Opposites attract (Mike W.)

CHAPTER FORTY NINE

Act 4~Chapter 2: Back in Hawkins

"Ava! Wake up, we gotta get to the airport!" Joyce shouted, knocking on her door. Avery slept horribly that night, the argument with Will was on her mind all night. She looked at the clock in her room and saw she had around four hours until her flight. She groaned and got up, she slowly and tiredly got dressed, not having any effort or energy to do anything. She picked up her suitcase and backpack and dragged them both downstairs. She sat at the table with the rest of her family who were already in the kitchen eating breakfast.

The whole meal was silent and awkward. Will and Avery were refusing to look at one another, Joyce was washing the dishes and Jonathan and El refused to say anything. Once Avery finished eating, she gave her bowl to her mother and went upstairs. She finished everything she had to do and then went downstairs to tell her mom that she was ready to go. She said goodbye to El and Jonathan, hugging them tightly and giving a small, awkward smile and a wave to Will.

Her and her mother packed the case and backpack into the trunk of the car and got in the front.

"So? What happened with you and Will?" Joyce asked, ten minutes into the journey.

"Just a stupid fight, that's all," Avery replied.

"And you didn't say goodbye to your twin brother because of a 'stupid fight'?" her mother continued.

"It's nothing, I'll call him when I get to Mike's," she said.

"Alright, alright."

The rest of the car ride was silent again, once they arrived at the airport, Joyce assisted Avery until she got to security and then had to leave.
The mother and daughter hugged tightly, saying goodbye. Avery took her passport, boarding pass and everything she needed for the flight from her mother. She said bye one more time to her mother and went through security. She eventually got on the plane, listening to 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA on her walkman, and flew to Hawkins. Her home.

The flight was around four hours, and another hour to get through security and bag checks.
That's when she saw him. Sat waiting for her with his mother. Michael Wheeler. Mike saw her through the crowd of people and waved, she waved back and weaved her way through the crowd. Once reaching the other end, she ran over to him, as Mike stood up, going to do the same when he was tackled into a tight hug. It had been three months since they had seen each other, but it felt like a lot longer. The two pulled away from the hug and gave each other a quick peck on the lips.

"Hi Ava! It's so nice to see you again!" Mrs. Wheeler said, smiling at the young girl.

"You too, Mrs. Wheeler," Avery smiled back,
"Hey... er... where is everyone else?"

Mike had told her in their last phone call a few weeks ago that Max, Dustin, Lucas and Nancy were all meant to be here to pick the girl up from the airport.

"Nancy had an emergency call from work and Lucas is probably out with his cool, new, basketball friends celebrating their championship game win from yesterday. Max and Dustin haven't said anything though," Mike explained, his arm resting over his girlfriend's shoulders as they walked out of the airport.

The car ride back to the Wheeler's wasn't that long. Avery and Mike ran upstairs to put Avery's bags down. She sat her backpack down on the familiar blowup mattress that Avery would always sleep on whenever she stayed over. She sat next to the boy on his bed and looked at him, the two staring at each other.