NEW GIRL! mileven au.

tres

"EL?" mike asked, the surprise in his voice loud and clear. he stared at me, my soaking short hair and my clothes clinging to my body. what a pervert.

"are you going to let me in, or continue to stare at me as i get soaked?" i asked rhetorically, raising a perfectly arched eyebrow.

"oh yeah, um, come in." he stepped aside, and i walked inside the house. "stay on the mat. my mom hates it when water gets into the house."

"aw, mama's boy, aren't ya?"

he ignored my question, and yelled, "nancy!" at the stairs.

"what do you want?" a voice yelled back. it must be his sister or something.

"come down, it's important!" he screamed back, and looked at me, with a sorry look on his face. and a girl came running down the stairs. she was short, and had light brown hair that was cut right above her shoulder, and her eyes were blue. her face was frecklish. just like mike's.

"what do you-" she then caught sight of me, drenched and cold. "who's this?"

"her name is el. i know her from school. and she's... why are you here?"

"i got caught in the rain. wasn't that obvious?" i asked bitterly, shaking my head.

nancy laughed, and shook her head. "i'll give you some clean clothes. do you have a way to get home?"

-

i sat on nancy's bed as she brushed my short hair it. it now reached mid-neck, and curled a bit at the bottom.

i had showered, and nancy gave me a pair of pajamas. since i couldn't get a ride home and their parents were away for the week, i was staying at their house for the night.

"so, have you made any friends at school yet?"

"not really. i mean, i guess mike and i are a bit friendly, but not really. i've been keeping to myself."

nancy nodded, and set the hairbrush down. i hopped off her bed, and out of the room.

i knocked on mike's door, and it swung open, and i smiled at mike, who was obviously standing there. "is um, is the guest room ready?"

"yeah, let me take you down to the basement."

she followed him, down, down, down, to the last floor of the house. down a long hall was the guest bedroom. in it was a twin sized bed, a nightstand, a dresser, and a lamp.

el climbed into the bed, and went under the blankets. it was nice and warm, and she smiled to herself.

"well, um. night, el." mike said to her.

"night, mike." she replied, and mike turned off the lights, everything going dark.