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Chapter 17: Relief

Mike
After the reunion with the boys, I felt even happier than I already had felt in the past 3 days. I had missed them so much, more than I had realised.

It was cute seeing Dustin and Lucas reunite with El, and it was great to see Will and El meet, and I could already tell they were going to be great friends.

El and I sat and explained how she had amazingly hot herself out of the upside down and how I found her. They all looked so happy both for me and I was happy to have everyone back. Things were finally going to go back to normal.

After a while, Will bought up the subject I had been dreading since I let them in. Max. I knew at some point I would have to face her and come to terms with the fact that she wasn't going anywhere and I was going to have to accept that. After all, I'm sure she can't be that bad..

After being convinced by all 3 boys of how great Max was, I hesitantly encouraged Will to call her over. He contacted her using his radio, I guess they had given her one too. He told her they had something important they needed to talk to her about, with Mike. He gave her the address and she replied with 'I'll see you in 10!'

She sounded nervous, maybe she wasn't so stuck up, bitchy and controlling as I had always imagined her to be.

I was most scared about telling her everything. However, I knew that if we were going to get along and be friends, she would have to know all that had happened, and what me and these boys have been through together.

They were everything to me, I didn't realise how much I had missed them. I was glad to have them back in my life.

El looked nervous that I was allowing a person neither of us knew in the house, and I was too. But I trust the boys, and if they trust her. So do I.

I squeezed her hand in a comforting way. I felt her relax and we exchanged smiles.

God, she was so beautiful. She made me so happy, and I was beyond happy to have her back.

I felt a sense of relief that I had my best friends back, yes I have El, but if I didn't have them back, I would have that constant feeling that something was missing.

Because it was, but now they weren't, he felt complete.

He felt relief.