( As soon as Eddie mentions Nancy, Steve shakes his head, waving his hands in a "no way" sort of gesture. )

Not happening. Best case scenario she'd think I'm trying to pull some kind of stupid prank. ( It's not that Steve's got any kind of reputation as a jokester but, really, what else would Nancy think? And that's if she doesn't think he's totally off his rocker. Nope. Barb's disappearance pushed Nancy into investigating, and her discovery that monsters are real. He doesn't think there's any way she would believe him now if he came to her with stories of time travel and alternate dimensions. )

I figured there were three people, tops, who might believe me. ( He counts off on his fingers as he begins to list each one. ) The first one's a kid in middle school so, uh. Yeah. The second's Jonathan Byers' mom, which would be way too weird, so... that leaves you. ( He shrugs. ) Something weird's going on in Hawkins, and it only gets worse from here. Trust me.

I think I might be here to fix it.

( Why him? He wishes he knew. )