Joyce is in her bed, getting some of the best sleep she's had in a while. Unfortunately, her sleep is interrupted by a tap on her shoulder. She opens her eyes to see her twelve year old daughter Jane, sitting on her knees next to her on the bed.

"Jane?" Joyce says sitting up, rubbing her eyes to get the sleep out, "What's wrong baby?"

Jane (who can't speak) points towards Joyce's window. Joyce looks over to see that is snowing outside. "Oh wow it's snowing."

Jane taps her chest with her finger then points back to the window. Joyce then knows what she's getting at. "You want to go out in the snow?" Jane puts her arm down and nods.

"Jane it's way too early. We'll go out in the morning okay?"

Jane's expression gets slightly sadder. She points to the window again making a small whining sound.

"Jane." Joyce says in a slightly warning tone. "We'll go out in the morning, I promise."

Jane puts on a grumpy face and starts hitting her mother with both hands. Joyce stops her by grabbing her wrists.

"Jane Eleanor Byers! We do not hit!"

Jane then starts moaning, "Oohhhh!" she moans. "Oohhhhhhhh! Oohhhhhh!"

"Jane it's okay baby it's okay."

Jane pulls her wrists out from Joyce's grip and proceeds to hit herself, forcing Joyce to restrain her.

She pins her down on the bed where she continues to moan. "If you do not calm down now we won't go outside!" As soon as Joyce says that Jane stops moaning and starts to calm down.

Jane taps her fingers against Joyce's arm, her way of saying sorry.

"That's okay sweetie," Joyce says relinquishing her hold on her daughter. "Do you want to sleep in mommy's bed?" Jane nods. "Okay come on." She pulls the covers over them and cuddles up to her daughter. "I love you," she says. Jane hums in response, her way of saying I love you too.

They both go back to sleep, and in the morning, Joyce takes both Jane and Will out in the snow. Just like she promised. And when she sees the beautiful smile on her beautiful daughter's face, she knows that no matter how many meltdowns Jane has, she will deal with them all just to see her smile.

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