Stranger Things Elmax One-shots

Uh-Oh

Adapted from another book.

(Warning: swearing)
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El's POV:

I've been trying a lot of new things over the years, and then, I found something I seem to really enjoy...

Collecting frogs.

I'm walking around this little pond behind the house,  trying to see how many I can catch. It was so warm outside and I had a cute little top and shorts on, mainly because Max suggested it, knowing it would look good on me.

The best thing about this moment was that there was so much mud for me to play around with, it felt so soft and cool on my hands and feet, especially in between my toes, plus the funny noises it made when I would squish it. I'd make mud balls and throw them as far as I could out into the water. I'd even put some of it on my face like how I've heard some football players paint their faces.

I knew Max was watching me, and I had no problem with it because I knew she'd never judge. I wanted to show her, anyway.

I turned around and saw her sitting on a nice, little grassy area. I flexed out my hands and one of my feet.

Me: "Max, look how muddy I am."

She smiles.

Max: "Does it feel nice?"

Me: "Yes, very nice, and very squishy. You sure you don't want to join?"

Max: "That's alright, I just want you to have fun. You look so cute with all that mud on you."

Me: "Aww... well, I'll change your mind one of these days."

I spot a frog near me and I am quick to catch it with my net, and that's when I go put it in my special box, and yes, I remembered that you're supposed to put air holes in the top. I spot another one shortly after. The whole time, I was just in a fit of giggles and having so much fun.

After catching a few more, I thought that I had them all, but there was actually one left. Before I could grab it, the frog hopped away from me, and this kept going for a little bit. I was getting a tad bit annoyed.

Me: "Come back here."

After a few more failed attempts, I finally get him cornered.

Me: "You're mine now."

I was just about to finally grab him, but that's when things immediately started to go wrong. I looked down and saw that I had sunk up to my knees in the mud. Now I didn't even know it could be that deep in this area, and it was as if the frog was trying to lead me here so he could get away.

I was right, because as soon as I sunk, he went away.

Me: "Not good."

I turned to Max, who's already coming towards me.

Max: "Oh, god, Ellie, are you okay? Can you get out?"

I try to wiggle a bit, but my legs didn't really move much.

Me: "Don't think so."

Max grabs my hands, not caring that they're very muddy, and tries to pull me out, but I ended up sinking a little bit more, and I was up to my thighs.

Max: "Okay, that didn't work. Uh..."

Max gets on her knees and starts to dig away at the mud, hoping that would help. I pitched in, too, while trying to wriggle around more in hopes that it did something, but I remained stuck.