elmax (wip)

7

mike and lucas were in the kitchen, cooking something . dustin was making eggos, watching the toaster.

"hi, guys," will says nicely. el sits down quietly at the table, while max follows behind will. "heyy, will, max!" dustin replies with a big smile. "hi," max stands next to dustin.

"are you guys making bacon?" will asks, peeking from behind mikes shoulder. "yep," both lucas and mike reply at the same time.

will only smiles, then turns around and goes to sit next to el. the two of them had become oddly close, practically brother and sister.

"mike, you burnt the bacon," lucas groans as he playfully shoves mike. mike rolls his eyes. the two of them move the bacon from the pan to a plate and place it on the table as dustin grabs the eggos.

—

mike, will, lucas, max, dustin and el were sitting around the table, munching on waffles, eggs, and bacon.

"this bacons burnt," dustin points out. lucas shrugs. "mikes fault,"

"not my fault! you were supposed to be watching it!"

"whatever, wheeler," and everyone continues eating.

el had eaten at least 6 eggos, and was picking up her seventh.

—

lucas and dustin were the first to leave, lucas's mom giving them both a ride home. sadly, they couldn't stay at mikes house all day. soon after, joyce had picked up will. now it was just mike, el, and max.

"hopper is coming to pick me up, he should be here... any minute now," el announces quietly. "guess i should leave now, let me go get my stuff," max says after a moment, running downstairs and grabbing her bag and skateboard.

she scrambles back upstairs.

"well, uh, bye, i guess." she says awkwardly, standing in front of the door.

"bye," mike says with little emotion, waving. el runs over and throws her arms around her, hugging her.

max blushes as she wraps her arms around her, hugging her back.

"bye, max," she says as she slowly pulls away from her. "y-yeah, bye," max replies, not sure why she's stuttering. she opens the door and closes it gently behind her, dropping her board on the street and skating away.

—

el pulls him in for a quick hug. "bye, mike," she says as she runs out the door and hops into the police car. "hey, kid," hopper mumbles as she shuts the door.

"hi," she replies. they drive for a minute or two in silence. "so, how was it?" he asks. she thinks of max and the several weird moments they had. "good.. it was.. good," she replies, blushing at the thought of max.

"that max girl there?" he asks, a very small smile. "y-yeah," she replies, her face practically red.