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• 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙰𝚜 𝙸𝚌𝚎 - 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚛 •

The next morning, the girls surprisingly woke up before twelve. Around 9:30am to be exact. It was one of those times when their bodies woke them up without any alarm. The weather was supposed to be great during the day so they wanted to skateboard.

Bea has been practicing with Max everyday and she can even do a few tricks. It's pretty cool. She's, like, a professional skateboarder.

That's a lie. I just lied to you.

Trying to learn a kick-flip, Beatrice almost fell and the board slipped from her footing. It started rolling down the street until it suddenly stopped. Actually, until it was stopped by someone.

And that someone happens to be...

"El?" Both girls wondered with frowns. Bea has barely seen her this summer and Eleven isn't exactly fond of Max. So, seeing her here, in front of Max's house, was an odd sight to see.

"Hi." Eleven greeted monotonously as she walked up to them and handed Bea her skateboard back.

"Hi?" Max replied unsurely. Like I said before, this is weird.

El shifted in her feet. "Can we talk?"

They brought Eleven into the house and Max's room. The topic of conversation was none other than Mike Wheeler. Apparently he ditched Eleven today. Where was that Mike all the times Bea had plans with El?

Eleven and Bea sat on Max's bed, while the redhead paced around her room, listening to what Eleven was saying.

"And then he said he— he missed me. And then he just hung up." Eleven finishes her side of the story.

"He's a piece of shit," Max confirms and Beatrice nodded in agreement. She has no idea what happened to the sweet little boy from when they were younger, but he's gone now.

"What?" El asks at the insult. She has never thought of Mike to be 'shit'.

"Mike doesn't have jack shit to do today, and his Nana obviously isn't sick," Beatrice pitches in. She has met his Nana and that lady is in perfect condition. She even does pilates at the mall.

"I guarantee you, him, Lucas and Will are playing Atari right now." Max points at the girls in frustration.

"But friends don't lie," Eleven repeats the number one rule of the party.

"Yeah, well, boyfriends lie," Max explains. "All the time," she speaks slowly.

"Will has never lied to Bea," El mentions in thought. To her—besides her and Mike—they were the perfect couple. Mainly because she never really knows when Max and Lucas are together or not.

Beatrice shifts uncomfortably on the bed. "Actually, El, Will hasn't been completely honest with me the last couple of days," she confesses.

This made Eleven flop back onto the bed. That's it! She doesn't believe in love! I'm kidding, but that's how people usually feel when their favorite couple are having relationship issues.

Now, that's something I can relate to.

Max sat on the bed, bringing Eleven back into a sitting position. "You're going to stop calling him. You're going to ignore his calls. As far as you're concerned, he doesn't exist," Max tells her.