unbreakable promise || mileven

purple swimsuit

this whole story is in the perspective of mike. just an fyi.

i stepped up the crooked wooden stairs and made my way towards the door. i looked around. the forest a vast shade of greens. it was pretty cool. i turned back around a lifted my hand towards the door. i knocked. the secret knock. i can't tell you what the secret knock is because then it wouldn't be secret, but when i was finished i stood back and waited. i heard her footsteps as she made her way towards the door and i then i heard the locks being turned. she opened the door and smiled. "mike!" she was beautiful. wearing one of my sweatshirts and a pair of jeans, she jumped into my arms and the hug lasted like a lifetime. i set her back down onto the ground and smiled. "el." i whispered and grabbed her hand. pulling her inside and closing the door behind us. 

it was the middle of summer, and in hawkins it could get up to 40 degrees (celsius oops sorry i'm canadian eh). "do you know how to swim?" i asked el as i walked across the room. she turned towards me confused. "um. kind of. papa put me in t- " she paused, not knowing how to pronounce the word i had just taught her. "tanks." i repeated to her and she nodded. "well," i started as i pulled a purple swim suit out of my backpack. "wanna learn?" i held the suit out to her and she tilted her head, obviously confused. "it's something people do for fun when it's hot out. at the quarry. the waters cold and it help cool you down. hopper said it would be okay because joyce can pick us up in 5 minutes and joyce will watch us so you won't get into any trouble. she jumped up and down, a smile on her face. "swimming!" i laughed and she joined in too. i walked back over to her and handed her the swim suit, telling her to put it on, then waited outside. 

i heard a creek from the door as she walked outside. she looked so beautiful. i smiled and held out my hand to her when she reached the bottom of the stairs. as i kissed her on the cheek we were scared to hear joyce's car horn as she rolled down her window. "hey love birds!" i looked back over at el and watched her go red as i led her to the car.