Summer 1985 - Mileven/Jopper/Lumax

Chapter 15: To Be Nice

The crisp morning air surrounded the five pajama wearing teens standing outside the boy's tents, deciding what to do for breakfast. Joyce and Hopper were already dressed and preparing bacon and eggs, but Will really wanted to take up Chris's mom on the breakfast offer; to be nice, of course.

"Guys, she invited us! We should go!" Will said kindly, but adamantly. El threw him a smirk, causing him to blush and avert his gaze.

"I'm fine with whatever!" Dustin says, "just as long as I eat soon!" Mike shrugs, not caring one way or another either. "You good with that Max?" the freckled-faced boy asks, "or are you gonna try to fight Kimberly again?"

Rolling her eyes, she flips him off. "Shut up Wheeler, me and her are fine now so I don't care."

"Yeah, because now I'm her man," Lucas says, shimmying his shoulders causing the whole group to burst out in laughter, besides Max who rolls her eyes and elbows him in the arm.

The group eventually decides to get dressed and make the same hike as yesterday to meet the other teens. "More for us!" the chief says excitedly. Joyce lets out a chuckle and nods, "I'm glad they made friends here," she says while leaning against the side of the table.

Hopper moves from his place near the grill and traps her much smaller body against his. "I'm glad they've been out of our hair," he mumbles into her ear, "more time for..." Smacking his stomach lightly, she leans up on her tippy toes to press a kiss to his lips.

"Quiet," she mumbles against them, feeling him smile into it. He pulls away to kiss down her neck, his body slightly moving off of hers giving her a chance to free herself.

"I don't think so Hop," she says dismissively, "we have to start packing our stuff up!" Nodding, he looks down at her; the lust that was over him just moments ago replaced with a soft look of concern, "you sad about leaving tomorrow?" he asks curiously.

Shrugging her shoulders, she tilts her head to the side. "Not really, this one was of my favorite trips here and I've had so much fun," she says, "but I think I'm ready to go back to home with everyone," she says sweetly.

Nodding, he gives her a sly smile. "I can hear it now," he says dramatically, "Joyce Byers and that asshole sheriff go camping with a bunch of kids, come back an item!" She throws her head back in laughter, the sun radiating off her slightly-tanned face and Hopper has never felt luckier.

"All I'm saying is I'm surprised one of the twins hasn't kissed me by now," Dustin says with the utmost honesty in his voice. Max looks at him in disgust, baffled by what she's hearing. "And why on Earth would that surprise you?" she asks, her voice getting higher with every word.

"The electricity....you guys know what I'm talking about, right?" Dustin asks slyly.

He had developed a weird, unexpected friendship with Steve Harrington after he and the older boy both sat in the Wheeler's living room waiting on Karen and Ted to figure out where their children were. Ever since then they hung out a few times, Dustin introducing Steve to a few arcade games and Steve sharing his wide array of experiences and girl advice.

Despite the fact he got dumped for Will's 'weird brother', he's still positive the guy knows what he's talking about.

"Oh god, not again," Mike groaned, "is this more bullshit from Steve?" Eyes wide due to the insult towards Steve, he defends his honor. "It is not bullshit, Michael!" he protests, "I'm telling you the electricity is real."

Rolling his eyes, Mike is grateful when he sees the red tents Chris and his friends are residing in. Once again, Amanda is the first to spot them and enthusiastically waves them over.