Eleven walked up the hill, towards the power lines Mike and Jess had talked about, her hands shaking a bit.
She looked around, anxious that she might be seen and looked down at Mike's watch.
"Three-one-five. Three-one-five. Three-one-five."
She paced around, looking at the watch when she heard a meow.
She looked to see a cat, her eyes widening, breathing heavily.
She furrowed her eyebrows, her lips trembling as her mind flashed back to when she had failed to complete an experiment where she had to hurt a cat.
She was supposed to be punished for it, but she killed one of the bad men that was locking her in that room that she absolutely hated.
Apparently what she did pleased her 'Papa' and she wasn't forced to be in the room.
"El!"
"¡Once!"
She turned to see Mike, Jess, Dustin, and Lucas coming up with their bikes.
Her eyes widened at the sight of Jess' face.
Jess noticed and smiled sheepishly.
"You okay?" Mike asked, walking closer to her with his bike.
She nodded, reassuring Mike.
Mike tapped on his seat, looking at her.
"Hop on. We only have a few hours."
She walked towards Mike, getting on his bike, Mike getting on as well.
She held onto his jacket, holding on tightly as they rode off, Jess and Mike going at the same speed, going behind Lucas and Dustin.
X
The five kids were walking through the woods, Mike, Jess, and Eleven ahead of Dustin and Lucas.
Eleven looked at Mike, and then to Jess.
"Why did they hurt you two?"
Mike looked at Eleven, surprised by her question.
"What?"
Eleven pointed at his chin and at Jess' bruised cheek.
"Oh, that. Uh...I just fell at recess and Jess ran into a pole."
Jess frowned, shaking her head at Eleven.
"Mike..."
"Yeah?"
"Friends tell the truth."
Mike hesitated before sighing.
"I was tripped by this mouthbreather Troy, and Jess was punched in the face by his mouthbreather minion, okay?"
"Mouthbreather?"
"Yeah, you know...a dumb person. A knucklehead." Jess explained, looking at her.
"Knucklehead?"
"I don't know why I just didn't tell you. Everyone at school knows. I just didn't want you to think I was such a wastoid, you know?"
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Bookworm & Toothless (Stranger Things AU) #Wattys2018
FanfictionJessica Hernandez. Best friends with Mike Wheeler, Will Byers, Lucas Sinclair and Dustin Henderson. A real pottymouth. Known as the Scholar of the group. Or 'Bookworm' to Troy and his 'minions'. She doesn't like to admit it but, she has a die-hard c...
