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It had been almost three weeks since the dance. The kids had gone on break right after that, spending every chance they get with each other. El noticed that Max had been distant. She wouldn't hang out with them and always ignored her. El was worried she had done something wrong at the dance. The party had slept over, Max didn't join. She stayed in her room the whole time. El stared at the wrapped gift on her dresser sadly. Max was still ignoring her, so, Mike had dropped off her Christmas gift. To say El was hurt would be an understatement. She wanted to exchange gifts with Max and see her reaction to what she had gotten her. The brunette hadn't even opened the gift Max had gotten her! Suddenly, an idea popped into Els head. She jumped up from her bed, throwing on clothes.
She put on her winter gear and grabbed both presents, running to the front door.
"Where you goin' kid?"
"Max's, need to see her."
"Its about to snow."
"Don't care."
"Wanna tell me what this is about?"
"Nope, gotta go."
"Let me drive you."
"Bye Hop!"
El biked to the Wheeler house like her life depended on it. She dropped her bike, panting harshly. The presents were safe in her bag. She rang the doorbell twice before Billy answered it. She became confused, was she not at the right house?
"Hey El! Oh god its freezing out there, come in!"
He pushed open the door, allowing her to come in. The wheelers were sitting at the table frosting cookies. Max looked up, her smile dropping when she saw El.
"Hi honey, we were just frosting cookies! Do you want some hot chocolate?" El ignored Karen, knowing its rude but she'd apologize later. She grabbed Max's hand, pulling her upstairs.
"El! Let go of me!"
"We need to talk."
"No we don't, why're you here?"
"You have some nerve, Wheeler. We had fun at the dance. We were okay, why did you ignore me for three weeks?!"
"That's none of your business. Get-"
"It is if your hurting me!"
"I hurt you?"
"I thought I did something wrong Max! No one has heard from you in weeks, you made Mike give everyone your gifts! So what now? You're just leaving the party? Leaving me? After everything we told you?! We trusted you, we could've gotten killed! I TRUSTED you Max! What am I suppose to do? Please tell me, I hate feeling like this!"
Both girls were crying by the end of Els speech. They were both in pain.
"I'm not good for you," Max whispered.
"What?"
"I said I'm not good for you."
"You DO NOT get to decide what's good for me. I want you in my life, Max, I care about you! But you're making it so hard to show you. Stop pushing me away!"
Max tackled El with a tight hug, "I'm sorry."
The brunette was just happy to be in her embrace again. "Let's open some presents."
If you didn't know, El was in love with Cinderella. So, Max had gotten her a replica of the glass slipper. El had gotten Max a small skateboard necklace that had 'MadMax' engraved in the back of it. Karen had told Hopper that El was sleeping over since both girls fell asleep cuddled up on the couch watching soap operas. No one had the heart to wake them up.
