𝗰𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 | 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗰 𝘅 𝗼𝗰

(𝟳) 𝗜 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗬!

"ʏᴏᴜ ᴘᴏᴜʀ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴀɴ sᴇᴇ"
𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗷𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘆
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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 met Eleven outside Mike's house. Eleven stood there looking into the distance.

"El!" Mike said catching her attention. "You okay?" He asked as she nodded.

"Hop on. We only have a few hours." Mike patted his seat as Baby gave Eleven a smile to which she returned.

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They now had been walking for awhile going wherever El was taking them.

Baby walked her bike next to Jack who was looking at her while she stared at the ground. Baby could feel him watching her.

"Stop staring at me it's weird." Baby called him out with a hint of sass in her voice as he looked away uncomfortable.

"S-sorry." He stuttered.

There was a moment of silence.

"Uh so..." Jack trailed off as Baby looked up. "Do you have any pets?" He asked trying to make conversation. 

"I've got a cat named Mews and a hamster named Minnie." She said keeping her head straight while Jack looked at her.

"That's nice." He nodded.

"Do you have any pets?"

"If you consider Steve an animal then yeah." He said as Baby let out a laugh.

"I like Steve he seems cool." Baby shrugged looking at him.

"Yeah but you don't know him like I do." Jack shrugged. "He's a pain in the ass. All we do is argue."

"I'm sorry." The twin girl said.

"It's fine." Jack responded.

There was more silence.

"Hey Baby?" The Harrington spoke.

"Yes?"

"I'm sorry."

"Thank you."

Jack smiled at her as she smiled back.

Maybe she could let go of what happened in fourth grade. 

But unfortunately the name Baby will forever mostly stick with her.

A name that Jack had created.

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It was now night time and they had arrived at their destination, which was Will's house.

The group had thrown their bikes to the ground as they let out a sigh to catch their breath.

"What are we doing here?" Lucas asked.

"She said he's hiding here." Mike explained.

"Um...no!" Lucas yelled.

"I swear if we walked all the way out here for nothing-" Dustin started.

"That's exactly what we did. I told you she didn't know what the hell she was talking about!" Lucas said.

"Just stop yelling." Baby said feeling overwhelmed, she fiddled with the hem of her jacket.

Mike sighed. "Why did you bring us here?"

Eleven opened her mouth but nothing came out.

"Mike don't waste your time with her." Lucas said feeling very upset.

"What do you wanna do then?" Mike sassed.

"Call the cops like we should have done yesterday." He responded.

"Okay just stop." Jack said seeing that Baby was feeling worked up.

"Hey guys?" Dustin said but nobody listened.

"What other choice do we have?"

"Guys!" Dustin yelled catching everyone's attention.

Baby heard something she never wanted to hear...

Sirens.

And with that the party rode their bikes following the cars.

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They hid behind a firetruck watching everything going on.

Baby watched as they pulled a body out of the lake.

A body that was Wills.

Tears fell down Babys cheeks as her heart began to get faster.

"It's not Will. It can't be." Mike said in shock as Baby held her hand to her mouth.

"It's Will. It's really Will." Lucas said.

"No." Baby croaked as the group turned around.

"Baby..." Jack spoke.

"No! I don't want your sympathy!" She yelled. "Don't "Baby" me. Don't talk to me Jack!" She said taking her anger out on him as tears fell down her eyes.

Jack also started to tear up.

"Baby stop-" He was cut off by her again.

"No!" She said as she ran up to Hopper who was looking at Will.

"It's not him is it?" Baby asked tears falling down as she sniffed.

"Hey kid you can't be over here." Hopper said.

"I don't care! Is it him. Is that Will?" Baby asked.

"Henderson...I'm sorry I know how much you loved that boy." Hopper said opening his arms for her to hug him.

She did. She hugged him as she sat there and sobbed, creating a wet spot on his uniform.

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word count: 698

a/n: baby and wills friendship>>>

also surprise jack created babys nick name. i feel like that was obvious but oh well. now we wait and find out her real name 🤭🤭.

this is a shorter chapter but whatevs.