✓ Wake Up, Mike ⇔ Mileven {1st - "Wake Up, Mike" Trilogy}

Fourteen

Eleven.

He misses me. I miss him, too.

I wish there was a way to get out, I want to go back to his house. It's the only home I know.

I can get out, really, I just don't think I'll have enough energy.

There's a hole in a tree that is the only gate left. I could open it if I tried, but that doesn't mean I could make it out. I would be too drained.

I want to leave. I'm all alone down here. There's no threat, I killed the demogorgon. I just can't find a way out.

I walked back to Mike's house after he left. I actually don't count it as his house, it's the Upside Down kind. But it's where I sleep.

I still sleep in the fort he made me. It's the only thing that moved over into this world. I'd love to sleep in a real bed.

When I got to the door that led into his basement, I stopped. I do this a lot. I look inside and pretend I'm at his real house.

I laid my hand on the door and got even more sad. I can't really lose the energy, but I started crying anyway.

Then I got mad.

I hit the door really hard with my hand, and started crying harder.

"El, I'm here." I heard Mike's voice echo through the open world I was in. It hurt, I'm hurting.

I need to leave. I'm leaving.

I walked inside and noticed Mike put lights up on my fort. I walked over and made them blink quickly before turning around and leaving again.

I'm getting out.