WILDEST DREAMS |MILEVEN|

TWO

CHAPTER TWO
COMPLICATED

after all of that eleanor went up to mike.

"do you really have a date?" she whispered, she didn't want to accidentally expose him to his entire family.

mike's eyebrows shot up "uh, why are you asking this?"

"because i don't believe you." she said firmly.

"well, i don't believe you either." he shot back.

"good, then you're correct to think that."

huh? "huh?"

"wait wait wait..." he said squinting his eyes.

"ya...it's... a little complicated"

"you don't actually have a date!?" he whisper yelled.

"no, and i don't think you do either!"

"well... i-"

"oh! save it! its so obvious you don't! the way you looked so nervous!" she whispered yelled,

"well and what if i do actually have a date?"

"then i'm sorry, but you looked really nervous back there! its either you don't have a date or that your actual date is a bitch with how nervous you looked!"

"okay, well," michael breathed in and out, she could snitch on him and embarrass him. or she could be actually curious.

"i don't actually have a date.."

"I KNEW IT!" she yelled.

mike covered her mouth, "quiet! quiet!"

"sorry..."

"ya.." he breathed out.

"sooo..." eleanor sighed.

she then looked up at mike and made a sour face.

"what? eleanor, are you okay?" he asked, he was kind of worried for her.

"you can call me el, if you want."

"okay, el, are you okay?" his eyebrows furrowed with confusion

"i was wondering..." she rubbed her left arm up and down.

"wondering what...?"

el shrugged.

"seriously?" mike sighed, "just tell me!"

el let out a deep breath, "i was wondering..." she gulped, "oh my gosh, just tell me already!" mike cried.

"i'm sorry but its an awkward thing to say!"

"it can't be that awkward." el looked up and gulped, "oh but it is that awkward." her eyes went wide.

"okay?" mike squinted. he was getting annoyed.

"so i was gonna ask if uhm.... youwantedtofakedate"

"huh? can you repeat that?" mike truly did not understand a word of what she just said.

"please don't make me repeat it..." she sighed

"just hurry and get it done with!" he put up his left hand and rubbed the side of his face.

this woman was giving him a headache.

"okay..." this time mike got closer to her incase she began to speak fast again.

"i was gonna ask... if... dammit! this is too awkward! because like i've known you for like ever, and you know my brothers, and-" mike cut her off, "it's okay if it's awkward. i've seen and heard awkward things. i don't think this can be anymore awkward than it needs to be. you are the one making it awkward!"

el stared at him with a blank face.

"sorry, was i too harsh?" great, now he felt bad!

"no, uh, i was uhm..." she cleared her throat. "i was gonna ask if you wanna to fake date... for the... you know...wedding...?" she said in a questionable tone.

"you and me? fake date?" mike laughed and then quickly stopped, "you're joking...right?"

el gave him a look, "no, no im not joking..."

"but our families think we have different dates already. don't you think they're gonna think it's weird if we take each other!?" mike sighed, "plus we both said that they don't know our dates." he rubbed his face up and down. "they're gonna catch on fast!"

"we can just say it was a surprise..! that we just got caught in a moment and poof! we just i don't know...started dating...?" she shrugged. she felt stupid.

"i mean- that could work... but don't you think they'd find out eventually..?"

"not if we put our best acting skills into this... then, no." el shrugged

"also not to mention nancy's wedding is in a month, we should be fine by then. after the wedding we fake a break up and go back to our regular lives."

mike but unsure of this but all he said was "okay..." el then got distracted and began to pull down her purple dress to fix it.

"you look fine, no need to fix it." mike put a hand on her bare shoulder. el smiled.

"EL! COME SAY BYE WE'RE LEAVING NOW!" a distant voice yelled which scared the pair.

el slowly began to walk over to step-mother, she then froze and slowly turned around. "text me if anything... okay?"

"okay."

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the byers-hopper family said goodbye to the wheeler family.

it was obvious that jonathan was so madly in love with nancy, as they were leaving el noticed jonathan had a big smile plastered on his face. along with his arm wrapped around navy's waste.

el couldn't help but be disgusted after seeing the lipstick mark on jonathan's neck.

they should save that kind of stuff for after their wedding. she thought.

but at the same time she couldn't wait to find real love like they did. she couldn't wait.

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