byler

chapter 1

will pov

it was the first day of the autumn holidays in indiana and i was at the airport waiting for mike again. because of the different states we live in, he already has autumn break and i don't. unless last year we've wrote each other lots of letters and phoned almost every day. mike and el broke up last summer maybe that's part of the reason he has more time for me. finally i saw him. i waved at him and we both smiled. then he walked faster towards me and hugged me.

my heart started pounding like crazy. i've missed him so much. "there's so much i have to tell you", mike suddenly said. "so do i", i answered. he layed his arm around my shoulder and we started walking to moms car. mike told me the newest things that happened in hawkins and i also told him some things from school.

we got into the car and mom and mike greeted each other. "mike i hope things between you and el won't get akward", she said. "no don't worry we ended our relationship in good terms we both noticed we were too young when we started dating and that we didn't really love each other and are better as friends" i couldn't help myself but smile a little.

when we arrived home, we immediately went into my room. i've already put my mattres next to my bed for mike. but mike immediately walked towards my desk. i could see him smiling at something so i walked to him to look what it was. when i noticed it was a painting of mike i got embarrassed. "you keep getting better at drawing i love it", mike said smiling. i usually hide my drawings of him before he comes, i don't want him to think i'm weird or whatever. without thinking about it i said "oh thanks it's for you"

now why did i say that that's probably even more weird. "aw tanks will" he said. he genuinely seemed happy, so i shouldn't worry about it too much it's probably not a big deal. "DINNER" my mom screamed and we both went downstairs. mom, el, and jonathan were already eating and they all seemed really happy to see mike and he also seemed rlly excited. he kept telling things of hawkins, i knew most of it already but i could listen to his stories a hundred times.

i noticed myself smiling at him and quickly looked away. i shouldn't be that obvious. mike and me..we're just best friends and i'm okey with that. deep down i know i want more but i try to not think about that too often, since it doesn't change anything. i mean sometimes i do think about maybe giving mike a hint that i like him but i'm glad i never did it would just ruin our friendship. about my family.. i feel like they know. actually i feel like basically everyone except mike knows it or at least suspects it. it's just kind of something we never talk about.
maybe they do behind my back but i really hope they don't.