How Could Cupid be so Cruel - Elmax

17. Nowhere to Run

ABUSE REFERANCE

I wasn't going to go to school today my plan was to go to my hideout and just sleep and rest for the day last night Neil was ...bad... but i couldn't leave El alone with Stacy, her crew, Mike and possibly the rest of our gang. I don't know where they all stand with this, if they believe Mikes bullshit or saw through it and know El would never do that.

I just knew I had to be here for her even if she'll never feel the same way as I do. All this is what's going through my head as I head towards Els locker in hopes of finding her there. But once I reach it I see El slipping into the janitors closet in the same hall, I go to chase after here and on my way I see her locker with things along the line of "slut, whore, bitch" and worse written across it, I skip past it though I can deal with that later for now I need to make sure that El is alright. I go into the closet but it's so dark I can't even see her.

"El?" I ask into the darkness.

"Max is that you?" She asks sounding almost scared just incase it isn't me. It breaks my heart thinking about if they did anything to her other than the bit on the locker I saw but of course they did something else, this is entertainment starved Hawkins we're talking about, the moment some rumour comes around everyone instantly believes it.

"Yes El it's me. Are you okay?" I ask worriedly, while waiting for my eyes to adjust to the darkness.

"No, those jerks put stuff all over my locker and inside it." El says sadly. I can just about make her out sitting on the ground in the corner, now that my eyes have adjusted.

I sit down on the ground next to El and put my arm around her pulling her in close, I know it might seem wrong seeing as what she's going through at the moment but I couldn't help get butterflies in my stomach when I felt her rest her head on my shoulder.

"Just ignore them El. Let's talk about something nice, likeeee what did you do yesterday once I left?" I ask curiously, I'm starting to regret leaving her maybe I should've stayed, maybe her mood is all my fault.

"I mostly just watched TV and drew." She responds while slightly sniffling.

"What did you draw?" I ask trying to keep her mind on good things.

"I... I .. I don't want to tell you." El says shyly.

"Oh come on you have to tell me now otherwise I'm going to bother you allllll the time about it." I say intrigued as to why she's so shy about it.

"I drew." She pauses for a second debating to tell me or not but eventually the adorable brunette takes her head off my shoulder and looks away from me before finishing her sentence with

"You."

I was annoyed she took her head off my shoulder but I couldn't care less now.

"Okay you have to let me see than drawing!" I say excitedly, looking at the sweet girl with big eyes.

"Emmm no I'm not letting you see them." She says with a chuckle.

"THEM!!??!! You drew multiple pictures of me!" I say starting to laugh.

"M-Maybe, but you don't get to see them!" El says sternly.

"Oh why notttttttt? Pretty please?" I plead. 

I'll make it worth your while.

Shut up horny me!

"Nope, sorry, not gonna happen Maxie." She says looking back up at me smiling. My heart does little somersaults at the nickname.

"Why won't you show meeee? Oh my god! You drew me nude didn't you?!" I say jokingly knowing my sweet innocent El will take it very seriously.

"What? No... I wouldn't! That's wrong Max! Max why are you laughing?" She says once she notices me holding my mouth and shaking from laughter.

"I'm messingggg with you El." I manage to get out between fits of laughter.

El looks very upset at my joke causing me to laugh so much that I fall into the girls side and hang onto her for support.

"HEY! What are you two doing in here?" The janitor asks after the door swings open. I quickly regain myself and shove myself away from El.

I hear the voice of Billy in my head taunting me.

"He saw Max. He saw you clinging to her, he knows what you are. He'll tell everyone.He'll tell Neil. How long did you think you could keep this up? You're different, nobody will ever love you." His voice nags me, digging into my deepest fears.