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[runtowardsomething]

Technically speaking, Beverly has an ulterior motive for today. She's been working up to this for a little while, ever since she first talked with Hopper about it on her birthday. Now, finally, the pieces are all in place, the papers ready to file, but she's not about to go through with anything until she has one other person's approval. It isn't just Hopper whose family she's a part of, but Eleven, too. A name won't change anything, really. She would probably have done this long ago, otherwise. But especially now that she's a legal adult and thus no longer in need of a legal guardian — now that she's about to graduate, with her name on a diploma to be read out as she walks across a stage — it feels important. This is the family she chooses, and though she doesn't need a name for that, it still feels like the right choice.

Even without that, though, she might well have suggested this today. The weather is finally nice enough for a day at the boardwalk to be worthwhile, and she knows a lot of this was new for El when she first got here. Busy as Beverly may be with the end of school and finals that she doesn't think could possibly matter any less, it's definitely worth carving out time for a girls' day. A sisters' day, really. It's still nice to think about it like that.

"Alright," she says, looking over at El with a grin once they've arrived. "What should we do first? Food, games?"