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Trigger warning! Self harm
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Mike rapidly knocked on Hoppers door. El opened it, surprised to see him. "Mike? What're you-"
"Max! She's missing, she's been missing since that night El. I thought she just wanted to be alone and at Billy's house but s-she isn't there. She's gone and I can't find her! Please, she's my little sister. I can't believe I lost her! HOPPER!"
"Mike, Mike calm down. We're gonna find her, Hops at the station. Go get everyone, I'll try to find her." Mike nodded, running back out as fast as possible. El sighed getting her bike. She knew exactly where Max was.
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"Mike's worried about you, ya know?"
"I don't care."
"We all are, it's been five days Max."
"I said I don't care, go away."
"Max, we want to h-"
"It's too late."
"Max please-"
"You promised El. Get away from me."
"No!"
"What did you say?"
"I said no, I'm not leaving."
"If you wanna die, be my guest."
"Are you smoking?"
"So what if I am?"
"Max you could-"
"Die? I know."
"What is up with you?!"
"You wanna know what's wrong with me? Everyone I've ever loved is dead! My mom killed herself, my fault. My grandma's dead, my fault. Jayden died because she and Billy ran away, my fault. B-billy died? My fault. It's all my fault."
"It's not your fault Max."
"Yes it is! It should've been me."
"W-what?"
"I deserve it, I deserve it all. All the pain, abuse, I deserve it because I kill people. It's all my fault." She said scratching open some one the healing scabs on her wrist. Blood trickled down to the tips of her fingers.
"Max you're bleeding..."
"I deserve it."
"No, you don't." El grabbed Max's arm and pulled up her sleeve. She gasped seeing all the cuts littering her arm. The brunette pulled Max onto her lap. "Max-"
"Leave it," she said yanking her arm back. El took her cigarette and mushed it on the floor, putting it out. "HEY!" Max stood up angrily. El stood up, too, staring into her blue eyes. "I can't fucking believe you! Do you know how much that was?!"
"Why are you acting like this?!"
"Because of you!"
"Me?"
"You have Hopper, Mike has Nancy, Will had Jonathan, Dustin has Steve, Lucas and Erica have each other! I have no one!"
"Bu-"
"It should've been me."
"Max don't say that!" El pulled the other girl into a tight hug. Max wrapped her arms around El's wait, sobbing into her shoulder. She pulled the brunette to the floor with her. El held Max while she cried.
"We're gonna get you help, its gonna be okay. I promise."
Max looked up at her. She felt this warm feeling in her chest, then in her stomach. They were like butterflies. Shit. Max pushed El off her, ignoring the concerned look she got. The redhead skated down the hill, wiping her tears at the sound of her best friend desperately calling her name.
She skated to the now familiar house and burst through the door.
