Finding El •Stranger Things • ( ON HOLD)

So Close

Feb 3, 1984        4:01 pm

MIKE'S P.O.V
It's that girl. The girl from the physiatrist office. My eyes widen. I'm in disbelief. "Who the hell is she?" Lucas asks. "The girl I was talking about. The girl who knew my name." I say, my eyes not looking away from her. "Mental." Dustin says. I take three steps towards her. She doesn't stop looking at me. "Mike what the heck are you doing!" Will exclaims. I turn back to look at Will. He looks so pale, almost sick like. "It's okay, Will." The little girl says. I turn around, shocked. "H-How do you know his name?" I ask. She looks up, grinning. "We've been to places before."

WILL'S P.O.V
I feel sick. So so sick. Mike turns towards me and asks me if I knew who the little girl was. And the truth is, I don't. I don't know her so how does she know me? I feel my stomach turn. No. Not in front of my friends. I stumble backwards and fall against a tree. I sit down and stare at the floor. "Well do you?" Mike asks again. "I think there's something wrong with Will." Dustin says and he runs towards me. "Are you okay?" He asks. I look up. "Yeah" I say shakily. I can't lie now. "No he's not" Lucas says and he crouches down next to me. "We need to get help." Lucas says. "What? No!" Mike says. "Uh, yes." Lucas says. "Look at him!" I don't want this attention on me. I just want everything to go back to normal. "We can't get help until I find out how this girl can help!" Mike says. "Are you kidding me Mike? You only care about yourself!"
"I care about Will! But I also care about eleven!"
"Whatever mike. You're just girl blind."
"I am not!"
"Yes you are! You can go ahead and think for yourself but I'm going to get Hopper." Lucas says before walking angrily away.

MIKE'S P.O.V
I turn to look at Will. Dustin is sitting next to him looking at me. I always screw things up. What's wrong with me? Suddenly I hear sobbing. I turn around to see 12 crying. Great. I walk up to her and crouch in front of her. "Hey. I'm sorry about that. It's my fault. There's nothing to be afraid of. We don't bite. The boy who walked away was Lucas, the boy with short brown hair is Will, the boy next to him is Dustin, and I'm Mike." I reached out my hand. She just stared at it. At least she stopped crying. "Uhm, do you have a name?" She showed me her wrist. Right. "12. Right. Okay. Hi 12." We stared at each other for a moment. "So.. can you help me find my friend, 11?" She looked at me and nodded her head. A feeling of relief swept through me. "How can you help me?" She looked at me for a second then walked towards our carving tree, looking at the pictures. "That's our carving tree. We carve pictures of things we like. Or don't like. It just depends on how we're feeling. How can this help me find 11?" She didn't answer me, but instead walked to the back of the tree. I followed her. Dustin looked at me in confusion. I shrugged my shoulders. She looked the tree up and down before locking eyes with my carving of el. Her eyes saddened. "Eleven..."
"Yes. That's eleven. Can you find her?" I ask. She looked at me and backed up. She then closed her eyes and stared down. She squinted her eyes really hard, like she was concentrating on something. Me and Dustin look at each other, then at the girl. In her concentration, she said "eleven." All I can do is watch her. She then screams "ELEVEN!" And I step back. All of a sudden, a very strong gush of wind came from the west, shaking the trees, and making Will come up from his thoughts. Dustin, Will and I look up at the sky. Huge clouds of gray formed above our heads, and a huge lighting strike struck the top of our carving tree, making Dustin and Will stand up in fright. We watch as 12 extends her right arm in front of her, exactly what el did when she was killing the Demogorgon. Her eyes still shut, 12 said "eleven" again. A huge crackling noise came from the carving tree, and I backed up next to 12. All of a sudden the tree grew taller and taller, almost touching the gray clouds above. What is going on? I look next to me to see streams of blood coming from 12's ears. "IVE FOUND YOU!" she screams. I look at the tree. It has stopped growing. The tree then glowed a dark shade of red. The wind was blowing harder then ever, leaves falling on my face. I slowly walk towards the tree. I go up to it and press my hand up to it. It's freezing cold. I peer inside. Nobody's there. I'm disappointed as I pull my head back, hand still on the trees glowing red trunk. I jump back when a hand forcefully presses up against mine, on the inner side of the tree. I automatically know who is it by the ripped jacket and pink dress. It's... EL!
"EL!" I scream banging against the tree, head pushed against it. El pushes her face against mine, so I can see her whole body. She looks pale. "Mike... MIKE! MIKE!" She screams as she bangs against the inner side of the tree. Our bodies are almost touching, the trunk of the tree being the only thing separating us. "EL! Are you okay!" I scream, tears falling down my face. "Mike.. help...please..."
"IM COMING FOR YOU EL I PROMISE! I PROMISE ILL GET YOU OUT OF THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!"
"Promise..." el says tears streaming down her face.
"I PROMISE EL I PROMISE!" The tears was coming out of my face, streaming like a river.
"It's scary here mike..."
"I KNOW EL I KNOW" I say between sobs.
"I'm going to get you el.... I promise."
Our hands was still pressed against each others... so close but so far away. All of a sudden els face started to get browner, as pieces of wood started to grow in front of me. No. No. No. I turn around to see 12 barely holding her hand forward, face white as snow with blood all over her clothes. She was growing weaker. I turn around to see el banging on the tree. "MIKE..WAIT..PLEASE..." "NO EL!" I say. I start to try tearing pieces of bark off the tree, just to talk to her for a little longer. She's crying so hard. I am too. I start tearing HUGE chunks of bark off, sobbing, my hands bleeding from the cuts the bark is making while I'm tearing it off. I don't even care about the blood. I just want el. Soon I realized I can't stop the bark growing back, and el realized it too. So, as me and el locked eyes for the last moment, all I can stammer is "I love you..." and I press my other hand against the bark. The last thing I see of El is her looking into my eyes, pressing her other hand against mine. "I...love...." is all I hear from her before she disappears once again from my life. I stare at the bark for a second, while it shrunk back to normal size, clouds parting, wind calming. I stare at the carving of el, sobbing, and I slowly fall to my knees, making two huge blood streaks where me and el (almost) touched. I sit there, sobbing into the ground, when I hear a thud. I turn around to see 12 unconscious. All I can do is lay on the ground, sobbing, staring at my bloody hands. I was so close.

WILLS P.O.V
I stare in disbelief at Mike on the floor. What just happened? I look at Dustin. "Mental." Is all he says, his mouth in an O. I feel sicker then ever. I think of all that has happened in the last year. Mental was exactly the word for it. The world started turning, my stomach churning. "Will, are you okay?" Dustin asks, looking at me. I stare at him a moment. "No." Is all I said before collapsing to the floor. The world slowly fades to black.

END OF CHAPTER. I literally cried while writing this. What do you think will happen next? Until next time...
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