the real world | mileven

Zombie Girl

El took a breath as she looked at herself in the mirror. She had finally chosen an outfit for the first day of school... and she looked okay.

She looked pretty.

Her hair, grown out longer now, reached just above her shoulders. She had straightened it with some help from Joyce.

She was wearing white converse with her black leggings. She had on a light gray tee, and since it was still warm outside, she went without a jacket.

She didn't want to make too big of an impression, so she went simple.

She also had learned about makeup from Nancy, and she had bought her some basic things. It was weird to put on, but El thought it looked nice on her face. Her eyelashes looked darker and longer from the... what was it? Oh! 'Mascara.'

"El! Time to go!" Will poked his head in, his eyes widening when he saw her.

* before you ask, NO I don't ship wileven. I love Noah and Millie's friendship irl, so I wanted their characters to be close in this series!

Will smiled. "You look great!"

Eleven grinned back at him. "Yeah?" She twirled around.

Following him down the stairs, El grabbed her new white backpack off the coat rack. It was soft and had faint flower patterns.

Joyce squealed at them. "Your first day of high school!"

Will rolled his eyes as she began taking tons of pictures, but El smiled at this and posed for the camera. It was nice to have someone who cared.

                                 // Mike //

Mike asked his mom to drop him off around the block. "It's weird to be seen with your mom on the first day!" He insisted. She rolled her eyes but did as he asked.

He trudged around the corner nervously. He wanted to take care of El at school, but he was new to high school too. He couldn't show her around. He didn't know his own way around.

At least they would experience it together.

Finally he stepped inside. It was huge. Nothing like he'd experienced before. He had come here before to sign up for classes, but he'd forgotten how big it was.

He walked down to his locker and smiled when he saw Lucas and Max there already. "Hey!" Lucas greeted him.

"Hey!" Mike said. "I'm so glad we all got lockers close together."

"Me too." Max said.

Mike stared at her curiously. He didn't like her last year, and he still didn't. But she was with Eleven at the arcade ( part two if ya don't remember ) and they seemed to get along well. Maybe he would give her a chance

He smiled at her and she tilted her head in confusion. They were stopped by Dustin running up. "Hey!"

Mike talked to them for a while until Dustin's eyes got huge. "Woah," He whispered.

Mike flipped around and his mouth fell open in shock.

Eleven was walking down the hallway with Will, and she looked gorgeous.

"Pretty?" She said happily as she reached him.

Mike moved his mouth, but no sound came out.

"Dude, you look like a dying fish."

Dustin chucked to himself.

El tilted her head with a smile. "Beautiful?" She whispered.

Mike shook his head.