Nothing More- Mike Wheeler

Unexpected Slumber Party

"It's not Will, it can't be."

"it's Will. It's really Will."

"I don't know Lucas, I agree with Mike. Will is not a stupid kid, there's no way he would end up in the quarry." I tell the party.

"Mike." Eleven stepped closer to Mike to try and comfort him.

"Mike"? "Mike," what? You were supposed to help us find him alive. You said he was alive! Why did you lie to us? What's wrong with you? What is wrong with you?" Mike was angry. I know he didn't mean to hurt Eleven but I've never seen him this mad.

"Mike." She repeated.

"What?''

"Mike, come. Don't do this man. Mike."

"Mike, where are you going? Mike!"

"Guys, just let him go, he needs to be by himself." I pull back Dustin who was going to follow Mike.

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Dustin and Lucas headed home to be with their parents.

Which left Eleven and me to walk home together.

"Hey, did you want to stay at my place? No adults and you get your own bed."

She nodded with a smile.

"Only for today though. I'm only doing this because Mike is sad and angry, and if you stay with him I don't want him to take it out on you."

She looked down, she looked so sad. I know Mike meant a lot to her and him flipping out wasn't on her agenda.

"He didn't mean it you know. You gave him hope that Will was still out there. I'm not mad at you though, I know Will is out there, there is no way he ends up in a quarry we're all scared of. "

I grab her hand and gave her a reassuring squeeze.

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After 30 minutes we finally make It to the Reyes residence.

I lead Eleven to my room.

"You can stay here, I can sleep in my parent's room. Put these clothes on and meet me downstairs, are you hungry?"

She nodded with a smile on her face.

As much as I don't trust this girl, she doesn't deserve to be alone. I know how it feels and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

I run downstairs to make eggos with peanut butter. It's such a small meal but it fills me up for a good amount of time.

I see Eleven walk down the stairs dressed in my long blue stretch pant and my oversized star wars shirt.

"Here, eggos and peanut butter, mans best creation."

Eleven digs straight into the food like she hasn't eaten for days. Has Mike been feeding her?

I pick up the Amazing Spider-Man comic and hop on the counter.

We sit in silence for a few moments before I hear a knock on my door. Eleven looks scared but I assure her it's no one bad.

I open the door to be greeted by a sunken Mike.

I pull him into a big hug and I feel him cry into my shoulder.

I bring him inside and rub his back to try to comfort him.

"It's okay Mike. It's okay. I'm here for you. I'm sorry about yesterday."

He pulled away from me and his eyes shot straight towards Eleven.

"What is she-"

"Shut it, Mike, she needed a place to stay, and due to your recent outburst I didn't think it was the best idea."

"Did you want to stay the night Mike? I know you don't want to be home right now, it'll be better to have more company around."

Mike sat down on the couch and I run up the stairs to grab clothes for Mike. I grabbed the clothes Mike let me borrow whenever I needed extra clothes.

I walk back downstairs to see Mike interrogating Eleven. She was unphased playing with the walkie.

"You made me think Will was okay, that he was still out there, but he wasn't. He wasn't! Maybe you thought you were helping, but you weren't. You hurt me. Do you understand? What you did sucks. Lucas was right about you. All along."

"Mike, st-"

A very familiar voice came out of the walkie"So come on and let me know. Should I stay or should I go? Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble. If I stay it will be double."

Will, oh my gosh, it's Will. He's okay. I knew it!

Mike grabbed the radio from Eleven's hand, "Will, is that you? It's Mike! Do you copy? Over. Will, are you there? Will!"

I grab the radio from Mike's hand, "Will! where are you? How can we find you?"

Mike turned to Eleven

"Was that... Was it..."

"Will"

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My throat. It's so dry, I need some water. I look at my watch to see the time,

2:34 am

I walk to the fridge and chug a water bottle down until it's empty.

I walked over to check on Mike who apparently is still awake on the couch.

"Mike? What are you doing up?" I sit down right next to him.

"Where is he? Who was that body they pulled out of the lake? Who is going to extra length to cover up where Will is?"

"Mike, it's almost 3 in the morning. We skip school and gather the party up and go on from there. You need to sleep, you have to wake up early to go back home so your mom doesn't freak out. We know Will is okay, everything is going to be okay." I grab his hand and give it a squeeze.

His gaze meets mine and we are enjoying each other's company.

"Thank you for today. You know, for sticking up for me to Troy, it was awesome."

"Don't worry about it, I would do it for the others too. He's an ass. Once I saw he put his hands on you I couldn't take it anymore and I knew I needed to do something."

Our eyes lock for a while before I see Mike leaning in. Today is not the day for our first kiss. It doesn't feel right. Mike is not in the right place of mind right now. Our first kiss has to be special. It has to be on a date at the park on a picnic blanket. We are supposed to kiss at a special moment, not when we find out our friend isn't dead.

As much as I want to kiss him, I just kiss him on the cheek. It's not what he wants but it is enough to keep him off until we find Will.

"Get some sleep, I don't want your mom to think you're dead too."

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Gosh, I love writing these stories. Whenever I go to bed I dream of so many scenarios and it feels so good to let my imagination run wild in these stories. I also wrote a JJ Maybank fan fic but due to the lack of privacy in my home, I was never able to finish it. Now that I am at college I have all the time in the world.

Enjoy!

-B