𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐞 ; 𝐸𝐿𝑀𝐴𝑋 ⌫

2.

Hoppers Cabin / Sat, 2:33p.m.
Jane Hopper

Eleven and Mike are in her bedroom, The door opened 3 inches as her father constantly repremands her about when it closes. Her radio playing the song Take On Me in the background.

Her boyfriend quickly gets up and grabs her hairbrush off her of her desk. "Mike what are you doing?" She asked becoming filled with curiosity. He doesn't respond as he sits back down infront of her.

He grabs the handle of her hairbrush with some of her tangled hair stuck on it, and clears his throat. "Mike, Mike no please" Eleven says laughing a bit. "I think you mean yes please Mike." He says smirking at her.

"No I really do-" Before she can finish her statement she gets abruptly inturupted by Mike. "Take, on meee!!! Take on me! Take, me, ooon!!" Mike sings very poorly and somewhat out of tune from his voice cracking at certain pitch ranges.

Eleven just stares at Mike concerningly and also somewhat shocked at how someone could sound so horrid. Eventually her concern converts into giggles.

"Mike, Mike-" She starts before getting unexpectedly interrupted again. "I'll be, gone!! in a day or, two!" Mike sings awfully as his voice starts to crack at the high pitched tones. "Mike, MIKE, Mike stop it!" Eleven says whilst laughing at the uneven singing of Mike Wheeler.

"So needle- What? you don't like it?" he says sounding slightly hurt. "No! it's bad!" she huffs out whilst calming down from her giggle fest. "Wooow, I cannot beileve you'd tell such lies to me!" Mike exclaims. "Lies?! It's true!" She smiles whilst her boyfriend puts his hand over his heart.

"And I thought I sounded good." Mike says jokingly offended. "Then you were lying to yourself Mike." She states as his jaw drops, looking at her with shock filled in his expression. It soon fades as he smiles at her. "Do you wanna go out?" He asks.

"Aren't we already going out?" Mike laughs at his girlfriends words. "No, I mean like maybe go to the mall or something?" He says as her face fills with embarresment and realization. "Ohh!! yeah, yeah sure!" she smiled.

"Okay cool..!" He smiles too as they get their sneakers on and leave Elevens bedroom. She walks up to her father.
"Me and Mike wanna go to the mall, is it okay if you drive us dad?" He looks at Eleven and then glares Mike, with which getting a look of confusion towards him from his daughters boyfriend.

"Yeah sure, go wait by the car while I get my keys." He speaks whilst getting up from his recliner, His daughter turns and faces her boyfriend and smiles, they hold hands and leave the house with Hopper soon falling behind them.

***

Eleven and Mike walk towards the Scoops Ahoy, Mike orders Rocky Road, Eleven gets Strawberry Cheesecake. Mike insists on paying for their ice cream. "Please El, just let me pay?" He pleads. "No mike! let me pay, I have extra cash" Eleven insists, Before her boyfriend can protest again, the cashier and also Ice cream slinger himself, Steve Harrington, inturpts their bickering.

"Just someone pay! I don't have all day to listen to you two arguing over 5 dollars worth of 2 ice cream cones." He says somewhat annoyed. Mike rolls his eyes at the sailor boy and hands him a 5 dollar bill. A now annoyed Steve Harrington accepts the owed cash and puts it inside the register.

***

The couple walks inside of a clothing store, Eleven happily drags Mike over to the brightly bizarre jumpsuits and windbreakers. As she scans through the differently color exploded jackets Mike finishes his ice cream and walks away to throw it inside of a trash bin.

Whilst her boyfriend is away, Maxine also happens to walk into that very same store, and walks over to the different darkly colored denim jackets whilst listening to yet again, Kate Bush's Runing up That Hill through her walkman.

As Eleven turns the other way to look at more of the different selection of jumpsuits, she spots a certain red head across the boutique. She stares for a couple of seconds before going back to see if she finds anything of her liking.

As her boyfriend comes back from throwing away his cone, he puts his arm around Eleven, receiving a smile from her. As Max scans some other jackets, and decides to move onto some Tees. She sees Eleven and Mike across the store, She rolls her eyes in somewhat disgust. Finding herself staring at Eleven a bit more than Mike before going back to her lone shopping.

To be continued.
782 words.

12/3/22