El's POV
"Joyce and I-" Hopper starts his announcement but I get this weird feeling over me so I turn to Max, there's drool running from her mouth as her head slowly rocks back and forth,
"Max?" I say and everyones heads flick to her,
"Max" Robin pokes her which causes her to fall back off her seat and then she starts to repetitively shake on the ground,
"shit" Hopper runs over to her, suddenly the shaking stops and Hopper puts his ear unto Max's mouth,
"she's choking" he quickly turns her to the side and all the vomit falls out of her mouth,
"ew" Dustin plugs his nose,
"Max" Hopper snaps in her face,
"Max talk to me" He says but she remains unresponsive,
"Jonathan get on the phone" he says but just in time Max starts coughing up the rest of her vomit,
"thank fuck" Hopper sighs and puts his arms under Max scooping her up,
"I'll clean up and you girls need to bathe her" Joyce grabs a rag,
"uh no th-" I say,
"I'll help you clean this mess" Robin butts in,
"Okay Nancy and El come on" Hopper says, great this will be the most awkward thing ever,
"I'll leave you to it" Hopper places Max on the toilet and leaves the bathroom, shutting the door behind him,
"I'll run the bath, just make sure she doesn't fall" Nancy tends to the bath,
"Mmm E-El" Max weakly slumps,
"It's okay" I sit her back up to which she instantly slips back,
"don't worry" I wrap my arms around her and start to lift her weight off the toilet, she groans in pain as I slowly lower her to the ground but I get it done and sit next to her, letting Max rest her head on my shoulder,
"If this is too uncomfortable for you El I can do it by myself, you can just wait by the door incase anything happens" Nancy says as she turns the taps off,
"Thanks" I slowly push Max off me and leave the bathroom, I half shut the door and sit down next to it. I listen closely and wince when I hear Max's weak sobs,
"It's okay Max" I hear Nancy try comforting her but I can't handle the pain Max sounds to be in so I cover my ears, it's hard for everyone to see her like this, weak and fragile, even more aggressive, it scares me,
"EL" Nancy finally yells loud enough for me to hear,
"yes?" I poke my head through the door,
"go get Hopper" She says,
"is everything okay?" I ask,
"it's all fine I need Hopper to help me take her to bed" She half smiles,
"okay" I stand up and walk down the hall to find the boys,
"Hop" I call out,
"He's on the phone El, I can help with whatever it is" Steve comes into the hallway,
"Carry Max to bed" I grab his arm and lead him to the bathroom,
"Steve's here" I say as I knock on the door,
"come in then" Nancy says, I slowly open the door to see Max wrapped up in a towel and slumped against the wall, she still looks half dead,
"well at least you smell better" Steve jokes as he picks up Max, I follow him to Jonathans room and cautiously watch him making sure Max isn't in pain,
"Careful!" I say as he lowers her to the bed,
"Sorry" Steve slowly places her down and tucks her in under the covers,
"hot" Max pants out,
"She's too hot Steve!" I pull the duvet off leaving her with just a sheet,
"Go get a cold flannel" I shoo Steve off when I notice the sweat forming on Max's forehead,
"f-fuck" Max starts to cry,
"What's wrong??" I squat down beside the bed but she doesn't reply,
"It's okay Max" her breath quickens,
"I'm here" I lay down next to her and spoon against her for comfort, I hear the crying slow and turn into occasional sniffles before it's replaced with soft snores,
-the next morning-
When I wake up I check the time, 10:52, I slept in, I turn next to me and notice the empty spot in the bed,
"max?" I look around the room, quickly I rush out of bed and stop in the living room when I notice everyones here,
"is max out here?" I scan the faces around the room,
"that's what we need to talk about hunny" Joyce pats the seat next to her,
"where is she?" I say,
"El, take a seat" Hopper says,
"what did you do?!" I raise my voice a little,
"take a damn seat!" Hopper yells, I angrily take a seat next to Nancy,
"where is max" I firmly ask again,
"Last night Joyce and I went to the help centre, we talked to some lovely people and they helped us admission Max into rehab, we took her there this morning while you were all asleep" Hopper says,
"What!?" Lucas says,
"it was the right thing to do for her, you all saw what she did before" Hopper points to his bruised nose,
"Hop those places are crazy" Jonathan says,
"What other choice did we have??" Hopper says,
"We could've taken care of her " Jonathan says,
"how long will she be there?" I ask,
"it depends on her mindset towards getting better" Joyce says,
"how long?" I ask,
"the maximum amount of time would be 3 mont-"
"3 months!?" Robin interrupts,
"I know it seems like a long time but it's going to help her" Hopper says,
"Can we visit her?" Dustin asks,
"for best results they advise that we shouldn't interfere with her withdrawal" Hopper explains,
"so what we just have to sit around for three months waiting to even say hi?" Lucas screws up his face,
"I'm afraid so, just imagine she's on holiday somewhere relaxin-"
"But she's not" Jonathan says,
"Don't get mad at me! I am not the fucking one who took the drugs! This is Max's fault!" Hopper storms out and slams the door.
This is probably the end of the book.. for now
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Mad Max
FanficMax Mayfield has addiction in her genes but she has no intentions becoming anything like her parents so she avoids anything to do with the substances, that is until she goes through great pain turning her to the dark side where she plans to stay. TW...
