UNEXPECTED

Revenge - 4

She looked up, to see El pinning her. She put a finger to her mouth to signal Max to stay quiet. Max nodded so El slowly removed her hand from her mouth.
"What the-" Max whispered. El interrupted.
"Shhh." She said, she looked around the corner and saw Daniel still coming up the stairs. She looked back at Max and got close to her ear, "We don't have time to run back, just stay quiet ok?" She whispered. Max nodded and felt shivers shoot through her body as she felt El's heavy breathing against her neck. El had both arms on the wall, blocking Max from moving, but their bodies were against each other, and Max could feel the warmth coming from El's body.

"Oh Maxine... where are you?" Daniel asked, reaching the top of the stairs. "Hey you, have you seen a ginger girl somewhere?" He asked El.
Max froze but El didn't falter, "No? Is she your girlfriend or something?" El asked.
Daniel laughed, "Yep. She was somewhere here last time I saw her."
"I haven't seen her, I'll tell you if I do ok?" El asked.
"Yeah, see ya." Daniel said, taking one more look around before heading back downstairs.

Max was shaking and El realised. She looked into Max's eyes after seeing Daniel go down a floor and saw tears in them. "Shhh." She soothed, "He's gone, don't worry." She played with Max's soft hair, gently putting her hands through it. She tucked it behind her ear. "I'll keep you safe ok?" Max nodded, trying to calm down.
"I'm so sorry El. I shouldn't have shouted, I shouldn't have-" She got interrupted.
"It's ok, I don't care. As long as you're safe it's fine." El said, she looked around the corner again and jumped when she saw Daniel right there, smiling.

"You sure you haven't seen anyone?" He asked again.
"Why is it your problem?" El asked, quietly and gently moving Max into the corner, mentally using her powers to protect her.
'Because she's my girlfriend?" Daniel said, he shoved El back and saw Max in the corner. "There you are..." He said, getting closer. Max began crying and looked at El with pleading eyes. El looked back at her and pointed to her nose, and Max saw a slight nosebleed, which meant she was using her powers.

Daniel got even closer, and tried to grab her, but it was like a forcefield protecting her. "What the fuck?" He said, trying to grab her again.
He turned around to see El, smiling at him. "Are you gonna get her or what?" She asked. He turned back around to grab her but El kicked him in the back of the head, making him headbutt the wall. She grabbed him by the hair and got close to his ear, "Stay the fuck away, you hear me?" She whispered.

He headbutt El who was behind him, she stepped back, and wiped her lip to see the blood. She laughed, "That all you got?" She asked. He tried to grab Max again but he still couldn't. "Fight me asshole!" El shouted. Daniel stumbled but got up, and charged to El. She stepped to the side and he fell to the ground. She burst out laughing.

He quickly got up and punched El, but El didn't hesitate to kick his stomach, sending him into the wall. She walked up to him and pinned him with one hand, the other punching his chest. "Stay. The. Fuck. Away!" El shouted, punching him with every word. She grabbed his hair and pushed him to the floor, she kicked him in the head, knocking him out cold.

She walked over to Max and bent down to help her up. "You ok?" She asked.
"Forget about me! Are you ok? You just beat up Daniel!" She said.
"Yeah!" El laughed, "I'm gonna call the police, go back to my apartment ok? Please?"
"Ok. Thank you so much El." Max said, looking into El's eyes.
"Don't worry about it, I'll be there in a bit." Max nodded and walked back to the apartment, and El walked back up to Daniel, who was still knocked out.

She called the police and Hopper came to bring him to the station. He said he would ask questions tomorrow, since it was already dark out by now and Hopper knew El was exhausted. El walked back to the apartment, and opened the door. Max quickly ran up to her and locked the door behind her. She walked El over to the bathroom, and sat her down on the closed toilet seat.

"Wait here, let me help you." Max said, running out to get things to clean El's cuts. She came back a couple minutes later, and saw El almost falling asleep. "I'll be quick." She said.
She opened wipes and began cleaning El's knuckles, which were bleeding and bruised after the fight. "Are you sure you're ok?" Max asked, still cleaning her fists.
"Yeah, he deserved everything coming to him. Did you enjoy the show?" El teased, laughing.
"It was satisfying, I'd admit that. But I feel so bad, you were fighting because of me."
"And I'd do it again in a heartbeat. He hurt you Max, so I hurt him too." El said.
"I can't thank you enough-" Max tried.
"You don't have to keep thanking me, him getting arrested was good enough for me. Hopper's gonna question us tomorrow though." El said.
"That's alright, will you be in trouble?" Max asked.
"Nah, don't worry about me." El said.

Max cleaned all of El's cuts except the one on her lip. "Shit, there's no more wipes." She said, smirking.
"What are you gonna do then?" El teased.
"This." Max slowly lifted her hand and wiped El's bottom lip gently, wiping the blood off. El blushed but Max didn't notice. "Does it hurt?" Max asked.
El shook her head, and Max looked into El's eyes. She slowly moved her hand to her cheek and all time froze. It's like gravity was pulling them closer, Max began leaning in and so was El. They closed their eyes and their lips met.