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Secrets Secrets

•Mike POV•
I woke up the next morning with El's arm and leg sprawled on top of me, the sheets conpletely twisted around. She moved around a lot in her sleep, we still haven't been able to figure out why.

I moved her arm and leg, careful not to wake her. She didn't wake up, did I also mention she sleeps like a rock.

I got up to brush my teeth and start getting ready. When I began to brush my teeth I felt two small arms hug me from the back.

I looked to see El poke out her head from behind me and laugh sleepily.

"What do you have planned for today? I know you said you have planned a bunch of activities for the group," she said as she sat on the bathroom counter

"to-ay, we ar gonna go o he Ar de Riumph." I said, still brushing my teeth.

"Ooh! The Arc de Triomphe! I studied that in French class, and the traffic can be awful getting there so we might wanna leave soon." She replied

I nodded my head and she ran off to get ready. I washed off my tooth brush and went to change as well. She had changed into a purple t-shirt, some jean shorts and her high top converse. She went into the bathroom and began to put her hair into a pony tail. Once she had completed her makeup, we went and knocked on the others rooms.

First we went into Will and Dustin's room. El immediately looked around confused.

"hey Mike? how come we have a bigger room than them?" crap.

I looked to Will, my face starting to turn red from fear.

"Uh-"

"Because! um because they ran out of the uh-"

"Big rooms!" I finished after me and Will had just almost died trying to keep a secret.

I mentally high-fived him and Dustin was standing there just plain confused at what had just happened.

"uh, ok," El began.

"I'm gonna go over to Lucas and Max's room now,
anybody wanna come?" She offered and Dustin followed along, leaving Will and I.

"Dude, that was close!" He said as soon and the door had shut.

"It's what friends are for. Hey, just out of curiosity, how much bigger is the suite?" He asked me.

I lead him to the room, opening the door. His jaw immediately dropped as he surveilled the room.

"And the best boyfriend award goes tooooo Mike Wheeler!" He said in a cheesey anouncer voice making me laugh.

"Come on, lets get going." I said and he nodded.

•Dustin POV•
We went to the Arc, and it was fun, took up most of our day though. We went back to the hotel afterwards and ended up having dinner there.

We all said goodnight and went to bed, but the wheels in my head were still turning. What was the big secret? It seemed like Mike was keeping something from El. Did he have a present for her? Oh my God, was El pregnant and she didn't know? But that doesn't make sense, she is the one holding the baby. I am so confused.

•Eleven POV•
Mike had decided that every other day we would just hang out at the hotel, and i'm not mad about it. This place is really nice!

The pool is beautiful, oh did I mention there are 2 POOLS? One inside and one outside! Also a hot tub inside and outside! There were saunas and steam rooms in the inside pool area, and I loved the steam room. Except for the fact that you cant breathe.

I got my nails done at the hotel salon, and I asked Mike if I could get one of those cool massages, but he said maybe later in the week.

At the moment, everybody was off doing their own thing. Mike and I were in the room watching TV. The bed was all made so we didn't get under the covers, even though I was cold. I had rested my head on his chest and he had his arm around me.

I think he had fallen asleep because he didn't notice when I left the room. I went to Max's and knocked on the door. I remembered the other 3 guys had gone out to do something in the spa, so I knew she would be alone.

She answered as soon as I knocked. She noticed the worried expression on my face.

"Hey, you alright?" She asked and I nodded.

"I know it's like stupid, but Mike has been acting all weird, and so have Will and Lucas. I feel like they are hiding something," I admitted and she froze covering her mouth. That was a big reaction.

"I know too, and I need you to leave so I don't tell you." She said, confusing me even more.

I left and went back to my room, Mike still sleeping. I laid down next to him and propped myself up on my elbows. I leaned in and kissed him, waking him up.

"Hey," he said in a raspy voice.

"Everybody is hiding something from me," I said with a frown.

His face went blank making me even more confused than I already am. "Mike..."

"Ok ok fine I'll tell you." he said smiling.

"You know that restaurant, the one inside the eiffel tower?" he asked me and I nodded excitedly.

"Well, I was gonna bring you there, as like an early birthday present." he said beginning to blush.

I looked at him for a minute and smiled lightly.

"I have the best boyfriend in the world." I finished before kissing him on the cheek and laying down next to him. Wow, and to think I got so paranoid.

•Mike POV•
(time jump to week 2 in Paris)
We are halfway through our second week in Paris, we went shopping, we visited a bunch of different places, it has been really awesome.

We leave saturday morning, so we decided to go out to dinner one last time tonight (it is Thursday btw) and then we would spend our last day at the hotel.

I was excited to take El to the restaurant tonight, everybody else was coming too and they were all very excited. But since I told her, she has been awaiting her trip to the Eiffel Tower restaurant she has been telling me about since our senior year in high school, and I couldn't wait to take her.

Since it was a little dressy, I decided I'd really work on my appearance. I spent a long time making sure my hair was perfect, now I know why El takes so much time to ger ready. I put on a dress shirt, a black tie with black dress pants and black dress shoes. Very uniform, I know. But as I said, this place is dressy, and also expensive, and I wanted everything to be perfect.

I finished getting ready and waited for El. She takes a long time when getting ready, especially to go somewhere fancy.

She finally finished and came out of the bathroom. Wow, she looked gorgeous. She was wearing an off the shoulder dark red dress that was shorter in the front and longer in the back. She had a diamond necklace, black heels and a black clutch. And to make her look even more beautiful than she already did, she had loosely curled her hair which swayed wit her every time she took a step.

I stood there, probably looking like an idiot, looking at her with awe. "Wow, you look-"

She looked at me with worried eyes, thinking I was gonna say something else. "You look absolutely beautiful, El." I finished making her smile.

"Not too bad yourself." She said laughing and grabbing my hand.

Tonight was really going to be perfect.

If you didn't notice, I used this chapter name in one of the previous books!! Next chapter will hopefully be up late tonight, if not tonight tomorrow morning or afternoon. Hope you enjoyed!!
-Ava