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"Okay." Max said. "Who's going first?"
"You go." Dustin said. "Truth or Dare, Max?"
"Truth." Max answered. Eleven sat quietly, her leg brushing Max's as she admired the redhead's shining green eyes.
"What's your biggest secret?" Lucas asked.
"Easy. My brother set a car on fire where we used to live. Nobody ever found out except me." Despite sounding so confident, El noticed that Max's eyes shifted nervously as she said her answer, and Eleven wasn't sure if she was telling the truth. She sensed that Max had an even bigger secret. Max had told El the story about the car before.
"Okay, Mike, you're next. Truth or Dare?" Max asked, quickly taking the attention off of her.
"Dare." Mike said. Dustin smiled cunningly.
"I dare you to kiss El." Dustin said. El's face dropped, a look of anxiousness and worry coming across her face. Max noticed this, and wondered to herself how she still looked so gorgeous without even trying. She also noticed that Little Will in the corner looked nervous, and a bit disheartened. But Mike smiled and leaned in to El, planting a kiss on her pale pink lips. Eleven screwed up her eyes as he did so. She pulled away and she smiled a forced smile. Her eyes darted nervously around the room.
"Okay, Will. Truth or Dare?" Mike asked.
"Oh.. Um.. Truth." Will said. Max watched Eleven as she fiddled with a short strand of curly hair hanging over her eyes.
"What's something nobody else knows about you?" Mike asked Will.
Will shifted uncomfortably, fiddling with his fingers and failing to meet anyone's eyes.
"I don't know..." He said hesitantly "I guess p-probably something that happened... In the u-upside down.." His voice was quiet, sounding very small in the large basement. Eleven looked at him worriedly. He breathed slowly before looking up and smiling a tiny smile at El.
They carried on with the game for a bit, until they all started yawning as they played. Sleepily, El leaned her head on Max's shoulder, sending shivers down Max's spine as the girl's soft hair tickled her neck. Max slowly put her arm around Eleven's shoulder, while the girl knuzzled into her neck. Max smiled to herself.
Dustin yawned. "I think we should go to sleep now guys."
Everyone nodded in agreement. El got up, shortly followed by Max, and went over to where their sleeping bags were. Eleven slid into her sleeping bag, curled up into a tiny ball with her head on her pillow, eyes closed. Max watched the girl as Mike turned off the light. She laid her head on her pillow, staring at the dark silhouette of the girl sleeping next to her. A strand of hair fell across El's face, and, making sure nobody was watching, Max tucked it behind El's ear before laying back in her sleeping bag and trying to sleep. El smiled when Max did this, because she wasn't really sleeping. She turned onto her side and tried to drift off to sleep. Both girls' minds were swarmed with thoughts of the other and they sunk into sleep.
Author's Note //
hi everyone! i know i haven't updated for quite a while, but thank you for putting up with me! i love you all xxx
