its true love

~^chapter 11^~

TW: HOMOPHOBIA

After max and eleven were better, they hung out everyday. They called at night, called in the morning. Hopper and Joyce spoke about it when the kids couldn't hear.

"I feel like something is up. They call almost every hour of the day. That isn't a friend thing. Thats a more then friends thing. And plus- mike just got arrested for trying to kill them. And almost succeeding! What could they have done?" Joyce rambled about this, and Hopper decided to step in. "While I do agree with you, they are best friends that have been through thick and thin. They almost got killed by the same man on the same day at the same time. That was some good bonding- well- I dont know about good- but you know what I mean." Joyce laughed. She loved seeing his non-tough-man-chief-of-police side. They decided to just leave it at El had a crush on her.

Will thought about the same thing. El was spending a lot of time with Max. It cant-isn't just best friends. There is something more, and they are catching onto that.

Max's parents were contemplating this. Her stepfather cringed and punched walls at the thought, while her mother had a more calm approach. Billy was furious when they started to speak about it. "Okay I understand but we cannot have a d*ke(d slur- i can say it but im not comfortable saying it sorry) in this family. It would be a disgrace. The quicker we send her to a conversion camp the faster it gets out of her." Her stepfather said, angrily. "I think we should wait to send her to a camp. We should wait until we find more proof. All we have right now is she calls her friends a lot and spends time with them. Don't you think its a bit silly to jump to conclusions so quickly?" Her mother replied? They went back and forth about this, until Max came inside from school. Max said hello but only her mom let out a small hi. They looked at her in disgust. What had she done? She didn't think to much about it, all that was on her mind was eleven. She would be busy today, so she grabbed her diary, from a long time ago. This would be her first time writing in it in years. She wrote about everything. How much she loved eleven, how they kissed, how they're dating. She fell asleep writing in it. Billy walked in to check on her, make sure she didn't sneak out and she saw it lying there.