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

84. The key is under the mat

84. The key is under the mat.

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Mike had been left home alone. Ted no longer lived in the Wheeler house, Nancy was at university with Jonathan in New York, Karen had taken Holly to her swimming lesson. All Mike wanted at this moment in time, was to cuddle his girlfriend.

He sighed heavily, sitting up properly from the couch. Mike sighed again and looked at where the Lay-Z-Boy. His mom had bought a new one from when she saved up the money she now makes. Even though it wasn't as worn away as the one his 'father' slept on, it still held a happy memory of El's laugh when he sat her down on it for the first time.

Mike wrapped his blanket around himself a little bit tighter, as he walked over to the phone, and dialled the number has had memorised long before he'd met El. Hopper and El had moved into the Byers' home, just before Jonathan moved away to college.

(It was nice having Jonathan and Will share a room, it was just like the old days when they had to share because Will's room was still being built. But they had so much fun when they were sharing a room all that time ago).

"Hello?" came the sweet voice of Jane "El" Hopper, over the other end, as Mike smiled happily, having gotten the right person on the other end.

"Hi, sweetheart," Mike said, and on the other end of the line, El smiled so brightly, it could rival that of the sun.

El was lucky enough to have a phone in her own room, the supercom sat proudly on her bedside table, for when she didn't want to tie up the phone line and wanted to have a happy and PRIVATE conversation with him. "Hi, Mike!" she bounced on her toes, smiling down the line.

"Mom has taken Holly to her swimming lesson, you wanna come over and watch Star Wars?" Mike offers, making El smile and laugh happily.

"Of course!" It honestly didn't matter what movie it was, she always loved spending time with Mike.

"The key is under the mat," Mike says, making El roll her eyes and sigh a little.

"I know, Michael, I'll see you in 10 minutes,"