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ELS OUTFIT PICTURED ABOVE
April 28th, 2022 (The Next Day)
El woke up the next day to the sun streaming through her yellow curtains, casting a glow on the room. She remembered the night before and she didn't know why she was confused of the boy who's arm was draped across her waist.
But it was more of him being friends with her again. It was so intimate it made butterflies erupt in her stomach. But she secretly loved his touch, the way his fingers burned her skin in contact.
El carefully reached over and checked her phone for the time: 6:41 am.
She was glad it wasn't so early but she still had to worry about her parents and Will. Mike had parked his car a little bit farther down the street so they were less likely to see but still, she was scared.
El did not want to get in trouble for having a boy over. But she had an idea. She had plenty of time, school started at 8:30 and it was the last couple of weeks of their junior year.
Summer was soon.
She was so thrilled. She would have more time to spend with Max, Lucas, Will and...Mike. God, she almost couldn't believe he had agreed to spend the night. It was surreal.
It was just a harmless sleepover. Nothing happened. But she still didn't want her dad to kill Mike for being in her room alone. Maybe, if she was just honest it wouldn't have been so bad?
Yeah, that would've had to work.
It was the only way that she could see things working out without lying (as much) because after all, Friends don't Lie.
That was her and her Dads motto.
So, she was going to be brave and be honest. She just had to get Mike on board with how this was going to go down.
Will, being the only one that she would have to worry about, but she would cross that bridge when it came to it.
Plus, El wouldn't let Hopper do anything to Mike. Not if she could help it.
Her thoughts were broken, when she felt a whisper on the back of her neck from the boy in question. "You're so comfy."
Not the morning voice. He sounds so...
"Really?" She muttered back into the quiet room. He just confirmed with a nod, out of the corner of her eye, she could see it. "You're like a stuffed animal." His eyes were still closed as he pulled her closer to him.
