~ My Brothers Best Friend ~

~ Drinks Bring Out the Truth ~

Mike sighed as he heard the knock on the door. He went to the basement door opening it.

"Hey Wheeler!" Max yelled pushing him aside and running in.

Mike forwned and nodded walking with them.

"Why do you look so down?" Dustin asked noticing Mike acting different.

"Nothing .." Mike sighed finding his movie collection.

"It's El isn't it?" Will asked

"What?!" He snapped backed.

"She told me..." Will whispered.

"Wait what? What about El?" Max asked confused.

"Mike invited her .. but she had to go with Troy.." Will sighed.

"What?! El was gonna come?! Come on that would've been SO fun!!!" Max whined.

Mike just nodded trying to find the right disc.

"Wait! Mike invited her?!" Dustin yelled finally cluing in.

"I was just trying to be nice" he mumbled.

The night continued and they watched the first three movies before everyone left. Mike sighed. He didn't really know why he was so upset. They weren't even really friends. But he did enjoy her company at times.

Just as he was putting the third movie back in its disc place he heard a frantic knock at his basement door.

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El arrived at the party attached to Troy's side. She didn't want to be there. She wanted to be with the party. Watching movies sounded a whole lot better then partying with a bunch of people you didn't actually like.

She smiled up at Troy as he left her side to go meet his football friends. Why did she have to be here if he wasn't even gonna hang with her.

El sighed walking to the kitchen where she saw Jennifer and Stacey whispering. She smiled slightly trying to start a conversation.

"Hey guys..." El basically whispered

"Oh look! The nerds talking to us!" Jennifer laughed.

El rolled her eyes and tried walking away before Stacey blocked her.

"Oh come on El... Why don't you tell us what it's like... " She whined.

"Yeah El, tell us about that little Wheeler nerd, does he give it to you good or what?!" She broke out laughing.

El sighed shaking her head. "It's not like that! He's my brother's friend!" She yelled grabbing a drink and walking off.

El ended up taking drink after drink after drink trying to numb her feelings.

Eventually El got drunk. She's never drank before so this time it was hitting her hard. She ended up onto the dance floor and started dancing by herself. She gasped as all of a sudden she felt hands on her hips and a warm breath on her neck.

"See?" She heard Troy whisper against her.

"Isn't dancing here with me and our friends better then hanging out with a bunch of nerds"

El quickly spun around. "You know that's my brother your talking about!"

Troy rolled his eyes.

"I'm more concerned about the Wheeler kid. I don't like him" He growled holding onto her.

"Why not?" She pouted.

"He just rubs me the wrong way. He's a nerd. But he doesn't know how to stay in his own lane..."