Jessica slept at Nancy's house so as soon as she woke up she said bye to Nancy and went straight home.

She rode her bike home and saw Jonathon making breakfast so she decided to help him.

"Where have you been?" He asked.

"I slept at Nancy's last night" Jessica said.

"Where the hell are they? Jonathon, Jessica?"Joyce asked, talking about her keys.

"Check the couch!" Jessica told her mother.

"I did. Oh... got them. Okay kids, I will see you both tonight"

"Yeah, see you later" Jonathon and Jessica said in sync.

"Where's Will?" Joyce asked.

"Oh I didn't get him up yet, he's probably still sleeping" Jonathon answered.

"Jonathon, you have to make sure he's up!"

"Mom, i'm making breakfast! And what about Jessica?"

"You're normally awake earlier then her. I told you this a thousand times" Joyce said before she started to walk to Will's room.

"Will! Come on, honey. It's time to get up" She said as she walked in his room but couldn't see him.

"He came home last night, right?" Joyce asked the twins.

"He's not in his room?" Jonathon asked.

"Did he come home or not?"

"I don't know"

"You don't know?"

"No. I got home late. I was working"

"You were working?"

"Eric asked if I could cover. I said yeah. I just thought we could use the extra cash"

"Jonathon we've talked about this. You can't take shifts when i'm working. And where were you, Jessica?"

"I slept at Nancy's house..." Jessica told her mother.

"Mom, it's not a big deal. Look, he was at the Wheeler's all day. I'm sure he just stayed over"

"Jess, did you see him? Did he stay there?" Joyce asked.

"I'm not sure... he might have" Jess said.

"I can't believe you. I can't believe you sometimes" Joyce said as she called the Wheelers.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Karen. It's Joyce"

"Oh, Joyce, Hi. Quiet. Sorry it's just one of those mornings"

"Was that Will I heard back there?"

"Will? No, no, no, it's just Mike"

"Will didn't spend the night?"

"No, he left here a little bit after eight. Jessica did stay over though. Why? He's not home?"

"Um, you know what? I think he just left early for... for school. Thank you so much. Bye"

"Okay. Bye"

Jessica left her house and went to Nancy's so they could go to school together.

The girls walked through the school doors and Barb walked up to them.

"So, did he call?" Barb asked.

"Keep your voice down" Nancy said.

"Did he?" Jess asked.

"I told you both, it's not like that. Okay, I mean, yes, he likes me but not like that. We just... made out a couple times

" 'We just made out a couple times' Nance, seriously, you're gonna be so cool now, it's ridiculous"

"No i'm not"

"You better still hang out with us, that's all we're saying"

"If you become friends with Tommy H or Carol-" Jessica started to say.

"Oh, that's gross! Okay, i'm telling you, it was a one- time... two- time thing" Nancy told her best friends.

She looked in her locker and saw a note, she picked it up, opened it and read it.

'Meet Me. Bathroom- Steve' The note read.

"You were saying?"

Nancy left and met Steve in the bathroom.

~~~~
Joyce called Lonnie, to see if Will was there.

"Is Lonnie there?" Joyce asked

"Lonnie isn't here right now"

"Can you please put him on-"

"I told you, Lonnie's not here"

"Who is this?"

"His girlfriend, Cynthia. Who the hell is this?"

"Cynthia, this is Joyce"

"Who?"

"Lonnie's ex-wife. I really need to speak to him"

"Lonnie's not here"

"Can you please put-"

"Why don't you call back later?"

"No. No, not later. Now!"

Cynthia ended the call and Joyce slammed the phone.

"Bitch!"

"Mom" Jonathon said.

"What?" Joyce said, harshly.

"You have to stay calm" Jessica told her.

Joyce called Lonnie again but no one answered so she left him a message.

"Lonnie, some teenager just hung up on me. Will is... is missing. I don't know where he is. I need... I just need you to call me back, please, just- call" The line disconnected before she could say anything else.

"Damn it! Damn it!" She shouted as she slammed the phone twice.

"Mom?" Jess said and both her and Jonathon stood up.

"What?"

"Cops" Jonathon said.

Joyce opened up the door and went out, the twins following right after her.

Hopper walked towards them, holding Will's bike.

"It was just lying there?" Joyce asked as they were back in the house.

"Yeah. Cal?" Hopper said.

"Dit it have any blood on it, or—"

"No, no, no, no, no... Phil?"

"If you found the bike out there, why are you here?"

"Yeah dipshit. Do you think he's just hiding in the house or something? As if we haven't already checked" Jess rolled her eyes, getting annoyed.

Jonathon gave her a 'not now' look and she rolled her eyes again.

"Well, he had a key to the house, right?"

"Obviously" Jess muttered.

"Yeah" Jonathon said.

"So... maybe he came home" Hopper said.

"You think I didn't check my own house?" Joyce asked.

"I'm not saying that. Has this always been here?" He asked, talking about a little hole behind the door.

"What? I don't know. Probably. I mean, I have three kids. Look at this place"

"You're not sure?"

The dog started barking so Hopper and Joyce walked outside.

~~~~ Awhile after the police left~~~~

Joyce, Jonathon and Jessica were sat on the sofa, the twins on either side of their mother, looking at Jonathon's pictures.

"Jonathon, wow. You took these? These are great. Wow, they really are. I know I haven't been there for you both... I've been.. working so hard and I just feel bad. I don't even barely know what's going on with either of you. All right? I am sorry about that" Joyce told her kids.

Jonathon started crying which made Joyce and Jess both look over at him.

"Hey, what is it? What is it honey?" Joyce asked.

"Nothing" He shrugged.

"Tell me. Tell me. Come on. You can..."

"No. It's just... I should've been there for him"

"Jonathon, it's not your fault. I should've been there too. I didn't even tell any of you that I was staying at Nancy's" Jessica cried.

"No. Oh, no. You can't do that to yourselves. This was not any of yours fault. Do you hear me? He is... close. I know it. I feel it in my heart. You just have to... You have to trust me on this, okay?"

Jessica cuddled up close to her mother.

"Yeah" Jonathon agreed.

"Oh, look at this. Look at this one. Look at this one" Joyce said as she picked up a picture of Will, making them all laugh.

"I mean, that's it, right?"

"Yeah"

"That's it. That's the one"

The phone rang so Joyce got up and answered it.

Jessica sat closer to her brother and hugged him.

"It's gonna be okay" She told him, tears filling her eyes.

"Hello?" Joyce said when she answered the phone.

"Hello?" She repeated.

"Lonnie?" Joyce asked.

"Dad?" The twins muttered in-sync.

"Hopper? Who is this?"

The twins got up and walked over to their mother.

"Will? Will?"

"It's Will?" Jessica asked.

"Mom, it's will?" Jonathon asked.

"Who is this? What have you done to my boy? Give me back my son" Joyce started crying.

The electricity surged and the phone fell.

Jonathon picked up the phone and started to talk.

"Hello, who is this? Hello? who is this? Mom, who was it? Who was it, Mom?"

"It was him" Joyce sobbed.

"Look at me, Mom. Was it Will?" Jonathon asked.

"Yes" She cried more.

"What did he say?" Jess questioned.

"He just breathed. He just breathed"

"And was someone else there? Mom, who was there? Who was it?"

"It was him. I know it was his breathing. I know it was his breathing"