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El walked up to her. The girl looked up, fear evident in her eyes. "Hi, I'm El." The brunette said, holding her hand out. Max flinched and scooted backwards. "Hey hey don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you I promise." The redhead nodded and shook her hand gently. El smiled, sitting next to the girl. "I really like your shoes," she said looking at the girls worn out, yellow high top converse. Max smiled brightly, a light blush painting her face. El liked Max's smile, it was warm.
The two girls talked, or El talked and Max listened, until the bell rang. Max jumped slightly, El noticed and cursed out the bell in her head. "Hey I'll walk you to class." The ginger smiled softly, getting up from her spot on the ground. El followed quickly, linking their arms together. She took the schedule from Max's hands and smiled. "Okay we have history! Hey why don't you sit next to me today?"
Max thought for a second, causing El to think she didn't want to sit with her. "You don't have to if you don't want to." Max shook her head, smiling brightly at the brunette. El returned the smile with a small, "okay great! Let's go so we wont be late."
They walked into the room and quickly took the two open seats next to each other. Twenty minutes into their class, El ripped out a paper. She quickly scribbled on it and folded it, passing it to Max. The ginger opened it, smiling softly when she read what was inside. She quickly wrote something and passed it back to El. The brunette opened it, her heart doing a flip.
Do you want to come over today?
Was what she had written in neat, small handwriting.
Of course!
Was what Max had written back in messy, big writing, like a child would.
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Max was waiting by the entrance, eager to go to her new friends house. Should she tell Mike where she's going? Nah, it'll be fine. El quickly walked over to Max, slipping her hand in hers. Her face lit up when Max didn't flinch at her touch. A police car pulled up and El tugged Max with her towards the car.
"Dad!"
Hopper wanted to cry right then and there. Even though El had been calling him dad now, it still made him tear up every time he heard her say it.
"Hey kiddo, you ready to go? Oh who's this?"
"Dad this is Max, can she come over?
"Of course, come on you two lets go get you girls some food."
