You were working your first ever job, and it was a pretty good one: safeguard at the local Hawkins Community Pool. You really couldn't get in the pool if no one was near to death. But hey, doing nothing all day and getting a tan while being payed for it was great.

Monday was your day off, while Steve worked at Scoops Ahoy in the Mall. You had met him there. He was so bad at flirting that you could actually have a normal conversation with him. He was cute. So you became a regular by the ice cream shop.

You had never had a boyfriend before, so you weren't sure if he actually liked you that way or not. You were dating him, in your head. He was the only person you hanged out with, anyways. That was kind of lame, but isn't that exactly how summer is supposed to be?