seeing double | mileven

-two

mike and el hadn't really talked since their fight. mike had tried to call her, but hopper picked up. he knew el was mad, but he didn't understand why she was so mad. it's not like he purposely lied. he just didn't tell her. there was never a good time. richie was complicated, and mike didn't really want to explain where someone he hated was or who he was.

"boys! time for dinner!" their mom screamed. mike slowly walked upstairs, dreading family dinner. richie was coming down stairs, from their room. "hey mike," richie said. "don't." mike responded. "don't what? i haven't seen you in like 3 years mike, and you won't even say hey? wow okay,"richie said, heading into the dining room, sitting at his place.

having richie home was weird for everyone, but it was the weirdest for richie. he hadn't seen his family in 3 years. he had never really met holly and so she was really shy around him, mike hated him now, and nancy was never around. besides that everyone treated him like he would break anytime anything happened. "honey, stop playing with your food." karen said to richie. this made mike realize that he was also playing with his food and they both stopped. "i missed you rich," nancy said, walking in and taking her seat at the table. "i missed you too nance," he responded. mike rolled his eyes.

as they finished, mike started heading down to the basement. "mike where are you going?" his dad asked. "i'm sleeping downstairs again tonight," he responded. "oh no you aren't, you have school tomorrow and you need to sleep in an actual bed," karen said. "not to mention you haven't slept in there since richie came home. you guys need to reconnect," added ted. "fine," mike said, rolling his eyes and heading upstairs.

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"el, it's time for school!" hopper yelled throughout the cabin. "i don't want to!" el screamed back. "you have to!" he screamed back. after about 30 minutes, el walked out of her room. she had done her make-up and hair, and she was wearing one of hop's flannels with overalls over it.

"that's one of my favorite flannels! i've been looking for it!" he said as el walked over and sat at the table. "but it looks super cute on me, and you know it," el said, giggling as she picked up a waffle and scarfed it down. "let's go,"hop said. they walked out and got into his truck.

"i really don't want to go!" el said as they pulled up to the school. "i know. but you have to," hop responded. "fine! i'll see you after school," el said, walking off. "have a good day kid, i love you!" hopper screamed out the window, making el speed walk into the school. she felt bad about fighting with mike, and they had first period together, so she decided to apologize to him.

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she got into the school, and she waited as long as she possibly could to go to class without actually being late. she walked into class right before the bell rang. she looked around and noticed that there was only one seat left, in between mike and richie. fuck. el thought to herself. "take a seat ms. hopper," the teacher said in a slightly angry voice.

she slowly walked over and sat in between the two boys. she could feel them both staring at her. which made her panic a little bit. it also made it even harder to focus on her school work. she felt a note hit the bottom of her leg, and she bent down to pick it up.

when she opened it she noticed it was from max. which she thought was weird because her and max still weren't close and had never really got along, but she opened it anyways. it took her a little bit to actually read the note. it read "hey, what's up with you and mike?" the fact that max was asking her this made el mad. really mad. she has no right to be asking me this. she doesn't even know mike. or me el thought to herself as she crumpled up the paper and tossed it to the side of her desk.

after what felt like forever the bell rang. el could feel her heart throbbing, and it felt like it might just pop out. she slowly got up from her seat. "mike, i'm sorry," she said walking up to the curly headed boy. he didn't respond. he just kept walking. "i'm sorry i freaked out when your brother showed up!" she said as he turned down the hall. "i was just angry. i felt betrayed, and for some reason it made me feel like maybe you didn't love me anymore," she continued catching up to him. "which i know as crazy," she paused. "mike please say something, please!" she said grabbing his arm and turning him to face her.

"it's okay," he said. el hugged him, and as she pulled away, she leaned in. then the freckled boy pushed his lips against hers. but it felt weird. there was this weird feeling, a sort of spark, that el had never felt when she had kissed mike in the past. it made her pull back. "sorry," el said with bright red cheeks. "you're fine," he responded with a smirk, which somehow made el turn even more red. they sat there for a few seconds, staring into each other's eyes. the boy pulled her into another tight hug. el smiled from ear to ear.

just then she saw someone looking at them. 'mike?' she thought to herself. her brain was turning in circles. now she wasn't sure if it was mike she kissed, until she turned to the boy who gave her that unfamiliar, amazing, spark.

"thanks for the smooch baby," richie said with a wink, and walked away. elevens eyes widened and she looked back to where mike was standing, but he had turned around and started walking quickly down the stairs.. 'oh no what did i just do' el thought. she ran down the hallway in search of mike, no luck. the bell ring for next period and she decided to look for him at lunch and explain everything.

finally lunch came, but mike was no where to be found. and neither was richie, which didn't help settle els nerves. "where the hell could they be?" el asked herself, pausing for a second after she said they. 'why did i feel like that when he kissed me' el thought to herself as she continued to check the school. the bell rang before she could find them.

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authors note

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