i lied || mileven

| 011 |

everything can change in only a matter of seconds. the lives of these kids sure did.
it's only been a week since dan had been arrested, and the kids were still trying to cope.

mike wheeler was sitting on his couch with eleven beside him. he found it very hard to talk to her lately. she didn't want to talk about anything to anyone.

"... el?" mike asked.

she still stared straight ahead.

"um, do you want to go to the arcade?" mike asked as a final attempt to do something with her.

she shook her head. "eggos?" she whispered.

"eggos?" mike repeated. "sure! lets go upstairs." he smiled.

eleven shook her head and pointed to an empty box of eggos on the ground. "eggos."

mike was confused. "yeah, those are eggos. do you want some?" he asked.

eleven silently got up and walked to the bathroom. mike sighed.

ever since she was adopted by dan, her relationship with mike wasn't the best. she didn't like talking and mike didn't understand why. she refused to talk about anything that happened to her while with dan. it was heartbreaking.

el looked at herself in the mirror. she wasn't the same girl as she was before. she didn't want to tell mike anything; it would only make him feel bad. she rolled up her sleeve and looked at her 011 tattoo.

"worse than papa. he was worse than papa." she glared at her tattoo.

mike knocked on the door. "el? are you okay?" 

eleven bit back tears. "y-yes. i'm okay."

mike frowned. she wasn't okay. at least hopper was going to drop by and ask el some questions about the whole case.

mike heard el sobbing as quietly as she could. she was trying to make sure mike wouldn't hear, but he did.

mike had enough. he opened the door and walked into the bathroom. he obviously felt guilty doing so, but he knew he needed to be there for her.

eleven was curled up in a ball on the ground with her head on her knees.

"el..." mike started.

she looked up at him. "i'm sorry."

he sat down beside her, "why are you sorry?"

"he told me not to tell anyone... i... i can't, mike. he'll find me... he'll find you." she trailed off.

mike wiped her tears with his hand and gave a sad smile. "he won't find us. we're safe here. hopper will ask you some questions and-"

"no."

"no? what do you mean?" mike asked.

"i can't tell him anything, mike!"

"you'll have to! el this is the only was this can get better." mike started to get frustrated.

"i will try. that's all i can promise." she frowned.

mike didn't want to argue anymore, so he just nodded and hugged her.

there was a knock at the door, and eleven jumped up and the top of her head hit mike's chin. he jerked away in pain, and eleven looked at the ground.

"it's just the door. probably hopper." he said while rubbing his chin.

eleven nodded. "just the door."

the two got up and walked upstairs to the front door. mike opened it, and hopped stepped in right away without any greetings.

"where is she?" he said quietly.

mike pointed by the stairs, where eleven was leaning against the wall. "she's really nervous still, and talking to her won't be easy. just be nice and don't-"

mike was cut off by hopper walking right past him and to eleven. "we have to leave now." he said, looking around the house.

"leave? why?" eleven asked.

hopper didn't respond. instead, he continued to look up at the celling and the corners of walls.

"hopper?" mike asked.

"we need to go." hopped was sure there was something recording them. set up by who? when? why?

"where?" mike asked, annoyed that hopper wasn't answering them.

"away from here. dan's gone. he escaped-"

"escaped?" mike cried out.

eleven knew he'd come back. she pressed herself against the wall.

"we don't know where. i know a safe house just out of down. we'll stay there for a while."

eleven nervously nodded and the two started to walk out.

"i'm coming too." mike said.

"you need to look after your family, mike." hopper told him.

"nancy can. i'm going." he saw eleven smile.

hopper noticed her smile and agreed. so, the three got into hopper's car and hopper drove as quickly as possible to assure the kids' safety.
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hiiii everyone. i am not dead. i am quite aware its been like 6 months since i last updated. i had no clue so many people enjoyed this. this was a slow and short chapter, but i'm trying to get back into the swing of things!

poor mike and eleven can't get a break from all of this chaos in hawkins:( poor kids. i love themmm

thanks for your support and i'll try to update soon!!