Tell Me Something Good

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Mikes alarm blares through his room, slicing through elevens dream. She dreamt of bad men, but not a nightmare. She couldn't let anything bring her down last night. She was way too excited to go to school the next morning. Mike agreed to let Eleven sleep in his room (not that he had an issue with it). Eleven sprung up and bounced on her toes excitedly. Her toothy smile made Mike grin, even though he wasn't a morning person. His hair in all directions, and his shirt bunches up near his neck. While on the other hand, Eleven looks pristine and wide awake.

"Soon, you'll hate getting up. Trust me." Mike says in his raspy morning voice. Eleven finds this attractive, but she'll never tell him that. Mike ascends with a groan. He ruffles his hair and begins taking off his clothes to change into fresh ones for school. Eleven shakes her head and blushes. He obviously is not even close to being awake. So she scurries to gather her own clothes and hustles out of his room. She clicks the door shut in the bathroom and practically jumps out of her PJs. She stands in the mirror and smooths out the collar of her dress. She takes a deep breath in through her nose and sighs from her mouth.

"Come in!" Someone knocks on the bathroom door, but she knows it's Mike. He stands behind her in the mirror, fixing his own hair. Eleven looks at him trying to smooth down his cowlick and she giggles. He looks at her in the mirror and smirks. He slithers his arms around her waist from behind. she giggles softly and blushes hard. He kisses the side of her neck gently and admires her smell. She smells like him, but with her own twist of strawberry shampoo. They stand in the mirror, admiring how they look together. They fit perfectly — their height especially. He was just tall enough to rest his chin on her head. Mikes height made Eleven feel safe. But Elevens ability to snap necks with her mind makes Mike feel safe, too. (But also a deathly afraid) He tickles her gut with his fingers and she erupts in laughter.

"Cmon, lets get going." He says while still tickling her. He stops and reaches for her hand. They make their way downstairs and Karen is already handing the two of them an Eggo each by the time they're out the door.

Eleven nibbles on her now cold waffle while Mike pedals to school. She lays her cheek on Mikes back in an attempt to shield her eyes from the cold air. Her eyes tear up from the frigid wind lapping at her eyes. She reaches her hand around to Mikes face with his Eggo in her hand. While biking, he takes a bite of the waffle and she retreats her arm.

Damn. Mike thinks, we're a power couple.

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School didn't treat Eleven very well. Her excitement faded by second period when she found out she only has 3 classes with Mike. 2 classes with Will and Dustin, and one with Lucas.

The bell had just rang, and it was time for everyone to flock home. Mike told Eleven to come to his locker after she went to hers.

4036 she repeats his locker number in her head so she wouldn't forget. She slams her locked shut with pure frustration. All she wants  to do is go home, and shower. But she's stopped before she even leaves her locker. Troy leans against the locker next to her and she jumps when she sees him.

"Hey cutie." He says with a smirk. She gives him a puzzled look and looks him up and down in disgust.

"How about I take you home today; instead of that frogface looser." He tries to flirt with her. Biting his lip and looking her up and down. She makes a gag noise.

"How are your injures from when I almost shattered every bone in your body?" She smiles sarcastically and batts her eyelashes over dramatically. His face lowers a little and he shifts positions.

"I'm fine..." He pauses and gets an idea "and so are you." He winks at her and she twists her face. She said the first thing that came to her mind, and she didn't care.

"Go fuck yourself." She didn't know what that meant, but she knew it was bad. She heard Nancy scream it into the phone one time. He watches her waltz away; wide eyed and open mouthed. She felt proud of herself for using words instead of her powers. Mike met her half way in the empty hall way. He looked a bit frantic.

"Hey, did you get lost?" He grabs her hand and they make their way to the double doors. She shakes her head. She feels bad, even though she did nothing wrong; embarrassed almost. Mike noticed something was wrong, and he stopped her before they got on the bike.

"El, what happened?" Mike pleaded. She cocked her mouth to one side of her face and she spoke innocently.

"Troy made me feel...uncomfortable." He immediately tensed up, and grabbed her shoulders.

"What!? Did he hurt you?" He hesitated "did he touch you?"

"No—no he just—"

"Because if he did, I swear to g—"

"Mike! He was just talking to me. But I didn't like it." She folded her arms across her chest. She feels exposed and vulnerable; Almost like the wind was groping at her with its long, feather-like fingers. She patted her dress down quickly, still feeling exposed.

"Well next time this happens, call me or...or kick him in the balls!"

"Balls?"

"Yea...balls." She looks at him, waiting for an answer.

"Guy parts." It clicks in her head and she nods, Laughing a bit. He kisses her lips tenderly and she deepens the kiss. She made an involuntary hum coming from her throat, and it wasn't quiet. Mike stopped and they both blushed. They both decided not to say anything, and just got on the bike. She wrapped her arms around him tightly and nearly fell asleep. Her thoughts on school have changed. She thought maybe she won't go tomorrow.

"Mike I don't want to go to school tomorrow" she whines, as Mike unlocks the front door. He pushes the door open and gestures for her to go in. He closes the door and sets his book bag on the table.

"You have to." He sighs and starts his homework.

"El, I'll help you with your homework." She rolls her eyes and plops down next to him. She holds her head in her hands and rubs her eyes.

"Is it like that every day?" She whimpers.

"Yep, sorry." He rubs her shoulder. She gives him a pitiful smile. They start their homework and luckily for them, it doesn't take that long.

Eleven is dreading school tomorrow, but mostly because of Troy. She's afraid to see him, but only because she might kill him. He still doesn't understand that she is capable of killing him. Mike worries too. He's afraid to leave her alone in classes, because she could slip up and say something wrong, or she could hurt someone. Mike figures things will work themselves out soon. Maybe he's right.

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IM SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING; SCHOOL :( but lol Noe11e_ and SpookTheStoryteller were bugging me to update. SHOUT OUT TO THEM GO FOLLOW THEM AND READ BOTH OF THERE AMAZING FANFICS!!💜