How Could Cupid be so Cruel - Elmax

4. But Do I Really Want To Know

Trigger warning homophobic slurs

Maxs pov

I wake up still with my head on Els who's head is on my shoulder she still has her arms around me and mine around her. I spot a clock on the wall saying eight o'clock the boys arnt in their sleeping bags thay must've gone to get breakfast. We were up late last night so I don't wake El or move an inch from my sleeping position I just sit there and enjoy the comfort, it had been a while since I had a good night's sleep but last night I didn't have a single nightmare and I didn't wake up in a cold sweat once, it was peaceful I couldn't help but wonder if the comfort I felt from El had anything to do with it.

About half an hour later I hear a stomach grumble from below me but it wasn't mine I take my head off Els and look at her, she is wide awake "how long have you been up?" I ask her with a shocked expression "maybe since eight one zero. I didn't want to wake you up because you didn't wake me up so you could change last night." El says softly, I look at her and say "I've been up since eight not wanting to wake you either" I chuckle. "Oh... Well at least we can go get some eggos now"
"that we can" I say as I stand up and quickly change into todays clothes In the bathroom not wanting to be wearing clothes I slept in, as I left the bathroom I picked up Els clothes from the rediator from yesterday folded them and did the knight pose in front or her presenting them like a sword. "Your highness, the clothes have arrived" I say in my awful British accent "Oh my well thank you miss Knight woman" El responds in an even worse British accent then mine. We both fall into a fit of giggles at that and once we get our composure back together we head upstairs not daring to look at each other for fear of laughing again, once we make it up stairs the boys and Mike's mother greet us "here you go girls eat up" Mrs. Wheeler says to us giving us plates of eggos, we both thank her and sit down at the table "what was all that giggling down there about?" she then asks us we both look at each other and it all starts again we finally manage to stop laughing and make it through the meal without giggling again.

"we should head up to the arcade once everyone is dressed" Dustin states to the group everyone agrees happily, waiting for Lucas, mike and Will to change I start to brush out my hair so there's no more knots when I put the brush down I feel hands going through it I look in a mirror and see El starting to braid my hair while waiting for the boys to finish changing, El was good at hair her hair had only recently gotten long enough to do stuff with it but she had taken to it quickly her fingers flying through my hair and expertly plaiting it, I don't know how she did it but she had tied part of the plait to my head in a way so it went into a side plait and couldn't be pulled to the back of my head, I loved it because when I'm bored I often play with my hair so I was glad it wasn't at the back of my head, "I know you like to mess with your hair so I put it to the side" El said reading my mind. Her saying that made me blush because it meant she noticed my small habits "thank you El I'm not as good as you but I could do your hair aswell if you want?"
"yes yes yes!" she says excitidly
"face me I'm gonna do to small plaits in front of your hair" I tell her. I'm not that great at hair to begin with but I try my best the entire time I can feel Els eyes stating into my own but I focus on plaiting her hair not the strange feeling that made its way back to my stomach the moment she looked into my eyes I finish one plait then start on the other, I hear El giggling at something "whats so funny?" I ask not stopping at her hair. "your tounge is sticking out!" she says while giggling "oh yeah right it does that when I focus" I tell her "fineshed your hair is... Well you could do a better job then me but I think its alright." I say while talking a step back so she can see the mirror. She starts jumping up and down happily "yess they are PERFECT thank you Maxie!!"
"Maxie?" I ask with an eyebrow raised "yes that's your new name. BUT I am the only one allowed to call you it" the brunette says sternly. "yes ma'am" I say while standing up straight and saluting her, she starts to giggle a small bit. "you two coming or are you too busy doing each others hair?" Mike asks still annoyed about last night that his plan to make out with El didn't work. "coming coming" we respond.

Everyone hops on their bikes but El who doesn't have one, the boys don't want to walk so El hops on the back of Mikes, I don't know why but as she puts her arms around Mike to hold on I feel a twinge in my stomach what is this feeling no its not... Is it jealousy, no No NO its not jealousy for it to be that I would have to like El in a certain way and I don't despite what people say I'm not some dyke, Lucas is my boyfriend I have a boyfriend

But if you like Lucas why did you not want to makeout last night?

That has nothing to do with this I just want to go slow.

You don't like it when he kisses you either

No no no I just don't like kissing people it's weird

You don't want him to hold your hand

I just don't like physical touch much, I'M NOT A DYKE

But if all that is true why are you jealous and what was the feeling you had last night when El was cuddling you?

I.. I.. I. Don't know........ I don't want to know

Authors notes
This chapter really gets the story moving I'm not sure if you noticed yet but all the titles are lyrics in songs this one was Santa Monica dream I'd love it if you could try guess it each chapter in the comments I thought it would be a fun game the song normally won't have anything to do with the chapter just the lyric for the title
Best wishes

-Elmaxfantasy