100 Ways to Say 'I Love You' | Mileven 💕✅

82. I was in the neighbourhood

82. I was in the neighbourhood.

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There was a knock on the Wheeler's door, which wasn't loud enough to awake the sleeping Ted (again), and Karen got off the sofa and gently put Holly in front of the TV.

"Jane! Honey, what are you doing here? You're soaking," Karen commented, quickly slipping the young woman's coat off her and hanging it on the radiator for it to dry. 

There were a stomping of feet and around the corner, arrived Mike. Jane's long-term boyfriend. Who stands, confused and bewildered as to why his girlfriend is stood inside his house.

"I'll go get you a warm drink," Karen says, rubbing the girl's sweater covered arm, feeling some of the rain had soaked into her sweater through her coat.

"El, what are you doing here?" Mike asks, walking down the remainder of the stairs, and to her side. He quickly pulls her into a hug and nuzzles his face into the crook of her neck, feeling raindrops drip off her hair and onto his.

"I was in the neighbourhood," she explained like it was the simplest thing on the planet. "I wanted to come see you,"

"Aw, babe," Mike cooed, nuzzling his nose against hers. He pulled away from her and shouted up the stairs. "NANCY! I NEED A TOWEL!" 

"GET IT YOURSELF, ASSHOLE!" Nancy yelled back, all the way from her bedroom. Sounding a little out of breath.

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Mike took the mug from his mom and walked back to El's side, who was sat on the Lay-Z-Boy. "There you go, baby. Just the way you like it," Mike promised, smiling over his shoulder at his mom.

"Thank you, Mike," she smiled down at him, as Mike started to gently rock the chair, a towel wrapped around El's head (absorbing the moisture from her hair), and a blanket resting comfortably on her lap. "Thank you, Mrs Wheeler," she said gratefully, smiling at Mike's mother.

"Anytime, honey," Karen smiled. "And call me Karen," she continued, making Mike smile - his girlfriend and his mom getting along made him so happy.