Wherever We Go- stranger things book

Chapter 25

She was running through a street. She could feel the presence of him getting closer. She picked up her speed and turned a corner thinking she got away. He was there though. Waiting. She ran right into him. She began to panic. She could feel his hands on her again already roaming places they shouldn't have been. She went to yell for help but she couldn't form words. She had no voice. No way of calling for help. She kicked and tried to hit him but he pinned her hands to her side.  She wouldn't use her powers. Wouldn't let her family and friends suffer the consequences that could come with revealing her powers. The man pressed himself against her pushing her against the wall. His hands were once again roaming where they wanted to. She tugged free for a moment but he pushed her against the wall again. She couldn't even let out her own sobs as they filled her throat. The man dragged her in between the buildings and began to unbuckle his belt and pushed her to the ground. She hit the ground with a thump. The man pinned her down and got on top of her.

Mike woke up to Els pleading sobs as she tossed and turned in her sleep. Her movements were quick and she began kicking at the sheets while letting outcries. He turned on the lamp that was on his nightstand and turned back over to where El.
"El, wake up!" He said reaching for her. He touched her shoulder and she jerked away from him. "let me go!" she cried "Eleven Wake up!" he said again.

El sat up with a trembling scream. She sobbed as she realized that it had all been a dream. She looked around to see Mike with a hand on her shoulder. before he could say anything she got up from the bed and ran to the bathroom. She barely made it in time to empty the contents of her stomach into the toilet.
She heard footsteps behind her and then felt Mike hold back her hair and rub her back as she continued to throw up.

After her stomach was so empty she had nothing left to throw up she stood and walked over to the mirror, tears still running down her cheeks. She still hadn't spoken to Mike and Mike hadn't pushed her to talk. He just stood close by as she looked into the mirror and looked her own body over. She found no new marks just the almost completely faded bruises from the incident. El backed up so her back was at the wall and looked over at Mike. She let out a sob as she sank to the floor and reached for him.

Mike wasted no time as he took the few steps over the El he sat down next to where she sat on the floor sobbing and wrapped his arm around her. El felt like she couldn't breathe. She kept trying to catch her breath but she just couldn't. Mike lifted Els chin so their eyes met. "I'm here, your okay." Els breathing started to ease but her sobs didn't stop.

El looked at Mike and that's all she needed to calm her breathing. "it was just a dream. You are safe." He said. El climbed into his lap and held him tight. Mike held El in his arms until her sobbing slowly turned to silent tears. Mike looked down at El who had tears still slowly falling down her cheek but her breathing was back to normal. Mike lifted her and started to carry her back to their bed.

El stirred in his arms and he looked down to see her leaning into the touch. Mike set her down on the edge of the bed where they sat facing the window that looked out over the beach. "Are you okay?" Mike asked when he looked over at her. "I want to be," she said meeting his gaze another tear flowing down her cheek. "El it's okay if you aren't okay. You're allowed to not be okay." Mike reassured. "I just wanted to be able to go out with the girls and everything to be normal and every time I think it's getting better I keep getting these little reminders of what happened or what could have happened if you and Max hadn't found me," El said. "El. You shouldn't be pushing yourself to do things you aren't comfortable with. it's okay to have off days." Mike replied.

Mike looked down at Els's hand to see she had pinched herself so hard she has drawn blood. "El, I don't want to push you to talk but if not talking to me about these things is gonna lead to you hurting yourself then you have to tell me what's on your mind," Mike said as he took her hands into his own. "I'm sorry I don't even realize I'm doing it half the time." She said with more tears forming in her eyes.
Mike kissed her forehead.

"Wanna talk about what happened in your dream?" Mike questioned. "i- I was running away from that man but he somehow caught me and I had no voice. i- I couldn't call for help or even scream. it was just silence as he- he touched- and i-" El broke down again sobbing into Mike's chest. Some tears goofed Mike's vision and he held his girlfriend tight.

Mike and El spent the rest of the night talking about everything that was troubling El. Mike knew she hadn't moved past everything that happened. How could she have? He just felt bad for not realizing how much she had been suffering these past few days.

The couple didn't fall back asleep again until the early hours of the morning.

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