LOVE

The day before

El's POV:
I woke up to knocking on the door. Ugh this is gonna be awkward as fuck. I sat up and gently shook Max. "Hmm?" Max asked, half asleep.
"They're here." I said, getting up to open the door. Max got up a few seconds after and followed me.

"Hey girls!" Mike said happily as I opened the door.
"Hey Mike." I said, smiling.
Just then, Lucas peeked over his shoulder, "What the hell is Max doing here?" He asked.
"We're hanging out?" Max asked as if he was stupid.
"Yeah but why with her? What about me?" He asked.
"Ugh shut up Lucas. This is exactly why I broke up with you. Now get inside before we change our minds." Max said. I stood to the side to let them in.

We all sat down in my room, Max and I on the bed, and the boys sitting on pillows on the floor.
"Ok, we came here to ask you girls if you wanted to go to a party tomorrow." Dustin said.
"Who's party is it?" Max asked.
"Suzie's." Mike said, Max and I smiled. We knew Dustin had a crush on her.
"Alright, you wanna go El?" Max asked me. I nodded in response. "Ok it's sorted. We're all going?" She asked. Everyone agreed.
"It's gonna be at her house at 5. We can get ready then meet at my house so we can go together." Mike said.
"Good idea, I'm excited." I said, finally speaking up. Max and Mike smiled at me.
"Nobody asked." Lucas said, he sounded annoyed.
"Oh..." I said, fidgeted with my hands while looking down at my lap. "Sorry."

Max put her hand on mine and looked at Lucas, "Nobody asked for you to be rude either." She answered back.
"Stop being an asshole Lucas. All El did was sleep on Max's lap, Will slept on my shoulder and you don't see my being rude to him!" Mike said as well. I saw a faint blush on Will's cheeks.
"Well Will isn't your boyfriend, Max is my girlfriend!" Lucas replied.
"Ex - girlfriend." She corrected him.
"You were my girlfriend when it happened!" He answered.
"All El did, was sleep on my lap. It's not like we were making out!" Max argued back, I looked at her, blushing slightly and saw her cheeks turning red too. Must've been because she's getting angry.

They argued back and forth for a while, and Will must've had enough. "Can everyone shut up?!" He shouted, we all looked at him surprised, normally he doesn't shout like that.
"Yeah, Lucas just apologise to El. You know you're in the wrong." Dustin said.
"Fine. Sorry El." He said.
"It's ok." I said, even though everyone knew his apology wasn't genuine.

"Anyway, you guys wanna watch a movie?" I asked, trying to move away from this uncomfortable subject. Everyone agreed so we went into the living room. I bent down, looking in the cupboard with all the movies. "Alright, so we've got Back to the Future... Indiana Jones or... Karate Kid." I said, holding up the options.
"Karate Kid." Max said with no hesitation.
"Back to the future!" Dustin said.
"Hands up for Karate Kid." I said. Max, Will and Lucas put their hands up.
"Sorry Mike and Dustin. Seems like Karate Kid won." I said in a playful way.
"Hey, you didn't vote!" Mike said.
"I've gotta go with Karate Kid. Ralph Macchio's in it." I said, remembering the first sleepover I had with Max all those years ago. Max smiled.
"Wooh! Ralph for the win!" She cheered.

We laughed and I put the movie on. I sat beside Mike, a blanket over us. Dustin sat beside Lucas, and Max and Will sat together. I had handed out some sweets and drinks so we had a good time watching it. Near the end of the movie, I felt tired so I lay my head on Mike's shoulder, quickly falling asleep.

I've been with Mike since I was 13, that's when he officially asked me to be his girlfriend. I'd say we had a good relationship, we treated each other well. My dreams were peaceful, but for some reason Max kept appearing in them. Not that I'm complaining.

Max's POV:
As I saw El drift off on Mike's shoulder, I felt a pinch in my heart. Not a good one either. It was like I wanted El to be asleep on me. Wait, I'm not jealous am I? Nah. El and Mike are cute together, even though we would be cuter- I mean even though he took a while to ask her out.

I didn't want to lie on Lucas, so I lay on Will. He didn't tense up like Lucas normally did, he was comfortable. We were always comfortable together, our relationship was completely platonic. That's mainly because he came out as gay to me a few weeks ago. I was surprised, but happy he trusted me enough to tell me. Since he's told me that, I feel like we've had this connection, like there's something we can both relate to. It's probably because we're both in the party.

I felt Lucas staring at me even if my eyes were closed. Honestly, I've had enough of him. I'm never gonna fully forgive him for hurting El like that, he's completely changed his attitude towards her and I've changed my feelings towards him. I feel as though we'd be better if we're not dating, even though it's clear he doesn't feel the same way.

I don't care though, plus lately I've been feeling more connected with El. When we were sleeping together earlier I felt warm inside, the same way I felt when I first met her, I guess I've always felt comfortable with her. I felt myself begin to drift off, and I felt Will lifting the blanket over me. What a sweetheart. Hopefully he finds someone who'll make him happy, or maybe he already has. Imagine if it's Mike or something.

As I met my dreams, I met El. She was always in my dreams now lately, she was before but now it's almost everyday. I like those dreams though, so I'm not complaining.