Protect You | Chapter 2

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Eleven:

I watched as he kissed my hand, making my heart beat rapidly. He was so nice to me, even in the darkest times. “I’ll be right back.” He took off towards the room that was called a bathroom, where you do your “business” as Mike had explained. Dustin walked over to me and sat down beside me, “Hey, El? Can I ask you something?”

I nodded. “What is it like to be liked by someone?”

I felt my face get hot as I immediately thought of how Mike treated me. How he held me so gently like I could break. How he kissed me… I never understood why people kissed until Mike had kissed me. It had felt so natural… like it was supposed to happen. “Um well there’s like this feeling… This strange yet wonderful feeling. Like… Like when you want something but you don’t have it and then you finally get it.” That was the best way I knew to explain it.

“Ah, like the way Mike looks at you like you are his prized possession.” I blushed as he continued, “Gotcha. Thanks El.” He then walked away, over to Max and Lucas. Mike came back and took me by the hand, leading me to the bathroom. He started gently washing the blood and dirt off of my face with a washcloth. I smiled at him as he stroked my cheek gently with the other hand after he finished cleaning the blood from my ears. I smiled, biting my lip. Happiness coursed through my veins.

“Mike?”

“Yes El?”

“Can I clean you now?” I asked.

He nodded and handed me the dampened cloth. I began gently dabbing at the now dried blood on his cheek, never taking my eyes off his. My heart pounded so fast and hard that I was sure he could hear it. After the blood was gone I began clearing his face of dirt. His cheeks, his forehead, his nose, chin… lips. I loved his lips. They were soft and slightly chapped. I glanced down at his lips before looking back at his eyes. I also loved his eyes. Dark, yet full of curiosity and care. They comforted me.

He started leaning forward and I instantly began doing the same. He was going to kiss me… I longed for these moments and when they came I would instantly become nervous. When his lips touched mine, my eyes instantly shut, and I shifted forward, dropping the washcloth. Slowly, his arms draped around me and he pulled me closer. The kisses started becoming more and more sloppy, and it was hard to breathe, but something inside of me didn’t want it to stop.

I small sound escaped my lips as I was now pressed against the counter behind me. My stomach began to feel strange and more sounds fled from my lips.

Suddenly the door flew open. Me and Mike jumped apart to see Dustin standing there, “Holy shit man I am so sorry. Wow this is awkward… Um I just came to tell you guys that Will is back and that he wants to meet El.”

“Um… Okay…” Mike turned to me reaching for my hand, “Let’s go El.”

I sighed wishing that whatever was happening had not been interrupted.

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    Will was pretty cool. He had such a golden personality. He was excellent at drawing pictures.

    None of us could sleep that night anyways, so we ended up hanging out at Will’s house. His mom didn’t mind and Hopper wasn’t too much of a mouth breather about it.

    I sat on the couch in-between Will and Mike. I looked over to see Will drawing. It was a picture of me and Mike under a weird plant that was hanging from the ceiling. We were wearing Christmas sweaters and were very close to each other.

 We were wearing Christmas sweaters and were very close to each other

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    “Oh, um…” I felt my cheeks getting hot, “That looks pretty.” Will smiled and Mike turned red when he saw the picture. “Um, “ Will started, “Sorry guys. I just thought since how El is new to our party and since well you and her seem to have something between you two that it would be neat to draw a picture of you two. Plus Christmas is coming soon... So, um happy early holidays...”

“It’s fine, Will.” Mike said, his face still red. Suddenly he stood up, “Hey is there anyway I could take a shower real quick? I’m like covered in dirt.”

    “Yeah.” Will said, “Go ahead.”

    I followed Mike as he headed towards the bathroom. He turned around to face me, “Um… El…. What are you doing?” “Following you to the shower. I am also covered in dirt.”

    “Um, we can’t take a shower together…” He said, his cheeks heating up again.

    “Why not?” I felt my eyes begin to well up with tears.

    “Don’t cry El. It’s just because we aren’t supposed to. Adults take showers together. But we are still kids.”

“Okay.” I said and walked back into the living room wiping my eyes. I sat beside Will and he gave me a concerned look, to which I just shook my head.

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