Eleven has been going to school for a month now, it wasn't as hard as she thought it'd. Mike was always there by her side. Along with Lucas, dustin and will. Her and will became really close together. Sharing secrets and laughing jokes out. It kinda annoyed Mike that she doesn't pay attention to him anymore when she actually does. He just thinks that.
And to her, well. She hated max ever since she saw her with Mike in the schools gym. And that built up a not so ending jealousy.
Mike wanted to tell her not to talk to will ever again but that'd not be acceptable because they're all close friends and he doesn't want to ruin that.
She knew max was all over Lucas. Which she didn't understand since a while back Lucas was not fond with having girls around at all. She loved them together as long as max stays away from Mike.
It was time to go home as eleven stood outside to wait for hopper to pick her up. He's always 10 minutes or so late, it was okay because then she could have some time to chat with the boys.
She heard laughing and giggling from behind her and turned around.
It was mike and and max again. This time he was on her skateboard as he held both of her arms so he doesn't fall.
Eleven was boiling. She couldn't stand the view at all. She got so mad.
"Mike let go of Me! Skate on your own you can do it." Max said as Mike still held her arms. Of course eleven wasn't going to leave it so she decided to break in.
"Mike." Eleven said and both of them looked at her Mike quickly leaving max's arms. "El I didn't see you there." He swallowed and got off the skateboard. Max got the hint and picked her skateboard up.
Eleven glared max before she could notice and looked back at Mike. "He's- he's late. I want to go home." El said almost tearing up. She didn't know why she felt like crying but she didn't know what the thing she felt towards seeing Mike and max together meant. She felt as if it didn't make sense and it was confusing her.
"It's okay, I'll get you home." Mike said giving her a sweet smile which comforted her. They said bye bye to max, well only Mike, and got on mikes bike.
The ride was complete silence, el rested her head on his shoulder and her arms around his waist. Mike wanted to speak up but he didn't want to argue. He did want to talk he just didn't know when, or how.
They arrived at the cabin and eleven got off the bike not saying anything and headed towards the door opening it. Hopper was late because he's a pretty busy cop and she understood that.
Mike got inside with her, he knew what he did was wrong.. at least eleven thought it was wrong. Him and max are only friends. He needed to make it clear to el.
"Eleven? Is everything okay?" He asked as eleven looked at him and shrugged.
"..are you jealous?" He asked again and she furrowed her brows. Of course she didn't know what that meant.
"What is jealous?" She asked.
"It's that feeling you got when you saw me and max." Mike asked. He was trying to not make her feel bad as hard as He could.
"Doesn't matter." She said sitting down.
"It matters to me, el. Max is just a friend." He said trying to get her attention because she wasn't sharing any eye contact with him.
"Go to her Mike, I know that she's not only a friend." El said still not looking at him.
"El? Seriously? I didn't wait for 353 days for you to say that!" She finally looked at him now. He was definitely hurt, remembering those days broke his heart, very bad.
She stood up and didn't know what to say, she wanted to apologise but she didn't know how. Her voice was gone it's like she couldn't talk.
"If I liked her more than a friend I wouldn't have called you for 353 days, I wouldn't have depended my life on waiting for you." Mike said not breaking eye contact. Then he started taking steps back. He wanted to give her some space because she seemed so confused.
"Mike wait." She finally spoke. She hugged him. Then she pulled away and looked at him. "I am jealous, I'm jealous because i want you to care about me and only me." She confessed. She knew that sounded selfish but she couldn't help it.
"I do care about You, more than I care about myself, do You care about me just as much as I care about You?" El nodded quickly.
"I care about you too, Mike." El said smiling. Mike immediately smiled back. He loved seeing her smile. It made him feel something different, good different. Nothing compares to el. Not max, not anyone. He fell for el. Not max, not anyone.
