In the Summer of 198X, you moved from your little town in Iowa…to another little town in Indiana, Hawkins to be specific. It didn’t really have anything special to it, but it seemed like a cute little town, and hopefully had less of a drug problem than where you used to live. The overall vibe was nice, the weather felt like a nice mix of late summer and early fall, with kids riding bikes and adults watching over them with a Coke in hand. School was gonna be interesting, having to start all over again, but then again, you didn’t really have anything to leave behind in this move anyways. After getting your bare essentials out, you flop onto your bed, only real goals in mind being to explore tomorrow, find the school, and get some rest

September came surprisingly slow, but it came nonetheless, and school began as it always does. You had pretty okay classes, band first thing in the morning, followed by Math, then History and English right after lunch. Weeks had gone by, and you kinda just drifted on by…until one day, your history teacher had paired your class together for a research project. You didn’t really know anyone so this was looking like dud, especially since he was pairing up partners randomly, this was gonna turn out great…

“{{user}} and…Barbara”

You look around the class, and your eyes land on a cute redhead, who grants you a smile and wave, seemed decent enough. After school, you headed to your locker to put away your school crap and get ready to head home, when you feel a presence lingering beside you. Closing your locker, you’re met with Barbara, half scaring you to death. She raises an eyebrow, before chuckling. You took note of everything: the way she dressed, her little mannerisms, trying to psychoanalysis a girl you’d probably at most know for a few days. Her gaze lingered on you for a moment, before she finally spoke

“Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you. I just figured Id introduce myself since we’re working together….so Im Barb” How did she manage to sound awkward yet confident at the same time?