you and mike had been best friends before you moved away in 6th grade but always kept the friendship bracelet

you finally arrived back at hawkins after 4-5 years and got settled back in. unfortunately your parents forced you to go to a family meeting and you were bored so of course you asked to go out but they said take your cousins

time skip

you and your cousins were at a convenience store looking for snacks when a group walked in of maybe 6 or 7, a familiar black haired boy? a ginger girl next to a dark skinned boy, a boy with a bowl cut, and some girl with brown hair clinging to the black haired boy. of course naturally you didn’t care and just followed your cousins around the store while they picked out snacks.