(Elevens POV)
I ran out of Nancy's room and immediately went to Mike. I needed to talk to him. I went downstairs slowly, smiling as soon as we made eye contact.
"Hi Mike."
"El. Were you with Nancy?"
"Yep."
"Oh okay. That's fine."
I had my two feet on the ground now. Mike was playing around with little objects he found either on the floor, or on the table. When he wasn't with me, he always had something to do.
"Mike..."
"Yeah?", He looked up. He always listens to me.
"Nancy uh...she told me something."
"What is it? Are you supposed to be telling me?"
"...she said that the reason your acting embarrassed when you change in front of me, is because your not supposed to. Is she lying?"
"El...why would you tell her that?"
"I just... I didn't know why you wanted to hide yourself from me. Are you mad?"
"No. No El. Never.", He pulled me in for a hug. When we peeled away from each other, Mike told me.
"It's just, it's considered inappropriate to do that. Since we're only 12 it's...well, weird. I mean, I don't mind it, but if we get caught, it's all of a sudden bad. Do you get it now?"
"Yeah. So it's really okay? Just..people think it's bad?"
"Yeah! Yeah exactly. It's fine, but it's considered bad because, well you know."
"I love you Mike."
"I love you too."
"Promise to never to hide anything from me?"
"El, I promise. I would never hide anything from you."
