Hold on Tight ~ A Mileven Story

The Best Hello and Hardest Goodbye

El's pov:

Me and Mike were just like he'd never left, and before I knew it we were leaning in, but before we kissed Will walked in. He stood there shocked, I didn't know if he was shocked because Mike was back or I was going to kiss him. "E-El? Mike?" was all he said, "I'm sorry Will, he just got back and we started talking, and one thing lead to another, and well." I tried to explain, Mike was behind me and out of the corner of my eye, I could see him writing a note. He handed it to Will, 'I'm sorry, I didn't realize what I was doing.'  Will threw it on the ground, "It's not that easy, you can't just write a note and expect me to forgive you. I liked El from the moment I met her, and you were finally gone and I could finally be there for her, just like you were. You tried to kill her, and she just runs back to you, how are we to be sure that you wont go crazy again?" Will ranted his voice slowly getting louder. I could see Mike in the corner of my eye again, he was stiff as a board, and the look that I knew too well as I wore it when someone yelled at me. Caused by the one and only Hawkins Lab. "Will, that's enough, can't you see how scared your making him?" I asked, "no, he doesn't get off that easy." 

That's when it all happened, Will threw himself at Mike, Will started punching and punching, ignoring my cries for him to stop. Mike didn't even move, he didn't throw one punch, I couldn't take it anymore. I used my powers to fling Will off of Mike, he hit the wall, and Karen came running upstairs. When she got upstairs and into Mike's room, all she could see was Mike on the ground shaking, Will on the floor against the wall, and me in the middle of them, crying. She pulled me into a hug and told me to explain what happened while she took care of Mike and Will. 

Mike's pov:

I could tell Will was getting mad that I wasn't yelling back, but I'm not ready to talk just yet. I could see El look at me a couple of times, I wanted to go over there and hold her hand and snuggle into her shirt, but I knew better than to do that, as it would make Will madder. Then all I could see was him throw himself at me, and punch after punch, I didn't give him the satisfaction of me punching back. I could hear El just loud enough over the throbbing in my head, then Will was thrown off of me. I could hear my mom talk to El, then she picked me up and sat me on my bed. She came back and cleaned up my face, while El was telling her what happened. Then she walked over to Will, who was unconscious, but alive. 

Will woke up a little while later, and guess who was the first person he was, yep you guessed it me. The anger in his eyes, I just couldn't look at him, then he turns to El. "It's him or me, El you have to choose." She looked at him, for a while, "CHOOSE EL, RIGHT NOW!!" He screamed, that was when she went off, "DON'T YOU YELL AT ME!" She yelled right back at him, it took him by surprise considering she never yells. "I'm sorry Will, I did have feelings for you at one point, I could never say I loved you, but I did have strong feelings for you. I'm sorry Will, I choose Mike, I understand if you hate me forever, just don't hurt me or Mike. Goodbye Will." She said with tears brimming his eyes, "goodbye El."

El's pov:

That was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, Will walked out of Mike's house after that, and I collapsed into Mike's chest. I started crying, it's hard to say goodbye like that, for them not to forgive you and to walked out. Mike rubbed my back, trying to calm me down, "shhh, I'm here now I won't let anyone or anything hurt you again." I stopped sobbing, "Mike, you just talked to me, you finally talked." I said all happy, "I guess I just needed someone that I love to help me a little." He said again, I looked up at him the biggest smile on my face, "I love you Eleven Wheeler, oops I mean Hopper," he smiled back at me, smooth Mike real smooth, "I love you to, Michael Wheeler." Then we started leaning in, no one interrupted us this time and we kissed for the first time in 3 years. I'm definitely going to marry this boy.