Eleanor Hopper. 16. Blonde. Beautiful. Nerdy. Glasses. Hazel Eyes. Light Makeup. Adopted at age 5. Her dad married into a family of 3. A woman named Joyce and her two boys Will & Johnathan. She was spunky but shy. She was loyal. She had a group of five friends she's known since she was 6. So over ten years of friendship. Will her step brother now after 3 years of friendship, Dustin, Lucas, Max, and Mike. Mike Wheeler. Her best friend out of the group. He accepted her first. She always felt like an outcast joining school in the middle of a year after being adopted. But Mike asked to be her friend. And thier friendship only got stronger. Little play dates at the Byers house. El constantly crashing Mike & Wills gaming sessions. Middle school hit and puberty blossomed. El watched Mike this little boy she knew grew into a clumsy, nerdy, geeky boy, very awkward like. Then the summer of 9th grade ended and they entered High school. Well El couldn't believe it. She found Michael Wheeler to be the most beautiful boy she knew. Long black messy hair, deep eyes, freakles dancing around his face. She knew she had a crush on him in middle school but she had just hoped it would go away. So the past few years she's been ignoring it. Cause it wasn't worth losing her best friend over.
Michael Wheeler. 16. Messy long Jet-black hair. Nerdy. Awkward. Tall. Freakles. Son of Karen and Ted Wheeler. Leader of his friend group. He called his friends the party. Will, Dustin, Lucas, Max, and Eleanor. He loved his group of friends. He was loyal. He would protect his friends no matter the cost. They all became friends when they were 4 in kindergarten expect for El. She was 6 when she joined Hawkins Elementary. An outcast. Mike felt for her, he sometimes felt like an outcast even with his 4 other friends. He let her join the group, there was six of them in total and it felt complete. El was always crashing his and Wills gaming sessions when she started living with Will which Mike thought was awesome. He always talked will into letting her stay cause he hated anyone feeling left out. Mike was very caring for everyone. Mike wasn't one who showed interest in girls. Even in high school. Some people thought he might be gay. But truth was no one spiked his interest.
Grade 11.
Years of friendship. Years of party's. Movies nights. Games nights. D&D nights. Arcades. Swimming. Sleepovers. This was the year that everything was going to change.
Eleanor Hopper was obsessed with Michael Wheeler.
How didn't he know? The secret glances? The constant physical touch she would give him? The words of affirmation? She was so obvious. But Mike? He was oblivious. His eyes only ever on his school work. The whole party suspected they had a thing going on. But El oh had ever told Max. And it was only that Summer that she had admitted it out loud.
Summer before Grade 11
Max and El were having thier last sleepover before Grade 11 started. Max was playing music on the radio as El danced around singing hanging up pictures. El was obsessed with pictures. Her whole wall almost plastered on pictures of her family and friends. Max smiled watching her hang up. And noticed her starring at one of Mike and Her that Max had taken.
"What's up with that?" Max asked.
El hummed. "Up with what?"
"Wheeler?"
El smiled at just his name.
"What about Mike?" She asked turning around seeing Maxs serious face.
"What are you guys?"
"What do you mean? We're just friends.." she said softly.
"Just friends? Really El? It seems like you might wanna be a little more then friends..."
"Max...." El whined.
"So I'm right?!" Max yelled.
"Mas stop! We're just friends, that's all he will ever want!"
"What about you El. What do you want?" Max asked seriously
"Honestly?" El asked
Max nodded.
"Honestly, I would love for Mike Wheeler to show up on my door step admitting his love to me, telling me he's been in love with me for years as I have been with him. That he wants to be mine and me his. To kiss me with all he's got. But honestly I know that's ever gonna happen. To him I'm just a charity case he took on cause he's such a nice guy" El sighed.
"El... Tell him.. maybe he feels the same"
"No! And do NOT! Tell him! It would kill me. Our friendship is to special to lose..." El whispered.
"Okay. I won't tell him but I will help you"
"Help me?"
"Yes. Project get Wheeler to fall in love with Hopper" Max smiled.
"I don't know Max... Grade 11 is starting. It's been years and he's shown zero interest"
"Well. We're gonna make that change. First day of school, your gonna walk in there a whole new girl, hot as hell, all the boys will be after you and Wheeler will absolutely hate it!"
El smiled shaking her head going back to her pictures smiling at one of Mike.
"I can only hope...." She whispered.
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Summer Before Grade 11
Mike was gaming at the Byers house in wills room. With Will, Dustin and Lucas. The girls had left that day to go back to school clothes shopping with Joyce and Hopper.
"So! I claim this year, the year you guys get girlfriends" Lucas laughed.
"Just cause you have Max doesn't mean we need anyone" Will laughed.
"Hey! I could use a girlfriend!" Dustin laughed.
"Mike?" Lucas asked.
"What?" Mike asked snapping out of his trance.
"Grade 11. About time you get a girlfriend eh?"
"Oh. I don't know. I mean if it happens it happens" he shurgged.
"What about El?" Lucas asked.
"What about her?" Will asked.
"Well. Els single. She's definitely ready for a boyfriend. and i jusy thought maybe Mike was up for that"
"Me? Why me?" Mike asked confused.
"What? You don't like her?" Lucas asked
"What? I do! I mean... Like a friend I do! " Mike stuttered.
"A friend? That's it?" Dustin laughed.
"Yeah--- why?" Mike asked genuinely confused.
"Well.. you guys are always so close, laughing in secrets, cuddling..." Lucas trailed off.
"I don't know, that's just the type of friendship we have guys. I promise it's nothing more" Mike said sternly.
Mike sighed walking home that night. Eleanor Hopper. He never wanted to look at her more then a friend. I was hard of course. She was a very pretty girl. But a girl like her would never fall for a boy like him. So he ignored it. Pushed it aside. Friends is all he ever wanted with her.
Friends.
Grade 11.
Friends.
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~ A Complicated Love Story ~
FanfictionMike and El have been Best Friends for years. El has had a crush on Mike for years. Mike never paid much attention to it. Then they entered High School and feelings go wild.
