i lied || mileven

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"mike! time for school!" karen yelled up to mike from downstairs.

mike yawned and quickly got out of bed. he had slept in his clothes, so he decided not to change in the morning. he walked down the stairs and decided to get himself a bowl of lucky charms for breakfast. as he was pouring the cereal, nancy walked down the stairs.

"morning." she said.

"hey." mike said.

there was a loud knocking at the door. "i'll get it." mike said as he walked to the door. he opened the door and saw steve standing there, with a furious expression on his face.

"uhm, hello." mike said.

"where's nancy?" he asked.

mike turned around to look at nancy. steve couldn't see her where she was standing. nancy shook her head and whispered "no!"

mike shrugged and turned around again to face steve. "she's not here. barb picked her up to go to school early."

steve threw his hands in the air. "god dammit, barb! so nancy's at the school?"

mike rolled his eyes. "i don't know."

steve quickly ran to his car and drove away extremely fast. mike closed the door and looked at nancy. "what was that all about?"

"he's mad at me." she shrugged and got a glass of water.

"why?" mike said as he poured the milk into his cereal.

"because i broke up with him." she said, trying to make it sound casual.

"for jonathan?" mike smirked.

nancy rolled her eyes. "just go to school."

"and where will you be?" mike replied.

"i'm staying home. five bucks if mom doesn't find out." she bribed.

"deal." mike quickly shovelled the cereal into his mouth while nancy stared in disgust. he then grabbed his bag and put on his shoes. he waved goodbye to nancy as he ran out the door and hopped on his bike to drive to will's.

once mike made it to will's house, he knocked on the door like he did every morning.

"hey mike." will said as he opened the door.

"hey." mike said.

the two kids were sort of awkward because of last night. mike did feel bad that he ignored his friends, but he was just really worried about eleven.

"i'm sorry about last night." mike admitted.

will gave him a forgiving smile as he walked out of the door and hopped onto his bike. "don't sweat it."

once they had arrived at school, mike began looking for eleven. the boys parked their bikes and would walk to the front of the school, where everyone hung out until the bell rang, letting them in. kids were laughing, running around and some were playing tag. mike didn't even notice that lucas and dustin had walked up to them.

"you still gonna ignore us, mike?" lucas sighed.

"i'm sorry. really, i am." mike replied. he had no clue what lucas said next, because he spotted a girl with messy, tangled brown hair near the door. she had over-sized sweatpants, and an ugly green hoodie. she didn't even have a backpack. she looked terrified, and thats how mike knew exactly who she was.

eleven.

she looked just as terrified as she did on the night they found her in the woods. mike quickly ran up to her and gave her a huge hug. "hey, el!"

she smiled. "hi, mike."

mike took another look at her ugly brown wig, probably from the dollar store. el must have seen him looking at it, because she quickly tried to hide it with her hands. "it's ugly." she said as she looked at the ground in shame.

"no! it's not. but here." mike put his bag off of his back and pulled out the blonde curly wig. he knew she would love to wear it. her eyes lit up at the sight of it, making mike smile. he took off the brown wig and put on the nice blonde one, fast enough so nobody could see.

"you look even prettier now." mike said, making eleven blush.

the bell rang, startling el, and all of the kids raced to get inside of the school.

"it's okay, el. it just means school is starting." mike comforted her.

mike and el walked into the school right after the huge tornado of  kids were out of the way. eleven just stared at the hallway filled with kids at their lockers.

"you can share a locker with me for now since there aren't any free ones." mike suggested. el nodded, and the two walked down the hallway to mike's locker.

"locker?" eleven repeated.

"yeah, it's where you put your bag and books and stuff for school" he said.

mike did the combination as el watched in amazement that somebody could remember all of those numbers.
 
"first, we go to english class." mike told her as he put his bag in his locker. the bell rung again, and el got freaked out again by the swarm of kids running down the hall trying to get to class on time. mike grabbed eleven's hand as they swerved through the bundle of kids.

before they knew it, they were right in front of the classroom. eleven's heart was pounding out of her chest. mike noticed she looked anxious, so he squeezed her hand tighter as they walked into the classroom together. all of the kids stared at eleven and her clothes, which obviously didn't fit her properly. mike led her to the desk right beside his. "it'll be okay, el."

"promise?" she asked.

"promise." he reassured.

seconds later the teacher walked into the classroom, and el started shaking.

"good morning, class." the teacher said. "we've got a new student." eleven's heart skipped a beat when she realized he was talking about her.  "what's your name?" he asked.

she froze. she couldn't speak, or move, or anything! mike noticed that she was having a panic attack, and spoke for her. "her name is eleanor. she's my second cousin from sweden." mike said. the boys all smiled from the back of the classroom, knowing they made up that personality.

"well, hello eleanor from sweden. everyone say hello to eleanor." he smiled before sitting down on his chair.

"hello, eleanor." the class said in unison.

eleven smiled before standing up and walking to the door.

"eleanor? is everything okay?" the teacher asked, drawing the attention of all of the students again.

"um, bathroom." she said quietly.

"you have to ask. say 'mr marin, can i please use the bathroom'?" he said.

"um, mr marin....... can i please use the............ bathroom?" she managed to say. mike was extremely proud at the fact that she managed to say an entire sentence on her own!

"mike?" el asked.

mike remembered she didn't know her way around the school. "she's from sweden and she doesn't know what the bathrooms are li-"

"yes, you can go, wheeler." mr marin sighed.

"thanks." he stood up and walked with el out of the classroom. "el, are you okay?"

"yes." she lied.

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SORRY IT TOOK FOREVERRRRR FOR ME TO PUBLISH A NEW CHAPTER. HOPEFULLY IT'S ALRIGHT.