said. "Don't jinx it!" I said. And these stupid conversations continued for the rest of the night and I don't know when we stopped.

I do remember one final thing. I decided to share the nightmare I had with him, which sent me back in a panic. But Will the Wise did his magic thumb thing again which calmed me down. And I turned to him and told him the thing that I knew would never be a lie.

"I love you Will Byers,"

Sorry if I scared y'all with the "almost breakup"  :p

I cut this episode short because the California gang doesn't appear in Chapter 7: "The Massacre At Hawkins Lab" so this was kinda filler to move the other stuff one chapter ahead so I still have content and all.