Mike had noticed Will being strange during today's game, he understood it, he had been through hell but his young heart wanted his friend again like before. Mike left the things in the basement after his friends left, looked down at the blankets where Eleven had been, and just sighed at the memory.

Mike was having dinner, his parents were talking to Nancy about trivial things, Mike didn't even pay attention, and his parents didn't even notice, they never notice when he's depressed. Mike went to his room, he was thinking about what he could do or who he could go to and he thought about a high school girl he had met.

She was a first-year high school student who had gone to a science fair held for primary and secondary schools together. Mike had seen her mockup and thought it was wrong, and informed her, but she, being very kind, told him how her mockup was configured, and Mike was fascinated.

Mike grabbed his backpack, put a few things, a notebook, a flashlight, pencils, and scissors, just in case what might happen at night. He climbed out of his window, trying not to fall, and reached his garage, where he took out his bike and started pedaling to her house. It was raining, and Mike arrived quickly and saw the garage open and left his bike there, then he rang the doorbell and waited until she opened.

"Hello, can I come in? I need to talk to you, urgently. Your garage is open, it's dangerous."

Mike said hurriedly as he saw her let him into her house. Mike noticed that she was alone, without her parents, and noticed that she was in her pajamas. She gave him a towel and he took off his raincoat and boots while drying his hair and face to face.