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

Twenty

Thank you so much for 2k reads, it happened so fast. Also, sorry I won't be updating twice, Halloween was interesting and I'm too exhausted. Normal schedule from now on, I'll update once a day. Enjoy this chapter and don't die of feels. I did.

edit, 12-16-18: I miss updating once a day...*sigh*
documenting: I'm currently at 150k reads(:

Mike.

We got home and Nancy offered to keep El's dress in her closet. It was nice of her, actually. I'd be tempted to look if I kept it in mine.

We walked in and a very important question popped into my head.

"Mom, where is El gonna put her clothes?" I yelled, and I got no response at first. None of us thought about that, I see.

"Can she just keep them in the bags for tonight? We'll figure something out!" My mom yelled back, and I nodded to myself. "Dinner is almost ready. Take everything upstairs then come back down."

I turned to El and gave her a small smile. "Here, why don't you go sit down? I'll take everything upstairs." She gave me a confused look.

"Mike, there's a lot to carry." She shook her head, and she was right. We each held like five bags.

"El, please, I can carry it. I want to! Go get comfortable." I smiled wide, taking the bags she was holding. She gave me a look of concern, but I just started lugging everything upstairs. I didn't want her carrying anything, to be honest. I've studied her enough to know when she's getting tired. She only got back yesterday and then went walking around all day today. She's still a bit drained and now she's sleepy on top of that. I don't want her carrying anything for the rest of the day.

I walked into my room and dropped everything near the wall. I stood it all back up, obviously. I was about to leave again when my eye caught something shiny. I looked over and it was the antenna of my supercom, which once again reminded me of my friends. I went over and picked it up, hoping Lucas will answer.

"Lucas, do you copy?"

"Mike! Where the hell have you been? We went to your house after school and no one was there!" I rolled my eyes, starting to talk before he could continue.

"Are Will and Dustin with you?" I asked in a tone that told them to answer without question.

"Yeah, they're here."

"Good. Be at my house in an hour, come in through the basement door, it'll be unlocked. She's here, she's back."

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We finished eating and I immediately lead her downstairs. They'll be here in around five minutes. We sat on the couch and she started staring at her fort. I said nothing, there's nothing to say.

"Mike?" She asked, turning to look at me. I gave her an encouraging look and her face went a bit red. "I need to use the bathroom," She whispered, and I gave her a comforting smile.

"El, you don't need to ask, you can go whenever you need to," I spoke softly, because I know she doesn't know any better. When she was in that place, I'm sure she had zero privacy.

She walked to the bathroom and turned around to look at me with troubled eyes.

"You can keep the door open, El, don't worry," I called out, and she nodded. She closed it a bit so it wasn't wide open, but I wasn't able to see her. She went and I'll admit it was a tiny bit awkward since I could hear it but let's not talk about that.

She washed her hands, which made me smile a bit. At least they taught her basic hygiene. She came out and sat back down with me, she was closer to the door. I glanced at my watch and they could be here literally any minute.