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

Thirty Three

Mike.

"Oh my god, they're cuddling."

"Well, they are in looove."

"Should we wake them up?"

"No, let them sleep!"

I kept my eyes closed while my friends argued on and on.

"I'm awake, you know," I spoke up randomly, opening my eyes to look at them. They were looking at me with shocked expressions, then shifted their eyes to look at El. She was starting to wake up, so I loosened my arms a bit and let her situate herself. She opened her eyes and immediately sat up.

"Why are you watching us sleep?" She blurted out, and I honestly couldn't help but laugh. Everyone joined in, including El. She's never laughed out loud for that long, and her laugh is glorious.

"We weren't, really, we were just discussing ways to wake you guys up. But Mike heard us and woke up," Lucas explained, and everyone was still chuckling a bit.

"You guys cuddle so closely when you sleep. It's actually adorable," Dustin spoke up, his voice sounding matter-of-factly. I rolled my eyes and started to get up, rubbing my eyes slightly. I rearranged my pants before we all left the room to get some breakfast.

El was still a bit skittish in Will's house, but she was getting better and better by the minute. Mrs. Byers was in the kitchen, and asked El how she was doing.

"Good, I slept fine," She replied with a small smile, and Mrs. Byers just smiled back. The rest of breakfast was rather silent. No one had anything to say, especially not me. My mind was so occupied with thoughts of last night, I could barely eat.

It was so nice. We laid down afterwards and just listened to each others breathing. She fell asleep first, and I began to play with her hair again. She relaxed even more, and she slept like a rock. I'm assuming she needed it, she probably wasn't getting much sleep this past week. It still hurts to know she has nightmares now and I can't do anything about it. I could've tried to convince my mom to let her stay, but I didn't. I'm sure I'll regret it for the rest of my school days, until we can move out together.

"Hey, we should show El around better. She's never truly seen the places we like to go," Dustin spoke up, and we all agreed. El finished eating and went to get dressed.

"Dude, you're looking at her with even more love than usual. What's going on?" Lucas immediately asked, and I looked at him with furrowed eyebrows.

"What? Oh, nothing! I just...she looks cute in the morning," I spoke quickly, obviously sounding like I was lying. Because I was, but I don't want to tell them about last night. I don't think El would like their teasing. She'd be too embarrassed and not want to go out. They all looked at me with knowing eyes, but I ignored them.

El came out and Will went to change while we discussed where we were gonna go. We asked Mrs. Byers if she could drive us to our houses and she quickly agreed. She also corrected us, saying it's Miss Byers.

"Ok, we'll all meet up at my house," I suggested as we climbed into the car. Everyone agreed and we were off to our houses.

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Worst ending ever but oh well!
I really hope you enjoyed all these feels-y Mileven chapters because there's intense stuff ahead. Good luck to you all💘

edit, 12-16-18: oh thank GOD Joyce corrected them about her proper title cuz I was about this close to yeeting Mike out the window

edit, 5-5-19: This writing is so bad that I think I might actually throw myself. I say "spoke" and "spoke up" like every paragraph I'm gonna—