Finding El •Stranger Things • ( ON HOLD)

February

February 1, 1984 3:50 pm
MIKES P.O.V
February. The month of love. I sit on my couch in the basement and stare off into the distance at my wall. It's been, I don't even know how many months since the love of my life, eleven, has disappeared. Since then I haven't felt much love for things like I used to. D&D seems stale to me now, and I haven't really connected with my family or friends much. I come home from school, eat, and stare until I happen to fall asleep. IF I even fall asleep that night. That's been another issue. I will lay there, close my eyes, and say to myself "sleep", but whenever I do, I just see images. Images of el, and images of her, dying... no. She's not dead. I feel it. Everyone says she is, but I know el. El is strong. She is the one who kept me going, who believed in me. And I believe in her. I know she's not dead. Dustin is the only one who doesn't think I'm crazy. But I think the only reason he agrees with me is because he's being nice. *sigh* I don't know. I don't know anything anymore. My thoughts broke when my mom opened the door. "Come on sweetie it's time for dinner!" " I don't want any" I said. "Come on Mike you haven't eaten anything in three days!" " I said I don't want any!"

KARENS P.O.V
I'm shocked. He has never yelled at me like that before. "Ok" is all I say before shutting the door. I turn away, tears forming in my eyes. What's wrong with my baby boy? I walk to the living room where Ted is watching tv. "Ted something is seriously wrong with Mike. He's been acting so depressed the past few months, and he's getting worse day by day. He's not even eating!" I say in a weary voice. "I'm sure he's fine, just give him time." He says. He's not even paying attention to me. "Time! This is not about time, he's really hurt!" "His girlfriend just died Karen, I'm sure he'll find some other short-haired brown eyed girl." He said as he munched on another chip. "God Ted you make me so angry sometimes!" I thought for a moment. "I'm calling Joyce. Maybe he just needs to be around his friends." "You do that" says Ted. I sighed and went to the telephone. After a few rings a familiar voice answered on the other end. "Karen?"
"Hey, Joyce, is Will home?"
"Yeah,why?"
"Mike hasn't been doing so well lately, and I thought that maybe you could get Will, Dustin and Lucas to stop by."
"Oh well of course! He's just finishing up with homework but I'm sure they would love to stop by!"
"Thanks so much Joyce."
"No problem"
"Bye"
"Bye."
I hang up the phone, biting my nails. I turn slowly and anxiously sit down at the kitchen table. My eyes start to water and tears started falling down. I want my happy baby boy back.

JOYCES P.O.V
I hang up the phone and turned around towards my son, Will. I lost him in the upside down a few months ago, and now I vowed to always watch over him and to keep our life in order. He's drawing a picture of a dragon breathing out fire while three wizards shoot fireballs at him. "I see your wizards are finally shooting fireballs and not cabbages." I say smiling. He looks up smiling and says "yeah." "I also see that you are not doing your homework."
"I was, but"
"No buts, the journey of your wizards can wait. Like I said, work then play."
"Fine."
He shoved the picture under his algebra and continued on his homework. "Also," I say sitting down, "you, Dustin and Lucas need to go down to Mikes and cheer him up."
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Karen didn't say, what do you think is wrong?"
"Uh, I don't know" he said

WILLS P.O.V
I knew exactly what is wrong. He was sad that eleven was dead. I don't know when he's gonna get over her. Probably never. I hurry and finish my algebra then rush to my room. I grab my walkie-talkie and lift the antenna.

MIKES P.O.V
I stare off into the distance again, feeling guilty of how I yelled at my mom. I've never done that before. It's so not me. "I'm the monster" I hear El say in my head. Maybe I'm turning into the monster. My train of thought is stopped when I hear static come from my walkie-talkie. "Mike it's me, Will. Please pick up. Over." I stand up and grab the walkie-talkie. "Hey it's mike, what do you want, over."
"I was wondering if you wanted me, Dustin and Lucas to come down for a new tournament of dungeons and dragons. I've got a whole new plot and I think you're gonna love it."
"Not right now, will. I'm kinda not in the mood."
"Which is an even better reason to play."
"Thanks but no thank you."
"Cmon, it will be fun."
"No"
"Cmonnn mike, you'll love it I promise."
"Will please"
"Mike PLEASEE"
He kept babbling on about the new characters he got and how he needs to level them up. Can he not see that I'm not in a good mood? All of a sudden the light in my room became brighter and Wills voice became louder and louder, making my blood boil and my head pound and-
"WILL I SAID NO! LEAVE ME ALONE! OVER AND OUT!" I then threw my walkie-talkie across the room. I looked around. I became dizzy. I then looked at the dungeons and dragons board. And in that moment I became angry. Angry that no one will leave me alone. Angry that no one believes that eleven is still alive. Angry she is gone. I became so angry I lifted up the board and ripped it apart, tears streaming across my face. I threw the board on the ground and kicked the chair over. I then ran into El's fort, and sobbed into the cover. I'm not a monster, I just need help.

WILLS P.O.V
I put the walkie-talkie down and lied on my bed, staring at the ceiling. I could feel my cheeks becoming red. Why was Mike being so mean? I heard a knock on the door. "Come in" I said. It was my mom. "So, what did Mike say?" I didn't say anything. Tears filled my eyes. My mom looked worried.
"Sweetie what happened?"
I turned my head towards her.
"Mom, Mike needs help."

KARENS P.O.V
I heard a crash coming from the basement. I opened the door and ran down the steps. "MIKE? OH MY GOODNESS MIKE WHERE ARE YOU!?
"leave me alone!"
I turned to see Mike lying in his fort.
"No mike, you can't just ignore your feeling like this!" I say. I crawl inside the fort and grabbed mike and held him in my arms. His head rested on my chest.
"Mom, I really miss El." Mike said through sobbing. All I could do was kiss his head and say "everything will be ok."

MIKES P.O.V
I lay there in my moms arms crying, crying out all of my feelings I had bundled up inside me. It felt good, lying there, the world still. I think about El. How disappointed she would be of me. How she risked her life for me, and I'm sitting here crying like a baby. But I can't help it. It hurts so much. I think of our kiss, and how soft her lips felt, and her smile. I then knew what I had to do. After sobbing and calming my heartbeat, I looked up at my mom.
"Mom?" I said.
"Yes sweetie?" She said.
"I want to see a psychiatrist."

END OF CHAPTER!
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(Don't worry mike doesn't stay depressed and moody for long!)
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