A/N: The AU was working on it taking more time than I thought. I had this one ready-ish to go. So I will post updates when I can. Want to say hello to those who have been following/favouriting me, good to have you back (I am truly humbled, you have no idea :) . And also hello to anybody new reading my stories. Is this one mileven or jike...stay tuned :) A quick intro to get you started.

Jane Hopper

"Of course you've heard," Dustin said dramatically as they were putting their bikes in the rack outside of the school.

"Heard what," Mike said.

"Uh, for those whose house is located under a rock: The Hopper Twins. Yes I capitalized that." Dustin said, not believing his friends hadn't actually heard.

"So what about them," Lucas said.

"Are you telling me, me that Max Mayfield whose been clinging to you like a dryer sheet for the last two weeks, didn't tell you?" Dustin sounded annoyed.

"No, Dustin, we have not heard whatever it is you are about to say the fabulous Hopper twins.

"Well first off, Lucas, they are Max's best friends...but you knew that," Dustin said trying to be sarcastic.

"And second," Dustin made a dramatic flourish towards the school entrance, "The Hopper Twins, note the caps, and identical I might add, will be attending Hawkins, middle school. And if you roll an Ability check with no modifiers, you will see there's a good chance they will be in our classes."

"Who cares?" Mike said, "Two more girls who won't talk to us. The only way it would be less interesting is if they were triplets, than it would be three girls who won't talk to us."

"They are triplets?" Dustin said, his mouth hanging open.

"No, Dustin...well I don't know, I'm just saying it would be even less interesting to me if they are triplets. I don't understand why you go on about any new girls that start here." Mike said.

"Can you name any girl-" Dustin immediately held out his hands with splayed fingers to start ticking off girls names.

"And who talk to us now." Mike continued. Dustin stopped and put his hands down.

"That's a defeatist attitude, Mike."

"Really?" Mike snorted. "No amount of positive attitude is going to make twins, triplets or any other girls going to this school talk to us. Get used to it. I did."

"Well, shit, sorry I brought it up."

Mike shook his head and left them standing at the bike rack.

Mike hated the first day of school with a passion. It was usually the day Troy sought him out, and made his presence known with a punch to his head or stomach. It would be the day he'd find out just how bad gym class was going to be for the year. The only redeeming part of the day would be when Mr. Clarke told them the about the various experiments they'd be doing in science class. Mike never showed as much enthusiasm as Dustin did, but he was secretly thrilled to know. Mr. Clarke was hands down his favourite teacher.

Maybe he was complaining a little too much, he still got to go with his best friends.

Something was missing in his life, and he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Well, he could, but he didn't want to admit it to himself.

At lunch, the Party, sat at their table. At least some things never change. Well one thing, did, the girl Max sat beside Lucas. She'd been hanging around a lot, more interested in Lucas than the rest of the guys. Mike didn't particularly like her, but he didn't know her, and didn't have much inclination to do so.

Mike wasn't really paying attention to much of anything when someone sat down across the bench from him and beside Dustin. A girl, a pretty one at that with curly hair around her ears, and said to Dustin, "hi cutie," then turned to Mike, "you're Mike Wheeler." He nodded uninterested.

She held out her hand for him to shake, he automatically held out his hand to shake hers, "and I'm Jane hopper," she said.

Mike was a little bewildered, girls weren't generally friendly towards him, so he wasn't quite sure how to react.

He hadn't quite let go of Jane's hand, when he looked at the other end of the bench. A girl with very buzzed hair and large, honest, totally devastating eyes was looking at him. She gave him a small nervous smile. Suddenly she stopped smiling, looked a little scared and looked quickly down at her book. Except for her hair she was a dead ringer for Jane.

"Oh, thats my twin sister, El"

Mike didn't really need to know anymore, he had fallen hopelessly and utterly in love with El Hopper at first sight.